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From: Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: RP2040 zero
Date: 07 May 2025 10:30:18 +0100 (BST)
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John R Walliker <jrwalliker@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/05/2025 22:21, Brian Gregory wrote:
> > On 06/05/2025 14:52, Andy Burns wrote:
> >> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> >>
> >>> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008120181701.html
> >> They clearly don't want my 77p, refused in Firefox and Edge
> > 
> > What costs 77p ?
> > 
> > Cheapest showing now is 3.37 for two, minimum order for free postage is 
> > £8 otherwise postage is probably £1.99 but it doesn't actually say.
> > 
> 
> I can still see a price of 77p each for two (including VAT) with free
> shipping.
> For an extra 18p each you can also get an RP2350 board.
> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008519098883.html
> These are described as "Welcome Deal".
> Maybe the price somehow depends on cookie settings?
> I got the low prices in Firefox and Chrome, but I haven't
> actually tried to follow through and buy.

Aliexpress knocks a few bucks off the price of everything as a 'welcome
deal' if you aren't logged in.  If you login as an existing customer the
prices go up.  If you are a new customer and try to order lots of stuff, you
might find the 'welcome deals' only apply to the first item(s) you buy.

I think all the Chinese sites do that - I ordered something from wish.com
for $18 when everywhere else was selling it for $36, and I think that was
their new customer discount.  I think Temu is the same.

Theo