I don’t buy anything from eBay that I can get elsewhere. I didn’t even use those other sites. Sure, everything is made in China, but I’m good not trusting China without a more reputable middleman that’s subject to American laws regarding things like refunds and such.
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Oaksey@lemmy.world 4 months agoPlenty of items on eBay are just people who buy from China directly and mark up prices. If it is likely made in China and I don’t want it quickly, I’ll buy off aliexpress. That said, alibaba wanted me to upload photo ID which I noped out of. Temu started spamming my email address when I’d never used them. The unsubscribe link went to their website said to adjust your account settings if you didn’t want spam… I never created and account and avoided them completely following that.
Etterra@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 months ago
Shit, most of Amazon is that as well.
dan@upvote.au 4 months ago
Amazon is usually OK if you buy things that are sold by Amazon or sold by the manufacturer (if it’s a well-known brand). The third-party sellers based in China are almost always reselling stuff from Aliexpress/Alibaba with a significant markup.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 months ago
Half of them aren’t in China though. It’s dropshippers, so you still get your cheap death traps, but you get them in a few days, Amazon get their enormous cut, and they get to take no responsibility when it burns your house down.
dan@upvote.au 4 months ago
That’s why I said “sold by Amazon”. The drop shippers are all third-parties. Instead of the item saying “Sold by Amazon”, it’ll say something like “Sold by [some third party] and fulfilled by Amazon”.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Seems like >70% of seller have the imprint in china or hong kong