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Re:A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing by Scaevolus on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @09:14AM (#27688076)
Alibaba & Aliexpress _do_ have a clone problem, but the notable distinction is that they don't aggressively comingle listings like Amazon does. This means for some common consumer items (fidget spinners, etc.) you'll find a hundred listings with identical images, slightly varying descriptions, and different factories, but you can easily choose which seller to buy from.
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Re:A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing by mmastrac on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @10:46AM (#27689172)
AliExpress can be pretty brutal. I went looking for a lithium power pack and it was clear that almost all the listings were the same crap with differently inflated capacities that were physically impossible.
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Re:A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing by quickthrower2 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @12:15PM (#27690324)
You are brave buying a high energy chemistry experiment from Alibaba. I’d stick to regular retail for that!
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Re:A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing by atatatat on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @01:09PM (#27690961)
Like where?
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Re:A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing by quickthrowman on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @01:45PM (#27691425)
I buy all my 18650 cells from https://illumn.com
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Re:A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing by mmastrac on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:35PM (#27693646)
I think it's a lot easier in the states to find high energy chemistry than it is here in Canada. Prices are much higher because the market is much smaller.
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Re:A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing by diggernet on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @01:27PM (#27691189)
Maybe DigiKey.com ?
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Re:A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing by atatatat on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @12:14PM (#27690308)
Where did you end up?
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Re:A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing by mmastrac on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:34PM (#27693635)
I found a manufacturer that seemed legit and orders a suitcase of LiFePO batteries. Will take about 60 days to arrive via ship but it was a huge pain to sort through the fake sellers.
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