**** vs. Amazon

[Baz]

While grocery shopping at Winn Dixie this afternoon I noticed another guy's shoes I thought were cool and asked where he got them. He volunteered "****!".....and when I replied "Never heard of ****.", he offered "It's just like Amazon....but less expensive!"

So I just now took a look and found the shoes.

$9.97 and free shipping - just takes a little longer to get here (free delivery April 9-16) it says.

Breathable Slip-on Sock Shoes For Men - Lightweight And Shock Absorbing Sneakers For Outdoor Activities




Anyone here using ****?

[Arizona_928]

Shop like a billionaire... I have some bones to pick on consumerism and the exploits used by ****. That said. I've used them to buy a snap ring plier set, socks, electric motors, ect. All of it was cheap Chinese junk... I received a refund on everything minus the snap ring pliers and didn't have to mail the junk back... Harbor Frieght is higher quality and they don't steal everything on my mobile when i download the app either...

That said, if you buy a bunch of junk on Amazon. **** has it for less because it's all the same Chinese junk.

[WPOZZZ]

I swear some of their products are the same ones on Amazon for a higher price. I tend to buy crap like rechargeable led flashlights and they are good. Got a security cam for $5 that I can access with my phone and can rotate the camera up/down/right/left from my phone. You can use an SD card to record, or get their cloud acct. The tools are ok, but the fit and finish is not the best.

What gets really irritating is all the emails and texts you get from ****. Amazon sends one or two a day. **** sends 8-10.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

I do my best to not buy anything made in China. For some things, impossible, like an iPhone though Apple is slowly moving production to India and other more politically favorable countries, so that's good. Other things when I have an option, I'm happy to pay a little more to buy something not made in China.

**** is a Chinese owned company so I wouldn't use it based on that alone.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

I do my best to not buy anything made in China. For some things, impossible, like an iPhone though Apple is slowly moving production to India and other more politically favorable countries, so that's good. Other things when I have an option, I'm happy to pay a little more to buy something not made in China.

**** is a Chinese owned company so I wouldn't use it based on that alone.

+1000. I try to stick with Made in USA products out of patriotism. "Support your local worker!"

[Sooner or later]

Buy local

[Rusty Heap]

**** had 2-3 Superbowl Ads.

How many MILLIONS did they spend on that?

They're the real deal.

The Phone App will send spam 20 times a day seems like. Just use their website on a PC

[Rusty Heap]

Other said sites include

Ali-Express and Banggood.com

[Noah930]

One interesting thing my son and I noted about ****: it's not always just knock-off stuff (like we would have expected). Our example: I've been a lifelong Lego fan. And I'm of the age where I watched the Transformers cartoon when I grew up. So of course I was a fan of the Optimus Prime Lego set when it was released. But I'm not paying $180 for a toy for myself.

You can go on AliExpress and buy a knock-off Optimus Prime (or any other "Lego" set) for about 1/3 the price of the Lego one. It's essentially the same set, though sometimes the quality control of the plastic parts isn't as good as Lego's; however, on paper they're the same.

So for Christmas, my son bought me the **** version of Optimus Prime. While the toy looks the same (albeit on a smaller scale), is a totally different build. The basic truck-into-robot concept is similar, and the size of the bricks is interchangeable with Legos, but how the bricks come together for the build is totally different. Maybe my son and I just geeked out over it, but we noted how **** went to a lot of trouble to make a Lego-type toy without copying Lego (which would have been the easy way to have done it for ****).

[Zeke]

I have been an Aliexpress customer before the pandemic. Some things never arrived but refunds were issued. I've had not problems. ****, OTOH, seems to not have as any selections and prices are not that favorable. I have not bought in ****.

However, an example is multi bin parts trays. Last I looked **** had some for around 2 bucks. Amazon is more like 20 bucks.

I just looked again and I missed the boat. **** is way more expensive than a month ago. Amazon the same.

Funnier is that this thread has already popped up on a google search.

[Dixie]

**** and Shein are oodles cheaper than Amazon, and returns are just as easy. You just have to be okay with waiting two weeks to get your stuff, and most likely supporting slave labor. Sizing can also be a challenge. It's common for an XL blouse to have a tiny 28" bust measurement.

[Noah930]

I hate it when I buy a blouse, and it doesn't fit my bust.

[HobieMarty]

Nope, nope, and nope!!!! If I don't buy local, I find what I need on ebay and sometimes Amazon, but I rarely use the 'Zon.

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[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by Capt. Carrera

**** and Shein are oodles cheaper than Amazon, and returns are just as easy. You just have to be okay with waiting two weeks to get your stuff, and most likely supporting slave labor. Sizing can also be a challenge. It's common for an XL blouse to have a tiny 28" bust measurement.

I'm ok waiting 2 weeks for the stuff to arrive. OTOH, lots of times Amazon takes 2 weeks to even ship!

[jyl]

I bought some shoes from ****. They were such crap, I was so disgusted at myself for falling for it, I didn’t even try to get my $19.99 back, just kept the shoes as a reminder to not buy the cheapest possible ***** from China.

Seriously, they need to close the loophole of no duty, no inspection on individual packages from China. If it’s not throw-away borderline ripoff junk, it’s fentanyl.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

There are warnings not to buy solar eclipse glasses on **** and Amazon.

[WSH]

No fan of Bezos, but I'll support an American company over a CCP loss-leader trying to steal market share by dumping chinese crap on us. F the CCP

[Racerbvd]

[KRLocke]

Originally Posted by WSH

No fan of Bezos, but I'll support an American company over a CCP loss-leader trying to steal market share by dumping chinese crap on us. F the CCP

well said! The less $ we can send to Xi, the safer we will be. We are bankrolling his plans for Taiwan. And killing the middle class buying Chinese junk.

[Arizona_928]

Originally Posted by WSH

No fan of Bezos, but I'll support an American company over a CCP loss-leader trying to steal market share by dumping chinese crap on us. F the CCP

That's exactly what bezos is doing.... but as a middle man....