Where to get ORIGINAL Anderson Powerpoles for someone outside America

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Hi,
I am running out of andersons soon.
I used to buy them at Grin along with my orders, but just to ship an order with those connectors would be extremely expensive.
There are some online shops, based in the USA, that sell original andersons too, like https://powerwerx.com/ but they also ask for ridiculus amount to ship it outside the USA.
Is there a Chinese shop on Aliexpress/E-Bay, that sells original andersons?
I find plenty Chinese that happy to claim they sell original ones - most are obviously fake even by the pictures the seller post, some more cleverly disclosed so I can't trust any Chinese seller.
Since I know the fake ones can carry a much lower (and random) amount of current, I don't want to even bother with it.
I will be happy for any knowledge.
And yes, I tried searching on ES, but just adding the word "anderson" to the search bar (along with "original" "fake" and so on ) and you get a sea of irrelevant results.
 
Contact Anderson and ask who their authorized distributors are on your continent, in your country

many of their designs are now patent expired so there will be decent quality knockoffs

buy original contacts by the 100's, then test other housings?

try Mouser Digi-Key Allied Newark

Edit https://www.andersonpower.com/us/en/where-to-buy.html
 
john61ct said:
Contact Anderson and ask who their authorized distributors are on your continent, in your country

many of their designs are now patent expired so there will be decent quality knockoffs

buy original contacts by the 100's, then test other housings?

try Mouser Digi-Key Allied Newark

Edit https://www.andersonpower.com/us/en/where-to-buy.html

I know Mouser, Digi-Key, etc...
They are quite expensive to buy from in the small amounts that I need.
Our local dealer is also quite expensive, because he can be.
This is the problem when you live outside the US...
I contacted their authorized dealer in UK which let's you buy and ship products worldwide, and even got to talk with their branch in my country, but they can't sell me because I am not a commercial business. (And that after I filled up some forms, so they can try to accept me as a customer). As nobody, I can only buy with similar expensive shipment just like from Canada.
And then Anderson are surprised that the knockoffs are a huge success. Well, what did they expect? :evil:

Just like with Amazon and their Audible platform for buying and listening to audio books which makes your life extremely hard to get the books you just paid for and have them offline on your own computer, and then they are surprised that many of those potential buyers give up and take the easy route...
 
Well cheap Chinese knockoffs will of course make the authentic product look very expensive.

And yes markets in countries outside the US are going to be much more expensive than in the US where nearly everything is more competitive, it is just too stressful to compare like that.

I'm not justifying, but it is normal for many countries that have VAT, import fees, limited competition, you choose to live there that's just the way it is.

I am sure there are many things about your life there that is better than what non-wealthy USians have to deal with.

For me, if I had to pay $20 per plug I still would, but of course others will not agree.

But kvetching about it does no good. . .
 
I am in USA. I buy from Acer Racing, USA , real Anderson Powerpoles. Get on their mailing list, stock up when they have a sale. Take a look at the FAQ ,scroll all the way down to the last one. Free First Class shipping to any place in the world https://www.acerracing.com/pages/faqs
 
aroundqube said:
I am in USA. I buy from Acer Racing, USA , real Anderson Powerpoles. Get on their mailing list, stock up when they have a sale. Take a look at the FAQ ,scroll all the way down to the last one. Free First Class shipping to any place in the world https://www.acerracing.com/pages/faqs

Thank you for this!
This is what I was looking for :D
 
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