Ebay sellers are giving me the ....'s

[augustinetez]

For a little while now, I have been trying to buy some BME280 modules for a little project around the house.

Being rather prudent with expending money , I figured to buy them off Ebay rather than some other more expensive places.

Now, after 3 goes and 3-ish months of deliveries (~1 month per seller), I am about ready to hit the roof, every time they have sent BMP280 modules.

And for those who might not know, the difference between the two types is:
BME280 - temperature, barometric pressure and humidity
BMP280 - temperature, barometric pressure

Also, how to tell the difference:

The one on the right is the actual one I have received and the pictures on the Ebay site showed the one on the left - the hole in the actual sensor is in different places depending on which one it is.

 

[AnalogKid]

So ... how is that prudence working out for you?

 

[augustinetez]

We'll see, just ordered some from an Australian supplier at 4 x times the Ebay price.

99 times out of 100 I've never had any problem, just these bleeding things.

 

[KeepItSimpleStupid]

Me thinks one of the white [ ] boxes need to be filled in,
This https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32672210336.html one has a mark:

That costs more.
Your not fluent in Chinglish.

 

[augustinetez]

Aliexpress won't take my money, so I don't deal with them (and I'm very fluent in Chinglish).

They also want more than I paid for this last local order.

 

[rjenkinsgb]

For a little while now, I have been trying to buy some BME280 modules for a little project around the house.

Does anyone in Australia deal in Velleman kits? Their VMA335 kit is a BME280 module, a lot cheaper than many on ebay.
(£8 retail in the UK).

 

[augustinetez]

Only a very limited range from a couple of suppliers and at about 3 times the price you see in the UK.

The VMA335 kit isn't one that is available of course.

 

[MacIntoshCZ]

Aliexpress won't take my money, so I don't deal with them (and I'm very fluent in Chinglish).

They also want more than I paid for this last local order.

Aliexpress refund feedback is horrible. I opened once dispute for not working reffilable cartridge. I airclogged printhead with it. Cartridge membrane was not working. I took photos of blocked cartridge and printed picture with missing color (i placed 3 original cartridges, 1 reffiled). They said that its not proof .They need to have a video. Meanwhile i removed clog from printhead. It was pain in ass. I injected ink to each printhead, btw printer is WF 7710. Injecting ink is only thing that works for me. But you need to be carrefull when pushing ink inside.

 

[augustinetez]

The Australian placed order arrived and I finally have the right thing - and it works too - added bonus