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Reliability of the Chinese websites like alibaba amd aliexpress
Dom13c:
After spending a day of searching I've finally come up with the usage of dds vfo instead of the old school all analog vfo for my general coverage hf receiver . Wadley design is just way too complex to be utilized to stabilise the vfo.
What I want to ask is that how reliable are those chienese websites e.g. alibaba, aliexpress etc. to order things from. The price they ask are quite reasonable ( okay, cheap ::) ;D :palm:) . Have any of you guys ever been scammed or are given counterfeit goods? I wanna buy not much but a Si5351 breakout board and a bunch of 45 MHz crystal filters and some specific frequency crystals (in a quantity of like 100) for ssb filters
edavid:
It's not unusual to get parts that are bad or not as described. However, the buyer protection is pretty good. So, don't buy anything unless you are prepared to test it yourself before the buyer protection period expires.
bd139:
What you're attempting to buy usually comes out fine. I've had at least 5 Si5351A boards from aliexpress with zero problems. Hundreds of crystals, zero problems. Not tried 45MHz filters.
Just build myself literally what you're thinking of building the other day:
Software is not off the shelf or raduino though - custom stuff I'm working on as I need out of phase signals.
ebclr:
Aliexpress is safer than eBay, the refund is much easier, and take a long time to expire and can be extended, I use frequently and never lose a cent.
You get what you paid for, don't expect to buy a 100 USD thing for 2 USD, But a 100USD thing for 30 USD it's a quite viable and real possibility.
If you are the "fake paranoid" don't buy anything and pay much more on the so-called safe channels, without any assurance that the supposed to be good and "expensive" one is any better than the supposed to be "fake" and cheap.
bd139:
I'm not so sure. Aliexpress users tend to try and play around with partial refunds or the store user disappears sharpish after ripping off a few thousand users. ebay almost always side against the seller from experience.
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