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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?
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

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.

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.

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
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.

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?
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

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