Why did the quality surprise you? Either you had some presumptions because everyone who ever spent money there - in particular when it comes to electronics and electronic components - know what a gamble it can be and are talking about it, or you have experienced this reality yourself but for some reason want to tone it down. Which is it?
Or maybe because you’re used to higher prices and when you find a product on a fraction of the price you obviously consider that quality might be lesser. So it’s surprising when the quality is comparable to the (sometimes much more) expensive product.
I keep hearing how terrible components from China are. High reputation sellers on the site are great, and I say this having spend around $100k in electronics for various projects.
By comparison getting the parts locally usually means having to talk to someone who bought them from the same place and is just charging you extra for having a postal address in the same country.
Because I expected nothing and I got some real value out of my purchases. Everything from decorative items to electronics. I expected nothing, but got good value out of those purchases.
Why did the quality surprise you? Either you had some presumptions because everyone who ever spent money there - in particular when it comes to electronics and electronic components - know what a gamble it can be and are talking about it, or you have experienced this reality yourself but for some reason want to tone it down. Which is it?