▲ 227 ▼ It must suck for legitimate high quality Chinese artisans to be associated with the "made in China" stigma. (jlai.lu) submitted 1 day ago by oce@jlai.lu to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 76 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 1 point 14 hours ago (1 child) "Amazon grade" made me laugh - though the reality is a bit closer to "Alibaba Roulette". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago That too, but I’ve ordered from Aliexpress and other than the long shipping time I had to wait in order to cut out the Amazon middle man the product worked just fine and was as described. It appeared to be the same thing as what was being offered online elsewhere in the US. But yeah, it’s roulette. You never know if you’re actually going to get a decent product. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago That too, but I’ve ordered from Aliexpress and other than the long shipping time I had to wait in order to cut out the Amazon middle man the product worked just fine and was as described. It appeared to be the same thing as what was being offered online elsewhere in the US. But yeah, it’s roulette. You never know if you’re actually going to get a decent product. permalink fedilink source parent