Penny wise, pound foolish
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I recently ordered some Kester flux pens from a large Chinese company. They take a loooong time, but shipping is free and prices are low.
But: One of the pens had a date of January 2019, which means that half of its shelf life has expired. The second one had a more recent date, but was leaking and encrusted with flux. The third one had a recent date and was not leaking. I decided that I had hit one out of three, until I looked closely at the label. The misspellings made it obvious that they were all FAKE. Instead of Kester flux, they could contain panther piss for all I know. Don’t be dumb like me. Victor 4X6GP ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Exactly, more and more 'stuff ' which eventually, (even prior to Corona
Virus) arrives from China is absolute junk! Amazon is now rife with this Chinese long delivery rubbish. How to avoid it? It is not apparent at the time of ordering! 73, F5VJC On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 at 07:11, Vic Rosenthal <[hidden email]> wrote: > I recently ordered some Kester flux pens from a large Chinese company. > They take a loooong time, but shipping is free and prices are low. > But: > One of the pens had a date of January 2019, which means that half of its > shelf life has expired. > The second one had a more recent date, but was leaking and encrusted with > flux. > The third one had a recent date and was not leaking. > I decided that I had hit one out of three, until I looked closely at the > label. The misspellings made it obvious that they were all FAKE. Instead of > Kester flux, they could contain panther piss for all I know. > Don’t be dumb like me. > > Victor 4X6GP > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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One tip-off for very slow delivery is when the shipping method is called out as "China Post."
73 Lyn, W0LEN -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of F5vjc Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 5:18 AM To: Vic Rosenthal Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Penny wise, pound foolish Exactly, more and more 'stuff ' which eventually, (even prior to Corona Virus) arrives from China is absolute junk! Amazon is now rife with this Chinese long delivery rubbish. How to avoid it? It is not apparent at the time of ordering! 73, F5VJC On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 at 07:11, Vic Rosenthal <[hidden email]> wrote: > I recently ordered some Kester flux pens from a large Chinese company. > They take a loooong time, but shipping is free and prices are low. > But: > One of the pens had a date of January 2019, which means that half of its > shelf life has expired. > The second one had a more recent date, but was leaking and encrusted with > flux. > The third one had a recent date and was not leaking. > I decided that I had hit one out of three, until I looked closely at the > label. The misspellings made it obvious that they were all FAKE. Instead of > Kester flux, they could contain panther piss for all I know. > Don’t be dumb like me. > > Victor 4X6GP > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Can I recommend we stay on an Elecraft topic?
many thanks, mike va3mw On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 7:45 AM Lyn Norstad <[hidden email]> wrote: > One tip-off for very slow delivery is when the shipping method is called > out as "China Post." > > 73 > Lyn, W0LEN > > -----Original Message----- > From: [hidden email] [mailto: > [hidden email]] On Behalf Of F5vjc > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 5:18 AM > To: Vic Rosenthal > Cc: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Penny wise, pound foolish > > Exactly, more and more 'stuff ' which eventually, (even prior to Corona > Virus) arrives from China is absolute junk! > Amazon is now rife with this Chinese long delivery rubbish. How to avoid > it? It is not apparent at the time of ordering! > > 73, F5VJC > > On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 at 07:11, Vic Rosenthal <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > I recently ordered some Kester flux pens from a large Chinese company. > > They take a loooong time, but shipping is free and prices are low. > > But: > > One of the pens had a date of January 2019, which means that half of its > > shelf life has expired. > > The second one had a more recent date, but was leaking and encrusted with > > flux. > > The third one had a recent date and was not leaking. > > I decided that I had hit one out of three, until I looked closely at the > > label. The misspellings made it obvious that they were all FAKE. Instead > of > > Kester flux, they could contain panther piss for all I know. > > Don’t be dumb like me. > > > > Victor 4X6GP > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [hidden email] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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