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Senseless shopping
Thursday, 29 October 2020 02:35Taobao, the China online shopping platform, really has a lot of crap.
Things that I never imagined I'd need at all, and yet there is a silly product for that.
And things there are just so cheap. Well, some stores also do imports, and those are very expensive.
My latest conquest: a phone case for the iPhone 12 Pro (note: I don't even have the phone yet) and a pair of wireless earpod thingies.
It wasn't for any reason. I do already have the AirPods Pro (which I use daily), a pair of heavy duty earphones for running, and another pair of earpod thingie that I bought one time to try. A friend recommended this pair (photo above) and there was some miscommunication. I understood that this pair was one of the new fancy doesn't-go-in-your-ear and emits a vibration to that soft bone/cartilage just outside your ear, but apparently no. It's just a hook type, but the pod itself doesn't go inside your ear (a opposed to the AirPods Pro and all the other earphones that have to stick them into my ear). Admittedly, these are more comfortable because I don't have to stick and adjust whatever that goes into my ear. And it was just for the measly price of $50 local money (erm.... less than US$7), I guess this was a good buy.
I just have to figure out when and what to use it for, LOL.
As for that phone case, let me foresee my immediate future: The local Apple Store has decided that they are not going to do direct sales of the new iPhone on Friday. Instead, they will activate the online registration at 6am on Friday. I don't know what that registration does... book a time for you to go to the store to buy? Reserve a model/color and go pick up some time in the future? No idea. We'll see. 6am is easy for me. I will be able to wake up and go to the registration page. But the registration page will be overloaded and go dead in 10 minutes. I can't get the registration to work. I won't be able to upgrade my phone until roughly 3 months later.
Things that I never imagined I'd need at all, and yet there is a silly product for that.
And things there are just so cheap. Well, some stores also do imports, and those are very expensive.
My latest conquest: a phone case for the iPhone 12 Pro (note: I don't even have the phone yet) and a pair of wireless earpod thingies.
It wasn't for any reason. I do already have the AirPods Pro (which I use daily), a pair of heavy duty earphones for running, and another pair of earpod thingie that I bought one time to try. A friend recommended this pair (photo above) and there was some miscommunication. I understood that this pair was one of the new fancy doesn't-go-in-your-ear and emits a vibration to that soft bone/cartilage just outside your ear, but apparently no. It's just a hook type, but the pod itself doesn't go inside your ear (a opposed to the AirPods Pro and all the other earphones that have to stick them into my ear). Admittedly, these are more comfortable because I don't have to stick and adjust whatever that goes into my ear. And it was just for the measly price of $50 local money (erm.... less than US$7), I guess this was a good buy.
I just have to figure out when and what to use it for, LOL.
As for that phone case, let me foresee my immediate future: The local Apple Store has decided that they are not going to do direct sales of the new iPhone on Friday. Instead, they will activate the online registration at 6am on Friday. I don't know what that registration does... book a time for you to go to the store to buy? Reserve a model/color and go pick up some time in the future? No idea. We'll see. 6am is easy for me. I will be able to wake up and go to the registration page. But the registration page will be overloaded and go dead in 10 minutes. I can't get the registration to work. I won't be able to upgrade my phone until roughly 3 months later.
