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  1. 06-02-2010, 12:48 PM #1
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    I drank the iPad Kool-Aid!

    I have had been an iPod Touch user almost since they came out, so when the iPad came out, I proclaimed, "I gotta get me one of those!" So in a moment of temporary insanity, my wife ordered one for my birthday! (My wife, I think I'll keep her!) So the iPad came yesterday by FedEx and of course it is everything I expected, but that's not why I am writing this...

    So you would think that a company the size of Apple would have a warehouse somewhere in this country that they shipped products from... you would think! As it turns out, when you order one of these beauties from Apple, they are shipped individually from China!

    What's up with that???
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    Just makes sense... Shipping from China to the US is cheaper than shipping across the street in the US. Seems odd, but I'm amazed at how many $2 trinkets you can buy on eBay that include free shipping.
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    Customs on that has to be a mother fscker...
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    Quote Originally Posted by kf0rt View Post
    ...but I'm amazed at how many $2 trinkets you can buy on eBay that include free shipping.
    I have purchased watches on eBay from Hong Kong. The winning bid? 1˘! Shipping? $18.00!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by n0iu View Post
    I have purchased watches on eBay from Hong Kong. The winning bid? 1˘! Shipping? $18.00!!!
    What kind? Are they still working?
    I've been wary of such watches. BTW, how long did they take to ship?
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    Quote Originally Posted by n0iu View Post
    I have purchased watches on eBay from Hong Kong. The winning bid? 1˘! Shipping? $18.00!!!
    I see lots of stuff that's under $5 with free shipping, but I'm sure it varies by vendor.

    Charles- I've only ordered from the Far East a couple times; an outfit called Gadget Infinity. In fact, you might be interested in them as they sell photo toys pretty cheap. Remote (wired) shutter release for your Nikon? They also carry a line of decent (?) filters that apparently is only common in that part of the world (Marumi) that's about half the cost of Nikon. And some cheap RF flash slave stuff. Worth a browse, anyway. Their shipping wasn't super cheap, but definitely reasonable. Got here in 7-10 days.

    Edit: On watches... My brother lives/works in Guangzhou (China) and travels that part of the world a lot. He once gave me and my wife a set of his & hers knockoff Rolex watches. His comment at the time was that "if the battery wears out, throw it away -- the battery costs more than the watch." They actually ran fine for a year or two and had a typical cheapo electronic movement inside. I stopped wearing it when the battery died, but imagine that a new battery would have kept it going. These were NOT really well made; probably not even up to the standards of a $10 Timex. I wouldn't trust them to be very waterproof or shockproof, but they did look a lot like the "real thing."
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    Quote Originally Posted by KG4CGC View Post
    What kind? Are they still working?
    I've been wary of such watches. BTW, how long did they take to ship?
    Someone offers to sell a watch for 1˘ and you are "wary" ??? Of course they are no-name watches and I honestly don't remember who I bought them from, but the last two penny watches were Masonic. I wear one or the other once or twice a month and only for a couple of hours at a time. They are just for show and don't a lot of use, but yes, they both still work.

    I am sure I could go to Wal-Mart and spend the $20 on a "better" watch, but I am pretty sure it would probably be the same quality and probably from the same manufacturer as my bargain watch.
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    Someone offers to sell a watch for 1˘ and you are "wary" ???
    Well duh! LOL!
    I've been building a small collection of Timex watches for going on 8 years. All working. My favorite right now is the perpetual date with the cockpit instrument theme.
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    Timex has always made good, inexpensive watches.

    I gave up wearing a watch 10-12 years ago when I discovered that I could almost always find the time without one. These days, I only wear one on vacation (where there is less technology and fewer clocks). Got a $30 digital Casio from Target a coupla years ago that automatically syncs to the WWV signal so I never have to set it. Wear it twice a year for about a week each time.

    Y'know... that tan line from wearing a watch never goes away?
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