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Basic Poster
May 11, 2015

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

On Facebook
Today is "Singles Day" which is apparantly a completely made up one day event of the little borther of Alibaba.com (fun place to purchase dangerous research chemicals and human hair) - Aliexpress

What can you buy here? IDK. Its the Amazon of China that Yahoo bought last year or something to breathe a little bit of life into their netscape era business structure. No idea how that is working out, but that is irrelevant. However as you might imagine, the ebay of china can be as strange as you expect. You will find regular products made in china and normally marketed to the US for less than you would find them in retail. Including such favorites as:

Weaponized False Nails


Real (Fake) Google 3D Goggles


Comically Large PCI Wifi Stealer


Opposite Tank Top


There are many normal and many abnormal things for sale on this crazy e-commerce webspace. Many of my favorite are in the men's t-shirt section. Its the sort of shock and bewliderment you may remember from walking into a spencer's so many years ago but somehow less explainable.

Curturally Appropriated Kanye
http://imgur.com/VLMdnOa

For the Fab goon too extreme for regular swole garments
http://imgur.com/rOhP9kG

Cold Chill
http://imgur.com/YTObFR7

Holiday Conversation Starter
http://imgur.com/DXSUy7J

Prefect for every goon on your list
http://imgur.com/DvMcikv

Obligatory
http://imgur.com/Chjoaj4

After browsing all the odd items of questionable safety and respect for intellectual property and you may actually want to buy something, today is the places "Black Friday".

quote:

Here's some tips for shopping at AliExpress:

Make sure you select "ePacket Delivery" or FedEx/DHL or don't buy it! ePacket is the best because it's usually free or super cheap and it includes a tracking number. No tracking number == No buy. Get that in your head right now: If there's no tracking the supplier will put you at the tail end of their shipment priorities which means you might not get what you ordered until next year.

Also note that ePacket can take a month or so. Especially for orders on Singles Day. So if you need your item sooner than that make sure to select a supplier offering reasonably-priced FedEx/DHL shipping.
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If you already added something to your shopping cart and at checkout you see that the supplier has ridiculous prices on FedEx/DHL just look for another supplier or even another option in that same supplier's shop. They will usually have packages with discounted FedEx/DHL shipping options.
Alternatively: Just contact the supplier! They'll have broken English but they know drat well what, "FedEx/DHL shipping too expensive! I need this by December 1st. What can you offer me?" means. They are also usually more than happy to oblige if you say things like, "I will recommend you to all my friends/business contacts if you do this." =D

The "$50 for a $100 gift card" offers are worth every penny! Buy your budget's worth!
The time-based sales are full of absolute crap. Don't bother. Just leisurely peruse the search engine's results any time of the day. There's not going to be great "lightning deals" (or whatever they're called) on, say, relay boards, lasers, or LED light strips.
Suppliers that focus on one particular type of component (e.g. they sell LEDs and nothing else) will usually have the best deals.

Post good and fun things you find among the wonders of the orient or just enjoy some cheap buys on poorly made but comical things!

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Cool NIN Shirt
Nov 26, 2007

by vyelkin
If they have a book on correctly posting images, buy that OP

E: sorry for being snarky. Good thread idea OP. God bless

thatguy
Feb 5, 2003
I was looking into importing brazilian mangos so I could sell dried mango at the farmer's market for obscene sums to idiots, and they were selling them by the 20 or 40 foot container, your choice.

thatguy
Feb 5, 2003
alibaba could be a godsend for SA secret santa

Pinche Rudo
Feb 8, 2005

They have a lot of fake sports jerseys. Including some you just can't find anywhere else!

Iron Crowned
May 6, 2003

by Hand Knit
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/1pc-...archweb201560_9

Bokito
Jul 25, 2007
Going Ape


Uhhh, WTF?

jenny jones fan
Dec 24, 2007
I remember a few years ago I needed an incredibly specific PC part. It was a 3.5" bay that was a card reader and also had an ir port for Windows Media Center. Literally the only place on the entire Internet that had it was that site. Except they only sold this $40 peripheral in batches of 100. Not wanting to spend $4,000 and then having to sell 99 on ebay, I gave up.

Nice to see if they sell in normal qualities now. Awesome thread idea by the way

That wifi stealer looks like a chainsaw.

jenny jones fan fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Nov 10, 2015

Basic Poster
May 11, 2015

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

On Facebook

Oh man, that is going on my Christmas list for sure.

Icept
Jul 11, 2001

This is the best stoner shirt in a long time.

jenny jones fan
Dec 24, 2007
I literally cannot navigate their mobile site.



There's no way to get rid of that floating menu lol

Elusif
Jun 9, 2008

is there any goatse merchandise

ChairmanMeow
Mar 1, 2008

Fire up the grill everyone eats tonight!
Lipstick Apathy
I have gotten some super cute dresses from aliexpress dirt cheap. I love that site.

Basic Poster
May 11, 2015

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

On Facebook

E Equals MC Hammer posted:

is there any goatse merchandise

Don't think so. Although their search auto complete thinks "goat sex" has been searched before...but I ain't clicking that.

Elusif
Jun 9, 2008

74,907 results for male masturbator

Elusif
Jun 9, 2008

303 Laser verde 532nm Laser Pen Pointer 10000mw green high powered instantly burning matchs presenter apresentador de slides

That cant be right, a 10 watt laser pen???

Fart.Bleed.Repeat.
Sep 29, 2001

Icept posted:

This is the best stoner shirt in a long time.

big black turnout
Jan 13, 2009



Fallen Rib

Cool NIN Shirt posted:

If they have a book on correctly posting images, buy that OP

E: sorry for being snarky. Good thread idea OP. God bless

This Jacket Is Me
Jan 29, 2009
Well if some shady mporter/exporter says this pen can burn through paper, thén why doubt?

ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib
In trying to get out of exporting

numberoneposter
Feb 19, 2014

How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

this guy i know bought a cycling jersey from AliExpress and it gave him a rash lol

Spanish Manlove
Aug 31, 2008

HAILGAYSATAN
Ali Baba rules because you can set up to buy a shitload of horse head masks

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/ANIMAL-HALLOWEEN-BLACK-HORSE-HEAD-LATEX_858356275.html?spm=a2700.7724838.35.1.NTVM24&s=p

or like a shipping container of instant ramen noodles:

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/factory-wholesale--65g-3-flavors_60325121999.html?spm=a2700.7724838.30.1.nukqNW&s=p

If a carton is 12 cups of noodles, that equates to a 246 year supply of noodles.

Unbelievably Fat Man
Jun 1, 2000

Innocent people. I could never hurt innocent people.


Lay egg is true motherducker.

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Basic Poster
May 11, 2015

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

On Facebook
Just to save some people the trouble...

http://m.aliexpress.com/search.htm?keywords=waifu

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