On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 9:49 PM Ron via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> wrote:

Evan Leibovitch via Talk wrote on 2026-01-12 18:23:

> I've shopped at Ali for almost a decade from multiple locations over two
> continents. It's my dollar store for cables

Has anyone tried this Canadian seller:

https://www.primecables.ca/

No, and I wouldn't based on customer experience.

They're part of a Montreal based e-commerce suite of companies that do
toner, ink, cables, and a lot more. Think online Best Buy but 100% Canadian.

The claim is "100% Canadian", but they likely employ far fewer Canadians than Best Buy.

Reviews indicate that most -- maybe all -- products in the catalog are imported

The promotional video strikes me as more sketchy than persuasive. And they hide their DNS WHOIS info, which to me is always a warning sign for a consumer-facing organization.

The ad was 10+ minutes of discussing design decisions in each component of disassembled products - and I love hearing about these engineering thought processes.

The MO sounds like a Kickstarter/Indiegogo project. BTW, that's not an insult, I've bought my share of Indiegogo stuff, but the marketing style is unmistakable and not uncommon in that world.

- Evan