SCAMMED!! You PAID 500% MORE FOR THIS! #APC003

in diy •  7 years ago  (edited)

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If you saw the thumbnail and know what is that you probably thought you bought it at a bargain since it replaces all tools!

This is called UNIVERSAL SOCKET and various number of names, it replaces all your need for other tools.
HERE is the demo for the product.

No doubt it is a very useful tool in my toolkit. But you are paying over 500% or sometimes even more for this product.

There are a lot of brands that label them as their own and market it at such a ridiculous price. I bought 2 for different ones from 2 suppliers at amazon's price range and compared them to the ones I got from China. There is little to no difference spotted.

Features of the product:

  1. Professional grade universal socket wrench
  2. Can be disassembled various shapes nuts, screws, hooks, lag screws, and bolt heads ect.
  3. Self-adjusts to fit thousands of fasteners.
  4. Polished chrome finish.
  5. It can be used in automotive industry, household maintenance, manufacturing industry,construction and other industries.
  6. Product is compact and easy to carry. Removable screws,rotating hooks,disassemble flat head screw. Removing irregular screws and remove broken taps, tightening knobs.
  7. Automatic standard and metric application
  8. Power drill adapter included

Ebay : $ 7 - 14
Amazon: $9 - $35
China online market : $1.4 - $3
China factory price: $1.2 - $3

So the main question is, are you being SCAMMED?

Firstly, does the seller some sort of quality control over the products sent to you?
Not all products sent over from China are of the same standards in terms of quality, if the seller does QC, he will have to take the loss on some products that are not up to standard.
Lastly, the seller has to mark the price up to offer you free shipping.
Some seller sells it with the wrench and power drill adapter, which will add no more than $2 to the China online price.

So is it OVERPRICED on amazon? In my opinion, no if there is some sort of warranty and quality control.
After taking into account those factors, it saves me the hassle of communicating with China and the probability of getting a defective product. Not to mention shipping etc.

Thank you for the short read steemians! Please comment on what interesting items you will like to see me checkup!

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