[geeks] Cheap TTL to RS-232 adapter

[sammy ominsky]

In fact, thatbs pretty much exactly what happens. China Post absorbs the
cost of exporting certain categories of merchandise as a sort of reverse
protectionist tariff.  So yes, the profit margin may be extremely thin, but
shipping is essentially free.

bsambo

> On Nov 26, 2015, at 17:38, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Delivery is 3-7 WEEKS from today.
>
> I think they use these things as filler on cargo ships. ;^)
>
> Lionel
>
>> On Nov 26, 2015, at 1:59 PM, Andrew Jones <andrew at jones.ec> wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/26/2015 11:35 AM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>> PS - how the heck does one build a trivial circuit board, package it, and
> ship
>>> it from Hong Kong to TX for $1.19?!
>>
>> I looked it up: retail rates are $0.80 just for the postage.
>>
>> Do you suppose the volume discounts are really good?
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