Whenever I find a cheap dev board on any electronic buying website out there, at the end they ask me to pay shipping fee which can range from 10% of my product value to 500%. Is there any website where I can get the same board at nominal market price and not get ripped off for shipping fee?
Unfortunately, this is a very common tactic. The eBay and AliExpress platforms are just two examples. You will find a product at an amazing price when it comes up in a search, only to discover one or both of two things:
a) A cheap option was included in the listing that features in the displayed price. It's only when you go into the listing you find the real products and real prices.
b) The quoted price of the product is really low - too low, in fact - and the shipping cost is inflated to make the total payment more sustainable for the seller.
My recommendation is to get used to it and focus on the total cost of acquisition. Getting hung up on the breakdown is futile.
It is particularly aggravating with eBay.
I ask it to look for "Australia only", but it exhausts that after a few items & goes worldwide.
I scroll down & often find nice old pieces of equipment for quite reasonable prices.
Then I look at the shipping costs---the best case scenario is that the total price to me is doubled, but there are a large number of
items that quote $1000 plus shipping.
Obviously the vendor doesn't want to ship to Oz, but why not just say so?
Then there are the Oz vendors who specify "pick up only (a "Gumtree" specialty).
What could have been a bargain isn't so much if I have to fly to Melbourne to pick it up.
Don't get me wrong, Melbourne is a nice old place, but I could buy a new device after I pay the return airline fare.