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Very high mileage on the maz. no way thats a good price. should be 40's for that kind of mileage... i know i know carflation right now. but still 80k on a '15 is A TON of driving for such a "delicate" car.
I thought there was a BBQ thread, but hey this works too.
I just "cleaned up" my BBQ for the season. Wife is pretty adamant that we are to be done with BBQ this year.
The BBQ was a little crusty from the leftover bits, so I cleaned it all off and fired it up one more time to burn off any other leftover grease. A week later I opened it to check it out and found that there's surface rust where there wasn't before. What do I need to do to prevent that? Oil it? It sits in a covered patio so it doesn't get rained on.
Starting to think I should have left the grease one and cleaned it in the spring instead.
Very high mileage on the maz. no way thats a good price. should be 40's for that kind of mileage... i know i know carflation right now. but still 80k on a '15 is A TON of driving for such a "delicate" car.
The guy said he wanted a money pit GT so this sounds like the perfect fit.
has anyone bought anything off Alibaba before? My understanding is it's mostly for bulk purchases but some stuff is listed way cheaper on there than anywhere else.
__________________ 1991 Toyota Celica GTFour RC // 2007 Toyota Rav4 V6 // 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1992 Toyota Celica GT-S ["sold"] \\ 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD [sold] \\ 2000 Jeep Cherokee [sold] \\ 1997 Honda Prelude [sold] \\ 1992 Jeep YJ [sold/crashed] \\ 1987 Mazda RX-7 [sold] \\ 1987 Toyota Celica GT-S [crushed]
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half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF.
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reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z
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OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry:
has anyone bought anything off Alibaba before? My understanding is it's mostly for bulk purchases but some stuff is listed way cheaper on there than anywhere else.
Yeah, I bought 4 Vewlix clone arcades off of Alibaba. I've attached a post detailing my experience.
Most sellers on Alibaba will not sell a single unit as they have a minimum requirement. Depending on what the item you are buying is and if it's common, there might be some sellers that would be willing to ship you just one or two of the items. If you can find it on Aliexpress or Taobao, I'd recommend you get the item there.
If you do decide to go with Alibaba, you probably want something like DDP where the seller will be responsible for the entire process to get the item to your door. Mine was EXW, so the seller made the goods available at the factory and I coordinated with PCB to get the items to Canada.
Just wanted to post about my experience importing a Chewlix into Vancouver since I've had some people ask about how I imported mine.
I spent about a week talking to various Alibaba suppliers until I found one that made the "good" clone of the Vewlix with the rotatable screen - Guangzhou Funzone Electronic Co. Ltd.
After speaking to an English rep (Monica) for a good week or so finalizing all the details of the build (body and trim colours, joystick and button colours, screen type, etc.) I sent the initial payment via Alibaba Trade Assurance on March 17, 2022.
I paid with a credit card, so I got hit with an extra 2% fee from the seller as well as a 3% foreign transaction fee (my credit card didn't have this benefit anymore - RIP the old Amazon credit card that they had in Canada). I did a credit card payment knowing the fees since I've never made an order on Alibaba before and I figured it would be easier to do a chargeback if the machines were defective, something went wrong, etc. It seemed like a small price to pay for the "insurance".
Once payment was sent, I just waited for the next month or so until Monica informed me the goods were packing on April 19, 2022 - relatively fast given Chinese cities were going under lockdown. Between the payment and packing dates, I kept in touch with Monica on a weekly basis as she confirmed things with me.
While this was going on, I had to find a logistics company to help me organize bringing in the cabinets to Vancouver. I settled on using PCB Freight as a few friends recommended them to me. They had a local office and I kept in touch with them throughout the process and informed them when the cabinets were ready to be picked up.
On April 25, 2022, the cabinets were picked up by Everokgroup International Forwarding. The cabinets were then picked up and stored at one of their warehouses until it was loaded onto a ship that departed China on May 10, 2022. On June 1, 2022, the ship arrived in Vancouver.
The next part was customs clearing. I opted to clear customs myself since PCB charged $250 CAD for the service. On June 7, 2022, I took the proper documents to my local CBSA office where I was charged only 12% taxes on the value of the cabinets. Note that this can only be done once the cabinets are unloaded from the container, loaded into the warehouse, and the logistics company (CTC Logistics in my case) sends the necessary information to CBSA.
With customs all handled, I sent the forms to PCB, and the cabinets were delivered to my house the following day on June 8, 2022. Note that I could've saved $150 USD if I picked up the cabinets myself from the warehouse, but I ended up deciding to save myself a headache (I didn't necessary want to rent a box truck and drive one) and had them deliver the cabinets to my home.
I bought four cabinets and all arrived in safe condition. I did four because it seemed like a reasonable amount for the inventory risk vs. cost savings. From initial calculations, shipping for one would've been around $1400 CAD, but I paid about $2810 CAD for four making it about $700 each - half the price if I ordered just one. I was pretty confident that I'd be able to sell the other three at the time of ordering and I've since sold two with one still up on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace (both of the cabinets were sold via a post I made last week in this group).
