It used to be that shopping for cheap tech goods had me scurrying to local fleamarkets. That’s no longer the case. Tech prices have been dropping, especially if you don’t mind your tech being stamped “Made In China”. Visit Aliexpress.com. You’ll see what I mean. There’s literally over 50,000 different goodies for sale and it will take you many weeks just browsing through all that.
Now, I get a quick tech fix buying at this site. What makes it all the more great is that I can buy a lot without paying retail.
FYI, Aliexpress started a few years ago with a simple objective: to showcase the burgeoning manufacturing industry in mainland china. Visitors to the site enjoyed access to wholesale prices if products were bought in bulk. Today, that’s no longer the case. Buyers can get stuff ala carte and still enjoy wholesale prices.
Want PDAs? How about cellphones? Ultrasonic cavitation devices? All that is at Aliexpress. One can buy these and get it in 4 days via courier with minimal shipping charges. It appears the couriers partnered with this asian giant to generate revenue in bulk.
The ordinary European might smirk and say that anything Chinese sucks. Prejudiced minds imagine watches that fall apart in days and GPS systems that fail while in the boondocks.
That’s not true. To date, I’ve obtained over a hundred items for personal use, and a few thousand for resale. The quality matches those that I bought at Walmart, Sears. Save for the occasional dud, the average product lasts as advertised. I’m definitely a happy clam!
Wanna save? Bookmark aliexpress next to Amazon. Your wallet will love you for it.
