On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 06:07:00 +0200, Nomen Nescio wrote:

You see something there, that is 60% the price you would pay from local retailer. But is some brand you never heard of. Beware, it is made of
b-grade chips and half the DIMMs won't even boot.

I've had to resolve issues for people buying from eBay and Amazon too
(you can probably lump Temu in there as well I suppose), it'll be hit 'n
miss anywhere online unless its a local brick and mortar store's website where you can be on their doorstep or get a replacement arranged the same
or next day.

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Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:

You see something there, that is 60% the price you would
pay from local retailer. But is some brand you never heard
of. Beware, it is made of b-grade chips and half the DIMMs
won't even boot.

I did buy a couple of sticks from a Chinese Ebay seller years ago
and they worked perfectly. It was advertised as second-hand RAM
from a known manufacturer and seemed legit.

I wasn't so lucky with the new USB memory stick I bought from
Aliexpress though, which died after the first attemped write. I got
a refund though, so possibly worth the risk. Though Aliexpress has
got more complicated with refunds these days and caught me out last
time an order failed to arrive at all - on first attempt "wait
longer", then on a later attempt "too late to apply for a refund".
Grr...

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On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:37:18 +1000, Petzl wrote:

On 26 Jul 2026 14:23:40 +1000, noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> wrote:

On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 06:07:00 +0200, Nomen Nescio wrote:

You see something there, that is 60% the price you would pay from
local retailer. But is some brand you never heard of. Beware, it is
made of b-grade chips and half the DIMMs won't even boot.

I've had to resolve issues for people buying from eBay and Amazon too
(you can probably lump Temu in there as well I suppose), it'll be hit 'n >>miss anywhere online unless its a local brick and mortar store's website >>where you can be on their doorstep or get a replacement arranged the
same or next day.

The only problem from AliExpress products, but didn't like their email bombing harassment.

hahah, well you can never say you have no idea whats going on with your packages from them, thats kind of good, b7ut i file everthing from thme
in a sieve filter to folder so they never clog up my inbox

TEMU is not a manufacturer they are a reseller,

of course not, none of them are.

good idea though to be careful. TEMU though will pay you back if
unsatisfied with a credit of your purchase to your account, they will

I've had no issues with aliexpress credit, only used it twice ever, multi component packages, each occasion one item missing, they more than
compensated me, and it hasnt happened in a few years now.

I also dont use Temu anymore because they penalise Qld'rs with a higher minimum buy for free shipping than most other states, if I need mass
items I'll consider them, but ordinarily no.

I always search for what I want, and it comes up by default, with a Sort
by "Relevance" selection,

so they fixed it, their search abilities was attrocious last time i was
there




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On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:16:12 +1000, Petzl wrote:

To get to my Sydney suburb Campbelltown, minimum order price is AU$40.

Thats what I mean Qld requires 50 minimum spend, WTF shit is that, its
why I aint been back to them in a fair while.

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On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:10:13 +1000, Petzl wrote:

On 27 Jul 2026 14:25:52 +1000, noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> wrote:

On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:16:12 +1000, Petzl wrote:

To get to my Sydney suburb Campbelltown, minimum order price is AU$40.

Thats what I mean Qld requires 50 minimum spend, WTF shit is that, its
why I aint been back to them in a fair while.

They fly it to Sydney then pay a Courier to deliver it to my home
delivery is included in the profit they make from a AU$40 dollar order. Campbelltown suburb is in the outer metro area of Sydney.
Last major metro town out of Sydney, on the way to Canberra, ACT

and they overfly Brisbane and spend 90 more minutes on Jet-A1 fuel to get
to Sydney, I think they should be charging YOU lot 10 bux more :)




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