Never used Taobao, how does the pricing work? I know you gotta get an agent, but I don't know what that involves or how it's priced.

at least it looks like a "chinese original" product and not a completely blatant rip off in the sense that it doesnt comes from klhip themselves

thank you "Liro" brand nail clippers

you can choose not to use taobao agents but you might have issues where your card gets declined

Yeah, and the original is just 440C stainless, so it ain't anything too fancy

Ah, why $25-$35 then?

so when i bought clothes off taobao the final cost (price+shipping) ended up basically doubling the price of the entire order

if you buy small things you can choose to have them sent by a small packet but it depends on the agent you use and if they're willing to ship via cheap methods

also you have to pay $1-$4 for domestic shipping within china

Jesus, I thought price was one of the big reasons to use Taobao.

it still is, but it depends on the things you buy

also that shipping is for an entire haul of items and not just 1 item

like i have the fake goyard card holder that i got for $4 + $4 shipping and even though i paid "double" for the item, its still not $300

im actually making a new haul for a TNF jacket on ytaopal to see the shipping price difference between that and superbuy

What should/shouldn't you get via Taobao? I know keyboard people like it.

7d mangos

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71Y5evYi2DL._SL1500_.jpg

its hard to say, i just buy clothes and my first haul was some mmcx connectors and a cable

shoes are extremely good value if youre buying fakes

@Matthew If I get Taobao figured out and find enough other stuff to justify an order, I'm fucking doing it.

are dried mangoes a total meme or worth trying? I see them in Daiso retail stores

@Windatica I need a goyard wallet

@LookRat they are a Thailand thing and it's tasty go try some

Neat wallets.

oh shit I reminded myself that I tried a bunch of strange shit from an asian grocery store

dried squid candy was one thing

real strange mix of salty and sickly sugary... and fishyness

was nice for the first 3 pieces then increasingly disgusting

dried mangoes are not a meme

if those are genuine

frozen philipines ones are world class, dried ones retain a fair amount of flavor

i posted the goyard card holder a while ago, its basically a symbol of being involved with buying fake clothes from china at this point

considering how good value it is for $4

@Jignx https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=543020978173

my last wallet was a $4 chinese pleather card holder which was pretty good up until it almost disintegrated in the wash

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32898918782.html

You wash your wallet?

Do you dry your cash too?

He launders his money, don't you?

I don't <:FeelsBadMan:589103983558393857>