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Malloc Voidstar posted:Aliexpress hides the listings of a lot of masks if you're in the US.  Thankfully there were a couple people pointing out that China didn't exactly get off scot-free in this whole pandemic.After that one seller asked me to cancel my order because it would take a while to get it to me, I explained that I was patient and asked them to extend the purchase protection period. They replied that they'd reassessed the situation, that delivery shouldn't take that long after all, but they also extended the delivery window by (or to?) a generous 90 days, reminded me to extend it again if necessary, and shipped my poo poo off immediately. Prompt and receptive service--a nice counterpoint to the scammier sellers we see. Of course, it could all be bullshit.
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Humphreys posted:Budget 42-800 lens with really delivers... something. Speaking of Aliexpress lenses, has anyone bought DSLR objectives from Aliexpress or some place similar? I'm in the market for an objective and I've spotted some fairly cheap options on Chinese websites but I want to hear experiences before buying.
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Humphreys posted:Budget 42-800 lens with really delivers... something. That's a lot less substantial, and way more plasticky looking than I was expecting.
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Humphreys posted:Budget 42-800 lens with really delivers... something. finally a way for me to take dick pics
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Malloc Voidstar posted:Aliexpress hides the listings of a lot of masks if you're in the US. Huh. I connected using a VPN endpoint in Europe and I saw tons of masks. As soon as I switched the shipping country to US, it said the product was unavailable. No novelty masks for me
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I bought one of those huge lenses from AliExpress and the zoom is amazing (the moon is bigger than the entire frame on my K-5), but the chromatic aberration is pretty bad and the zoom goes way past infinity, so it's very difficult to focus. You also need two tripods to keep things steady when fully zoomed in. Probably worth the $360 'cause I got some very cool shots with it that I couldn't have otherwise, but boy did I have to work for them. And for those who are curious, I tried REALLY hard to get a bad smell out of the tellurium. A match isn't hot enough to ignite it, I couldn't get the magnesium ribbon to light either for the same reason. I dumped acetone on it and burned that, which looked awesome, but didn't ignite it. I tried some oxidizers and acids, and after all that, it had a really unpleasant odor, but much of that's probably attributable to the chemicals themselves. The next step was to try eating a bit, but my wife vetoed that, so I guess I'm going to have to buy some sparklers to really get this stuff hot.
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Cichlidae posted:I bought one of those huge lenses from AliExpress and the zoom is amazing (the moon is bigger than the entire frame on my K-5), but the chromatic aberration is pretty bad and the zoom goes way past infinity, so it's very difficult to focus. You also need two tripods to keep things steady when fully zoomed in. Probably worth the $360 'cause I got some very cool shots with it that I couldn't have otherwise, but boy did I have to work for them. Maybe try this? https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/sc/c4sc00749b#!divAbstract Also JFC I hope you're using appropriate protective gear while doing all this home chemistry. You know that professional chemists' life expectancy drops the further they go through grad school/their career?
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goblin week posted:finally a way for me to take dick pics Turn off your microscope
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Just Chamber posted:Has anyone bought any of the Lepin fake lego sets? What's the general quality like and what's some good sets to buy? Looking for a fairly big build to keep me a bit occupied during this quarantine. Though I realise by the time it arrives this will probably be over. If you’re looking for some good sets to start with, the modulars such as brick bank are great. The Ninjago theme buildings are a fun build. The fairground mixer was a really cool build as well. And of course there’s always Star Plan The treehouse is one of my favorites, though it is also a current lego set. As far as brands go, King/Queen are the new lepin brands after the raid, and Panda/Zebra appear to be lepin, but sacrificial names to bootleg current lego sets. Mould King, Decool, SY, Sembo all use the same bricks, which are just as good as or slightly better than lepin. Yourwobb is consistently good to buy bootlego from, and they do have some of the minifigs packs though not a lot. If you want to buy from Aliexpress, look for stores with >98% rating and read reviews. Currently Aliexpress is tough to buy from because sellers are still listing stupidly cheap prices, with the hopes of sitting on orders till shipping prices drop with the resumption of international flights. 50/50 you sit on an order for months with no idea if/when it’ll ship, but I think some stores like loltoy have decent reviews... ymmv. sticksy posted:
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Humphreys posted:Budget 42-800 lens with really delivers... something. Definitely interested in the moon quality from this (thinking about the next solar eclipse) but could you please also snipe a bird with that and post a full res sample?
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Prophet of Nixon posted:Definitely interested in the moon quality from this (thinking about the next solar eclipse) but could you please also snipe a bird with that and post a full res sample? I'll get some shots over the weekend. Was trying so hand held shots on weekend but too blurry - I was sniping a sparrow three houses away and up a tree. I have a new tripod and intervalometre arrived to remote trigger so hoping to get something decent to show it off. I've never done night photography specifically wanting stars and the moon. So learning fast with some youtube videos and backyard testing. EDIT: Moon snuck out from cloud cover and I grabbed a few snaps to test: This is before processing anything and just a quick gently caress around with settings:  After dinner I'll either edit this post or make a new one with the 'after' shot cleaning stuff in Lightroom. Meh, lazy. Here's a link to the full frame (hopefully at 100% scale on Imgur):  And a 100% crop off the full frame:  I'm terrible at Lightroom bout I'm happy with the results for such a cheap lens that I spent 5 minutes taking a few photos with manual focus and basic noise and colour corrections. Humphreys fucked around with this message at 10:04 on May 27, 2020 |
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Anyone else's stuff not moving at all now? I know shipping is especially slow now, though supposedly a lot of packages are in the US, or "at local post office", or variations on that, but the status hasn't changed for a week or more.
