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Meanwhile at customs this week (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

Are those Gateron Banana switches? ;-)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What's this about?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Trying to get as much Chinese keyboard parts as possible before the tariffs ends the party.

Edit: autocorrupt

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

I’ve already noticed many electronics are “not available” anymore already…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is so funny to me, I'm imagining a bunch of people going to China for the pure purpose of grabbing keyboard parts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's Alibaba for me, essentially.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Does Alibaba work well for you? How many weeks does shipping usually take? Are the goods fine on arrival?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Works fine, just takes a while. It's like a surprise gift for yourself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is shipping a lot of money? do you end up paying close to Amazon prices when you factor in the price of shipping?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

No, used to be cheaper. And you can buy samples of switches (singles, 5-packs) easily there, while usually not available on amazon. Keycaps are less expensive too. The biggest downside really is the time it takes to arrive, but if you adjust your expectations accordingly, it's not an issue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I must clarify. I use only Aliexpress, the retail side of Alibaba.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ah okay, I'll consider trying in the future.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Did the same yesterday, bought myself a Epomaker Ajazz ak820 from Amazon, hoping it ships from the US Warehouse before EU retaliates with even more tariffs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

You've got about 3 days for them to get processed by customs. Even if they arrive tomorrow, if customs is delayed and they don't process until Friday you'll get to pay a processing fee and a big pile of tariffs.