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Hirayuki
Mar 28, 2010


Did you double-check your shipments on the Ali site? They very often combine orders, give the new one a new tracking number, and don't tell anybody.

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evilmiera
Dec 14, 2009

Status: Ravenously Rambunctious

Maguro posted:

Before spending lots of money on Ali, check the "rep fashion" subreddits.

Here it is on TaoBao for $162 https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=652257168131

$200 is actually a good deal on Ali, since you would be paying $30-$40 bucks to ship this jacket from the middle-man service. However, if you were buying a few pieces at once, it would make more sense to buy from TaoBao and use a middle man to save on combined shipping and lower initial costs. Just make sure to read all of the buying guides on the subreddit.

Tried to open an account and it sort of let me but it also never prompted me for a password and I can't for the life of me log in. Don't even know if they allow my country though.

dregan
Jan 16, 2005

I could transport you all into space if I wanted.

Kerbtree posted:

How far are you from Wollaston, because their factory shop is pretty good.

There's a body of water in the way alas. Ordered from that link anyway, if I get some wear out of them I'll probably get a real pair at some point

PHIZ KALIFA
Dec 21, 2011

#mood
Hey I can't find it again, but did anyone come across that one listing of doc martens knockoffs where instead of leather it was a printed art pattern? looked like a denim fabric.

Amphigory
Feb 6, 2005




Joc Jartens?

Teach
Mar 28, 2008


Pillbug

Amphigory posted:

Joc Jartens?

Moc Dartens.

Darchangel
Feb 12, 2009

Tell him about the blower!


Teach posted:

Moc Dartens.

I like this one.

PHIZ KALIFA
Dec 21, 2011

#mood
These were the ones I was thinking of: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003406957456.html Are there any others like this?

edit- I've been looking for some winter slip-ons, and I like the look of these: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000317825222.html

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.
I wanna know of anyone had actually bought and constructed one of these in the states. It has a free return! Which leaves to out 6000 bucks for the shipping.

US $8,219.00 | Fire prefabricated Resistance Polystyrene Foam EPS Dome House
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNj0nBw





Also, these are not quite doc martins, but I bet if someone else wants to track down the original factory on Ali, they will have more doc Martin looking knockoffs




US $11.48 49% Off | Boots For Womens Embroidered Vintage Boots Motorcycle Boots Ethnic Style Women's Zipper Lace Up Long Boots Shoes Plus Size Mujer
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003303942269.html?&srcSns=sns_Copy&businessType=ProductDetail&spreadType=socialShare

Happiness Commando
Feb 1, 2002
$$ joy at gunpoint $$

I'm a dude and I really want those boots.

RIP Paul Walker
Feb 26, 2004

Bored posted:

I wanna know of anyone had actually bought and constructed one of these in the states. It has a free return! Which leaves to out 6000 bucks for the shipping.

US $8,219.00 | Fire prefabricated Resistance Polystyrene Foam EPS Dome House
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNj0nBw



I love how you're spending your last 1% of battery on this poo poo, that's dedication

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦
If it can't be done on 1% charge it's not worth doing. :haibrow:

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

RIP Paul Walker posted:

I love how you're spending your last 1% of battery on this poo poo, that's dedication

This is actually an obsolete phone and the battery gauge isn’t accurate. Sometimes it suddenly decides there is no battery left at 100%, and sometimes that 1% lasts a few hours.
I can’t stand the Android phone I got to replace this one and I’m not putting SA app on my work phone.

Uh... content?

Kitty cat docs?

US $28.43 45% Off | Women Fashion Boots Ankle 2022 Autumn Winter Western Wind Genuine Leather Thick with Fur Ladies Printed Cat Head Marten Boots
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mKIFVcG

Lead out in cuffs
Sep 18, 2012

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

"I can see that. Cool mutations."




NoneMoreNegative posted:

lol, speaking of 'high-end knockoffs';

I was looking at the (then) new ACRONYM J1B-GT shell jacket when they landed in late November 2020, but I couldn't justify to myself spending over a thousand euro on a light jacket; this poo poo is expensive high tech fashion stuff. They sold out after about a day and I felt let down but I really should't lay down that kind of cash on my wage.



Jump to November this year, the expensive Acronym has slipped out of my mind and I'm browsing AliX when I find: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003585570838.html

Oh I like the look of this!, yes its real expensive in AliX terms but it looks like good quality photos from a brand I know is well-respected.

Jacket arrives a few weeks later and this falls out of the parcel in a ziploc baggie:



Brain goes ding and I realise why I liked the look of this jacket, its pretty much a perfect 1:1 KO of the Acronym for maybe a sixth of the price :o:

How's the waterproofing and breathability? Fabric quality seems like a place where they might have cheaped out.

