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a lot of stuff on amazon is available directly on aliexpress/temu for less than half the price
as in the exact same thing from the exact same brand
the one downside is the shipping takes longer
an example: i very recently bought a thermal printer from temu, it cost me ~$30 equivalent
the literal exact same printer on amazon is currently at ~$70 equivalent
“The shipping takes longer”
I am aware of this already but, frankly, Amazon taking two days to ship you something sucks when it comes at the price of both exorbitant costs and even a lack of variety, tbh.
very true
Annoyingly Aliexpress now adds customs fees on to my orders automatically so the price is getting close to Amazon on some products. I have never needed to pay customs for an Aliexpress order until now, either via the seller up front or on delivery.
I don’t think I have this problem, or had it recently.
It could also be because I had a lot of coupon money saved last time.
I was in the United States when I last used it.
It was better than Amazon even then, but maybe things have changed recently.