This is a serious question. I really want to know HOW this can be sold for 1.65 -- forget about comments on quality, etc. You guys are design engineers so what was the process to get this done and then put a 1.65 price tag on it? Do you think it was a surplus item that was bought for pennies or ? I've always wanted to try and get my head around this. I mean come on, a dollar sixty five ? --

Most likely surplus though you'd be surprised how low components are when you get "Asian pricing". My first business trip to South Korea was a serious eye opener. Regarding the included free shipping from China, Trump is working on that and he should. The ones before him never understood that. -- Regards, Joerg

or 52 cents. -- When I tried casting out nines I made a hash of it.

Profit ? Loss? How does this work?

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Jasen Betts 7 years ago

They lookm like "pulls", (note the short leads) I wonder what they came out of, and why.

When I tried casting out nines I made a hash of it.

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Jasen Betts 7 years ago

or 52 cents.

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When I tried casting out nines I made a hash of it.

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Martin Brown 7 years ago

My guess would be that they are end of line spares for something and they want to clear the shelf space ASAP. Hence turning them into a small amount of cash sold at a massive discount is still better than paying someone to take them away for controlled disposal.

Used to be some good stuff at crazy prices in military surplus stores once upon a time - still is at surplus shed in the USA. Typically spare parts that have gone beyond their notional use by date or been scrapped.

Regards, Martin Brown

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