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Beware this fatal design of automatic litter boxes from ali express or amazon or similar - they can be DEADLY (www.youtube.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And another person with a broken reading comprehension...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

OK, give me an American retailer who can give me the micro-controllers and sensors I need, preferably at a reasonable price. For example: a $40 ARM board with dual ethernet and WiFi card slot.

You'll quickly realise that there's a lot of things missing when you completely discount China.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm talking products and you come with components. Thanks for proving my point though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Components? What exactly would be a "product" for you then? For all intents and purposes, I get the exact same quality from AliExpress and Banggood that I get from Amazon, just the latter charges me twice/thrice. Even my experience with refunds has been better with the Chinese than Amazon who absolutely doesn't want to part with the money they wrongly took from me.

I wouldn't buy expensive electronics like Mobile phones and TVs from Chinese shops. Cups, a torch, key fob, package opener, tape etc are all "products" I bought from AliExpress which would have cost me at least twice as much from Amazon/Walmart. Why on earth should I shop at American companies again when they resell the same stuff to make extra profits off of my back??