What is the least shit online store of the shitty ones? such as: Wish, AliExpress, etc..

Mr. Forager@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 117 points –

What is the least shitty shit store? Never had a good experience with any of the shops such as, wish, aliexpress and the rest of em. But which one of them is considered the better one, or more likely to actually arrive with the correct item? Is etsy considered better than the rest? Are there any of these "low priced" stores that actually have some sort of guarantee to deliver what is purchased? Let me know your experiences and tips!

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Just wanted to point out that Etsy isn't really in the same category as the other shops you listed. Think handmade crafts and souvenir store compared to Walmart.

Edit: I'm apparently reminiscing on the Etsy of yesteryear. I guess it's shit now.

Sure used to be that way but modern day Etsy is flooded with drop shippers selling AliExpress stuff

It’s such a shame really, because there are really cool independent sellers with some awesome handmade / hard to find vintage stuff, but they’re drowned out by drop shippers (who wouldn’t even be able to sell anything on there if people knew that same item was available through aliexpress without the 100x markup)

It’s egregious too. They all pretend it’s handmade crafts… that AliExpress happens to have exact copies of for a tenth of the price.

Yea just to pile on here, the bulk of Etsy is people simply repackaging items at a higher price. It's a total shit show now.