“They cut Americans out of making the products, buy direct online from China and cut out the companies. Most companies Chinese products for $1 and sell to Americans for $50.”
I do this on ebay a few times a year. Swimmers silicone earplugs direct from China cost 10% of what the Amazon ones cost...but you have to know which ones to get:)
You can scout out a product on Amazon and read the reviews. Then often you can buy cheaper on ebay either direct from China or it might be Chinese made but sitting in a US warehouse. Black toner for laser printers? Amazon is a rip-off, go to ebay.
I check Ebay before I buy in stores anymore. For one thing, the stores probably won’t have what I need because they have such stale inventories. Second, I usually find Ebay is 10:1 or even 50:1 on most items. That $50 dollar watch my wife liked for “junk jewelry”, $4 delivered on Ebay. Exact same watch the store was selling for $50.
Try going to Radio Shack or Best Buy and buying a small AM/FM radio; $20, $40, even $75. Only $5 delivered on Ebay for a product the stores don’t even carry.
It isn’t even worth the gas money to go to stores anymore.
You can scout out a product on Amazon and read the reviews. Then often you can buy cheaper on ebay either direct from China or it might be Chinese made but sitting in a US warehouse. Black toner for laser printers? Amazon is a rip-off, go to ebay.””
Thank you Dennis. Good info. I try to buy US when possible. I bought a log jack made in USA two weeks ago. It was a few bucks less to buy it direct from the company than from Amazon.