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XYZAB posted:Does anybody else do this: I find a random small item that I need maybe two or three of, it'll have a shipping price of $2 for one unit, but when I add an additional item it jumps the shipping cost up to something like $8, and if I add a third one it jumps up again to something like $13. So rather than buy three items together for $13 s&h, I buy each one three times and spend $6 total on s&h instead of $13. I figure if they let you do it, do it. I've been haunting the "3+ items" thing for a while, ordering e.g. single cupboard door latches on each order (because they won't let you add multiple of the same item). The problem now is that I've mined the offerings for everything I want, (or am vaguely interested by) but I still need a couple more of the latches.
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XYZAB posted:Does anybody else do this: I find a random small item that I need maybe two or three of, it'll have a shipping price of $2 for one unit, but when I add an additional item it jumps the shipping cost up to something like $8, and if I add a third one it jumps up again to something like $13. So rather than buy three items together for $13 s&h, I buy each one three times and spend $6 total on s&h instead of $13. Seems fine. I've also seen it where an item has free shipping, but if you want more than one suddenly shipping is $5. I think it's just a newbie trap for people who don't pay attention. They make a profit at the 1 item price, but if you don't catch the price jump for multiple items they can make even more profit.
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Aug 28, 2023 05:37
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Update on those rad cat shirts from a few pages back: BLURRY AS poo poo. I'm familiar with AliExpress shirts having a bit of blur on the pattern, but this was Too Blurry.
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Aug 28, 2023 05:49
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Photos before and after please lol
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Aug 28, 2023 05:58
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Like...a picture of me before I tried on the cat shirt, and then a picture of me wearing it? I genuinely don't know what you want.
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Aug 28, 2023 09:52
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Probably a picture from the listing and a picture of the shirt you got?
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Aug 28, 2023 10:27
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no, definitely a picture of you before the shirt and after the shirt
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Facebook Aunt posted:Seems fine. I've also seen it where an item has free shipping, but if you want more than one suddenly shipping is $5. I think it's just a newbie trap for people who don't pay attention. They make a profit at the 1 item price, but if you don't catch the price jump for multiple items they can make even more profit. Pretty sure its the "super economy" shipping not being offered for combined orders. Probably for a bunch of reasons including - package size - refund risk (AliExpress standard or better has way better tracking and you are less likely to be able to say it's lost) - payment risk (AliExpress hold funds in escrow until you receive the package, so better shipping means faster release of funds) - listing juice (free/cheap shipping in search results doesn't take into account multiple order count) I doubt AliExpress let them significantly pad shipping costs for most things using their shipping labels, it'll be based off the weight/size they've put in the listing.
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Aug 28, 2023 12:34
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You guys discussion of thermal printer reminds me to look for 3rd party label printer that can use brother p-touch tapes. Surely enough, they have a keyboardless, app control version for $16 bux.
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Aug 28, 2023 13:41
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El Fideo posted:Like...a picture of me before I tried on the cat shirt, and then a picture of me wearing it? I genuinely don't know what you want. Yes, like those before and after subreddits.
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Aug 28, 2023 13:42
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Geemer posted:Do you knockoff Lego knowers know if there's any place that'll be able to send me the bricks I need to build the sick Lego Jehuty Konami made to celebrate the ZOE 2: MARS release? Hopefully for a reasonable price as well. Looking through old posts I remembered this, and look what I found!  https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005910199816.html
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Aug 28, 2023 13:45
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stephenthinkpad posted:You guys discussion of thermal printer reminds me to look for 3rd party label printer that can use brother p-touch tapes. Surely enough, they have a keyboardless, app control version for $16 bux. Got a link?
