[Elecraft] Penny wise, pound foolish

[Lyn Norstad]

One tip-off for very slow delivery is when the shipping method is called out as "China Post."

73
Lyn, W0LEN

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From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] 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 <k2vco.vic at gmail.com> 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
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