alt Hacker NewsWhenever I see keyboard-mashed company names I know I can go to Temu/AliExpress and get it directly there. You can tell when they are all sourcing from the same batch and instead of paying $40 the same thing is often $3.28 if you don't mind waiting a week.
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antisthenes • today at 6:16 PM
Aliexpress used to ship almost exclusively from China, so your package took 4-6 weeks in a best case scenario.
The value prop of Amazon is (was?) getting your item fast (not cheapest anymore and certainly not highest quality).
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I used to do this more often, but I find the gap is narrowing a lot. Most of the time I find I don't save enough to justify getting it in two weeks over 1 day.