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 That's moronic, crazy and imbecillic.
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He was shown the way to an initial display (3)
Very easy, it was one I'd thought about and rejected last time I had to set.
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Yep, apologies for the ease.
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You should've done LCD
Sounds like Elsie Dee makes the initial display - would have been even easier 
Yipeeeee!
I'll try to do a hard one for tomorrow
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The last couple of times I have looked for things on eBay I have noticed loads of really cheap options with free delivery from Hong Kong or China.
Like under a pound.
How does that work then?
It cannot be a con, hundreds sold and excellent feedback.
Even if complete tat surely you cannot manufacture / buy anything and ship it around the world for under a pound.
What am I missing?
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There is a site (in China) the guys who smoke e-cigs use that does this. Even if the item is $1 US they ship free.
Very strange.
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I bought a watch from China for something resembling 7 or 8 pounds. Got it, everything in perfect order. The clock itself might not be quite as good a quality as the ones you buy here in Europe, but it was ok. And I figured "Well, what the fluck - At that price, it can hold as long as it holds, and then I can buy a new one." It's just about a year ago, and the clock is still ok.
Bought a necklace pendant for the missus on ebay as well for 25 Canadian dollars. Said it shipped from Canada. In reality, when it arrived, it came from China. It was supposed to be silver. I don't know if it really is, but it looks good...
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Yep - Herself works in an old folks home, so they aren't allowed jewellery or wristwatches. So I buy Chinese "nurse" watches (the ones that hang down from a clasp) for her for about 70p including delivery, and when the battery fails I often chuck it and get another as it's cheaper than buying a battery...sad state of affairs, but it explains why there is so little manufacturing done in Europe these days.
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OriginalGriff wrote: when the battery fails I often chuck it and get another as it's cheaper than buying a battery
As I read that, I had a "great quote" leap to mind:
It's all garbage, we just wait a bit to throw it away. 
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Johnny J. wrote: I don't know if it really is, but it looks good...
I tend to avoid buying anything coming from China that gets in contact with your skin, and that I do not know what it is made of...
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So you don't buy any Apple products?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Not a single one (True!). I see no point in buying technologies that others do better, especially when they are more expensive.
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It appears, nothing.
In 2010 I posted about the same thing: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3471232/How-can-we-compete-with-this.aspx[^] (but for some reason the link doens't work)
But: "Just bought (via Flea-Bay) a 2.5mm to 3.5mm headphone jack converter. From Hong Kong. The price? £0.10 Yep. 10 pence. About 1/20th (or 1/30th in London, or 1/50th in a club) of the price of a pint of beer. And that includes free postage. From Hong Kong"
And that was 5 years ago...
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Has it arrived yet?
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Yep. Two days after I ordered it. Which beats the heck out of the UK postal service, most of the time - which is even weirder since it was delivered by the UK postal service...
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Clearly they've mastered instant matter transportation AND time travel.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Quote: really cheap options with free delivery from Hong Kong or China
I wouldn't be surprised, as the majority of the non software things are manufactured and distributed world wide from China, Hong Kong, Singapore etc. When it comes to bulk production, the cost per item always come down.
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You're missing the tiny production costs in China, and the huge quantities shipped.
I've bought a load of little things - lens cap for the spare camera lens was about a dollar c/w $9 in my local store (on special!)
I bought an entire 'iPhone care kit' with screen covers, cloth, external speaker thingy, etc. etc. for (from memory) $1.50 - exactly the same thing is on sale at my local 'cheapo-doller-store' for $25
I think sometimes they have local distributors, so they ship thousands out of China then post them on locally - but most of mine have come direct from China!
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I understand that it would cost almost nothing to produce, and when they have a container load to send over very little to get to the UK per item.
But then to get it to my door from wherever it comes ashore would cost more than the cost of the thing.
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International postal agencies have agreements whereby they post one another's packages internally for a fraction of the cost it would normally charge per item (it used to be for free, back in the day!)
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I'm too wondering - I bought a wireless mouse for $1.5 including shipping some two years ago...To replace battery cost me more...
Also bought new batter (9 cells) and new keyboard (she drinks coffee while working) and 8 GB memory for my wife's laptop (HP) for only $70 - the same would cost me at the local dealer some $450! And no shipping...
That's what makes China a world leader...
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Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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If you recall[^], you won the right to set it today! 
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No, I'd forgotten.
I'll see what I can rustle up now.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I always check the "US only" box on eBay. I see from the comments some people have had success but other comments online indicate they have terrible service when buying from China. I have no desire to deal with buying something from China.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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