On Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:55:04 -0500, philo wrote:

On 04/28/2017 01:36 PM, Frank wrote:


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I think it is a crap shoot looking for cheapest stuff. I've never
shopped ebay but my brother-in-law has bought stuff for my wife which
turned out to be crap. Chinese stuff might be good or bad and US stuff
may even be the same but quality control should be better and they
filter out the bad. Worth paying for.


Here is where it all started for me.

I do a lot of computer repair work and one day the unbelievable thing
happened...I ran out of CMOS batteries!


No big deal, I'll just run over to the local drug store and pick one up,
I'll pay a bit too much but big deal.

A battery which should have been may $2.50 was marked $7 !

No way could I do that.

I went on line and ordered from China.

Price was $2.58 but that is not the whole story. $2.58 for TWENTY
of them and that INCLUDED shipping!!! 13 cents each I guess


They arrived in ten days and they are A-1 .

Identical as far as I can tell to the $7 drugstore variety.

I've nipped over to my local Princess Auto store (Canadian version of
"Harbour Fright" and picked them up 10 or 12 for $2.99 on sale. - no
waiting.