Yonks ago, 2000 maybe I bought a digital camera which I rarely use and not at all for the last 5 or so years after the batteries died. They were 4x AA 1800 mAh NiMH ones and they went all furry and corroded the contacts in the camera and wouldn't recharge. Anyhoo, I decided to resurrect it and went on the search for new batteries online. About £6 plus postage for 2500 mAh ones from most places and a lot more from others.I don't always remember to try Ebay but this time I did and found these.£1.87 for four 3000 mAh batteries which I think is the highest capacity you can actually buy with FREE postage from Hong Kong. I figured it's a scam because the postage alone must cost more than the sticker price but I'm not going to lose much sleep about two quid wasted if nothing arrives so I bid on them. To my amazement they arrived 10 or so days later. They were flat as a witch's tit but after half a day in the battery charger the camera works again and still does a week later. Just going by the time it took to charge them they must have a pretty high capacity so it all looks pukka.So how does someone make any money at that sort of price with free postage from the far side of the world which it would cost me more than £1.87 to post something to?

Usually by having a bulk standby freight agreement with the HK PostOffice. Their packages go as space fillers, sometimes via verycircuitous routes and hence at low rates. The downside is you don'tknow which week your goods will arrive in - the upside is the shippingprice is very low.

In message , The Natural Philosopher writesAh, but the OP wants an HTFmeter

OT - HTF do they do that?

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The Natural Philosopher 15 years ago

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There are meters for R/C that will discharge cells and tell you what the capacity is. Generally referred to as Whattmeters..;-)

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geoff 15 years ago

Ah, but the OP wants an HTFmeter

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Grimly Curmudgeon 15 years ago

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember John Rumm saying something like:

Ditto. I'm just about to buy more Vapex from componentshop.co.uk

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John Rumm 15 years ago

yup same dealer I got mine from...

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