Alibaba hits nearly $18B in ‘Singles Day’ orders in 12 hours

Re:Alibaba hits nearly $18B in ‘Singles Day’ orders in 12 hours by geomark on Saturday November 11, 2017 @06:07AM (#15675859)

I added a few dollars to the frenzy. Been adding items to my Aliexpress shopping cart for the last week. Mostly small electronics hobbyist items and Arduino compatible boards and sensor modules. Pulled the trigger after the 11.11 sale opened up.

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Re:Alibaba hits nearly $18B in ‘Singles Day’ orders in 12 hours by voltagex_ on Saturday November 11, 2017 @06:50AM (#15675981)

Just out of interest, can you check a couple of prices on Dealextreme, Gearbest and Banggood to see if they're comparable?

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Re:Alibaba hits nearly $18B in ‘Singles Day’ orders in 12 hours by geomark on Saturday November 11, 2017 @07:07AM (#15676027)

Among the items I ordered today:

HC-06: Dealextreme $5.50, Banggood $5.99, Gearbest $6.57, Aliexpress $2.58

Arduino Nano v3.0: Dealextreme $3.46, Banggood $2.77, Gearbest $4.27, Aliexpress $1.66

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Re:Alibaba hits nearly $18B in ‘Singles Day’ orders in 12 hours by Scoundreller on Saturday November 11, 2017 @02:19PM (#15677653)

HC-06 is US$3.46 on Ebay. Arduino Nano v3 is US$3.29

Ebay has a pretty good return/refund policy. And then you can fall-back on Paypal too.

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Re:Alibaba hits nearly $18B in ‘Singles Day’ orders in 12 hours by kogepathic on Saturday November 11, 2017 @04:40PM (#15678338)

> Ebay has a pretty good return/refund policy. And then you can fall-back on Paypal too.

Anecdotal evidence, but I have had far more success with AliExpress' dispute/buyer protection system than eBay's.

eBay is laughably bad at disputes. I have received several items from eBay which were DOA, and my options were to take a very reduced refund, or ship the item back to the seller at my expense.

Same issue with AliExpress, upload evidence (pictures/video) of the DOA item, full refund no further questions.

PayPal is another nightmare in of itself.

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Re:Alibaba hits nearly $18B in ‘Singles Day’ orders in 12 hours by voltagex_ on Saturday November 11, 2017 @07:20AM (#15676057)

Wow! I haven't seen that kind of differential for a while. I wonder if it's just because of 11.11

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Re:Alibaba hits nearly $18B in ‘Singles Day’ orders in 12 hours by geomark on Saturday November 11, 2017 @07:53AM (#15676133)

I made a mental note of some of the prices before the 11.11 discount kicked in. The discounts were around 10%, sometimes less. So the Aliexpress regular prices were already way lower.

The thing is, on Aliexpress there are many, many sellers of each of those items and there is often a significant price difference among them. If that is due to quality or delivery times I have not figured it out yet. So I usually buy from the cheapest who has a fair number of sales and few if any complaints in the reviews.

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Re:Alibaba hits nearly $18B in ‘Singles Day’ orders in 12 hours by duckwheat on Saturday November 11, 2017 @10:09AM (#15676617)

Man, can you share some more of your shopping list for those of us with similar interests?

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Re:Alibaba hits nearly $18B in ‘Singles Day’ orders in 12 hours by geomark on Saturday November 11, 2017 @07:42PM (#15679039)

Other items from my 11.11 shopping list:

KY-008 laser transmitter module $0.32

5V stepper motor with driver board $1.82

LCD1602 I2C board $1.68

4X3 membrane switch keypad $0.52

STM32F103C8T6 dev board $1.58

K975 Micro 130 Vibration Motor (2 pcs) $1.48

Tilt sensor module $0.37

KY-013 temp sensor module $0.29

GY-521 gyro/accel module $0.99

WS2812 RGB LED 12 bit ring $1.40

RF receiver & transmitter module pair $0.82

IR obstacle avoidance sensor module $0.69

HC-SR502 PIR motion sensor module $0.72

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Re:Alibaba hits nearly $18B in ‘Singles Day’ orders in 12 hours by duckwheat on Sunday November 12, 2017 @08:07PM (#15683529)

Thanks!

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