careysub
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Ridiculously Priced Product on Amazon
This popped up in the my browser ads after searching for platinized electrodes on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001BBC1PO/ref=dra_a_cs_mr_hn_xx_P...
It amused me by the preposterous pricing for such a cheap, slap-dash "product": essentially $300 for two cheap storage containers, a wall-wart and two
platinized titanium electrodes, which list on Amazon for $36-$40 each. Being generous this is $90 worth of parts.
Maybe you too could enter this game and offer ridiculously overpriced junk on-line.
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aga
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Great suggestion.
I'll get right on it.
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wg48
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or 10kg of copper sulphate for £10,000
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Copper-sulphate-sulfate-50g-100g-2...
and 800g of alum for £1,000
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/800g-Potassium-aluminium-sulphate-...
[Edited on 3-9-2016 by wg48]
There are bargains too, anyone got a really big hot tub
or really big in to bromine 25Kg sodium bromide LOL
£120 only £15 delivery
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/25-kgs-Sodium-Bromide-technical-gr...
[Edited on 3-9-2016 by wg48]
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careysub
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I wonder if some ridiculous priced products on eBay are money laundering schemes.
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NEMO-Chemistry
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Some are for sure, but
others are simply when the guy runs out and instead of removing the listing you plonk a price on that prevents people from buying.
Ebay seems to have gone right down hill lately, i havnt seen decent bargains for ages.
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zed
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Indeed. Some of the overpriced products probably are money laundering schemes.
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zwt
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Some are bot errors:
Amazon seller lists book at $23,698,655.93 -- plus shipping
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woelen
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These are software errors. I once had a similar issue with a UK-seller. The price was multiplied by 100. After contacting the seller the issue was
resolved andI could buy the material for a normal price.
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MrHomeScientist
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Reading through the comments, I got a good laugh/cry out of these: (emphasis mine)
"Here are the benefits of this ionizer.
1) Cost. NOTHING I have found, save adding baking soda to water, is anywhere near this inexpensive. For safety reasons, I do not want to add
baking soda to water."
"Here are, however, the cons.
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3) If the two plates touch one another when connected to an electrical outlet you will have sparks. I don't know whether this is
dangerous."
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Quote: Originally posted by careysub  | This popped up in the my browser ads after searching for platinized electrodes on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001BBC1PO/ref=dra_a_cs_mr_hn_xx_P...
It amused me by the preposterous pricing for such a cheap, slap-dash "product": essentially $300 for two cheap storage containers, a wall-wart and two
platinized titanium electrodes, which list on Amazon for $36-$40 each. Being generous this is $90 worth of parts.
Maybe you too could enter this game and offer ridiculously overpriced junk on-line. |
It's for making feckin alkaline water, any idiot who thinks it's beneficial deserves to be ripped off.
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RocksInHead
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| Quote: Originally posted by MrHomeScientist | Reading through the comments, I got a good laugh/cry out of these: (emphasis mine)
"Here are the benefits of this ionizer.
1) Cost. NOTHING I have found, save adding baking soda to water, is anywhere near this inexpensive. For safety reasons, I do not want to add
baking soda to water."
"Here are, however, the cons.
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3) If the two plates touch one another when connected to an electrical outlet you will have sparks. I don't know whether this is
dangerous." |
This seriously saddens me, I cannot belive how uneducated people can be so gullible.
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Jstuyfzand
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| Quote: Originally posted by RocksInHead | | Quote: Originally posted by MrHomeScientist | Reading through the comments, I got a good laugh/cry out of these: (emphasis mine)
"Here are the benefits of this ionizer.
1) Cost. NOTHING I have found, save adding baking soda to water, is anywhere near this inexpensive. For safety reasons, I do not want to add
baking soda to water."
"Here are, however, the cons.
...
3) If the two plates touch one another when connected to an electrical outlet you will have sparks. I don't know whether this is
dangerous." |
This seriously saddens me, I cannot belive how uneducated people can be so gullible. |
You can find much worse than this....
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