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    2 months ago

    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

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      A lot of Amazon sellers are just drop shipping shit from aliexpress/temu they don’t even bother changing the pictures or descriptions.

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        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

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      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.

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        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

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        They didn’t even notice their shit isn’t made in Norway… and it’s also made in China LMAOROLFZ.

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      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.