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| Thread ID: 117675 | 2011-04-28 23:55:00 | Stores in new zealand like the $2 shop? | Question (15792) | PC World Chat |
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| 1198006 | 2011-04-30 23:07:00 | $2 shops have been around for a number of years now and it is wonder that inflation has not forced them to up their prices. A friend bought a telephone cord for $2 to connect her modem to her computer. The cheapest one I could find at Dick Smith's was $12.99. You get what you pay for. | Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1198007 | 2011-04-30 23:12:00 | $2 shops have been around for a number of years now and it is wonder that inflation has not forced them to up their prices. A friend bought a telephone cord for $2 to connect her modem to her computer. The cheapest one I could find at Dick Smith's was $12.99. You get what you pay for. DSE would have paid 25c for it. When I had my shop I could buy single cables for under $2 that DSE were selling for $20. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1198008 | 2011-04-30 23:15:00 | Real leather too. en.wikipedia.org Motorcyclists need to be weary of this crap, The chinese make full leather riding suits out of it, Then when a rider falls off it just burns off rather then offering any protection. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1198009 | 2011-05-01 01:48:00 | Hmm queen street is another option, it's rather close to the university. I will have a look there the next time i'm free too, does anyone recall any specific locations off hand? | Question (15792) | ||
| 1198010 | 2011-05-01 04:19:00 | en.wikipedia.org Motorcyclists need to be weary of this crap, The chinese make full leather riding suits out of it, Then when a rider falls off it just burns off rather then offering any protection. They had something like that on Fair Go, someone bought a sofa and wanted to know if it was real leather or sumting like that |
bot (15449) | ||
| 1198011 | 2011-05-01 04:24:00 | $2 shops are for little kids' parties and those who still believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. You get exactly what you pay for, and if it lasts until you get outside the shop, count yourself lucky. Durability, reliability and warranty are not on the specification list. Cheers Billy 8-{) :xmouth: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1198012 | 2011-05-01 04:56:00 | DSE would have paid 25c for it. When I had my shop I could buy single cables for under $2 that DSE were selling for $20. True :D I mean, would you buy a $10 sata cable there that was $0.75 in trademe? |
bot (15449) | ||
| 1198013 | 2011-05-01 05:12:00 | $2 shops are for little kids' parties and those who still believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. You get exactly what you pay for, and if it lasts until you get outside the shop, count yourself lucky. Durability, reliability and warranty are not on the specification list. Cheers Billy 8-{) :xmouth: In Singapore i bought stationery from Daiso which has everything for $2 (the NZ one has stuff for $3, go figure...). Everything functions perfectly, barring one highlighter pen. Getting a pack of 10 pens for $2 is a sweet deal. Cheap doesn't mean bad, funny thing is my new watch came with a really cheap leather strap, that is more comfortable than a aftermarket strap that i have on my other watch. |
Question (15792) | ||
| 1198014 | 2011-05-01 12:34:00 | Everything functions perfectly, barring one highlighter pen. Getting a pack of 10 pens for $2 is a sweet deal. So, 10% of your pens were faulty from the get-go then? I have a sets of highlighter pens that I've been using for well over 10 years, and they were neither expensive, nor dirt cheap. I'll lay odds that a $2 shop pen set will not last anything like as long as that. :D Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1198015 | 2011-05-01 14:28:00 | As cheap as $2 sounds, I think you'll find a lot of the items for sale in $2 are actually a ripoff, especially when you take into account the quality (or lack of it) Really want to save money? Go buy something decent, you'll save money in not having to purchase it 20 times over every time it breaks. |
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