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Aug 28, 2023 14:03
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I brought my Drake posted:Got a link? I've had a cheap label printer with a keyboard for a few years but it sucks to type anything on
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I would be very into one of those too for work and home
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Aug 28, 2023 14:21
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I actually used Alibaba to order something in my professional life. I'm working on a medical device that will need a custom load cell, which is just a thin film strain gage glued to a machined aluminum rod. The cheapest supplier in the US wanted about 85 usd per load cell, and that was with an order of 500 or more. We're still in the testing and regulatory phase, so we only need like 20 max On a whim, I reached out to a load cell manufacturer on Alibaba, and send them a very compartmentalized design file for just the load cell. They had the right iso certifications, and even if they didn't the parts would still be fine for premarket testing. the cost for 24 load cells, made to my specs? 9.18 usd each man, I hope they work.
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I brought my Drake posted:Got a link? mystes posted:I want that too. I thought all the cheap ones used weird proprietary tapes so for $16 if it supports p-touch labels I will definitely buy one https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256...id=nhD04CibTJlO The company is called Vixic, they made knock off printers for brother and Dymo. Also if you have temu coupon, they have cheap black color tapes. I have invested in too many brother tapes, I can't switch to cooler and much smaller D30 thingy.
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Aug 28, 2023 14:29
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Humphreys posted:Looking through old posts I remembered this, and look what I found! Woah! Holy poo poo! Thanks for letting me know!
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stephenthinkpad posted:https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256...id=nhD04CibTJlO Also the Vixic one has this review quote:as it turns out my label cassettes I already had for my Brother PT, aren’t compatible with this printer afterall. If you remove some ribs inside the housing of the printer you can make it work though. The ribs can be removed with a stanley knive or scalpel, slicing off little layers at a time. Edit: Oh actually there are continuous labels for the d30 and there's another d35 model that uses the same labels and has a manual cutter built in for $30 so now I'm not sure what to go with mystes fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Aug 28, 2023 |
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Aug 28, 2023 14:36
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Rad-daddio posted:I actually used Alibaba to order something in my professional life. western engineer discovers chinese manufacturer cost savings (story has an exciting and unexpected conclusion)
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:western engineer discovers chinese manufacturer cost savings (story has an exciting and unexpected conclusion) It’s just a medical device, not like anyone’s health would be at risk…
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Hellequin posted:Bought a bunch of cable management clips and accessories, all from the same store so the shipping wound up being pretty cheap and arrived sooner than expected. Thanks for this recommendation! Grabbed 20 of these for $10 shipped so I'll review later. Live in a house with like 4 desktop setups, DJ and speaker setups so this was sorely needed lol.
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Aug 28, 2023 14:48
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mystes posted:Huh the D30 label printer looks pretty good now too but I don't understand why the labels for that are all fixed width even if there isn't a cutter built into the device, so now I'm not sure which to go with I think brother printers still have more color and background options? If D30 have continuous tape and transparent backgrounds then go with D30. I have a fabric tape I can iron it on clothes. (I made the fabric name tags for my kid, but my wife didn't bother, she just use sharpie to wring his name on the clothes).
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:western engineer discovers chinese manufacturer cost savings (story has an exciting and unexpected conclusion) Lol
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Qtotonibudinibudet posted:didn't know these things existed before, and they're real useful as a "remote" for the chromebook i use as a sorta TV when it's not being my travel laptop Ok, from a few pages back, but how safe is this thing? I've heard of what seem to be very innocuous devices laced with malware, and my computer is currently my livelihood. The form factor and little knob has my attention. I do art for a living and having something I can set up more ergonomically helps a lot.
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I don’t know how you’d determine the safety of it exactly (analyze the USB protocol traffic in a VM?) but things of that nature are available from non-Ali suppliers as well, albeit not as cheap typically.
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DicktheCat posted:Ok, from a few pages back, but how safe is this thing? i am big chinese hacker mafia and your refusal to let us steal your overwatch fanart is the reason socialism failed >:-\
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DicktheCat posted:Ok, from a few pages back, but how safe is this thing? Quoting a previous post of mine: dabre_aiamim posted:Unless you’re willing to load sketchy software to program the keys, try to stick with keypads that support QMK or VIA.
