The truth is that you probably won't get a better deal than through dealing with the providers on alibaba.com or others. Unless you know them personally well on an almost-friends basis, you're still getting the products overcharged. It may seem cheap to you, but it's still overcharged based on what it costs coming out of the factory.
For example, I can buy clothing for $5 a piece, and I know for a fact that it costs the factory $2.50 to manufacture it. While he sells them to me at $5 a piece, he sells it to others that walk into the factory for $18-$20, right in front of my nose, ..and the average eBay selling price for the item is at least $30.
The prices you see on alibaba.com are pretty much the same that you're going to get walking into the factories themselves. Why? Because you're a foreigner that doesn't have a clue (in their minds). And other Chinese sellers will also get it for $5 at the same factory. That may seem hard to hear but it's the truth.
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