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020

Bored posted:

This is actually an obsolete phone and the battery gauge isn’t accurate. Sometimes it suddenly decides there is no battery left at 100%, and sometimes that 1% lasts a few hours.
I can’t stand the Android phone I got to replace this one and I’m not putting SA app on my work phone.

Uh... content?



It shouldn't be that hard to replace the battery yourself. Look around YouTube for instruction and get the battery kit from Ali!

everdave
Nov 14, 2005
I’d love to find some real world account of people buying prefab small house kits from Ali. With construction so backlogged if you really could get something nice and livable for a tiny add on for $10k would be interesting.

Bondematt
Jan 26, 2007

Not too stupid

stephenthinkpad posted:

It shouldn't be that hard to replace the battery yourself. Look around YouTube for instruction and get the battery kit from Ali!

More than likely an IC is failing. 1% battery is a common error when those go. If it snaps right to 1% from whatever it is actually at, then replacing the battery won't help.

PHIZ KALIFA
Dec 21, 2011

#mood

everdave posted:

I’d love to find some real world account of people buying prefab small house kits from Ali. With construction so backlogged if you really could get something nice and livable for a tiny add on for $10k would be interesting.

Yeah some of the renders for these kits look incredibly ornate. I *think* there was one kit being assembled in s2 of Tiger King, there's one scene where the guys build a "strip club" in the middle of an empty field that looks like it was dragged and dropped out of an autoCAD program.

edit- on the subject of prefab homes, Green Magic Homes claims to make hobbit-style earth houses: https://greenmagichomes.com/

Cached Money
Apr 11, 2010

evilmiera posted:

Tried to open an account and it sort of let me but it also never prompted me for a password and I can't for the life of me log in. Don't even know if they allow my country though.

You have to go through a middle man, you can not order from taobao yourself, look up the subreddit and read the buying guides.

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020

everdave posted:

I’d love to find some real world account of people buying prefab small house kits from Ali. With construction so backlogged if you really could get something nice and livable for a tiny add on for $10k would be interesting.

Youtube suggested this to me a few days ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYc2i78_UkI

LifeSunDeath
Jan 4, 2007

still gay rights and smoke weed every day

stephenthinkpad posted:

Youtube suggested this to me a few days ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYc2i78_UkI

there's a few places along the highway that sell much cheaper sheds and they've always got them labeled with the LOW MONTHLY PRICE of...I'm just really curious why people are constantly buying sheds on credit, other than to make meth in.

A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

nah the meth guys do cash upfront

everdave
Nov 14, 2005

stephenthinkpad posted:

Youtube suggested this to me a few days ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYc2i78_UkI

I’ve actually seen that one and it’s cool, I have no idea how I’d ever get it in my backyard I’d have to tear the fence down I built and cut some big trees down

Subjunctive
Sep 12, 2006

✨sparkle and shine✨

Put it in the trees.

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

Maguro posted:

Before spending lots of money on Ali, check the "rep fashion" subreddits.

Here it is on TaoBao for $162 https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=652257168131

$200 is actually a good deal on Ali, since you would be paying $30-$40 bucks to ship this jacket from the middle-man service. However, if you were buying a few pieces at once, it would make more sense to buy from TaoBao and use a middle man to save on combined shipping and lower initial costs. Just make sure to read all of the buying guides on the subreddit.

I'd looked into the whole 'Taobao shipper' thing when I was getting into TechWear-style clothing and it seemed like a lot of steps and a lot of fuss, I gave it up as 'too much like effort', to be honest unless I was saving like 50% on an order the ease of clicking 'Buy' on AliX (and having at least some recourse if the package goes missing or I get a duff item) - call it Lazy Tax :o:

The AliX store UPTEMPO I got my jacket from has a bunch of other well-regarded TW brands as well, though a lot of them stop at the north-end of asian sizing, not a lot of stuff for a 116cm chest (and even less for a 96cm waist)

Lead out in cuffs posted:

How's the waterproofing and breathability? Fabric quality seems like a place where they might have cheaped out.

