Military Dies on Aliexpress.

It's an online market place similar to Amazon or eBay that hosts sellers. It's a spinoff site from Alibaba. It's sellers are primarily based out of China, which means you are probably getting your items factory direct, and the prices are really low accordingly. The biggest catch to using it is that shipping takes WEEKS. Most small items ship free BUT, a lot of items get freighted over on cargo ships and have to go through customs.

It's not your service if you need an item in 2 days, or even 2 weeks But if you enjoy shopping on the cheap and don't have time constraints, it's a great place. I know I've seen Peas talk about buying dies, cheap enamel dots, washi tapes and other similar embellishments.

If you want to check it out, here are a few suggestions for you, some I learned from other Peas.
* There are tons of listings and lots of sellers with overlap in inventory, you may find the item you want for less later in your browsing
* Read the product reviews. Also, check the sellers page for their cystomer satisfaction score and date they opened up shop, maybe even their seller reviews. From what i've heard, the company offers strong customer protection, but it's best to avoid having to deal with anything from the get-go.
* Shop with a wishlist first, you may end up with quite the cart-full. Rather than deleting things you don't want right now and having to go out and hunt for them later, you can shop from your wishlist when you've finished browsing. This way you weed out the stuff you don't want, or at least don't want yet.
* Check the product page for different "colors" especially if you are die shopping. That 10 price oval die is probably not $.68. It's probably listed as a color option. Sometimes sellers will make a bulk listing with about 8-15 different products listed as colors, so when you spend $.68 you are probably getting the 1 ultra-low prices corner die, not the 10 price set, though to their credit, those are still usually less than $5. I was really frustrated with this seller tactic by then end of my shopping experience and stopped giving pages with different "colors" the time of day by the end of it
* This isn't Amazon Prime, in addition to not getting some orders until 2 months out in some cases, you aren't going to get a single package with all the items you ordered, unless you just found one seller and only bought from them, you will get different packages at different speeds. Each seller is in charge of their own shipping. Some sellers will get the package out the day the order comes in, other may take a few days to process. Some sellers don't have quick access to the international shipping methods (airports and oceans) your itens have to take a few more days on a ground carrying service. Though it's said to be fun to get a new package every few days and wonder what new toy came in today
* You only get one chance to make a product dispute. Hopefully, you don't need to make any, but if you do, wait until after the estimated delivery period, (30-40 days seemed like a common wait time for me) and don't mark the item as arrive until you've tested it and it does the job. If you have issues with the item in hand, then open a dispute
* This one can apply to all online shopping, on Aliexpress or elsewhere. If you have a credit card that allows you to generate one-use card number and security code, use it. The Alipay payment system is actually said to be pretty reliable and secure, but I think if you can avoid putting your actual card number anywhere on the internet, why not take the extra precaution.
* Try not to be intimidated by all of these tips!! It's a lot of effort to go through, but it shouldn't take too long to catch up to the learning curve!

Thanks for the die info scrappymum!!!

I appreciate the sacrifice you are making!