Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!news.glorb.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!spln!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!drn From: Winfield Hill Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: OT: Beer, as it was in the old days ... Date: 12 Feb 2017 17:47:39 -0800 Organization: Rowland Institute Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <28p1ac95scj1mp9mf4mtemouq2hljm6fpa@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pd1fe410958e21a9d6e3081538a0189b550ee7d778ac53ef2.newsdawg.com User-Agent: Direct Read News 5.60 X-Received-Bytes: 1084 X-Received-Body-CRC: 491479595 Xref: csiph.com sci.electronics.design:447503 John Larkin wrote... > > I've found that Chinese vendors are often unwilling to > give refunds, even when their stuff is clearly defective. > Several have lost my business over refusal to be responsible. I've purchased perhaps 50 items on eBay, Alibaba and Amazon from various Chinese sellers. Free China-Post shipping makes stuff especially attractive. They're generally very polite and the good-vs-bad ratio has been about 20:1. -- Thanks, - Win