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<p>Import: buying guide: 8 GB vs 10 GB, prices, named sellers, scams, payment, shipping; @kellertreppe123, @djpandaman, @spectakkular, @wakeupmbrc1, @endsjeremy, @_____josh_____, @matstatman, @globalapathy, @gnasherrr, @voidgiraffe, @ob88594, @lia_oc, @lenxtroz, @sojun80; repos PixelML/club-170hx, dev-boz/cmp170hx-testsuite, evanrodgers/cmp-170hx-rir-burn-util; lab notes; gap-fill from #general 2026-10-23 to 10-26: @feralzi, @kellertreppe123, @froggao, @phoenixone7, @djpandaman,</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:12, 30 October 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l88">Line 88:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 88:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; 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text-decoration: none;">1556258101596782593</del>}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| 2026-10-04 || Xianyu<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, one seller (wanted payment in USDT), quote || not stated || about 1,850 USD, not including import duties or shipping || {{Source|handle=voidgiraffe|date=2026-10-04|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1556207433670721597}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=voidgiraffe|date=2026-10-04|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1556258101596782593}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; 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color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|-</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|-</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| 2026-10-04 to 10-07 || Alibaba, Ailfond (Alifond) || 8 GB || 2,400 USD, then 2,299 to 2,599, then 2,699 on 10-07; an order was cancelled at the increase || {{Source|handle=cute_sc2|date=2026-10-04|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1556208333373972491}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=lenxtroz|date=2026-10-04|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1556236658322702348}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=busulle|date=2026-10-05|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1556512895150325863}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=cibernox|date=2026-10-07|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1557431843601649738}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| 2026-10-04 to 10-07 || Alibaba, Ailfond (Alifond) || 8 GB || 2,400 USD, then 2,299 to 2,599, then 2,699 on 10-07; an order was cancelled at the increase || {{Source|handle=cute_sc2|date=2026-10-04|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1556208333373972491}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=lenxtroz|date=2026-10-04|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1556236658322702348}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=busulle|date=2026-10-05|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1556512895150325863}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=cibernox|date=2026-10-07|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1557431843601649738}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l220">Line 220:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 222:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Most foreign-facing sellers are middlemen who buy on Xianyu and resell on eBay. {{Source|handle=ob88594|date=2026-10-04|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1556307441422041149}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Most foreign-facing sellers are middlemen who buy on Xianyu and resell on eBay. {{Source|handle=ob88594|date=2026-10-04|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1556307441422041149}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{Status|Warning}} Buying agents such as Superbuy, and Goofish forwarding, have no GPU test bench. One buyer&#039;s CMP cards bought that way arrived dead. {{Source|handle=kellertreppe123|date=2026-10-25|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1563880995692740689}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=kellertreppe123|date=2026-10-25|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1563881100261072907}} For other goods they work well. {{Source|handle=lia_oc|date=2026-10-12|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1559255557162930197}} Agents earn on the exchange rate and shipping; negotiate with the seller first and have the agent use that price. {{Source|handle=spectakkular|date=2026-10-12|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1559253481574113341}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=spectakkular|date=2026-10-12|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1559254307746877625}} @spectakkular&#039;s guess: agents negotiate a discount with the seller after you submit the order, before they place it (which is why placing takes them ages), and keep the spread. @djpandaman had a Taobao order from Bykski (fittings, pumps) discounted about 40 percent off the listed price once it was in the cart, and does not know whether Superbuy would have passed that discount on. {{Source|handle=spectakkular|date=2026-10-12|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1559253569037795460}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=spectakkular|date=2026-10-12|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1559253739326541905}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=djpandaman|date=2026-10-12|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1559253788798353580}} Superbuy adds 5 percent to the exchange rate in its estimates, and its cache shows old listing prices. {{Source|handle=spectakkular|date=2026-10-11|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1558747112710209577}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=spectakkular|date=2026-10-11|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1558747573596983328}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{Status|Warning}} Buying agents such as Superbuy, and Goofish forwarding, have no GPU test bench. One buyer&#039;s CMP cards bought that way arrived dead. {{Source|handle=kellertreppe123|date=2026-10-25|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1563880995692740689}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=kellertreppe123|date=2026-10-25|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1563881100261072907}} For other goods they work well. {{Source|handle=lia_oc|date=2026-10-12|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1559255557162930197}} Agents earn on the exchange rate and shipping; negotiate with the seller first and have the agent use that price. {{Source|handle=spectakkular|date=2026-10-12|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1559253481574113341}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=spectakkular|date=2026-10-12|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1559254307746877625}} @spectakkular&#039;s guess: agents negotiate a discount with the seller after you submit the order, before they place it (which is why placing takes them ages), and keep the spread. @djpandaman had a Taobao order from Bykski (fittings, pumps) discounted about 40 percent off the listed price once it was in the cart, and does not know whether Superbuy would have passed that discount on. {{Source|handle=spectakkular|date=2026-10-12|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1559253569037795460}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=spectakkular|date=2026-10-12|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1559253739326541905}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=djpandaman|date=2026-10-12|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1559253788798353580}} Superbuy adds 5 percent to the exchange rate in its estimates, and its cache shows old listing prices. {{Source|handle=spectakkular|date=2026-10-11|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1558747112710209577}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=spectakkular|date=2026-10-11|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1558747573596983328}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{Status|Theory}} A local tech agent in China who checks hardware before export, for about a 10 percent fee. At least one member uses one; nobody named one or reported results. {{Source|handle=endsjeremy|date=2026-10-25|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1563881270079913995}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=endsjeremy|date=2026-10-25|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1563882730356211813}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{Status|Theory}} A local tech agent in China who checks hardware before export, for about a 10 percent fee. At least one member uses one; nobody named one or reported results. {{Source|handle=endsjeremy|date=2026-10-25|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1563881270079913995}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=endsjeremy|date=2026-10-25|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1563882730356211813<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">}} @djpandaman buys through an Alibaba agent and thinks its 10 percent fee is too high. {{Source|handle=djpandaman|date=2026-10-12|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1559254486164439092</ins>}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* In person: Huaqiangbei in Shenzhen is unlikely to have them openly. {{Source|handle=_arcanum_|date=2026-10-14|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1559917884858437663}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=daveedcoles|date=2026-10-14|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1560046244712161362}} @wakeupmbrc1 orders through Taobao or Goofish to Horgos and collects the cards there. {{Source|handle=wakeupmbrc1|date=2026-10-17|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1560814425298968637}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* In person: Huaqiangbei in Shenzhen is unlikely to have them openly. {{Source|handle=_arcanum_|date=2026-10-14|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1559917884858437663}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=daveedcoles|date=2026-10-14|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1560046244712161362}} @wakeupmbrc1 orders through Taobao or Goofish to Horgos and collects the cards there. {{Source|handle=wakeupmbrc1|date=2026-10-17|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1560814425298968637}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Buying on Xianyu directly avoids tariffs and is cheaper than AliExpress, but even a member with that access called it a hassle. {{Source|handle=gnasherrr|date=2026-10-26|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1564072211210309663}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=gnasherrr|date=2026-10-26|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1564072307398549616}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Buying on Xianyu directly avoids tariffs and is cheaper than AliExpress, but even a member with that access called it a hassle. {{Source|handle=gnasherrr|date=2026-10-26|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1564072211210309663}}&lt;br /&gt;{{Source|handle=gnasherrr|date=2026-10-26|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1564072307398549616}}</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key cmp_wiki:diff:1.41:old-443:rev-488:php=table --> </table>

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