You guys ever buy through Wish?

[kythri]

I haven’t bought anything significant but you can get some good deals. Like O rings kits. 225 pieces for $17.

That's a deal?

https://www.harborfreight.com/382-piece-o-ring-assortment-67554.html

https://www.harborfreight.com/397-piece-metric-o-ring-assortment-67580.html

[m_fumich]

I THOUGHT it was. Well, there are things on Wish that ARE worth having that you can’t get at HF even if my example aren’t the ones.


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[stokester]

I've never purchased anything through Wish but am very hesitant to buy anything directly from China that has to be within a specific specification.  Bottom line is that the requirement to meet a standard is lax at best and I will pay more for a USA source.

https://images.harborfreight.com/cpi/recalls/fuse_sets.html

[ron350]

There are Chinese o-rings and then there are Harbor Freight o-rings.

I purchased a set of HF viton o-rings # 67525 around 2014 and they are the worst looking o-rings I have ever seen. They are full of voids and have uneven center molding lines. 

https://www.harborfreight.com/180-piece-viton-o-ring-kit-67525.html

I have ordered Chinese o-rings from The O-ring Store and the quality is much better than HF.
On a scale of 1 to 10 the HF o-rings would be a 1 and the o-ring store would be a 6 with Parker being the best at a 10.

[hickory n Steel]

That is my entire point.


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I get it and the prices almost make the gamble worth it, but I just can't handle the long wait for tools.

[m_fumich]

I get it and the prices almost make the gamble worth it, but I just can't handle the long wait for tools.

That’s why the stuff I order is stuff I’d like to have but don’t necessarily need right away.



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[Papaw]

I have bought a few items on Wish, and always expected long shipping times. I bought these Macro Lens Adapters for Canon cameras and found that they work just as well as Canon ones at a bunch less money. Fitment is just a little dodgy, but for my purposes good enough.
It is kinda like when you buy from HF, you know what you are getting. I have bought HF tools when I knew I wouldn't use them often, and knew they wouldn't last as long as the "real" ones.