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EL BROMANCE
Jun 10, 2006

COWABUNGA DUDES!
🥷🐢😬



Link doesn’t seem to work for me here, says it can’t be found. One of those things that’s restricted from sale in certain places perhaps? I’m in US.

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TrashMammal
Nov 10, 2022

Yeah, item not found. I’m getting some great recommendations attached to that though. Ali seems to think I’m an elderly nazi women with nail fungus.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
It's just some goop that claims to make your ballsack perfectly smooth.

holefoods
Jan 10, 2022

PHIZ KALIFA posted:

i got a bunch of coupons for TEMU, what's good on there? looking at some of these gemstone crowns: https://www.temu.com/1pc-crystal-crown-colorful-natural-crystal-headband-bridal-jewelry-party-decorations-g-601099512893214.html are any of their drones any good? what about cameras?

General consensus from everyone that used Temu (myself included) seemed to be that shipping times are nice but everything was somehow cheaper/worse than ali. Everything I ordered was the wrong size (and not like… china size is small wrong size, they literally gave me the wrong size). Much easier to return than ali, but that certainly robbed my confidence in ever trying again.

Jokerpilled Drudge
Jan 27, 2010

by Pragmatica
I got some killer wireless PC headphones/mic from Temu that I use every day for like 18 bux. On the other hand I found some pretty great deals on kitchen stuff and they just canceled the order on their side saying there were some suspicious prices.

Also ordered a pair of boots that never came and the folks at Temu were very reluctant to issue a refund.

It's been a bit of a crapshoot so far

bar88537
Nov 8, 2004

holefoods posted:

General consensus from everyone that used Temu (myself included) seemed to be that shipping times are nice but everything was somehow cheaper/worse than ali. Everything I ordered was the wrong size (and not like… china size is small wrong size, they literally gave me the wrong size). Much easier to return than ali, but that certainly robbed my confidence in ever trying again.

I've been happy with Temu. I'm in the US and I've noticed that Ali has been increasing prices since Trump's tariffs. Temu seems to be at those older price points, plus it comes quickly. I've mostly only gotten dumb things, like keychains and stickers. Only risky item was an apple slicer. My wife says it's designed thicker and more sturdy than the one she broke that was from Target or where ever.

One sketchy thing that happened though, the front page occasionally has crazy deals, but when I tried to add it to my cart, I got some sort of stock out error.

DRINK ME
Jul 31, 2006
i cant fix avs like this because idk the bbcode - HTML IS BS MAN

By popular demand posted:

Can't remember if this pin was posted before:


I got the shirt of this and I love it
“Dom Cum Shirt”

(Store doesn’t have it listed any more so no link)

I haven’t bought anything from Ali in a few months so nothing new for me. Here’s a shirt I didn’t buy

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020
I would say I have more QC issue with Temu stuff than Ali stuff. The first refund is free, but after the first one you have to pay for return shipping.

Main thing is Temu doesn't have the stuff I need so I go back to order from Ali.

JointHorse
Feb 7, 2005

Lusus naturæ et exaltabitur cor eius.


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wheatpuppy
Apr 25, 2008

YOU HAVE MY POST!

MarcusSA posted:

I got served this ad today and thought of this thread.



Finally got this ad today and was so excited to see what the thing was. Turns out it is a "vertebrae massager" and it is out of stock. :(

On the Temu vs Ali discussion, I ordered a bunch of stuff from Temu when it first came up in this thread and I'd agree that the quality is a shade lower than similar Ali products. This hasn't been an issue for me because I set low expectations going in so I was fine with what I got. Generally I'd consider Temu ok for random cheap tchotchkes but for anything I actually care about I'd probably spring the couple extra dollars to order from Amazon for the sake of the return policy etc.

super sweet best pal
Nov 18, 2009

I thought it was a bike seat with a piss canal

MarxCarl
Jul 18, 2003

DRINK ME posted:

I got the shirt of this and I love it
“Dom Cum Shirt”

(Store doesn’t have it listed any more so no link)


Original artist on the CUM shirt looks to be K Thor Jenson

https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/33151061-generic-fps-game-cum


He’s got more, but this one is good https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/3318683-everything-i-know-about-sex-i-learned-from-piers-a?store_id=147001

Hippie Hedgehog
Feb 19, 2007

Ever cuddled a hedgehog?

Yeesh, that is hosed up.

