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"Foreign Devils, eager to poison their own customers to satisfy their foreign devilish impulses." Within living memory the default legit view of anyone with an accent, today a running gag about how dumb it is. Things have changed a lot. I didn't get it through Ali, but yesterday I got a bunch of Chinese glass tubing and color rod. (glassblower) It's less consistent than American glass, and apparently the black glass is an utter bitch to work with, but you get a lot of nice colors when you fume the clear with silver. Unfortunantly, all my tube is the wrong size, because the size chart I printed out and based my order on is all wrong. 
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Horse Clocks posted:I feel there's a lot of 'mafia/counterfeit are going to con me' sentiment in this thread. It's probably usually fine, but there's no accountability and do you really want to take the chance? It's less of a "let's mix arsenic into the plastic" and more of a "we've got some material that may or may not be suited for this purpose laying around, maybe that will let us make a few more units". Personally, I'm not going to buy anything that I would put in my mouth or would be a fire hazard if defective, and assume that anything that can be is loaded with malware.
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May 19, 2017 04:31
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All the poo poo you buy already comes from China hth
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May 19, 2017 04:38
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Moto42 posted:"Foreign Devils, eager to poison their own customers to satisfy their foreign devilish impulses." See, this is an example of something I wouldn't buy. Aren't you concerned about toxic dyes (or whatever the equivalent glass word is)
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Blue Train posted:All the poo poo you buy already comes from China hth that's the mentality I use for it lmao I've gotten a couple of things that were garbage (example: a ring shaped like a rat but the ones I got were misshapen and skewed) but most things have been fine.
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May 19, 2017 05:27
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It's a country where standards are so low and corruption is so rife that you have fake eggs, fake baby powder, fake cooking oil all leading to mass poisoning/deaths. Sure most of the time things might be fine but who knows when your junk is made with cheap harmless junk or cheaper harmful crap.
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May 19, 2017 05:32
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This dress is nice and comfortable with goods fabric and solid construction and it was less than $15. I may have posted about this one before. A similar dress with lower quality fabric cost $30 at Target.   Thanks, Aliexpress, for connecting me with a reliable overseas retailer. (I recommend the seller for work appropriate outfits; they're called Nice Forever.)
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May 19, 2017 05:34
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be good and try hard! 
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May 19, 2017 05:35
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Those dresses are cute, someone else had posted one of the same style except it was black I think
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May 19, 2017 05:37
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I bought a jacket, couple shirts, a pair of pants, a Nike windbreaker, and a sweater from the sister site of Aliexpress called Taobao and the quality of all this stuff is pretty good. The sweater and the bomber jacket is probably my favorite costing $15 and $30 respectively. The windbreaker isn't that great because it's really thin but I paid $15 for it so whatever. Shipping was quick but was pretty expensive. Took about a week to get to southern California after my shipping agent received all the orders. http://imgur.com/a/s5izw
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Cumslut1895 posted:See, [glass rod and tubing] is an example of something I wouldn't buy. Aren't you concerned about toxic dyes (or whatever the equivalent glass word is) With silicate glass the coloring agents tend to be metallic ions and can be pretty nasty customers; such as Cadmium, chromium, uranium, arsenic. These are the things I know and want in the glass already. In fact, if you've eaten or drunk from 'lead crystal' that's about 20%~80% lead by weight. Don't worry though, because (normally) silicate glasses are very good at containing whatever is mixed into them. So in ordinary use a very rare atom or two of these impurities may escape into your drink/weed/potato salad, but you won't find it without intense chemical scrutiny. So, unless you are attacking the glass with certain acids, or melting the glass over a torch and breathing the resultant fumes, it's nothing to worry about. The problems with china glass are more that they are less consistent from batch to batch, and are less worried about having exactly the same Coefficient Of Expansion as advertised. The COE is what determines if two glasses are compatible with one another. If they aren't close enough, then two glasses melted and adhered to one another will expand/contract at different rates and basicly try to tear each other apart. China black is especialy notorious for this.
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May 19, 2017 07:37
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Blue Train posted:All the poo poo you buy already comes from China hth yeah but real companies have to put their brands and reputations behind their imports. it's not a big deal if Lucky China Product #1 Seller 5 Stars goes under
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theflyingexecutive posted:yeah but real companies have to put their brands and reputations behind their imports. it's not a big deal if Lucky China Product #1 Seller 5 Stars goes under And if some other company does the imports, they take the risk. If their shoddy products kill your baby, there is someone domestic that you can sue. Your baby is still dead tho.
