sb0 | so the taobao vacuum stuff has arrived and looks good, except the $20 turbopump that really looked too good to be true | 06:55 |
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whitequark | $20 turbopump!? | 07:33 |
whitequark | sb0: which one? | 07:33 |
sb0 | http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.9.77.05PAax&id=40571989007&_u=g26gvtjq97dd | 07:34 |
sb0 | not clear, though, if the seller expects a price offer | 07:34 |
whitequark | oh | 07:35 |
sb0 | my Chinese sucks as much as you imagine, so I just tried to place the order, but the seller didn't ship | 07:35 |
whitequark | probably, yes | 07:35 |
whitequark | there are quite a few pumps at 100 CNY there | 07:36 |
sb0 | yes, and there are others at interesting prices. not 100 CNY, but still interesting. | 07:36 |
whitequark | hehe | 07:37 |
whitequark | probably not includes shipping | 07:37 |
whitequark | btw, any idea where could one find venting valves? | 07:37 |
whitequark | a ebay seller did not screw off the one at the pump I got, and it got totalled by the post | 07:37 |
sb0 | some are stocked in taiwan or near shenzhen, shouldn't be too expensive to ship to hk | 07:38 |
whitequark | $700 new retail price?! | 07:38 |
whitequark | for a fucking electromagnet?! | 07:38 |
sb0 | hehe, yeah, welcome to the western vacuum world | 07:38 |
sb0 | suppliers are happy to get fat margins | 07:38 |
sb0 | professors have an excuse to ask for fat grants | 07:38 |
whitequark | I need to find some plant being decommissioned | 07:38 |
sb0 | universities are happy taking a nice margin from the fat grant | 07:39 |
sb0 | everyone loves it, right? | 07:39 |
Action: whitequark sighs | 07:39 | |
whitequark | btw, this pump had a metal "jacket" when it arrived | 07:39 |
whitequark | out of something really soft, possibly lead, though I don't remember lead being *this* soft | 07:40 |
whitequark | why? | 07:40 |
sb0 | I got my venting valve from Alek, who dumpster-dived it I guess | 07:40 |
sb0 | and I dumpster-dived some more from an institute in Berlin | 07:40 |
whitequark | hmmm | 07:40 |
whitequark | I have a manual one, but it's kind of a PITA | 07:40 |
DocScrutinizer05 | you wouldn't believe how sleep-preventing a >>Nurnberg, Germany 12/16/2014 1:04 A.M.Out For Delivery<< can act | 07:40 |
whitequark | yes. yes I would | 07:41 |
DocScrutinizer05 | particularly with the knowledge about the 1054z content | 07:41 |
Action: DocScrutinizer05 shakes the fist with 5 bucks in coins for the poor UPS slave | 07:42 | |
wpwrak | DocScrutinizer05: so i wasn't so wrong about your sleeping arrangements ;-) | 11:42 |
wpwrak | DocScrutinizer05: how is santa claus' progress towards your cave ? :) | 13:59 |
DocScrutinizer05 | poor :-/ | 14:29 |
DocScrutinizer05 | I just carspotted DHL 30min ago. No UPS yet | 14:29 |
whitequark | seven hours, you for sure are patient | 14:48 |
whitequark | ... or have too much free time ; | 14:49 |
whitequark | *;p | 14:49 |
wpwrak | let's hope they didn't try the wrong address and it's already on its way back to the depot | 14:49 |
wpwrak | hmm DocScrutinizer05's silence must mean that ... | 16:58 |
wpwrak | 1) he's outside, nervously pacing up and down the street, checking the time every two seconds, | 16:58 |
wpwrak | 2) he fell asleep, less than a minute before the UPS man rang the doorbell, | 16:58 |
wpwrak | 3) he's now sitting with a wide grin in front of his new rigol, pressing buttons, looking at the blinkenlights, and echoing the beeps :) | 16:59 |
whitequark | the courier usually arrives when I *am* asleep, during the day | 17:00 |
whitequark | I now can open the door and sign off the package without actually waking up | 17:00 |
wpwrak | ;-)) | 18:16 |
larsc | The postman figured out that I'm on vacation and drops off all the packages for the whole appartment complex at my place... | 18:29 |
wpwrak | nice. lars goes postal ;-) | 18:34 |
whitequark | haha, so, I just discovered that that $700 valve? | 18:35 |
whitequark | you can buy it for about $12 retail, exact same thing | 18:35 |
whitequark | well, almost, has female thread rather than male | 18:36 |
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