It’s better to save up and buy good quality versions of the things that you need.
buying cheap and questionable products on Amazon = bad
buying cheap and questionable products on Temu = bad
Sometimes it’s inevitable for someone who absolutely needs an item and doesn’t have any alternatives in their price range, but that’s not the case for a lot of people who buy these things.
A lot of online marketplaces can carry low quality products, with questionable materials and supply chains. What I don’t like is how some marketplaces make their whole brand around filling your home with cheap low quality stuff
Shop like a billionaire
There might also be an exception for buying parts and components. I don’t know enough about that area
lol “exact same thing”? everyone i know who buys shit from any of those chinese amazons ends up with shitty knockoff garbage
eidt: LOL i can’t believe people are in here bootlicking chinese knockoff retailers. do what you want with your money bro. just don’t ever think you’re going to talk me into it too
i mean i don’t buy COOFANDY or EOMTAM or JEKAOYI from amazon either. i’m not telling anyone what to do with their money–just what i will never do with mine
I got a watch band bought from Amazon for $10, as a Christmas gift. It was the wrong size so I ordered one from Aliexpress. The packaging and the sticker with Chinese lettering were exactly the same as the Amazon one and it was only about $1. Sure, the Amazon package came sooner but it was evident that it was the same product.
I should’ve tried that. I ordered an Apple Watch silicone band dupe (direct from the vendor’s site) for like $5. Same band would have been $50 from Apple, except the color I wanted wasn’t even available anymore.
Band came in the wrong size, so I wrote the vendor. They apologized, might have refunded me, and sent me a pack of like 10 different colored bands. Unfortunately those were all in the same size as the first one
AliExpress also sells high quality niche items if you know how to find them. I agree the site is drowning in crap, but at least coming from Canada, it often has things amazon.ca simply doesn’t sell… or anywhere else in the world at a price that isn’t prohibitive.
Just like most places on the Internet, using the site is a skill that needs to be developed.
It’s great for pet shit and buying low quality junk in bulk. Kid bday party, school fair, need 2000 zip ties - perfect for that. Annoying as hell to use that app, but you can bypass the markup on junk from China if you specifically need junk from China.
I use Aliexpress mostly for work. It’s a massive marketplace with many different vendors involved and not all just junk. I find for more consumer level stuff temu is just easier to navigate with lower shipping costs and often lower product costs in many cases. The app is cancer though.
Guess it depends on what you are using them for. I’ve pretty much only bought crappy ones and haven’t had issues. Probably regret it if I ever need to tie up a perp.
Everything about temu screams surveillance and scam to me. I don’t understand how anyone could install that and use it regularly.
When the alternative was to pay more for the exact same things on Amazon, it’s logical to pay less. Every app tracks you so idk…
It’s better to save up and buy good quality versions of the things that you need.
Sometimes it’s inevitable for someone who absolutely needs an item and doesn’t have any alternatives in their price range, but that’s not the case for a lot of people who buy these things.
A lot of online marketplaces can carry low quality products, with questionable materials and supply chains. What I don’t like is how some marketplaces make their whole brand around filling your home with cheap low quality stuff
There might also be an exception for buying parts and components. I don’t know enough about that area
lol “exact same thing”? everyone i know who buys shit from any of those chinese amazons ends up with shitty knockoff garbage
eidt: LOL i can’t believe people are in here bootlicking chinese knockoff retailers. do what you want with your money bro. just don’t ever think you’re going to talk me into it too
A lot of Amazon sellers are just drop shipping shit from aliexpress/temu they don’t even bother changing the pictures or descriptions.
i mean i don’t buy COOFANDY or EOMTAM or JEKAOYI from amazon either. i’m not telling anyone what to do with their money–just what i will never do with mine
Never buy from a seller with a name that could be an airline bookinng reference.
I got a watch band bought from Amazon for $10, as a Christmas gift. It was the wrong size so I ordered one from Aliexpress. The packaging and the sticker with Chinese lettering were exactly the same as the Amazon one and it was only about $1. Sure, the Amazon package came sooner but it was evident that it was the same product.
I should’ve tried that. I ordered an Apple Watch silicone band dupe (direct from the vendor’s site) for like $5. Same band would have been $50 from Apple, except the color I wanted wasn’t even available anymore.
Band came in the wrong size, so I wrote the vendor. They apologized, might have refunded me, and sent me a pack of like 10 different colored bands. Unfortunately those were all in the same size as the first one
So, exactly what you get from Amazon?
They didn’t even notice their shit isn’t made in Norway… and it’s also made in China LMAOROLFZ.
AliExpress also sells high quality niche items if you know how to find them. I agree the site is drowning in crap, but at least coming from Canada, it often has things amazon.ca simply doesn’t sell… or anywhere else in the world at a price that isn’t prohibitive.
Just like most places on the Internet, using the site is a skill that needs to be developed.
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It’s great for pet shit and buying low quality junk in bulk. Kid bday party, school fair, need 2000 zip ties - perfect for that. Annoying as hell to use that app, but you can bypass the markup on junk from China if you specifically need junk from China.
Fair enough. Check out AliExpress sometime too, it might be comparable.
I use Aliexpress mostly for work. It’s a massive marketplace with many different vendors involved and not all just junk. I find for more consumer level stuff temu is just easier to navigate with lower shipping costs and often lower product costs in many cases. The app is cancer though.
I bought crappy zip ties once and I still have them because I don’t want to toss them but they are too crappy to use for anything haha
Yeah funny you say that, zip ties are something I never cheap out on. At least not after buying cheap one a couple decades ago, I learned my lesson.
Home Depot has some great zip ties and each time I use them, I get a small dopamine surge of joy.
It’s just one of those things in life where quality matters.
Guess it depends on what you are using them for. I’ve pretty much only bought crappy ones and haven’t had issues. Probably regret it if I ever need to tie up a perp.