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Card Readers on E-Bay

roddydogs
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How can you get a card reader for 69p inc postage? yes i know their from HK and take ages, but how can they make anything at this price?

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  • DatabaseError
    DatabaseError Posts: 4,161 Forumite
    no idea- link please
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  • gjchester
    gjchester Posts: 5,741 Forumite
    roddydogs wrote: »
    How can you get a card reader for 69p inc postage? yes i know their from HK and take ages, but how can they make anything at this price?

    probably by charging a lot on insurance on top of the "included" shipping to cover the real cost, and also keep down the amount paid in fee's to Ebay (no ebay or paypal fee's on shipping costs)
  • jacnorm
    jacnorm Posts: 410 Forumite
    I got a couple of card readers in pondland and they work fine
  • timbim_2
    timbim_2 Posts: 1,292 Forumite
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    What sort of card readers? We're not talking about computer punch-card readers are we?
    Ubuntu is an ancient African word, meaning: 'I can't configure Debian'.
  • DatabaseError
    DatabaseError Posts: 4,161 Forumite
    jac/norm wrote: »
    I got a couple of card readers in pondland and they work fine
    Did they need drying out first?

    :p
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  • roddydogs
    roddydogs Posts: 7,479 Forumite
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    SD card readers! (Just look on E-Bay)
  • samhale
    samhale Posts: 413 Forumite
    By charging the workers 3p an hour, and not spending anything on safety.
  • roddydogs
    roddydogs Posts: 7,479 Forumite
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    But all the cards from this country are made in swetshops as well.
  • elvch01
    elvch01 Posts: 341 Forumite
    roddydogs wrote: »
    But all the cards from this country are made in swetshops as well.
    True - they're probably all made in the same factories, but by selling directly on eBay, the overheads are miniscule comapred to UK retail/office space etc
    Chris Elvin
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