capacitor country origin

[morseguy]

I've been looking on ebay for lytic caps and noticed something. There are alot of different sellers yet the item locations all say Hong Kong or China. Are these dealers legit? They all have high sales and 100% feedback.

 

[avionic]

I'd be leary..What flavor of caps you looking for?

 

[Isotonic]

I have bought from a number of the Hong Kong vendors. I'm not sure where they get some of their product, but I suspect a lot of it is American Military surplus. I've not had a problem and I can't imagine why they should be any more suspect than an American vendor. We have our share of scoundrels here.

 

[marcusekner]

I also have bought from many HK and chinese sellers on ebay, and they haven't let me down yet. Any seller with high feedback percentages (something like 98-100%) is trustworthy from what I've experienced.

 

[oerllikon]

I've bought led strips from chinese vendors for about a tenth of the price of the walmart ones, and they seem about the same. Only difference is that you may be getting it from the source

 

[Tinman]

Keep in mind that we have outsourced pretty much ALL the manufacturing to those countries. So yes, that's the source now.
I hate to support China, but sometimes have no choice.
Most of them are totally legit.

 

[fastbike]

The issue isn't so much Chinese dealers or Chinese manufacturers as counterfeited components. This is a known issue. If I'm buying a Panasonic FM cap, I'd like some confidence that it was actually manufactured to Panasonic specs.