twelti - 20-2-2019 at 13:45
Doing some cursory searches on Allibaba and related sites, it seems there are several items/materials available that might be otherwise hard to
obtain, for whatever reason. Most of the items have large minimum orders, but some are much smaller. Has anyone had any luck obtaining chemicals
this way? I am curious. I assume there are drawbacks.
j_sum1 - 20-2-2019 at 14:03
There are dozens of threads on this. I suggest you do a search to get good information.
The consensus is generally positive for most chems and equipment. but sometimes lower prices are low for a reason.
Laboratory of Liptakov - 20-2-2019 at 14:07
@twelti
It seems, that you know about China suppliers more, than everyone else. You can create list what is possible buy as one piece or 100g, 500g, 1Kg. And
hang here. Thanks for everyone's.....
....LL
[Edited on 20-2-2019 by Laboratory of Liptakov]
twelti - 22-2-2019 at 19:01
I did look around some but didn't find as much about it as I thought, given the possibilities. I'll try it and report back.
Ubya - 23-2-2019 at 01:15
i tried to buy from alibaba a few times, but even if i needed a small quantity of something shipping costs were around 100$, convenient only for big
bulk purchases
MineMan - 23-2-2019 at 02:02
Be careful been sent fake stuff a few times. And latly, some suppliers are charge close to US suppliers....
Laboratory of Liptakov - 1-3-2019 at 09:21
I have same opinion. The China is too far for any reklamation. And shipping for one a piece is tragical expensive.
twelti - 1-3-2019 at 09:57
I did find one supplier listing WFNA, 500 ml for reasonable price, but they didn't respond to my inquiry yet.
MineMan - 2-3-2019 at 14:33
Shipping is expensive yes. But I still use China.... especially for harder to acquire material.
Microtek - 7-3-2019 at 05:29
I have bought some hydroxy-terminated PDMS for silly-putty synthesis, and it arrived without any issues. I have also bought some machinery related
stuff that was delivered as expected.
MineMan - 9-3-2019 at 23:49
China can be very good. You just have to shop around for the right supplier. Do your research. And. Yes.