I wish I still worked in a place where
A) I could get away with edgy jokes on a shirt
B) anyone would get the reference

(In case anyone doesn’t know Anthony is a pervert, here is a well formulated case against his works. https://www.filfre.net/2019/12/companions-of-xanth-preceded-by-the-worrisome-case-of-piers-anthony/)

Hippie Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Jan 1, 2023

Charles Ford
Nov 27, 2004

The Earth is a farm. We are someone else’s Ford Focus.

super sweet best pal posted:

I thought it was a bike seat with a piss canal

I have a bike seat that has a canal in that exact location, but it's meant to prevent erection damage by not pressing on the penis vein.

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

lol the Aliexpress.com site login does not work for me (with or without adblock turned on) and if I click the 'Wishlist' link it redirects to the aliexpress.ru site for login which I would not trust with a long stick.

Clicking the register link there is a separate 'log in' tab on that modal that works fine. Whatever they are paying their site devs, it's too much.

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
Works for me, at least right now. The redirection happens if you open someone's link with a different language, it's very annoying.



It looks like one of those fetish things but thankfully is just a fur dryer for you doggos. Though they'll probably hate it about equally.


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004599110284.html

Subjunctive
Sep 12, 2006

✨sparkle and shine✨

mobby_6kl posted:

It looks like one of those fetish things but thankfully is just also a fur dryer for you doggos.

mystes
May 31, 2006

I would definitely not expect that a fur dryer would be some sort of fetish thing so maybe drag your minds out of the gutter

Subjunctive
Sep 12, 2006

✨sparkle and shine✨

Oh so you’re a wet-fur guy.

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


mobby_6kl posted:

Works for me, at least right now. The redirection happens if you open someone's link with a different language, it's very annoying.



It looks like one of those fetish things but thankfully is just a fur dryer for you doggos. Though they'll probably hate it about equally.


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004599110284.html

If anyone thinks dogs are going to stay in the same spot for any number of seconds with a hairdryer on, they deserve to be scammed.

norp
Jan 20, 2004

TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP

let's invade New Zealand, they have oil

Nettle Soup
Jan 30, 2010

Oh, and Jones was there too.

I bought a laptop battery for my old x230 and it showed up a few days ago, so far it seem actually ok! Hopefully it stays that way, having a battery in this thing again is nice.

Hippie Hedgehog
Feb 19, 2007

Ever cuddled a hedgehog?
I'm amazed that people ever buy things off Aliexpress that either:

1. Plug into anything expensive (including the wall)
2. Touch the skin directly
3. Is consumed

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

Nettle Soup posted:

I bought a laptop battery for my old x230 and it showed up a few days ago, so far it seem actually ok! Hopefully it stays that way, having a battery in this thing again is nice.
Yeah I got a new battery for my (chinese) tablet like two years ago and it's still going strong, at least as good as the original one was at least.

Hippie Hedgehog posted:

I'm amazed that people ever buy things off Aliexpress that either:

1. Plug into anything expensive (including the wall)
2. Touch the skin directly
3. Is consumed
I like to live dangerously :shrug:

Alucard
Mar 11, 2002
Pillbug
You could make the same argument for Amazon stuff since a good chunk of it is the same poo poo as on AE. I'd probably amend the plug into the wall thing with a limit on how much wattage gotta through it, or an mAh limit.

Hippie Hedgehog
Feb 19, 2007

Ever cuddled a hedgehog?

Alucard posted:

You could make the same argument for Amazon stuff since a good chunk of it is the same poo poo as on AE. I'd probably amend the plug into the wall thing with a limit on how much wattage gotta through it, or an mAh limit.

I don't shop on Amazon either, by virtue of not being in a country where Amazon is worth a drat, but I guess Amazon is not only non-name junk brands or fakes, like AliE is?

Of course, any reseller can let dangerous products through from time to time. A friend of mine recently had the misfortune of forgetting to wash some new sheets before first use, and her daughter came out in a pretty severe allergic rash that required treatment with heavy steroids. I don't think she bought them off Ali or Amazon but at a brick&mortar store. Anyway, that's the reason I don't buy my Teeth Cleansing Whitening Mousse or Scrotum Smoothing Cream online.

Nettle Soup
Jan 30, 2010

Oh, and Jones was there too.

Literally no other way to buy new batteries for this thing anymore, and it was at the point where it was running out of battery while plugged in. The aliexpress store seemed to be the best reviwed, and everything on amazon or ebay is cheap junk.

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020
You guys know China processes 60% of the world lithium right? And also produces 75% of the global lithium battery.

