The cost of free shipping from China

How China ships your gadgets to you for next to nothing in postal charges, and the harm it does to our own postal services and economies.

 

 

 

Like he mentions in the video, you cannot send it back for next to nothing if you have a problem..

 

 

Far East component suppliers

With constructors and hobbists looking at sourcing electronic components, even the hard to get stuff along with wanting a bit more added value for money.  I have started a component list with suppliers from the far East.


Access it from the top right under Pages: Far East Component suppliers.


Or from this link: http://g1kqh.blogspot.com/p/far-east-component-suppliers.html



Hope you all find it useful?

Review soon! G600 Microscope.

Chinese purchases have been few and far between during the last 12 months or so, apart from a few component orders. With time as scarce as hens teeth lately I have not written a review for sometime, but I have returned and have one or two interesting items coming shortly, it will nice to be back.

This one made my mouse button make a sudden impulse buy, as I thought it could be a useful addition to the workbench, especially those like me having ailing eyesight with close up work.

The G600 Microscope including screen, could be a bonus to our hobby arrived this morning, however there is one little extra that needs purchasing before I write anymore, should of ordered it when I placed the intial order. So I guess it will be another month or so before that arrives from China?

Is time about to be called on cheap Chinese imports?

It is a known fact that China has been cutting through import red tape for many years now. We have all purchased Baofeng's, cheap electronic components, tablets, computer hardware and many other items that we all have bought directly from China to benefit our radio hobby.

Ticking the CN22 as a gift, or marking down the value of items, is in effect deceiving the import rules. It appears that this activity has not gone unnoticed by the UK VAT man, and some traders are complaining about this practice too, saying that they cannot fairly compete. Could the door be about to close!

  Time to Stock up Quick!

There are quite a few articles on this doing the rounds today, this is the best one I have found that sums it all up:  http://www.pressexaminer.com/uk-troubled-by-chinese-sellers-on-ebay-and-amazon-as-christmas-approaches/77476