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do you guys shop on places like aliexpress/Temu and if you do what items have pleasantly surprised you? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by yuunikki@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm curious what sorta finds you guys have had

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[–] popcorp@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

I used to buy a lot of things in AliExpress, but since they've changed their business it's usually better to just order on Amazon.

The things on AliExpress used to be dirt cheap and it was a no brainer buying random electronics components in a pack of five for a price of one in the EU shop.

Or sometimes I was looking to some oddly specific item and I always found it on AliExpress. It's no longer the case, it seems the search results are 10 products of 3 manufacturers that are essentially the same thing.