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I would not usually try and end run around someone selling a product, however he is sold out at the moment so I don't feel bad.

These Lishi picks can be had on alibaba and aliexpress for about 1/3 to 1/2 the price he is selling them at

https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/lishi-pick-set.html https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=S...

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Ali has been hit or miss for me. The deals are great, but sometimes products are not as described, the wrong product is shipped, or nothing gets delivered at all, and reaching customer service is not made easy.

The name alone should be enough to convince anyone that these picks are from a Chinese company anyway (does anyone happen to know their official site?) Of course, there are likely to be clones.

I'll have to consider the ethics that it's OKAY to steal from a Chinese company if the knockoffs are also Chinese.

You do you. I have a product I designed, and produce, knocked off by a Chinese company and sold on Alibaba. Super Cool.

While not judging anyone, buying cheaper from a country that does not have labor laws protecting its workers is IMHO tantamount to buying cheap cotton from southern landowners before Lincoln did his thing.

it's literally the same product

wait, how do we know it isn't a knockoff?

I guess it's possible that it could be a knockoff, but in any case it would be made in china either way, since the original is also made there, so it doesn't really change anything in relation to the point being made by the parent comment

but buying from the middleman who is "buying cheaper from a country that does not have labor laws protecting its workers" is ok?

Evidence that this isn't a knockoff please.

But also... rarely have I seen both a pro-Communist argument and an anti-Communist argument in the same sentence lol

Its a idea and product by a chinese guy

China is as communist as north korea is democratic republic.

Just because they call themselves something it doesnt mean they are it.

Looks like this one, at least this could be their official storefront: https://www.lishigongju.com/

The inventor is Li ZhiQin and the brand is now called Li shi (meaning Mr. Li)

TFA is an ad. Linking to places with better prices isn't an "end run".

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