Regarding Chinese suppliers
Posted by Riffraff
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Re: Regarding Chinese suppliers October 10, 2014 01:47AM |
AS someone who has just ordered a 3d printer kit through aliexpress,I have to support the view that if it wasn't for the bottom end suppliers,many people like myself wouldn't have a show of getting into 3d printing.
I went through the rigmarole of pricing components from various individual suppliers,and found I couldn't build a Prusa i3 for much less than $1000US.Because of my location(new zealand),prices are mostly based on overseas products shipped to me.Hardware is of course available locally,but also priced much higher than in ,say,the US.
The kit I bought from china cost under $400US,and i'm guestimating I may have to replace some of the hardware with local stuff.Even then,I'm looking at less $600US.
Just as an example,a local stationery chain sells(or tries too) a Replicator 2 for $3500nz,about us$2600-2800.I don't know too many people that will spend that sort of money on a 3d printer,other than maybe some businesses.
And that has a much smaller build envelope than anything I would even consider building myself.
The Chinese people are now embracing the concept of capitalism,and the western world has taught them well.
To be competitive,you have to have some advantage.The chinese advantage is economies of scale.
As for quality,that,s in the eye of the beholder.Look at the automotive industry.How many vehicles have had to be recalled to fix manufacturing defects?Yet people still buy the same crappy cars,at ever increasing prices.
All I want is a 3d printer,and if the only one i can afford comes from china,than that is the one i buy.
If that means some tinkering,than i accept that is part of the reason i bought a kit in the first place,to tinker
I went through the rigmarole of pricing components from various individual suppliers,and found I couldn't build a Prusa i3 for much less than $1000US.Because of my location(new zealand),prices are mostly based on overseas products shipped to me.Hardware is of course available locally,but also priced much higher than in ,say,the US.
The kit I bought from china cost under $400US,and i'm guestimating I may have to replace some of the hardware with local stuff.Even then,I'm looking at less $600US.
Just as an example,a local stationery chain sells(or tries too) a Replicator 2 for $3500nz,about us$2600-2800.I don't know too many people that will spend that sort of money on a 3d printer,other than maybe some businesses.
And that has a much smaller build envelope than anything I would even consider building myself.
The Chinese people are now embracing the concept of capitalism,and the western world has taught them well.
To be competitive,you have to have some advantage.The chinese advantage is economies of scale.
As for quality,that,s in the eye of the beholder.Look at the automotive industry.How many vehicles have had to be recalled to fix manufacturing defects?Yet people still buy the same crappy cars,at ever increasing prices.
All I want is a 3d printer,and if the only one i can afford comes from china,than that is the one i buy.
If that means some tinkering,than i accept that is part of the reason i bought a kit in the first place,to tinker
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Re: Regarding Chinese suppliers October 10, 2014 08:42PM |
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clogs51
AS someone who has just ordered a 3d printer kit through aliexpress,I have to support the view that if it wasn't for the bottom end suppliers,many people like myself wouldn't have a show of getting into 3d printing.
I went through the rigmarole of pricing components from various individual suppliers,and found I couldn't build a Prusa i3 for much less than $1000US.Because of my location(new zealand),prices are mostly based on overseas products shipped to me.Hardware is of course available locally,but also priced much higher than in ,say,the US.
The kit I bought from china cost under $400US,and i'm guestimating I may have to replace some of the hardware with local stuff.Even then,I'm looking at less $600US.
Just as an example,a local stationery chain sells(or tries too) a Replicator 2 for $3500nz,about us$2600-2800.I don't know too many people that will spend that sort of money on a 3d printer,other than maybe some businesses.
And that has a much smaller build envelope than anything I would even consider building myself.
The Chinese people are now embracing the concept of capitalism,and the western world has taught them well.
To be competitive,you have to have some advantage.The chinese advantage is economies of scale.
As for quality,that,s in the eye of the beholder.Look at the automotive industry.How many vehicles have had to be recalled to fix manufacturing defects?Yet people still buy the same crappy cars,at ever increasing prices.
All I want is a 3d printer,and if the only one i can afford comes from china,than that is the one i buy.
If that means some tinkering,than i accept that is part of the reason i bought a kit in the first place,to tinker
Haha, the Warehouse! I think they may have a job shifting them in quantity.
Where are you located?
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Waitaki 3D Printer
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Re: Regarding Chinese suppliers October 10, 2014 09:59PM |
I'm in christchurch.It's the stationery warehouse.Optimists,it seems
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