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Default Best place for a hobbiest to buy small amounts of parts?

On Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 2:37:53 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wed, 22 Feb 2017 04:20:07 +1100, Clifford Heath
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You're wrong to discount Aliexpress. You get access to thousands of
vendors (same as EBay) but none of them see your credit card, and
until you approve of the product *as delivered*, they don't get your


Is this Aliexpress a company in China, or do they just sell China goods?




Aliexpress is just an umbrella corporation and the goods that come through are sold by many thousands of independent sellers.

Think of Aliexpress as a Chinese "buy it now" only ebay.

I've had excellent luck, just be sure to check ratings and read the descriptions carefully.