Can I recommend we stay on an Elecraft topic? many thanks, mike va3mw
On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 7:45 AM Lyn Norstad <[email protected]> wrote: > One tip-off for very slow delivery is when the shipping method is called > out as "China Post." > > 73 > Lyn, W0LEN > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of F5vjc > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 5:18 AM > To: Vic Rosenthal > Cc: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Penny wise, pound foolish > > Exactly, more and more 'stuff ' which eventually, (even prior to Corona > Virus) arrives from China is absolute junk! > Amazon is now rife with this Chinese long delivery rubbish. How to avoid > it? It is not apparent at the time of ordering! > > 73, F5VJC > > On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 at 07:11, Vic Rosenthal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I recently ordered some Kester flux pens from a large Chinese company. > > They take a loooong time, but shipping is free and prices are low. > > But: > > One of the pens had a date of January 2019, which means that half of its > > shelf life has expired. > > The second one had a more recent date, but was leaking and encrusted with > > flux. > > The third one had a recent date and was not leaking. > > I decided that I had hit one out of three, until I looked closely at the > > label. The misspellings made it obvious that they were all FAKE. Instead > of > > Kester flux, they could contain panther piss for all I know. > > Don’t be dumb like me. > > > > Victor 4X6GP > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
