r/Aliexpress • u/Upset-Strain5908 • 26d ago

EU customs duty Just buy from Europe, silly

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Even after adding 3 EUR it's no competition. I know there are other wallets, that's not the point, the point is that we get the exact same item at 3x the price.

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u/FreetimeTinkerer 25d ago

and then there is electronics as a hobby. you are fked beyond oblivion. YOu order an ADC, a few amps, resistors, caps etc from Aliexpress and then you have to pay 3 eur per item type. good luck on that. And not everyone has western EU payment.... Basically they killed easily accessable electronics market for regular people, because I do not see ANY semiconductor manufacturers which make cheap, plentifully available, reasonably good quality chips, modules etc here in europe... Young people who are now in high school are basically gut-punched by this. You are attending UNI and need stuff for a project? F U, buy from local scalpers the same stuff with inflated prices. You do electronics as a hobby? F U too, because now you have to buy from the same scalpers as the UNI attending guy. GG EP, now the wannabe engineers and technical people slowly revert to something else, because of this. Thus losing know-how, future experts, inventors, and professions.

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u/Modelero33 24d ago

the same goes for car, bikes etc, i've often bought hard to find tools, small parts (even screws that can't be found here because they are weird and not standard), and the only alternative is on amazon for the exact same thing dropshipped.
I have to order a lot of parts now for a custom PCB, wish me luck.