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Re:Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again? by cactusplant7374 on Thursday January 05, 2023 @10:00AM (#34260485)
I return a lot of products bought from Amazon. How is the return policy and cost with Aliexpress?
Re:Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again? by bambax on Thursday January 05, 2023 @10:02AM (#34260517)
Never tried it; I don't think it works too well. Amazon is probably better in that case.
Re:Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again? by distances on Thursday January 05, 2023 @11:02AM (#34261706)
When do you return Amazon stuff? I have returned online clothes purchases from other stores but I'm pretty sure I've never returned anything I bought from Amazon. Basically because I buy "things" from it, and I end up doing so much research before buying that I'm always happy with the purchase.
Re:Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again? by cactusplant7374 on Thursday January 05, 2023 @10:16PM (#34270511)
I buy and research multiple products in parallel. You can’t beat my system. Jeff Bezos hates me.
Re:Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again? by bambax on Friday January 06, 2023 @11:00AM (#34276201)
Jeff Bezos loves you, because he makes money each way. It's the third party sellers who are footing the bills.

You make think that you're sticking it to the man, but you're actually screwing the little guys.

Re:Ask HN: How many of you are open to Piracy again? by verall on Thursday January 05, 2023 @11:10AM (#34261896)
It sucks.

In my case I got a dysfunctional cell phone LCD assembly and seller said I could either ship it back (would cost like half the cost I bought it for) or they would refund me 40% of what I paid. The system to contact the seller has technical measures to prevent you from conversing in Chinese even though that is obviously what the seller is most comfortable with.

I think it's fine if you're either buying nonelectronics or buying in bulk but I will not use it for purchasing electronics again.