Attached to this post is an image of all costs I had to pay broken down by payment receiver and the associated line item as well as a picture of the cabinet in its new spot running SFV off a PC.
Long post, but if you've read this I hope that it helps you or someone else in here get your Chew on.
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Did I tell you guys black is my favourite colour? My Ridgeline is black. My Honda Fit is black. Wish my dick was black........ LOL.
has anyone bought anything off Alibaba before? My understanding is it's mostly for bulk purchases but some stuff is listed way cheaper on there than anywhere else.
I have bought t shirts, electric lighters, car wrap and metal posters
Reviewed below, all companies had the 7 year or more age, with whatever their "approved" company ratings are as per Alibaba.
T shirts, with custom logo, ordered 1 sample from three different companies, complex logo. Each shirt was like 20$ plus the shipping. (Higher cost due to only one being made)
The three samples I would say were 2/10, 6/10, 8/10.
One shirt showed up with these white mini fibers all over it, as if some dude picked it out of his overstock, slapped on a logo, and shipped it out. I ended up giving the company a 1 star rating, for the 2/10 t shirt quality.
The sales rep messaged me instantly, begging to change my rating or she would lose her job, and that they could offer a refund if I increase my rating. Why the fuck would I let anyone else waste their money on this company, and why the fuck did you not check the t shirt prior to sending it out.
Ended up ordering 50 t shirts from one of the other companies, got dinged with hefty duty fees locally
The electric lighters with custom logo, i ordered a single sample from one company, cost me like 60$ or so (single print fee)
I ended up ordering another 200 units.
They were quality stuff.
The 24x36 metal prints that I ordered were from three different companies.
Garbage. Absolute garbage.
One of them, the print literally missed a small corner, and they just glued on a color to match.
Cheap metal, thin and flimsy.
Ordered a single roll of carbon fiber wrap, this was good quality, lasted me 3 years on my car.
What I learned:
Yes you can get singles.
I would highly suggest always getting samples.
Most of the stuff is garbage.
You get what you pay for.
Communication is good, shipping is easy.
Don't use a normal email, Alibaba companies trade emails with each other like spit in a swingers party.
The prices you see, are generally for MASSIVE orders, to get you click on their listing, then the truth comes out. It's all clickbait.
Duty fees take away all your "savings" vs buying locally, always use USPS if possible
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Does anyone have a pair of 25 pounds one-inch hole for sale at a reasonable price?
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Clothes come off and my car is permeated with the smell of fillet-o-fish and canned tuna.
I was not expecting much. But it's actually very well done.
One sentence struck me hard "I compare harm reduction to this, let's do a drunk driving program, and if we are gonna do proper harm reduction, we have to teach people how to drive drunk".
Shows how ridiculous many liberal ideologies are. What they are proposing is not compassion or care for those people. But simply a fucked up way of saying "oh... yes, we are doing something".
I've said it many times before... when we do something so superficial just to satisfy our illusion that we are actually helping those in need... we aren't making things better.
This is so fked up
She should be arrested.
As a parent of 3yr currently going to daycare, i couldn't even watch the whole clips. Made me sick to my stomach.
Thanks guys, I'm looking at a snorkel for my Jeep and they're $40 US + shipping each on Alibaba or $170+ CAD delivered everywhere else. I found one seller that allows quantities as small as 2 (with a price drop for 10+) which works well since I have a buddy who wants one too. I'm just not sure if it'll be a huge hassle or full of hidden costs that end up making it not worth it.
__________________ 1991 Toyota Celica GTFour RC // 2007 Toyota Rav4 V6 // 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1992 Toyota Celica GT-S ["sold"] \\ 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD [sold] \\ 2000 Jeep Cherokee [sold] \\ 1997 Honda Prelude [sold] \\ 1992 Jeep YJ [sold/crashed] \\ 1987 Mazda RX-7 [sold] \\ 1987 Toyota Celica GT-S [crushed]
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Originally Posted by maksimizer
half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF.
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Originally Posted by RevYouUp
reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z
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OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry:
Anybody know if Costco still carries MusclePharm CombatPowder whey protein?
Didn't see it at Poco last time around, not sure if OOS or they no longer carry it at all, which would be disappointing.
320iCar?
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Sonick is a genius. I won't go into detail what's so great about his post. But it's damn good!
2010 Toyota Rav4 Limited V6 - Wifey's Daily Driver
2009 BMW 128i - Daily Driver
2007 Toyota Rav4 Sport V6 - Sold
1999 Mazda Miata - Sold
2003 Mazda Protege5 - Sold
1987 BMW 325is - Sold
1990 Mazda Miata - Sold
-things can take a very long time, 3months+
-you need to keep an eye out on your insurance time, i think it's like 45 days to file a complaint? i tend not to listen to the sellers that just say please wait and do no action as i think they just want the time to run out, some will extend the time based on delivery, those are the ones that actually sent something
-quality is what it is, i've bought mostly clothes and 'lego' and small electriconics/knick knacks. it's basically night market with long lead time.
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