I never had the original so can't do a 1:1, but its dual-layered with a ripstop inner, taped seams etc - I did a bit of a 'feel test' between the new KO and my original Nikelab ACG Alpine which I know is dual-layer Goretex and they feel mostly identical, the new KO maybe feels a touch more vinly-ish, but that might just be that the Nikelab is several years old and well-worn. Rainwise, it's kept a light rain off me fine, but I have other coats for the bad weather so I doubt I'll be going out in any monsoons with it anyway (also it has a nice removable hood and the jacket looks much nicer with it off IMO)

I did look up the 'Rep Fashion' subreddit like Maguro said, and this poster just sold off their original ACRNM and picked up the KO, so hopefully they will come back to the thread to give a comparison update when they get it delivered:

https://www.reddit.com/r/FashionReps/comments/roxwoj/sold_my_retail_j47_and_got_the_j1_multi_from_fc/

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

Also, in my recommends


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001380049935.html

Imagining a leg instead of the branch in the illustration there

Geemer
Nov 4, 2010



NoneMoreNegative posted:

Also, in my recommends


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001380049935.html

Imagining a leg instead of the branch in the illustration there

I thought it was a leg in denim before I realized it was a branch, tbh.

Fucking Moron
Jan 9, 2009

Bored posted:

I wanna know of anyone had actually bought and constructed one of these in the states. It has a free return! Which leaves to out 6000 bucks for the shipping.

US $8,219.00 | Fire prefabricated Resistance Polystyrene Foam EPS Dome House
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNj0nBw





Also, these are not quite doc martins, but I bet if someone else wants to track down the original factory on Ali, they will have more doc Martin looking knockoffs




US $11.48 49% Off | Boots For Womens Embroidered Vintage Boots Motorcycle Boots Ethnic Style Women's Zipper Lace Up Long Boots Shoes Plus Size Mujer
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003303942269.html?&srcSns=sns_Copy&businessType=ProductDetail&spreadType=socialShare

All I know is I am sure Mayweather shops on Ali because look at this outfit...



I swear I have seen this outfit show up while browsing.

SilvergunSuperman
Aug 7, 2010

Fuckin lol

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.
Look guys. This one has “anus” in its name!

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

everdave posted:

I’ve actually seen that one and it’s cool, I have no idea how I’d ever get it in my backyard I’d have to tear the fence down I built and cut some big trees down

Home Depot actually has a much more futuristic shell that I like better. I need to find an inexpensive site that is already prepped to put a house on. I still like those pods better, but I’m worried I’d gently caress up the outer concrete.

In the states, there are a few different places that sell the shells for domes. But I would have to figure out how to pay an electrician and plumber for stuff that is way out of my ability to install safely. And if I’m anywhere with building codes, I need to understand building code stuff. Actually, that part sounds kind of fun to learn, if I didn’t have to have a job.

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

PHIZ KALIFA posted:

Yeah some of the renders for these kits look incredibly ornate. I *think* there was one kit being assembled in s2 of Tiger King, there's one scene where the guys build a "strip club" in the middle of an empty field that looks like it was dragged and dropped out of an autoCAD program.

edit- on the subject of prefab homes, Green Magic Homes claims to make hobbit-style earth houses: https://greenmagichomes.com/

Keeping this in mind since they offer some off the same shapes that I think are neat if I can figure out how to afford the labor and land

Fucking Moron
Jan 9, 2009

Bored posted:

Look guys. This one has “anus” in its name!



Buy it for me. Anus and all.

Cascadia Pirate
Jan 18, 2011

Bored posted:

Home Depot actually has a much more futuristic shell that I like better. I need to find an inexpensive site that is already prepped to put a house on. I still like those pods better, but I’m worried I’d gently caress up the outer concrete.

In the states, there are a few different places that sell the shells for domes. But I would have to figure out how to pay an electrician and plumber for stuff that is way out of my ability to install safely. And if I’m anywhere with building codes, I need to understand building code stuff. Actually, that part sounds kind of fun to learn, if I didn’t have to have a job.

Getting something like that through the IRC is going to take a fair amount of work.

PSA: If anyone buys a prefab tiny house make sure to talk to the jurisdiction you're installing it in first. Most of them are built to park model or RV stands and can't be permanently habitated. A few say they meet the IRC, but may not meet your local state or jurisdiction's special caveats.

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020
The cabins I stay in KOA looks like prebuild houses. They are getting very popular in camp sites.

Fashionably Great
Jul 10, 2008


I don't know why I needed it, but I had to buy this cursed knockoff of a furby knockoff.

Hirayuki
Mar 28, 2010


Reminds me of this stupid thing I bought (an oversized coaster?) in large part because this particular model was called "Special Tiger" and, well, I couldn't agree more:

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

Bored posted:

Look guys. This one has “anus” in its name!



Lol fifty grand for a lovely container house on scissor jacks? I think Ali finally jumped the shark.

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.
I’m pet sure that I built this house in “spore”

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flavor.flv
Apr 18, 2008

I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches




Aren't those made so you can cover them with earth and grass and make yourself a hobbit hole? Would the aliexpress ones even hold up under a couple tons of dirt?

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