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Re: Note : Pi 2 Zero W Now RIP-OFF Price on Amazon

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From not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject Re: Note : Pi 2 Zero W Now RIP-OFF Price on Amazon
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The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 05/08/2026 23:59, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> Once I ordered like $120 worth of small parts from a US supplier.
>>> The transport, import duty, VAT  and handling charges doubled that.
>>>
>>> I can import small stuff from china with none of that.
>> 
>> I guess you actually believe the postage quotes on sites like
>> AliExpress then? 
> 
> No need.  They have proved to be 100% accurate

"Accurate"? Well if you mean they charge you the same as what's
shown then yes. If you mean it's always what they actually pay
to send your item then you're being fooled.

>> In that case I'll bet some Chinese seller there
>> has a RPi Zero for something like $10, but with $60 for delivery,
>> while another has one for $60 and $10 delivery. Pick the deal that
>> looks best to you!
>> 
> Nope. Ive bought a ton of stuff from Aliexpress. The more usual 'scam' 
> is to advertise say a Pi zero for 80c, but when you go to the page 
> that's just the plastic case...if you want a PCB and chips with that its 
> $20 :-)

Yes, seen plenty of that, but I find the fake postage charges are
more common. The thing off AliExpress that's waiting at the post
office for me today is a prime example, where the same item is
listed by two sellers on AliExpress, one appearing cheaper than the
other on the search page. But the postage on the cheap one was
significantly more than the other, so the higher-priced one was
really much cheaper. In this case it was also really obvious in
spite of the different listing images that the two sellers were
really the same person/company, because both listings had the same
typo in the title!

As well as the seller, AliExpress themselves tried to scam me again
this time by offering a coupon discount for ordering more than a
certain total amount at once. Add the coupon, go through PayPal
(not credit card) for payment, _then_ up comes a pop-up (actually
along with another meaningless error pop-up, but that's typical
because their website is as terriby made as half of the junk
that's sold there), to say that the coupon has expired, and raises
the price. Obviously you're expected to have added extra things to
your cart to reach a greater coupon discount teir, then when you
see that message you're meant shrug and go ahead ordering the extra
junk you added at full price anyway.

The blatant dishonesty does put me off a lot of the time, but
sometimes AliExpress is still a lot cheaper than even Chinese
sellers on Ebay, who are no more honest anyway (although I do have
marginally more faith in Ebay themselves). Plus some manufacturers
such as, (back on topic) Banana Pi, use it as their official store.

> Another one was for an excavator for $1500 - that turned out to be the 
> deposit on one to be delivered later at a total cost of 
> $12000...depending on options
> 
>> True most companies in the USA do want at least twice as much to
>> send things to me in Australia as it costs me to send things to the
>> USA. But it's not half as bad as the UK where the costs often start
>> at over $100 to send anything to Aus these days. Though I guess
>> because many UK/USA companies insist on only sending international
>> orders by courier for some reason. Courier services can be
>> expensive from China as well. Most couriers now just hand over to
>> the local postal service once the parcel reaches Aus so I still
>> have to drive to town to pick the thing up from the post office
>> myself anyway.
>> 
> Too many vendors got their fingers burned sending by international post. 
> Parcels just 'disappeared'

Like I say, many go over to local post once they get here now, so
they're just as likely to disappear at that stage. They probably
get insurance included to cover refunds in such cases, but you can
get that from the local postal service for international parcels
sent through them anyway (though it can take months to work through
the process of making a claim).

> I couriered some documents to my niece in South Africa for just ?20 took 
> tow days only!

Actually when they were really coming by courier, parcels usually
got to the nearest city really quick, then waited there for a
couple of weeks until they got around to making the expedition out
to where I live. Delivering to the post office does often work out
quicker in that regard. However the thing is I'm almost never in a
hurry in the first place - I'm forced to pay triple the cost to get
something (at least to the nearest city) next week, then it sits
around for a week or two before I get up to the stage of needing it
for whatever project I'm working on anyway. Or it just costs so
much that I don't order at all.

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