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I just got five nail polishes that I ordered from Ali in early January, so... ... Also, one of the colors is called "Losing Beauty" and that's just goddamn rude.
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Mercury_Storm posted:Anyone else's stuff not moving at all now? I know shipping is especially slow now, though supposedly a lot of packages are in the US, or "at local post office", or variations on that, but the status hasn't changed for a week or more. yeah, most of the pens i ordered showed up, but i have one that arrived in the us and still hasn’t shown up. no idea what’s going on, there.
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I've had three small packages all show up within the last week or so. I think I ordered all of them back in March. One of them might have been April.  E: I take it back, they were all from early April. But that pillowcase from March is still never gonna show up. Bees on Wheat fucked around with this message at 08:20 on May 28, 2020 |
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Mercury_Storm posted:Anyone else's stuff not moving at all now? I know shipping is especially slow now, though supposedly a lot of packages are in the US, or "at local post office", or variations on that, but the status hasn't changed for a week or more. I haven't had anything even ship since mid-March
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Mercury_Storm posted:Anyone else's stuff not moving at all now? I know shipping is especially slow now, though supposedly a lot of packages are in the US, or "at local post office", or variations on that, but the status hasn't changed for a week or more. One of my packages ordered on the last week of February was shipped on March 2nd or 3rd, and has been "in transit by airmail" since then with no changes.
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The rotary tool attachments I ordered on 12th May arrived on the 26th. AliExpress Standard Shipping from China, so some stuff is moving quick.
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It's a bit of a crap shoot. I have stuff from April trickling in randomly, at a few parcels, a couple of times a week. Everything's been handed over to the airline, so I'm guessing cargo space is tight with the lack of air travel. This is to Australia which is more tightly connected to China than many other parts of the world, but I would have thought America would be in a similar position.
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Tokamak posted:It's a bit of a crap shoot. I have stuff from April trickling in randomly, at a few parcels, a couple of times a week. Everything's been handed over to the airline, so I'm guessing cargo space is tight with the lack of air travel. This is to Australia which is more tightly connected to China than many other parts of the world, but I would have thought America would be in a similar position. Airfreight is absolutely hosed at the moment: it turns out that a lot of it goes in the hold of passenger planes and if people aren't travelling for leisure or business, then there is a big capacity issue and the price has skyrocketed. Our trinkets are bottom of the pile when it comes to priority.  (and it kept growing) Moo the cow fucked around with this message at 14:28 on May 28, 2020 |
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Have any of y'all ever ordered from banggood? Wanted to see if they are sketchy.
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I've gotten 1 thing since February. Honestly, right now I would discourage from purchasing from AliExpress.
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I've gotten a few packages but things are taking quite a long time, like 2 months to arrive
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My joycon control stick is wearing out, is there any reason to get a replacement from Amazon rather than aliexpress? Seems to me like if there's one thing that China can't gently caress up its small electronics components
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i bought a grinder three weeks ago and it arrived monday, who knows, some stuff i ordered in march definitely isn't here yet and tracking is extremely hosed. I'm guessing maybe some poo poo got hosed and some other poo poo isn't so hosed
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Killingyouguy! posted:My joycon control stick is wearing out, is there any reason to get a replacement from Amazon rather than aliexpress? Seems to me like if there's one thing that China can't gently caress up its small electronics components I bought some off amazon, it's already so cheap why not, you'll get it fast. like 10 bux for 2 sticks and tools.
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PokeJoe posted:I've gotten a few packages but things are taking quite a long time, like 2 months to arrive yeah this has been my experience. probably depends on which coast you’re on, too
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LifeSunDeath posted:I bought some off amazon, it's already so cheap why not, you'll get it fast. Well the big difference is to me is that I'd rather not give bezos a cut if I don't have to
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Killingyouguy! posted:Well the big difference is to me is that I'd rather not give bezos a cut if I don't have to That is fair.
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so here’s a weird pen that’s kind of a weird hybrid kaweco sport/lilliput (not really visible posted). the nib is a fude/bent nib. it’s fun to write with. if you’ll excuse my awful japanese: https://a.aliexpress.com/_esJJSV
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:so here’s a weird pen that’s kind of a weird hybrid kaweco sport/lilliput (not really visible posted). the nib is a fude/bent nib. it’s fun to write with. if you’ll excuse my awful japanese: Is there a pen thread somewhere? Especially dip pens.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Is there a pen thread somewhere? Especially dip pens. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3531265
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Oh I was looking in creative convention  Thanks, bad posts ahead!!!
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Killingyouguy! posted:Well the big difference is to me is that I'd rather not give bezos a cut if I don't have to EBay? I’m also waiting on half a dozen things I ordered months ago, two of them actually updated recently so who can say?
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Killingyouguy! posted:My joycon control stick is wearing out, is there any reason to get a replacement from Amazon rather than aliexpress? Seems to me like if there's one thing that China can't gently caress up its small electronics components You'll get it in 5-6 days instead of 5-6 months. Also I just got some this month from several vendors, the Veanic two pack has great quality tools but one of the sticks drifted out of the box. Linkstyle 6 Pack has the most close-to-OEM design and quality I've found yet. shame on an IGA fucked around with this message at 19:08 on May 28, 2020 |
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theflyingexecutive posted:EBay? I’m also waiting on half a dozen things I ordered months ago, two of them actually updated recently so who can say? if it’s anything like a few of my last ebay orders, you’ll get it off amazon anyway, after the seller orders via prime for you. not sure how to avoid that
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I've done okay with eBay during lockdown; we got gloves, alcohol, etc. faster than Amazon could have restocked.
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