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Hello All,
The question that you may be asking yourself is “can I get really good deals” at these markets? For example: I looked at Sony PSP players in several Chinese markets. Most of the vendors were selling these at a higher price that I could buy them at home. China has to pay import tax from Japan just like anywhere else. Any major named brand item like HP, Sony, Fluke, Tektronix’s, expect to pay what you pay back home where you live, or close to it. But that said, There are deals to be had if you look carefully. Also you have to factor in that in China there is no sales tax, VAT tax, etc on purchases.
For example her is a shot of a vendor who sells meters, power supplies and test equipment. I also saw dual 0 - 30 Volt, 10 amp power supplies for around $100.00 USD as well. Deals are to be had, you just have to look for them.
There were rows and rows of vendors selling all kinds of treasures. I could have spent hours treasure hunting in these shops. The wife got very impatient with me and later, paybacks were in order when she went to the fabric shops, but that is another story. More shots of vendors.
Here is a vendor that sold through-hole components. If I had only wrote down all of the parts I needed. After seeing tons and tons of components I just went blank and could not remember a single part number.
Did you say you wanted surface mounted chips? Here are reels and reels of them. Thanks Joe Pitz |
January 16th, 2008
portable oscilloscope for under $100. Thats insane! That place looks like geek paradise.
January 16th, 2008
Welcome back!
Love the pictures. I would have been in heaven. What type of percentage could you haggle them down to?
January 16th, 2008
OOOOH! Now i want to go to China! I don’t speak Chinese, though…. Hopefully i will meet someone in college that can speak Chinese and is insain enough to go to china with me…. :p
January 16th, 2008
hi,i am a chinese,Welcome to china!haha!
I am a university student live in Beijing and i am a electric fans .Hope you have a nice trip when you visit china again.
January 16th, 2008
Welcome back. Looks like the electronic buying portion of the trip went well. I hope the fabric hunting was also a success.
January 17th, 2008
OMG, based on the photos you took, you arrived in Qingdao, Shandong province?Right? I’m living in this city. But it seems that the market you just travelled is not the biggest one in Qingdao. I was a master student of Virginia Tech, so my English is not pretty poor. So, next time you come to China feel free to contact me, I’m sure that I will be a good guider.
Oh, by the way, have you took Qingdao beer? Haha…
January 17th, 2008
Heh, china is awesome for bits like this. Hong Kong is actually cheaper for a lot of random bits though, espec around the computer plaza in town (tsim sha tsui i think…) - surrounding by long arcades of tech shops
January 17th, 2008
Quick question. Did customs have any problem with you taking that stuff home?
January 18th, 2008
I’m living in China, equipments are cheaper here than where you live in. but you must know that the income of a circuit engineer in china is about 300$ per month, and then he will cost 200$ for normal life, such as the place to live in and what he eat.
so, there is your paradise ,not ours.
haha, welcome to china again, i like your site.
January 20th, 2008
hey! Joe Pitz have u got an email i live in shanghai of china
my email is nailson@yeah.net
February 20th, 2008
hello
I am a cameroonian by nationality an a dealer of electronics appliances such as cell phones television sets,computers amongs others.I have been trading no for three ears with a capital of 15 million cfaSiMy dream since i began trading has ever been to travel abroad or internationaly.So will be very greatfull if you can give me the opportunity to travel and buy from your shop also for you to list the available goods you have in stock and their prices as well.
regards..
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February 25th, 2008
Dear All
I am an Indian & i am staying in Bangalore one of the Metropolitans of India & a capital of one of the states. I help Students with their projects & try to train them on Embedded. I am looking for someone who can help me o
me out. I want to come down to China but i understand that it is a big country & i need somebody to trade with me
on the electronic components. Please reply somebody help Me….
Thanks
SAchin
February 25th, 2008
PLease contact me my email. id is awasthi_sachin@rediffmail.com & you can call me +919880221378
Regards
Sachin
February 26th, 2008
i am working in shanghai my work is about embeded on ARM7
if you come to shanghai of china you can connect with me
nailson@yeah.net
July 5th, 2008
Dear Joe,
With big interest I did read yuor article of your experience in China.
I am currently in Beijing and searching for shops like this with electronic components.
It would be great if you could provide me some addresses/phone numbers in Beijing where I could go to.
Over the Internet it is quiet difficult to find.
Thanks and best regards,
Ernest