I am stocking up on stuff that is much cheaper on Ebay. I ordered 100' of RG6 TV cable for the satellite system for $18. I needed 50' for an extra run to the kitchen to accommodate the PVR that we moved from the TV room. Fifty feet in Campbell River is $30 so I borrowed 50' from the motorhome which I will replace when the roll from Ebay arrives. I also ordered some compression connectors for the cable that will work with the tool I bought at Harbour Freight in the USA a couple of years ago. I also ordered ten back to back barrel connectors for TV cable ($4).
I ordered a new 16 GB memory card for my camera. The old one is many years old and has handled many thousands of photos and has been removed and re-inserted into the camera and reader hundreds of times. I fear it will fail at some point, plus it only holds 4GB of data. Time for an upgrade so I found a 16 GB Kingston 266X CF card for $27, about half what they cost here. The larger capacity will allow me to leave the original copy of my photos for a whole winter on the card until I get home. This will give me greater peace of mind.
Some of the other stuff I ordered is a backup battery for my cell phone ($8), a batch of four small Swiss Army Knives (from an airport screening company) ($16), a powered 10 port USB hub for the computer ($8), a new lens cap for my macro lens (99 cents, shipping from China included) and 6 carpenters pencils ($5).
I also ordered a 12 volt battery for my Dewalt impact driver. I inherited a couple of these drivers from Brooks and LindaLee when they switched over to the newer 18 volt Ryobi drivers for their business. New batteries for the Dewalt are $80 in Canada but I found a supply in China for $30 (shipping included).
Speaking of tools, I have a Ryobi table saw that I broke the fence on a few months ago and I have been limping along with the broken one since. I finally asked at Home Depot about replacement parts and found they did not carry them. I found a source in the USA for the $1.16 pot metal piece that broke but they want an extra $40 for shipping to Canada! I emailed Ryobi in the US for help and they are sending me a whole new fence for free! Now that is service!
Anyway, it has been pretty quiet here on the homestead. Maybe I will wash the cars today. The weather is perfect, not too hot but nice and sunny. Life is Good!
We've been in Mazatlan almost two weeks.
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Great deals! I will be on the hunt for a 16GB memory card also!
ReplyDeleteToo bad about the shipping from the U.S... Canadians usually get the short end of the stick when it comes to shipping costs!
There are many counterfeit memory cards on Ebay so you have to be a bit careful. The more expensive ones are more likely to be legitimate. The good thing is, the fake ones work, perhaps as well as the legitimate ones. My old 4 GB card was a fake but is still working fine after five years.
Delete...and what is Norma ordering?
ReplyDeleteNorma does not have the patience to wait for an item. When she wants it, she wants it now, not in two weeks.
DeleteCroft, you're spending money like you've got it! Ebay can be fun can't it?
ReplyDeleteI is fun saving this much money, Rod!
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ReplyDeleteI needed to replace the UV bulb for my filtering system in the back yard pond. The local pond shop, here in Langley wanted $60 (taxes in) for one bulb. On line at EBAY, I ordered two identical UV bulbs, + shipping, for the grand total of $36. I did not have to drive anywhere and the parcel was delivered to my door in three business days. Hard to beat that!!!
George of http://geosuzie.blogspot.ca/ talks about a small deep fryer called a Fry Daddy made by Presto. Amazon.com sells them for $25 but will not ship to Canada. Amazon.ca sells them to Canadians but for $62.50. Same item, same company - Amazon. I wrote them to complain about the unreasonable price difference and they wrote back with some nonsense about Amazon in each country determining their own prices. Crazy. I will buy one for $25 at Walmart when we get to the USA. Walmart Canada does not carry them.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you're enjoying yourselves. I now know why we have an rv. We've been in San Miguel de Allende for a month and sprouts are coming out of my shoes. I think we prefer to move around. We still have another month to go. Hmmm.
ReplyDeleteI got this comment emailed to me:
ReplyDeleteHello Croft:
Hopefully this E-mail gets to you, I'm not a favourite of Google so I didn't sign up to make comments on your blog.
I follow a blog of a couple who are presently renovating their boat:
http://ourodyssey.blogspot.ca/
Sean made some interesting comments about an offshore piece he bought, he had to make some changes to be sure that it wouldn't burn up.As a "tekkie" you probably won't fall into this trap, but as they say, buyer beware!.
Al
Hi Al, I read Sean's post about that item he had to modify for use on their boat. It is one of the things you have to be careful of when buying offshore. I try to stick to lower voltage items. ;)
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