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Shibawanko
Feb 13, 2013

i once asked that question in the fashion thread in the fashion forum and people there linked me to the H&M website and went back to talking about paul & shark polo shirts or whatever

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Mercury Hat
May 28, 2006

SharkTales!
Woo-oo!



If you're lucky, the ali ripoff is an indie artist with their own storefront. The quarantine Tintin image seems to be by this artist, though I don't see it on his site, he's got another Tintin image in the same style. The other two are image edits and I can't immediately find a source for them, but they'd be such low resolution that it wouldn't look good on a t-shirt print anyway.

You can try googling key phrases of what you see and hope to get a stand-alone image, then do a google image search to try and scare up a source. Doesn't always work, but the ali stuff tends to be popular memes.

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




Yeah I'm not suggesting you can actually walk into a shop and buy them but google image search will get you there most of the time, even if it is just on a shirt printing service page

Shibawanko
Feb 13, 2013

https://printbar.ru/hudi/hudi-karta-1543654/ i guess i found it, although this just looks like a russian version of etsy or something, but at least this one looks like it was made of better materials

Lead out in cuffs
Sep 18, 2012

"That's right. We've evolved."

"I can see that. Cool mutations."




flavor.flv posted:

Plenty of things become weird fetishes, it doesn't mean you can't use them innocuously.

If you had to abandon everything as soon as perverts got into it you wouldn't be able to buy Wonderbread at the store or find a copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in the children's section

I mean, Roald Dahl was a pervert, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was perverted from the get-go.

Lord Stimperor
Jun 13, 2018

I'm a lovable meme.

Shibawanko posted:

where would you go about finding this kind of stuff outside of ali? all the brick stores here just have really generic business casual dork stuff

Afaik some of the stuff can be found if you dig long enough into the hipster sphere, but a lot of the retro merch I've seen comes from the US so importing is cost-prohibitive

Mx.
Dec 16, 2006

I'm a great fan! When I watch TV I'm always saying "That's political correctness gone mad!"
Why thankyew!


BaronVanAwesome posted:

WOW.

I know these sweaters' material is always that scratchy, unbreathing plastic stuff when they have these type of prints, but...HOMM sweater

Hahaha go to the store! You're missing out

HOMM tracksuit

BaronVanAwesome
Sep 11, 2001

I will never learn the secrets of "Increased fake female boar sp..."

Never say never, buddy.
Now you know.
Now we all know.

Mx. posted:

Hahaha go to the store! You're missing out

HOMM tracksuit



They take me for some kind of degenerate Dungeon player?!

Gonna try and type up another week of recommendations and also someone asked about a review for that mixer thing I got

Mx.
Dec 16, 2006

I'm a great fan! When I watch TV I'm always saying "That's political correctness gone mad!"
Why thankyew!


BaronVanAwesome posted:



They take me for some kind of degenerate Dungeon player?!

Gonna try and type up another week of recommendations and also someone asked about a review for that mixer thing I got

Ah, so you're a fortress man

Post the recs!!

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

BaronVanAwesome posted:



They take me for some kind of degenerate Dungeon player?!

Gonna try and type up another week of recommendations and also someone asked about a review for that mixer thing I got

son of a bingbong. my entire 4th grade experience in one tracksuit.

Shibawanko
Feb 13, 2013

screenshot-based fashion

id really like a version with a big rear end the settlers 2 screenshot with a whole sprawling settlement with farms and everything

Mx.
Dec 16, 2006

I'm a great fan! When I watch TV I'm always saying "That's political correctness gone mad!"
Why thankyew!


Shibawanko posted:

screenshot-based fashion

id really like a version with a big rear end the settlers 2 screenshot with a whole sprawling settlement with farms and everything

DM the supplier a screenshot and they'll probably set a listing up lol

Betazoid
Aug 3, 2010

Hallo. Ik ben een leeuw.
US $3.18 16%OFF | 1pc New Gold Foil Pens Metal Ballpoint Pens Office Birthday Gifts Ballpoint Pens Engraved Name Private Laser Customized Logo Pen
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mLmiVnT

I ordered customized pens about a month ago and paid $2 each. They're now $3. Quality is pretty good for goofy unstealable pens. I will probably order these as inexpensive stocking stuffers for my office pals.

sleepy gary
Jan 11, 2006

Betazoid posted:

US $3.18 16%OFF | 1pc New Gold Foil Pens Metal Ballpoint Pens Office Birthday Gifts Ballpoint Pens Engraved Name Private Laser Customized Logo Pen
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mLmiVnT

I ordered customized pens about a month ago and paid $2 each. They're now $3. Quality is pretty good for goofy unstealable pens. I will probably order these as inexpensive stocking stuffers for my office pals.

I could easily steal those pens from you.

PokeJoe
Aug 24, 2004

hail cgatan


you'll never find your god bless pen in my mountain of them

Jack-Off Lantern
Mar 2, 2012

Jack-Off Lantern posted:

Update on my Flashlight I ordered in October : German Customs confiscated it due to wrong item declaration...they want 28€ for this 10€ flashlight. The other 2 Items are missing as well. I disputed both and Aliexpress told me"Hey, invalid, it's still on its way! "

Last update

All my Items from that order are either lost or declared wrong. PayPal also didn't allow me to charge it back since "the items got delivered"... to german customs and to ultimately the wrong address.

That's 25€ lost ,and it sucks

Lord Stimperor
Jun 13, 2018

I'm a lovable meme.

Betazoid posted:

US $3.18 16%OFF | 1pc New Gold Foil Pens Metal Ballpoint Pens Office Birthday Gifts Ballpoint Pens Engraved Name Private Laser Customized Logo Pen
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mLmiVnT

I ordered customized pens about a month ago and paid $2 each. They're now $3. Quality is pretty good for goofy unstealable pens. I will probably order these as inexpensive stocking stuffers for my office pals.

This is a neat idea.

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


Anyone got listings for VERY cheap USB sticks that I don't care if say are 8GB but are 1GB? Looking for a bunch for a mates little company for digital files in promo bags. Actual data is like 512MB consisting of a PDF but I'll take whatever.

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

The wallet i got 4 years ago is starting to look a little worse for wear.

I got it for $5 4 years ago, now they want $12 for the same one :/

Thats not a bad price for something that lasts 4 years with everyday use, but it should be cheaper >< (Though now i can pay $15 if i want my name engraved on the front)

RillAkBea
Oct 11, 2008

Humphreys posted:

Anyone got listings for VERY cheap USB sticks that I don't care if say are 8GB but are 1GB? Looking for a bunch for a mates little company for digital files in promo bags. Actual data is like 512MB consisting of a PDF but I'll take whatever.

Everything I've seen of mystery Chinese memory sticks has been pretty fishy and nothing I'd want to stick in a computer I care about.

The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

RillAkBea posted:

Everything I've seen of mystery Chinese memory sticks has been pretty fishy and nothing I'd want to stick in a computer I care about.

Yeah the reason it says 8gig but reads as 1 is the 7gigs of spyware

spiny
May 20, 2004

round and round and round
OK, guesses on what I'm going to receive from this sale :)

I bought this mboard+cpu+ram bundle deal for £0.33 as in 33 pence.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002081256356.html

64gig ram in 4 sticks, 2x cpu.

I used a debit card and have been charged, the 33p shows up in my back statement.

It was shipped a few days ago and will be with me 'by the 10th Feb'

I'm expecting to get an envelope with a photo of the motherboard, but who knows :D

Seller was a brand new shop with zero feedback, so mayme these are mega-loss leaders to generate positive reviews ?

George RR Fartin
Apr 16, 2003




spiny posted:

OK, guesses on what I'm going to receive from this sale :)

I bought this mboard+cpu+ram bundle deal for £0.33 as in 33 pence.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002081256356.html

64gig ram in 4 sticks, 2x cpu.

I used a debit card and have been charged, the 33p shows up in my back statement.

It was shipped a few days ago and will be with me 'by the 10th Feb'

I'm expecting to get an envelope with a photo of the motherboard, but who knows :D

Seller was a brand new shop with zero feedback, so mayme these are mega-loss leaders to generate positive reviews ?

Do you own or have interest in dollhouses?

busalover
Sep 12, 2020

spiny posted:

OK, guesses on what I'm going to receive from this sale :)

I bought this mboard+cpu+ram bundle deal for £0.33 as in 33 pence.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002081256356.html

64gig ram in 4 sticks, 2x cpu.

I used a debit card and have been charged, the 33p shows up in my back statement.

It was shipped a few days ago and will be with me 'by the 10th Feb'

I'm expecting to get an envelope with a photo of the motherboard, but who knows :D

Seller was a brand new shop with zero feedback, so mayme these are mega-loss leaders to generate positive reviews ?

I'd be worried about my post office slapping a huge fee on it, even though it says £0.33

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


RillAkBea posted:

Everything I've seen of mystery Chinese memory sticks has been pretty fishy and nothing I'd want to stick in a computer I care about.

I do know how to and have the hardware to zero out even raw NANDs (even off board).

Resume suggestions.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
The £10 handling fee for 2p VAT.

engessa
Jan 19, 2007

spiny posted:

OK, guesses on what I'm going to receive from this sale :)

I bought this mboard+cpu+ram bundle deal for £0.33 as in 33 pence.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002081256356.html

64gig ram in 4 sticks, 2x cpu.

I used a debit card and have been charged, the 33p shows up in my back statement.

It was shipped a few days ago and will be with me 'by the 10th Feb'

I'm expecting to get an envelope with a photo of the motherboard, but who knows :D

Seller was a brand new shop with zero feedback, so mayme these are mega-loss leaders to generate positive reviews ?

Why are they watching Terminator?

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

engessa posted:

Why are they watching Terminator?

Wouldn't you?

spiny posted:

OK, guesses on what I'm going to receive from this sale :)

I bought this mboard+cpu+ram bundle deal for £0.33 as in 33 pence.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002081256356.html

64gig ram in 4 sticks, 2x cpu.

I used a debit card and have been charged, the 33p shows up in my back statement.

It was shipped a few days ago and will be with me 'by the 10th Feb'

I'm expecting to get an envelope with a photo of the motherboard, but who knows :D

Seller was a brand new shop with zero feedback, so mayme these are mega-loss leaders to generate positive reviews ?
The hardware might be junk retired from AWS but 64 gigs is still worth a ton and shipping would be ridiculous so I'm pretty curious how this goes. The deal is gone now and they still have 0 feedback so...

BaronVanAwesome
Sep 11, 2001

I will never learn the secrets of "Increased fake female boar sp..."

Never say never, buddy.
Now you know.
Now we all know.

Mx. posted:

Ah, so you're a fortress man

Post the recs!!

It's time

BVA's sometimes weekly "what the gently caress am I looking at in my recommendations extravaganza!"

No cheating and searching for weird poo poo! I want know exactly what Jack Ma thinks I'm into.



C$ 2.63 23%OFF | 3D Roller Massager 360 Rotate Silver Thin Face Full Body Shape Massager Lifting Wrinkle Remover Facial Massage Relaxation Tool
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mPVfXTT

I am deeply troubled by this review.


C$ 5.22 | GREEN FROG KERMIT 16" 40cm Stuffed plush large doll toy best gift
https://a.aliexpress.com/_msJE0gh

I sent you my pig plz respond



C$ 27.46 32%OFF | Electric Small Bubble Blackhead Remover USB Rechargeable Water Cycle Pore Acne Pimple Removal Vacuum Suction Facial Cleaner Tool
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNQ2ycD

Has your nose become literally a strawberry? Get you a vacuum suction facial! I'd imagine the force necessary to suck up a blackhead would just...deglove your face?


C$ 6.20 | Tarot 22 Grand Akana + 9 Royal Gods 31 Anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Dio Kujo Jotaro Joseph Bruno JOJO Animation
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mKr7kSz

Enemy <<stand>> approaches my wallet! (I need to throw at least one actual thing I'd consider buying here)


C$ 3.61 39%OFF | 50Pcs Simulation Mini Brick Dollhouse Miniature Diy Sand Table Landscape Scenery Clay Model Parts Accessories Toys for Children
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mL5Y5WZ

Feeling just a little peckish? Want to ACTUALLY eat 40 pizzas in 30 days? Why not 30 minutes? Why not belch AliExpress fumes into your home? Now you can!


C$ 21.81 43%OFF | Bruno Bucciarati Cosplay Jojo Bizarre Adventure Cosplay Pets Costumes for Cats and Dogs
https://a.aliexpress.com/_m03vdlP

This is the threshold the spirit of AliExpress tells you to look away and run - there is no joy for you if you gaze deeper.

Everett False
Sep 28, 2006

Mopsy, I'm starting to question your medical credentials.



