alt Hacker NewsWhat if you want to buy simple Chinese plastic stuff (e.g. someone elsewhere mentioned zip ties)? The manufacturer is somewhere in China with a minimum order of 10,000, so no, you can't go to them. Amazon is often the cheapest source for this, cheaper than any local retail.
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bluefirebrand • today at 12:58 PM
Personally I buy that stuff locally anyways to support my local economy.
Even if it does cost me a bit extra, continuing to have local businesses is worth it to me
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Honestly? AliExpress wins for this stuff. The shipping is always much more expensive than the actual items, so I batch purchase stuff like this. Funnily enough, sometimes, despite paying only one shipping cost, it arrives in multiple shipments.