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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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[–] philpo@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

I mostly buy parts for my woodworking shop at home from Ali. A benchdog is a benchdog and they are absolutely the same to what you get at Amazon,etc. And they are literally 1/3 of the price here even if you add shipping and customs. So if one is truely shit I couldn't care less.

So far I had no bad experiences really - one shipment was missing a 2 bucks piece but I can live with that. Some things actually surprised me as the quality I got was better than expected.

Electronic wise I bought a Qotom mini PC from them years ago (directly from the Qotom shop) which still works as my UTM.

So far I really can't complain.