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May 19, 2017 10:29
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 I may have gone a bit overboard with those decorative tapes E: 
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May 19, 2017 12:38
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Hug in a Can posted:This dress is nice and comfortable with goods fabric and solid construction and it was less than $15. I may have posted about this one before. A similar dress with lower quality fabric cost $30 at Target. A bit over-dressed for a toilet attendant?
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May 19, 2017 12:50
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Horrible Lurkbeast posted:
It's TAPE!
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May 19, 2017 12:51
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Jerry Cotton posted:It's TAPE! it's washi tape. you fool.
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May 19, 2017 12:55
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And all that  It's TAPE was only about 10$
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May 19, 2017 12:58
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Besides lots of carbon fiber bike parts, I also managed to order the literal best underwear I've ever worn. I always read on triathlon forums about how sketchy the carbon fiber bike parts might be, but I also spoke with an industry rep who said that the Chinese companies are already making the molds/parts for the "legit" US companies. Therefore, the parts are from the same molds usually. He also mentioned that it's not really in any company's favor to make critical bike parts that fail when being ridden. The underwear are made from some kind of spandex material, and they also have a nondescript herbal scent.
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May 19, 2017 12:59
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I somehow ended up finding this: 
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May 19, 2017 13:51
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I've got my phone display turned way low (good for text, bad for pics) and it seriously took me about four seconds to parse that. Thought it was a plush intestine toy for at least two seconds.
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May 19, 2017 13:57
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MY PALE GOTH SKIN posted:I've got my phone display turned way low (good for text, bad for pics) and it seriously took me about four seconds to parse that. Thought it was a plush intestine toy for at least two seconds. That would be a good outfit for a cleaning lady.
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May 19, 2017 13:57
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That would make a good base for some body horror cosplay
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May 19, 2017 13:58
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"you see Timmy, sometimes a 👗 and a bathrobe love each other very much..."
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May 19, 2017 13:59
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WrenP-Complete posted:I somehow ended up finding this: Looks like it weighs a ton. You would need legs of a power lifter to walk in that thing.
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May 19, 2017 15:26
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You don't walk in it, you curl up into a ball on the floor and pretend to be Mother Brain.
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May 19, 2017 15:31
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I was thinking more along the lines of Miss Ground Beef at a midwest state fair
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May 19, 2017 15:35
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She is going to be made into delicious chicken nuggets
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May 19, 2017 15:51
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WrenP-Complete posted:I somehow ended up finding this: Link, please? I must know more about this masterpiece. My wife is going to hate me...
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May 19, 2017 16:21
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Welp all the ladies in my family grabbed allof my Washi tapes, I'll have to order more. Seriously this stuff is in high demand. 
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May 19, 2017 17:19
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Duh Ugh posted:Link, please? I must know more about this masterpiece. Here it is! 40% off! Buy one in every color! (They sell them in every color!) Get the sexy robe version! Heck, get the version for children! Live your life only in this dress from now on!
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May 19, 2017 17:29
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 gently caress THE COMPETITION
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Horrible Lurkbeast posted:Welp all the ladies in my family grabbed allof my Washi tapes, I'll have to order more. Time to start a business!
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WrenP-Complete posted:I somehow ended up finding this: Oh my loving god. I could spatter dark red paint all over that and have a beautiful Halloween wedding (It looks more like a brain than intestines to me)
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Duh Ugh posted:Link, please? I must know more about this masterpiece. I got you, fam: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Rea...2471692099.html 17 colors! Edit: Oh, thanks HiaC, that's what I get for not updating before responding!
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I was just at the pub with my parents for lunch. For a laugh I brought one of the 15 lovely Lord of the Rings, Rings I had just got. An extremely drunk lady on the table next to us overheard me and wanted to look at it. Then she wanted to buy it. At first I didn't wan't to do it but she offered 200 Norwegian Kroner (24USD) so I gave in. I payed less than 10 bucks for the lot and no postal! So now I'm one of those scumbags making money off Ali.
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I wanna get one of these jackets made of retroreflective fabric. Too bad I haven't found one with sleeves long enough for my troglodyte frame. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3M-...2770962725.html
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WrenP-Complete posted:I somehow ended up finding this: The white version actually looks kinda neat. Every other version, though: 
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Rad-daddio posted:Besides lots of carbon fiber bike parts, I also managed to order the literal best underwear I've ever worn. link the undies you fool
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sandball posted:link the undies you fool Yea I can always use more underwear
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