CANNED

B•E•A•N

Harvey Baldman
Jan 11, 2011

ATTORNEY AT LAW
Justice is bald, like an eagle, or Lady Liberty's docket.

BaronVanAwesome posted:


C$ 6.20 | Tarot 22 Grand Akana + 9 Royal Gods 31 Anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Dio Kujo Jotaro Joseph Bruno JOJO Animation
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mKr7kSz

Enemy <<stand>> approaches my wallet! (I need to throw at least one actual thing I'd consider buying here)

Good grief, I just had five dollars evaporate when I saw these.

nishi koichi
Feb 16, 2007

everyone feels that way and gives up.
that's how they get away with it.
:eyepop:



https://a.aliexpress.com/_mMAR83P

Kazy
Oct 23, 2006

0x38: FLOPPY_INTERNAL_ERROR

Kazy posted:



Most other lens places wanted like a $70 upcharge because of my prescription, hopefully this place can fulfill it :v:

Just got these in today! I actually like them a lot better than the 3D printed ones, they're not as deep and the lenses are easily removable in case someone wants to borrow my Quest. My prescription seems spot on, even though I'm blind as hell.

DeadMansSuspenders
Jan 10, 2012

I wanna be your left hand man

Lol, HOMM3 rules.

BaronVanAwesome posted:


They take me for some kind of degenerate Dungeon player?!
I have never once thought to look up clothing for the game. This is hilarious. I've got two friends that we usually get together and play a map once a year or so.... These are blowing my mind.

Everett False
Sep 28, 2006

Mopsy, I'm starting to question your medical credentials.

Unsatisfied with my last dumbass expensive purchase of a tiny printer, I decided to make a dumber and more expensive purchase.



For reference, I actually own the original Brookstone/Axent cat ear headphones with the speakers in the ears. They loving suck! The headphone jack doesn't work, on bluetooth they die after three hours, and there's no warning before they die. Also the case you keep them in is actually huge.

I'm not going to take a picture of the box they came in because who gives a poo poo, but it's loving sturdy. It reminds me of the box an iPhone comes in, except big. You could punt this box without denting it, but might hurt your foot because it's so goddamn heavy. Also they wrapped the box in foam just to be extra safe so that was nice. The case is actually reasonably sized enough that you could take it places if you want. It came with a usb-c cable to charge it with and also a power brick.

Because I make good decisions, I installed the YOWU app you use to control the lights from the google app store. I couldn't actually read anything at all when installing it, but that didn't stop me from blindly accepting whatever it said. The app also lets you change audio modes from music to vocals to whatever. Dunno what they do but seems legit. I tested it first with blue lights and a podcast about the Business Plot, and it sounds good! There's no headphone jack, but it supports audio over usb-c. I tested it with my phone's usb-c cable, and that also works. Then I installed another application I couldn't read on my desktop so I could test using them wired there. That also sounded good!

I haven't run the battery down enough to find out if it will actually loving warn me when they're about to die, but so far these are in every conceivable way better than the fancy kickstarter headphones.

Also until I found these I was worried I'd have to buy Beats to have light blue headphones that match my keyboard. Thank you, Aliexpress, for letting me spend way too much on headphones that aren't Beats.

Everett False fucked around with this message at 00:11 on Feb 5, 2021

The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Man I have to think really hard about even a two digit purchase on ali

Everett False
Sep 28, 2006

Mopsy, I'm starting to question your medical credentials.

If I hadn't spent months trying to find even regular headphones in this shade of blue, I probably wouldn't have been so primed to buy these as soon as I saw them.

Pilfered Pallbearers
Aug 2, 2007

That's some serious dedication to that color.

If you really want to be that hardcore about color and not gamble with weird Ali poo poo, you should use https://www.colorware.com/

ThisIsJohnWayne
Feb 23, 2007
Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!



Everett False posted:

I tested it first with blue lights and a podcast about the Business Plot, and it sounds good!

I see you :stoked:

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mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
Just got a pair of these LED lights for my new shitbox, they're a quarter of the claimed 42W... so about what I expected, and do actually work pretty well.



Also got a replacement battery for an older Chinese tablet, seems to have at least the same capacity and hasn't even exploded once yet. Another aliexpress success story.


Everett False posted:

If I hadn't spent months trying to find even regular headphones in this shade of blue, I probably wouldn't have been so primed to buy these as soon as I saw them.


Dis you?

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