# Anyone here use the shopping site Wish? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 2, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-the-shopping-site-wish/811657 "2018-04-02T18:48:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![obbn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d6d6ee/32.png) [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-the-shopping-site-wish/811657/1 "2018-04-02T18:48:40Z")
Hello Everyone, My wife put a new app on het phone from the shopping site Wish. I browsed through it and this can’t be legit, can it? They’re selling things like laptops for $12, $400 drones for $30. How can that be possible? Is it a scam of some sort? ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-the-shopping-site-wish/811657/2 "2018-04-02T19:00:00Z")
You get what you pay for. Why would anyone want a $12 laptop? This stuff is direct from China so don’t expect it to be comparable to Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-the-shopping-site-wish/811657/3 "2018-04-02T19:00:12Z")
[I Bought 5 Knockoff Tech Products From Wish](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8bszsJ0D7I) [I Ordered The First 5 “Free” Things From Wish](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCo4gIZu0DY) [Wearing $5 Clothes From Wish For A Week](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-xECqToN84) Basically, you get low quality knock-offs for cheap prices. Up to you to decide if the lower price is worth the drop in quality. ---
**Author:** ![obbn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d6d6ee/32.png) [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-the-shopping-site-wish/811657/4 "2018-04-02T19:38:17Z")
Thanks, I figured it want worth the time. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-the-shopping-site-wish/811657/5 "2018-04-03T00:02:06Z")
I’ve been using Wish for 4 years now. Yeah, some stuff is crap but most of the items I have bought have been good quality and quite useful. Also, if your items dont arrive, they refund your money quickly and with no hassle. I buy the knockoff Mr Clean magic erasers in bulk. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-the-shopping-site-wish/811657/6 "2018-04-03T00:26:30Z")
Lil’wrekker has bought all manner of junk from Wish. She loves her some $1 stuff. It is mostly crap, but she likes it. Weird socks, fun sun glasses, colorful hats and t-shirts. I have ordered a few crafty type things. They were fine. I don’t think I would trust anything electronic.YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-the-shopping-site-wish/811657/7 "2018-04-03T00:40:16Z")
heh try their sister site :geek its waay cheaper and you get some seriously weird stuff off of it ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-the-shopping-site-wish/811657/8 "2018-04-03T04:22:34Z")
I’ve gotten quite a bit of stuff from there, though the only high tech item I’ve gotten was a trail cam for $28. Honestly I was pleasantly surprised at the quality so I may order a few more. Not sure I’d risk a $12 laptop but I might go for a $30 drone. My main complaint is the lack of SAE tools and fasteners. Everything is metric. Not surprising, just annoying. ETA: The $30 drone would probably be half the size you would expect. Pay attention to the measurements in the description. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-the-shopping-site-wish/811657/9 "2018-04-03T06:59:57Z")
I’ve ordered a few things from Wish - only one of them has arrived so far (the others are coming in the next week or two). I am buying mostly because I _don’t_ expect the products to conform to the description - I’m planning to get a couple of YouTube videos out of the experience. My observations so far: [ul] [li]Descriptions and thumbnails are knowingly misleading - for example a product with a thumbnail which says it is an octa-core Android tablet is actually a screen protector for the tablet[/li][li]Some of the product listings contain a mix of very cheap items (which is the price you see in the main screen) plus the genuine item - so for example when you look at some of the smart watches, when you select the product in the dropdown, there are items that are just ‘LED Watch’ for a low price and ‘Black Smartwatch’ at a much higher price.[/li][li]Some of the products aren’t products at all - they’re raffles for cheap shit - the thumbnail and title describes some desirable product, but the description says it could be costume jewellery and ‘we hope you are lucky’[/li][/ul] I have ordered: A bluetooth conference headset - I have received this and it was not as described (I chose one with a charging dock stand - this just has a cable. It’s reasonably OK to use though. A retro game controller thing with ‘600 games’ that plugs straight into the TV (supposedly arriving today) - I am expecting this to contain knockoff SNES or other games. It was very cheap (£4 I think) so I am not pinning my hopes very high A very cheap smartwatch (£8) that supposedly functions as a full featured phone with SIM and MicroSD slots. I am expecting this to be a brick on a strap. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-the-shopping-site-wish/811657/10 "2018-04-03T08:49:14Z")
I order lots of stuff from them. Nothing above €22, so I don’t have to pay import duty. Yes it’s cheap but it’s not all terrible. Downside is you never know when it’s going to arrive.