As long as you buy the battery from a shop with high feedback and high sales volume, you are fine.


In search of Mr Co poo poo slipper brought me this




It's like a game controller for your feet.

Hippie Hedgehog
Feb 19, 2007

Ever cuddled a hedgehog?

Could these be specific "toilet slippers"? Not sure if that's a thing in China but they are in Japan. Could explain the weird name.

Guy Axlerod
Dec 29, 2008

stephenthinkpad posted:

You guys know China processes 60% of the world lithium right? And also produces 75% of the global lithium battery.

As long as you buy the battery from a shop with high feedback and high sales volume, you are fine.

In search of Mr Co poo poo slipper brought me this




It's like a game controller for your feet.

"Genital hands" -- not sure what kind of games you're playing.

Hirayuki
Mar 28, 2010


Hippie Hedgehog posted:

Could these be specific "toilet slippers"? Not sure if that's a thing in China but they are in Japan. Could explain the weird name.
No, they're just extra squishy. I bought a pair that were advertised as "poop feel" for my teen, who enjoys them immensely. "Too bad" they weren't able to recreate the poo poo-between-your-toes sensation, though.

Alucard
Mar 11, 2002
Pillbug

stephenthinkpad posted:

You guys know China processes 60% of the world lithium right? And also produces 75% of the global lithium battery.

As long as you buy the battery from a shop with high feedback and high sales volume, you are fine.

In search of Mr Co poo poo slipper brought me this




It's like a game controller for your feet.

Can you get them with cherry blues?

Ensign Expendable
Nov 11, 2008

Lager beer is proof that god loves us
Pillbug

NoneMoreNegative posted:

lol the Aliexpress.com site login does not work for me (with or without adblock turned on) and if I click the 'Wishlist' link it redirects to the aliexpress.ru site for login which I would not trust with a long stick.

Clicking the register link there is a separate 'log in' tab on that modal that works fine. Whatever they are paying their site devs, it's too much.

I switched the locale and currency back in settings and it redirects me properly now. Had to log in to do it though.

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
Linus can be dumb and annoying but I saw he did a review of an AE laptop and couldn't skip it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um0l6ZSxfTE

It's surprisingly fine overall though not what I'd expect in a GAMING LAPTOP. Once I realized it's a N5105 processor, there are probably even better options actually unless you wanted the weird mechanical keyboard

r u ready to WALK
Sep 29, 2001

They didn't even post the link, shameful
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004691007173.html



(i'm half tempted to get one for linux shenanigans and game streaming to the couch)

busalover
Sep 12, 2020
I like the speakers that do nothing.

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

r u ready to WALK posted:

They didn't even post the link, shameful
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004691007173.html



(i'm half tempted to get one for linux shenanigans and game streaming to the couch)
I actually posted it in a SH/SC thread, but yeah that's it. I think you actually found the right seller, I got another one with exactly one unit sold, which I assumed was Linus/his underling.

These can pretty decent machines really. I have one with the N5100 from Chuwi which is like a major brand :) For around $400 it's got a 2560x1600 touchscreen with pen support, a 512GB SSD and 12GB of memory. Very solid hinge and overall construction. The processor is a bit slow of course but not in a way that's really noticeable in normal use. Not something I'd recommend a normie, but if you know what you're getting into, they're kind of cool.


Also came across this one. Interesting use of euphemism!

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002780120161.html

busalover posted:

I like the speakers that do nothing.
They look cool!

E: just checked the local store. You can actually get a laptop for $100 apparently, but it's last-gen Celeron (which is actually noticeably slower) and 4GB of memory, and even going up to this price range you still get TN screens that are sometimes even 1366 × 768 lol.
E2: though if you're in the US, you can probably get actually decent stuff for $500-600 or so

mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Jan 2, 2023

everdave
Nov 14, 2005
I’ll have to watch that Linus video I skipped it as I thought it would be his usual look at me I’m so sarcastic bullshit

Edit: I just got a Gigabyte “gaming” laptop for my brother for Christmas for $550 out the door new. 12th gen i5, gtx 3050, RGB yo. From Best Buy on eBay.

everdave fucked around with this message at 00:00 on Jan 3, 2023

Ensign Expendable
Nov 11, 2008

Lager beer is proof that god loves us
Pillbug
Forget the holster, I want a sick John Smith tshirt.

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REMEMBER SPONGE MONKEYS
Oct 3, 2003

What do you think it means, bitch?
I’m a bit late, but here’s what’s good on Temu:

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