Amazon is now AliExpress with a 300% markup. It has been that for a while.

jbm · on Jan 17, 2023

This is not an exaggeration, although it is still better than local retail that has a 1000% markup.

I went to buy some velcro at a local store and that project got delayed 6 weeks for the shipment to arrive from Aliexpress.

herbst · on Jan 17, 2023

I am also thinking small electronic components the whole thread. Once you see the pricing on Ali compared to whatever local distributor is there it's easy to regularly delay projects for a single $0.2 part.

1000% markup is by far not the worst I've seen.

npteljes · on Jan 17, 2023

Etsy too. Lots of stuff from Ali, shipped from China, just orders of magnitudes more expensive.

herbst · on Jan 17, 2023

So true. And Etsy doesn't care at all. Even thought some categories are completely overrun by now.