I've had excellent experiences with Aliexpress, Banggood, Temu. Temu stuff can be a little too cheap. Most of the stuff I've bought has been 3d printer stuff and woodworking tools.
Most of the stuff I've bought I didn't have to work out any deal. I guess it depends on what you're getting and if you can buy in quantity. I'm only buying one of things. Sometimes they have stuff not on the site and talking to them helps me find it. Like I wanted a license plate fender mount for my motorcycle and the seller had it but wasn't advertising it. It can take some back and forth to figure out due to language barrier. You have to be careful about the "colors" / SKU. When you click on an ad the price can look low versus the picture. But the ads seem to mix a picture of a higher SKU with price for the lowest SKU. It's deceptive but once you're aware of it it's not a big deal. I don't know about shipping to Canada. It's been fabulous to USA/California as these low dollar items through USPS avoid tariff, but it looks like that's about to change completely, and that's all I think we should say here about that. I've never sent anything back and it's probably a hassle. Most of the stuff is cheap enough that if I don't like it I would probably just throw it in the trash. -- John. >
