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> Can't believe I'm seeing Ali Express compared to Amazon, and apparently in a favorable way.

I said Ali Express was OK. As in "meh" worth a look. True, stuff arrives a month to two months later. I bought the exact compression socks advertised on Amazon from Ali Express - Amazon price: $16 each. Ali Express: $3.75 each including shipping. Ali Express is catching up.

A lot of products on Amazon are essentially a branding function (name tag) applied to a functionally finished product. The Chinese manufactures probably knew that. With Ali Express, that equation is changing.

> Maybe not if you consistently buy things that are exorbitant to ship like ping pong tables or 6 foot ladders...

The point is Walmart would have shipped it to me for cheaper. Now I know better... Shop around first and then order.



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