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On 4/07/2011 2:26 p.m., ~misfit~ wrote:
> Somewhere on teh intarwebs victor wrote:
>> On 3/07/2011 4:52 p.m., ~misfit~ wrote:
>>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Peter Huebner wrote:
>>>> In article<iuobdv$sq7$>,
>>>> says...
>>>>>
>>>>> I've founda few things on teh intarwebs in my time that have been
>>>>> either very hard or impossible to (practically) get in this little
>>>>> corner of the world.
>>>>>
>>>>> Last week I was getting mighty frustrated with the tangle of wires
>>>>> going to the half-dozen laptop power bricks next to my desk / 'work
>>>>> area'. I dreamed of a world where I wouldn't need all of that
>>>>> extra, unnecessary cabling and found the perfect thing! An adapter
>>>>> that does away with the cable between the power point and the
>>>>> power brick: http://test.internet-webmaster.de/upload/1309651117.jpg
>
> [snip]
>
>> 0.3m clover power leads are available from dynamix, I use them on my
>> own PSUs.
>> http://www.dynamix.co.nz/index.html?...C03&ID=5293479
>> Their range is widely distributed to electrical wholesalers.
>
> Thanks. I have at least one of those somewhere. I appreciate all of the
> replies but they seem to miss my main point; With these 'adapters' I
> wouldn't need leads at all. I'd just have an eight-way power-strip with an
> adapter plugged in every second socket. No need for a lead at all.
>
> LOL, the rest of my home is a functioning mess, it's not that big a deal
> that I can't tidy up that one little area in such an elegant way. I was
> mostly just having a bitch at the fact that, in this 'global village', I
> need to buy 3,000 of an item (that is *exactly* what I want) when I only
> want ~10 tops.
>
> Ho-hum. Maybe there's a supplier in Aussie who sells them retail....
>
> Cheers,

I found a US online source for single items
http://www.sfcable.com/YL-3514.html
I didn't look at their shipping.

In article <iur8dk$fj5$>, "~misfit~" <> wrote:
(snip)
>LOL, the rest of my home is a functioning mess, it's not that big a deal
>that I can't tidy up that one little area in such an elegant way. I was
>mostly just having a bitch at the fact that, in this 'global village', I
>need to buy 3,000 of an item (that is *exactly* what I want) when I only
>want ~10 tops.
>
>Ho-hum. Maybe there's a supplier in Aussie who sells them retail....

You could forward the link to some wholesalers/retailers here and see if
they want to buy a few ... of course, then they'll be $10 each instead of
90c.

In article <iutjhr$l7l$>, "~misfit~" <> wrote:
>Somewhere on teh intarwebs Bruce Sinclair wrote:
(snip)
>> You could forward the link to some wholesalers/retailers here and see
>> if
>> they want to buy a few ... of course, then they'll be $10 each
>> instead of 90c.
>
>Heh! Yeah. For a moment I dared dream that *I* could possibly be the one who
>made the huge profit. As it stands I'd settle for just getting a few at a
>reasonable price. I couldn't talk the supplier into sending me some samples
>before I ponied up over US$2K (at least I haven't heard back about my
>proposal). Maybe I should try harder?

Having dealt with many overseas companies over many years, I am left with a
single conclusion. No one cares. The larger the company, the more this tends
to be so ... yes there are exceptions. The problem gets worse if the company
has an Aus supplier - they are (IME) the worst to deal with - they *really*
don't care.

As to making a huge profit by importing and on selling ... unlikely unless
the price break is significant.
Speed seems to be everything these days (though I still have no idea why
) ... and this is more likely to be so in the tech area (today's "wow" is
tomorrows "why would I want one of those when I can get one of these?").
With speed comes extraordinary freight costs (though they are often high
anyway) ... and more and more organisations aren't interested in sending
things by post (despite my experience of this usually being the fastest
*and* cheapest delivery method), if they will even send them to NZ at all
(someone else's recent amazon experience).

Anyway, good luck.

Somewhere on teh intarwebs victor wrote:
> On 4/07/2011 2:26 p.m., ~misfit~ wrote:
[snip]
>> Ho-hum. Maybe there's a supplier in Aussie who sells them retail....
>
> Yeah its a valid bitching point.

Heh! I never let a valid bitching point go by.

> Its just that Australasia has its own power plug and isn't a big
> market compared to the rest of the world.

Yeahbut they made these things already for the Australasian market so you'd
think that *someone* in NZ would be importing them?

> If you were to use the universal IEC powerstrip you could use IEC to
> clover adapters
> http://www.kenable.co.uk/product_inf...oducts_id=3109

True. However that'd cost and arm and a buttock. <g>

Cheers,
--
Shaun.

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also
into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Somewhere on teh intarwebs victor wrote:
> On 4/07/2011 2:26 p.m., ~misfit~ wrote:
[snip]
>> Ho-hum. Maybe there's a supplier in Aussie who sells them retail....
>
> I found a US online source for single items
> http://www.sfcable.com/YL-3514.html

That's the buggers! Same part number (which I obfuscated in my earlier pic
on the tiny chance there was an opportunity for me to make a buck....
Unfortunately I don't have the dosh for the MOQ of 3K units [even though
they've sent me the invoice etc already] and aren't sure I could move them
anyway).

http://www.yung-li.com.tw/en/product..._australia.htm

Odd that they'd be selling an Australasian power adapter in the US. <shrug>

> I didn't look at their shipping.

Nor I. The US$0.680 bulk price has already increased four-fold and shipping
from the US is notorius for it's astronomical prices.

Cheers,
--
Shaun.

