[Elecraft] Penny wise, pound foolish

[Michael Walker]

Can I recommend we stay on an Elecraft topic?

many thanks, mike va3mw

On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 7:45 AM Lyn Norstad <Lyn at lnainc.com> wrote:

> 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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> 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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