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DicktheCat posted:Ok, from a few pages back, but how safe is this thing? I think if you were truly worried about it you could get it and take it apart enough to see if it has some kind of memory chip. Although, I don't know if something like this might usually have some kind of memory built in to store user settings. I don't think they would.
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DicktheCat posted:Ok, from a few pages back, but how safe is this thing? In the off-chance that you use an Apple ecosystem and a Magic Mouse/Trackpad, you can use BetterTouchTool to create your own macros and accomplish basically the same thing offered by these mini keyboards, without any of the sketch factor.
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Rad-daddio posted:I think if you were truly worried about it you could get it and take it apart enough to see if it has some kind of memory chip. I'm not sure why having writable memory or not would really affect any way they might be malicious though. I'm also not sure it's very likely that these devices are going to behave innocuously and then suddenly due something malicious at some point in the future, though. The realistic concern would probably be the accompanying software having malware, not the device itself I suppose you could run the software in a VM but that would be a bit of a PITA
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Aug 28, 2023 19:01
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Remember those toothpick crossbows? There's now a double-barreled toothpick shotgun available, presumably so that you can poke both eyes out at once!
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Hellequin posted:Bought a bunch of cable management clips and accessories, all from the same store so the shipping wound up being pretty cheap and arrived sooner than expected. Oo, thanks for this. The first link, the hooks for power strips and devices is something I need but never knew existed. The stupid keyholes for screws are always either two small, or fiddly as hell to get things lined up properly.
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Aug 29, 2023 00:07
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Fukken sweet lighter/ciggie case https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004925464841.html
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Hellequin posted:Bought a bunch of cable management clips and accessories, all from the same store so the shipping wound up being pretty cheap and arrived sooner than expected. I’m slowly accumulating a data centre under and on my desk, so this is very welcome as a way to reduce the cabling entropy what do you think is the limit on dollar value that I should trust to those interlocking hooks?
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Snowy posted:Fukken sweet lighter/ciggie case This is a fantastic way to get murdered in America.
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Rad-daddio posted:I actually used Alibaba to order something in my professional life. I always fancied getting a custom LCD, like on those old Tiger games or digital watches, for some project. They're made very similarly to PCBs but there don't seem to be any companies offering the service in a "just upload your file and we ship the result" way like the many Chinese PCB manufacturers do. You can find other people online talking about it, some people on YouTube made their own (not very easy, particularly since you have to buy the liquid crystal and that in itself is a similar adventure in Chinese companies), and a few people who did it and wouldn't tell anyone what company helped them (in case they got fed up doing tiny runs). I had a look on alibaba, sent a couple of messages, and they actually replied! Their prices for 100 were reasonable, though I wondered if that was in expectation of getting larger runs. It was at that point that I realised I needed a project with a screen to actually proceed with the plan, since I had to actually *speak* to someone and not just do it on a whim, and I haven't continued with the idea. hot cocoa on the couch posted:western engineer discovers chinese manufacturer cost savings (story has an exciting and unexpected conclusion) I once met a guy who was working making very tough industrial gadgets, big steel cases with custom electronics inside. He'd figured out that even if he had the steel machined in China, and 50% of them were out of spec and needed reworked, it was still cheaper for him to do that and send the defective 50% to a local company to have them fixed, than to just have that local company manufacture them from scratch. I always wondered at what point the local company would just give up.
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Snowy posted:Fukken sweet lighter/ciggie case Holy poo poo that own. Not cool enough to risk getting blown away by some pigs, but still loving rules.
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Baron von Eevl posted:This is a fantastic way to get murdered in America. you don't even need the handgun lighter
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Just pain the tip hunter orange, that’s how you know it’s a toy.
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bowmore posted:you don't even need the handgun lighter 🎵🎶Get murdered in America (Woah) Get murdered in America (Woah) Everybody die with the right to bear arms!🎶🎵
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