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What is the least shitty shit store? Never had a good experience with any of the shops such as, wish, aliexpress and the rest of em. But which one of them is considered the better one, or more likely to actually arrive with the correct item? Is etsy considered better than the rest? Are there any of these "low priced" stores that actually have some sort of guarantee to deliver what is purchased? Let me know your experiences and tips!

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[–] overzeetop@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Temu is the current loss leader. You have to be careful as there are some items more expense than the Amazon or Aliexpress options, but many are 1/2-2/3 of the Amazon price with free shipping. Most items are 7-10 days shipping, but Amazon (to a rural address) is barely a couple days better with prime and about on par without.

Shipping has pretty much killed Aliexpress for me. I’m not willing to buy anything expensive as it’s effectively impossible to return and most sellers have an Amazon sellers account that is the same price or less once intl shipping is added.

[–] Donk240978@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The problem with Temu is all your data goes to , less reputable third parties.

I have never had so many scam calls, texts and emails in my life!

[–] overzeetop@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

As if it doesn't when you input it for other sources? I haven't had a single issue I can trace to Temu specifically. I get my Thai slave-mill "found your number in my phone" or "are you available for dinner" scam text once every other day regardless. Xfinity has probably sold, or lost, my information to dark web resellers more times than I can count. Heck, I get an email every couple of weeks from one of the "free" credit monitoring subscriptions I've been given thanks to breaches at Equifax, OPM, Chase, etc. that my email - the one I've had for 30 years come this spring - has been "found" on the dark web. No fucking shit; I'll bet the have my password from 1995, too. I'd worry about it but I have far more pressing things in my life - like making sure I'm not overheating the queso I just put in the microwave.