ALIExpress ... BS?
08-29-23, 10:10 PM
#26
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,660
Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1248 Post(s)
Liked 1,323 Times
in
674 Posts
Yes, I have also read plenty on Chinese business dealings and it's pathological pragmatism. Western (i.e. high trust) societies certainly differ from China. In China, loyalty is applied only to the point that it pays to be loyal and not an iota beyond. Beyond that, anything goes. In China, trust exists only in the immediate familial realm or by the very closest of friendship ties.
I'm going to pass on the seatpost, or anything else, via Ali. A few posters of virtuous signal in here convinced me of that. Thanks to them.
I'm going to pass on the seatpost, or anything else, via Ali. A few posters of virtuous signal in here convinced me of that. Thanks to them.
08-29-23, 10:23 PM
#27
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 2,397
Mentioned: 14 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1562 Post(s)
Liked 1,735 Times
in
975 Posts
I'd say, it depends. I haven't heard of any chinese made electric bikes bursting into flame, but their TOTL electric automobiles seem to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOA7qKMcjcE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOA7qKMcjcE
08-30-23, 03:26 AM
#28
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 39,261
Mentioned: 211 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 18425 Post(s)
Liked 15,582 Times
in
7,337 Posts
08-30-23, 05:07 AM
#29
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: South Korea
Posts: 783
Bikes: Merida Speeder
Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 233 Post(s)
Liked 165 Times
in
115 Posts
Aliexpress is fine for certain things. But that pricing thing is silly, it's just to spoof the algorithm (it's awful anyway) and to generate clicks. There will be an UNO seatpost for $17 or something like that, and some will have it as $16.72 with free shipping, others will go for $11.89 with $5.23 shipping, and then there will be guys who will advertise the seatpost for $3.56. When you click on it, you will see it's $3.56 for two Ti saddle bolts and $17.67 for the seatpost. It's a mild annoyance and I always go to one of the guys selling for $16.72 with free shipping, because they haven't wasted my time, however mildly.
08-30-23, 08:32 AM
#30
The Wheezing Geezer
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Española, NM
Posts: 1,060
Bikes: 1976 Fredo Speciale, Jamis Citizen 1, Ellis-Briggs FAVORI, Rivendell Clem Smith Jr.
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 414 Post(s)
Liked 926 Times
in
448 Posts
In general, I think ragging on China about cheap crap is prejudiced and un-helpful.
And ragging on buying from China for political reasons is pointless and silly, IMO. Looking down on people for saving money is a position of great privilege, in modern terminology.
08-30-23, 09:34 AM
#31
Newbie
I've spent hundreds of dollars on AE including a groupset, a carbon wheelset, chains, saddles and stems. I've only gotten maybe two items that didn't perform up to expectations and that was for the very cheap stuff that I clearly should've spent more on. One of those was a $15 soldering iron that didn't solder and the other was a $2 multitool that bent upon first use.
Some stuff can be counterfeit but it should be obvious if one reads the listing. Just read and look carefully.
Some stuff can be counterfeit but it should be obvious if one reads the listing. Just read and look carefully.
08-30-23, 09:45 AM
#32
Randomhead
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Happy Valley, Pennsylvania
Posts: 24,402
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4 Post(s)
Liked 3,701 Times
in
2,521 Posts
Closing for moderator review.
We don't allow political comments in the main forum. Most of you knew this already and some of you went ahead and made political comments anyway. Disappointing.
We don't allow political comments in the main forum. Most of you knew this already and some of you went ahead and made political comments anyway. Disappointing.
