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Why does shipping from China take so long?
hypernova:
Buy American when you can. It's not worth it to line the pockets of communists when it's only a paltry amount more to get it here. I get my college class texts on ebay still, but I've stopped getting them from China/Malaysia/Hong Kong. Not because they're slow. It's actually reasonably quick. I just don't mind that one time $5-10 price difference knowing I'm paying some person in OK rather than overseas. And it's still massively cheaper than getting it at the campus bookstore.
Some things, yeah, I'll get from China (hell, nowadays, it's most things) like a HDMI cable, but screw 'em when you can.
Nephasth:
How do you know the American you're buying from isn't selling Chinese merch? (Looking at you Vigo... :lol)
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: Nephasth on May 11, 2012, 08:15:30 pm ---How do you know the American you're buying from isn't selling Chinese merch? (Looking at you Vigo... :lol)
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+1
All things being equal, that dude in OK is likely a reseller who bought most of the junk from China. It's a sad truth and one that most people "not just Americans" fail to realize. We've lost our production edge, we're just greedy consumers who will eventually turn into servants.
Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on May 12, 2012, 01:33:21 am ---
--- Quote from: Nephasth on May 11, 2012, 08:15:30 pm ---How do you know the American you're buying from isn't selling Chinese merch? (Looking at you Vigo... :lol)
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+1
All things being equal, that dude in OK is likely a reseller who bought most of the junk from China. It's a sad truth and one that most people "not just Americans" fail to realize. We've lost our production edge, we're just greedy consumers who will eventually turn into servants.
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Extremely well armed servants that still possess the most technologically advanced military on earth. There's something to be said for having a big stick.
Nephasth:
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on May 12, 2012, 02:12:52 am ---There's something to be said for having a big stick.
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You and your penis jokes... :duckhunt