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also
into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Bruce Sinclair wrote:
> In article <iur8dk$fj5$>, "~misfit~"
> <> wrote: (snip)
>> LOL, the rest of my home is a functioning mess, it's not that big a
>> deal that I can't tidy up that one little area in such an elegant
>> way. I was mostly just having a bitch at the fact that, in this
>> 'global village', I need to buy 3,000 of an item (that is *exactly*
>> what I want) when I only want ~10 tops.
>>
>> Ho-hum. Maybe there's a supplier in Aussie who sells them retail....
>
> You could forward the link to some wholesalers/retailers here and see
> if
> they want to buy a few ... of course, then they'll be $10 each
> instead of 90c.

Heh! Yeah. For a moment I dared dream that *I* could possibly be the one who
made the huge profit. As it stands I'd settle for just getting a few at a
reasonable price. I couldn't talk the supplier into sending me some samples
before I ponied up over US$2K (at least I haven't heard back about my
proposal). Maybe I should try harder?

Cheers,
--
Shaun.

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also
into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

On 7/3/2011 11:59 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
> I've founda few things on teh intarwebs in my time that have been either
> very hard or impossible to (practically) get in this little corner of the
> world.
>
> Last week I was getting mighty frustrated with the tangle of wires going to
> the half-dozen laptop power bricks next to my desk / 'work area'. I dreamed
> of a world where I wouldn't need all of that extra, unnecessary cabling and
> found the perfect thing! An adapter that does away with the cable between
> the power point and the power brick:
>
> http://test.internet-webmaster.de/upload/1309651117.jpg
>
> Now, I might have to space them two sockets apart on a power strip but
> still, that would be great! However, on contacting the company in China for
> a local supplier I'm told there isn't one but I'm welcome to buy wholesale
> from the factory at ~90c US per item! Wooohooo! I figured I'd have me a
> couple of dozen of those as I know friends who could use one too.
>
> Then I got hit with the MOQ.... 5,000 units plus $200 shipping.
>
> Oh well, it looks like I'll be putting up with the spaghetti tangle of
> cables for the foreseeable future.

Problem with things like that is you have no idea if it will meet AS3112
specs as you dont know what will be plugged into it, so therefore the
weight etc of it, and plugs falling out is part of the test (so I have
no idea how any of the crap powerstrips should pass)

Also plugs, sockets etc are items that require approval, not just self
certification before you can sell them, that's why they all have the
Nxxxxx etc numbers on them, its the state or NZ that they got approval in.

There is an ebay seller who sells similar items if you do want them
desperately however, will look them up later when I get time.

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Bruce Sinclair wrote:
> In article <iutjhr$l7l$>, "~misfit~"
> <> wrote:
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Bruce Sinclair wrote:
> (snip)
>>> You could forward the link to some wholesalers/retailers here and
>>> see if
>>> they want to buy a few ... of course, then they'll be $10 each
>>> instead of 90c.
>>
>> Heh! Yeah. For a moment I dared dream that *I* could possibly be the
>> one who made the huge profit. As it stands I'd settle for just
>> getting a few at a reasonable price. I couldn't talk the supplier
>> into sending me some samples before I ponied up over US$2K (at least
>> I haven't heard back about my proposal). Maybe I should try harder?
>
> Having dealt with many overseas companies over many years, I am left
> with a
> single conclusion. No one cares. The larger the company, the more
> this tends
> to be so ... yes there are exceptions. The problem gets worse if the
> company
> has an Aus supplier - they are (IME) the worst to deal with - they
> *really*
> don't care.
>
> As to making a huge profit by importing and on selling ... unlikely
> unless
> the price break is significant.

Yeah, it was a bit of a dream, The MOQ is too high to just on-sell them on
Trademe and I think that the market for them would be quite 'niche', meaning
I'd be unlikely to be able to sell them by the hundred to places like
Bunnings or DSE...

> Speed seems to be everything these days (though I still have no idea
> why ) ... and this is more likely to be so in the tech area
> (today's "wow" is
> tomorrows "why would I want one of those when I can get one of
> these?").
> With speed comes extraordinary freight costs (though they are often
> high
> anyway) ... and more and more organisations aren't interested in
> sending
> things by post (despite my experience of this usually being the
> fastest *and* cheapest delivery method), if they will even send them
> to NZ at all (someone else's recent amazon experience).
>
> Anyway, good luck.

Thanks Bruce. I've just sent them another email requesting samples.
Can't hurt to be cheeky..... At least I hope not!

LOL, just got a return email from them as I was typing. They will send me
five samples at a cost of US$200, which will be credited back to me once
I've sold 30K units!

Yeah, right. I might have a look on Dealextreme.....

Cheers,
--
Shaun.

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also
into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

In article <iutv0j$d3m$>, "~misfit~" <> wrote:
(snip)

>Thanks Bruce. I've just sent them another email requesting samples.
>Can't hurt to be cheeky..... At least I hope not!
>
>LOL, just got a return email from them as I was typing. They will send me
>five samples at a cost of US$200, which will be credited back to me once
>I've sold 30K units!
>Yeah, right. I might have a look on Dealextreme.....

LOL. They've obviously played that game before

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Bruce Sinclair wrote:
> In article <iutv0j$d3m$>, "~misfit~"
> <> wrote: (snip)
>
>> Thanks Bruce. I've just sent them another email requesting
>> samples. Can't hurt to be cheeky..... At least I hope not!
>>
>> LOL, just got a return email from them as I was typing. They will
>> send me five samples at a cost of US$200, which will be credited
>> back to me once I've sold 30K units!
>> Yeah, right. I might have a look on Dealextreme.....
>
> LOL. They've obviously played that game before

Heh! It would seem so. :-/ I mean, if they'd just point me to an
Australasian retailer I'd be happy..... Preferably NZ but it's not *too*
expensive to get stuff sent across the Tasman. I have a nephew in IT who'd
get it for me.

Best,
--
Shaun.

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also
into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche