Identifying fake Chinese Breitling Watches - Compilation of guides

Identifying fake Chinese Breitling Watches - Compilation of guides and tips

Hi Guys,

I was wondering if anyone had ever came across some of the fake Breitling watches that have been circling around online? I have had the pleasure to see 3 different fake Breitlings bought for £65 from India the supplier was from, and taken to a jeweller, and they thought it was a real Breitling. A friend in work I know has one and he took it to a jeweller here in the UK to get the battery changed inside it and the jeweller told him that he wasn't insured to work on those types of watches, even though he examined it quite thoroughly.

Here are some quick tips from an Ebay.co.uk user guide on spotting fake Breitling watches:

1. On a Genuine Breitling the window for the date is large and eats into the second and minute markers, The fakes like above do not.

2. Original Breitling's do not have raised sub dials.

3.The inner bezel on the fake does not blend seemlessly into the dial, You can see a black ring on the picture above. The genuine watches do not have this.

4.Breilting and wings logo are embrossed on genuine watches, On the fakes they are Stamped on.

5. On a Breitling fighter watch the finish is completley brushed. On the fake its a gloss finish.

6. The back case. The original has markings on the underside, Normally 4 -6 letters and number on the 2 closest links, The fakes do not.

The dead Give away. On an Original Breitling, Look at the very center pin that holds the minute, hiur and second hand. It should all be the same color, Normally silver. The fakes all have a black pin.

Here is a history of breitling watches to watch before checking out how to spot the fakes:

This is what facinates me by the Chinese, how they are able to make such good quality copies of things that even experts are fooled by. Before you spend a couple of grand on a Breitling watch, I have composed a compilation below of videos and tips to look over briefly before making the purchase to make sure that the watch you are buying is the real deal. The actual watch can fool everyone but unless you have the right paperwork such as the reciept or certificate for the watch, or know how to check to see if the watch is genuine or not, I would keep yer money in your pocket until you do. The only way to make sur eits genuine is buy from a trusted well known jeweller online or go into the shop itself.

I have seen 3 different models of Breitling and to tell you the truth I had no idea they were fake either as they were so good I was afraid to hold one when I looked their price up online. Then when I found out the friend had paid £65 for it,  I was nowhere near as worried anymore :).

Here are some guides collected from people around the internet as not a lot of information is available about fake watches, check them out and let me know what you think.

Straight from the horses mouth (unofficially):

http://www.breitlingsource.com/articles_replica_dials.shtml

Here is some simple tips from Ehow on how to spot if the Breitling watch is a fake:

http://www.ehow.com/how_4843084_identify-fake-breitling-watch.html

Some tips about auciton sites and common sense:

http://f4buz.com/watches/breitling/fakes/toptips.html

Hope this helps if your buying someone that special something this Christmas.

To buy authentic Breitling watches please check out the following Amazon links which are sold by Breitling themselves and are 100% authentic! No one else can sell these watches on Amazon as they are not approved:


                                  


See you soon.

Henry

Chinese Suppliers Messing you about, Fraud, Deception, Lies, BS

Chinese Suppliers Messing you about, Fraud, Deception, Lies = Bullshit

Hi guys,

I recently tried listing product son Ebay to dropship to customers around the world, with a limited degree of success. My advice is if your trying to run a business, don't put your reputation in the hands of someone thats about 5000 miles away as, like I found, they really can mess up your reputation.

First item I listed was a 5 th Generation MP4 player which looks like the older and slim Ipods. I was excited for my new idea and thought could make some people happy and make a bit of money doing this without actually buying any products or taking them to the post office which does my head in everytime I go down and its pension day. 20 grannies trying to get their pension as you call down with a package or two on your lunch break from work and you have no time to fart around makes for very annoying situation :).

Anyway enough about grannies, I placed the Ipod replica MP4 players on Ebay and several sold within a day or two. I ordered them from the supplier, and put the details of both customers, who were located in the UK, and thought wow, that was easy. Jobs a good'un right? WRONG :) When the people recieved their items about 12 days later, everything about the item was perfect, the colour they requested which I forwarded onto hte supplier was correct, the package of accessories and size of memory (8GB) was right....couldn;t be better until the description I re-read said it had a camera onboard, which it didn't.

After contacting the supplier he said it was an error on his part and I said okay we're only human people do make mistake, so I offered the customer the profit margine I would be making (£7 on this particular item) as a refund to which they both accepted and lived happily ever after...as far as I know.

Next came the real stinger which I have opened a dispute with on aliexpress which has lasted the arrival of these items about 28 days so far with bugger all happening except broken promises and some evidence that supports my claim that I am being screwed. This was a costly effort as I had to refund tonight £165 through Paypal for 3 tablet PC's I tried to dropship from a totally different supplier from the MP4 player one.

Their supplier feedback was about 800 + and was 100% and since ordering these tablets it has dropped to 93% which made me think what the hell went wrong? So anyway two customer from russia ordered 3 tablet PC's I put on Ebay and again I ordered them thinking ding dang doo thats an easy sale and thats £12 profit for me for each PC sold.

Well what a nightmare it has turned out to be. One customer bought 2 tablets and the other bought one. The person with the 2 tablet PC's ordered theirs on the 4th November and I was told it left China on the 9th of November which is not what the tracking says as it says when translated from Russian using google translate, the status is "No Discharge - No Mark". This in my opinion means it hasn't been sent from China because there is no Customs sticker for that country or there was bugger all in the package to begin with and the guy was generating a number for an empty packet. So a dispute has been opened with that transaction. The tracking information on the Russian websit eis shown below:

 

Same supplier again but different Russian customer and the Russian Post Office helped me with this one catch the bugger out. They ordered their tablet pc on the 2nd of November on Ebay, they then shipped out apparantly on the 5th of November. Looks all and good, item showed up on the Russian Postage website as being sent out, however it was scanned in at the post office nearest the customers destination but somehow the weight has changed since it was re-weighed at the Russians end from 0.534 KG to a big fat ZERO 0.00. The Russian post office told me it seems very suspicous and could be an empty parcel with the tracking number. Again a claim has been opened for this order too and I have showed how the tracking information has changed as it enters the Russian end:



The Chinese suppliers excuse is that the customs policies have changed in China and long delays are expected. Since these orders for customers I have ordered my own electronics for myself a package of 4 Battery packs for Xbox 360, 50 Iphone 5 Covers, Another tablet PC from another Supplier and an in car camera, all arriving within 17 days. Don't let Chinese suppliers put you off everywhere has good and bad suppliers even Ebay or Amazon but the motto here is don't let the sods get away with it.

If Aliexpress does not refund my money or favours in the suppliers case, I will contact VISA which I used to pay for the items and explain it to their fraud department. Its amazing how quickly they can reverse payments in this day in age :D.

Thanks guys will do a review on my tablet PC soon as been very busy with work and Xmas.

Lata dudes.

Henry

Chinese Thermal Processor Paste - Xbox 360 RROD Fix (Red Ring Of Death)

Chinese Thermal Processor Paste - Xbox 360 RROD Fix (Red Ring Of Death)

Hi Guys,

A few days ago I purchased a broken Xbox 360 with the Red Ring Of Death, 3 Red lights to be exact. This means that it is overheating. So I decided to try and make some money by purchasing a broken Xbox 360 and following the video I have enclosed below to see if I could solve the problem. I have no real experience in electronics or taking things apart as I always end up with havnig one screw left over when I have put everything back together which I find weird, however I decided to give it a go.

Here is the video I used to follow the instructions which unfortunately for me did not work because I think the paste was just not up to scratch for this type of job:

Before Air Vents were cleaned:

 

 

After some light hoovering (few seconds):

 

I had looked into the many ways people have tried fixing the RROD overheating problem before purchasing anything and the most viable I thought would be to replace the processor paste which had worn away between the Xbox 360's processors and their heat sinks. The methods people mentioned using towels and blowing a fan into the fan vents etc I thought might work in the short term for a few hours but it would eventually go back to the 3 red lights problem.

So I purchased the X clamp kit that conprises of a syringe containing white thermal paste and 8 screws with 8 metal washers and 8 neoprene washers. My task according to the video was to remove the Xbox 360 case, take out the motherboard, remove the X clamps, clean the old thermal paste off that was previously there (some leftover residue), and reapply the new thermal paste. Then I would plug it in and switch her on, and hopefully see the 4 green lights swirling around as it booted up.

I spent about an hour and a half on this, done everything in the video, put the Xbox 360 back together, plugged in the power and......BOOM! still 3 red lights :(. I am not sure if there is perhaps something wrong with the Xbox 360 other than the heating problem however the CD tray still works, the fans are working and so does everything else.

I finally came to the conclusion that maybe the thermal paste didn't work and I did buy it and the screws for around £1.99 with free delivery on Ebay. I should have known that such a cheap fix may not have been the answer, however I am going to take the motherboard out again one more time to check I have tightened the screws just enough so the heat sinks and the processors are actually touching as I had to play with them a little bit the screws for the heat sinks to sit level again on top of the processor when reinserting them.

As far as I can see for me, the thermal paste did not work, it may be because of the quality of it, lots of people say to use Arctic Silver paste is the best but I thought I would at least give the Chinese compound a go, ya never know yer luck eh? :) Turns out I haven't much luck LOL. I will tinker about with it for a while see if I can get it workin but if worst comes to worst I can keep the broken Xbox DVD drive for spares along with its spare outer case, connectors etc so it wasn't all in vain. One thing I will show you is how much dust a 4 year old Xbox 360 accumulates over the years I had hoovered it all up before installing the new thermal paste but made no difference.

I might take my working Xbox 360 apart to make sure that the air flow is steady and gets to all parts of the heatsink, as where mine sites gets very dusty all the time very quickly. The heat sink of the processor was the worst covered in dust inbetween its fins but I forgot to take a picture I am afraid.

All in all I don't think would reocmmend this heat paste, it just seems a bit too wet and takes ages to dry even with a heat gun which I found weird. After a few days it dried out and I tried again but still no avail.

Thanks,

Henry

Chinese Products but Spanish Supplier - Cuts out EU Customs Charges

Chinese Products but Spanish Supplier - Cuts out EU Customs Charges

Hi guys,

Been busy completing some courses that's going towards my Open University Degree over past few months however, I am back and will be reviewing more Chinese items I have purchased. Most recent is 50 Iphone 5 covers and a new Android tablet PC which I will review in separate posts.

One website I would like to tell you about which is a bit like the website www.chinavasion.com  but is a lot cheaper, is Nilodudes.com. This is a Spanish wholesaler which I have used twice and they have been very speedy in their delivery of orders plus they are very well packaged. The reason I am sharing this wholesaler with you is because if you order a large quantity of items through a courier (which Nilodudes use to deliver the goods and is why they deliver so fast) from China, you will more than likely be hit with a customs invoice or charge as soon as the goods arrive on your doorstep. 

The driver will say you need to pay the customs charge before the goods can be released to you, or you will have gotten a call from the courier in advance, usually the central office, asking you to pay over the phone via debit or credit card so that they can then release the goods for delivery.

DHL use the previously method mentioned for payment of invoices, however watch out as I got a phone call from them to pay over the phone which I did, then the driver delivered the goods and asked for the money again from my mother who answered it. It was only £7 but it turns out I had already paid it on the phone and the sticker on the box from the DHL sorting office says ask for cash on delivery so it may have been a mistake where the sticker should have been removed. FEDEX and UPS usually send an invoice after the goods have arrived, normally 2-3 days later, asking you to pay their service charge fee for clearing the customs charge on your behalf of about £6-£10. All you need to do to pay this is ring the automated line, sometimes you will go through to a customer care advisor

HOWEVER, if you use NILODUDES.COM you will be charged VAT when you place your order at 21% currently in Spain. The good news is that if you are a business, you can claim this back if you have a VAT number. You can also save money by choosing Paypal as the payment option with them and a small discount is also applied when you enter the checkout process.

The items areonly about 10-15% once all delivery charges and VAT have been added etc. however they will arrive a lot quicker and with no worries of any extra charges of VAT, customs, freight charges etc when they reach you. This means you can order as many as you want, whereas when ordering them from China, if you wanted a huge amount, a freight container may be required, which will only go to certain ports around the world, then you need a freight forwarding company to deal with the paperwork to get them processed for you, then a delivery company (may be the freight forwarding company will do it for you) to deliver the goods. All the costs keep mounting up and up the larger the consignment as containers when they enter the port are also charged customs in relation to their weight as well, not just the value declared on the invoice that is sent with them.



Checkout NILODUDES.COM and see what you think. I ordered 8 Smoothie Makers that were from China from NILODUDES.COM and all 8 worked perfectly when I tested and sold them on Ebay for £50 a pop. The more you buy the cheaper things are as well on NILODUDES, as they have a wholesale tier structure which gives discounts if you buy in lots of 4, 6 , 12, 24 ,36 lots etc with the potential for a lot of high markups to sell on Ebay. A lot of the stuff is "As Seen On TV" items which you will probably recognise as soon as you see them. A lot of them are to do with healthcare, cooking and gadgets to make your life easier.

Check it out and let me know what you have purchased and how the order went.

NOTE: To change the site to ENGLISH, its in the top right hand corner the Union Jack flag or if your Spanish, keep it the way it is.


Thanks for reading.

Henry

Mobile Phones from China - Includes Chinese Phone Settings

Hi Guys,

I remember a few years ago I ordered a lot of Chinese mobile phones of varying and very cool designs I must say, one had a transformer logo on it which was awesome, and thought I would give you some heads up on some of the problems you might have with them when using them on the different mobile networks.

All of the phones I ordered were tested on the O2 network and work fine for text messaging and calling people or accepting calls. The main problem with them is that they cannot seem to send picture messages even though it says on the boxes and on the phone itself it has MMS and picture messaging. Also a large majority of the phones have settings missing from them that you can't input settings for, but desperately need. This appears to be a software related problem and some settings appear to be uneditable like for setting up your data account for the internet a few had the option greyed out and wouldn't let you select it.

If you call or get O2 to send the details to your phone for your messaging and internet settings, when you input them you may run into some problems with getting access to the Internet or being able to send Multi Media Messages with pictures etc in them. If you tell the customer care people at O2 what phone you have they will look at you with two heads if you were in the room as its Chinese they will tell you its not authorised to be used on their network so cannot fix any problems you have with the phone. You will have to use the instruction manual to figure things out however the manuals are written in a broken English which can be hard to follow.

One of the newer Chinese phones however thank god I ordered only about a year ago for a friend of mine I got the Internet working on it fully along with facebook, Gmail etc. I searched for a while getting the settings for his provider which was O2 as well and had to input the details manually into the phone which worked a treat. It did take about 30 minutes to get it to work but I perservered and got it up and running no sweat at all.

To save some time for people who may be experiencing some problems connecting to the Internet on their phone or sending picture messages, I have included the settings information below for as many networks as I could find. The phone does need to be restarted a few times to ensure settings are saved, so when you put them in and click to access the Internet on a Chinese phone and it doesn't work first time, don't panic, they can be a bit tempramental until you get them up and running, be patient.

One thing I will say about Chinese phones is they do give you a lot of cool accessories with their phones the main bonus with them is they giv eyou 2 batteries which I have never seen any phone in the UK coming with 2 batteries which is impressive. Other phones have nice little touches to them like analog and digital TV which works a real treat specially when on the bus, camping, long road trips anywhere really you can whip it out and watch all local channels or news and stuff really is quite amazing.

Here is the list of settings for each network, if you want settings for any other country in the world, follow the link below to see that countries settings, enjoy:

http://www.quickim.com/support/gprs-settings.html

UK

Operator	GPRS APN	Username	Password	Optional Settings
Vodafone UK	Internet	web	web	-
O2 UK (contract)	mobile.o2.co.uk	web	password	DNS: 193.113.200.200, 193.113.200.201
O2 UK (prepaid)	payandgo.o2.co.uk	payandgo	payandgo	-
Orange UK	orangeinternet	[blank]	[blank]	DNS: 158.43.192.1, 158.143.128.1
T-Mobile	general.t-mobile.uk	user	mms
T-Mobile (One2One)	general.t-mobile.uk	Username	one2one	-
Jersey Telecom	pepper	[blank]	[blank]	DNS: 212.9.0.135, 212.9.0.135 

Neo Cube from China - HOT SELLING GREAT GADGET WITH VIDEO

Neo Cube from China

Hi guys,

I have ordered one of these little gadgets to play with as I get idle hand sin work and end up drawing on post its and note pads etc when on my break. It lokos a lot more fun than a Rubix cube and a lot more variety in what you can do with it than just matching up some simple colours.

The power of the magnets are awesome and they simply click and pull apart with ease to create magical displays of what onlookers seem to think is a skill in how you can manipulate the balls in the cube. It comes in a cool little gift tin and would be great for retailing in a gadget shop or place for boys toys. Of course girls will love them too as they come in lots of different colours and they can colour code them to their style of clothes, colour of their handbag or even to match their shoes.

This would definitely sell well at a trade show where the product sells itself on the demonstration provided by the seller. This demonstration has the power to wow people as they try to work out how it can make such complex shapes, and if you give them  a go at it, they will find just how easy it is to create something from a simple cube into anything they can think of. You can get these for about $10 without the presentation case and about $14 with the case, however postage for these items in large quantities is quite heavy, however ordering one at a time the postage from a lot of suppliers is free.

It can provide hours of fun and you can make 2D or 3D shapes to show off to your mates and passers by. Once one person see it, they all want one guaranteed its a definite attention grabber. Check out some of the videos below for some neat tricks:

Get one for yourself in work as its a great stress reliever as well when you have something on your mind. It takes away from what ever is bothering you and helps calm the nerves when playing about with it.

Thanks.

Henry

Xbox 360 Accessories from China - Headsets, Rechargable Batteries etc

Xbox 360 Accessories from China

Hi Guys,

Something I bought a long time ago and have several left over I found in my garage are Xbox 360 headsets, the old style ones, which have the volume control and microphone activation at the end where the jack is and enters the controller. These were incredibly cheap to buy from Chinese suppliers and are great in case of a sudden microphone packing in, which happens a lot more than you might think. I am currently on my first Turtle Beach headset which is wired and it has lasted for 9 months with no problems but up until I got my Turtle Beach for my birthday, I had been using a single Chinese Xbox 360 headset for 5 months solid and it worked perfectly, even to this day, it is still going.

Some people may be put off the headsets because they are unbranded and don't have a name on the side of them. This means nothing really in the long run as lots of stuff, even luxury items, are made in the same factory as the cheaper items, all with just a different name or badge put onto the product, which in turn increases its value.

These headsets are very good and reliable for a cheap replacement if one of your main headsets pack it in. The speaker on them is not incredibly loud but is sufficient enough to hear and make people out without any problems at all. They seem a bit more solid the older designed headsets as some headsets, the newer ones, have a 90 degress angled jack that goes into the controller with a flimsy wire that goees to the headset. These are the ones that I have found break the easiest, especially if you take the wire in and out after each gaming session. As its quite flimsy, you can end up splitting or breaking the wires inside if you keep taking it in and out a lot. The headsets however with the more solid base at the end of the wire have lasted for up to 2 and a half years (the old Microsoft Ones).

The newer model headsets I have went through about 4 of them and got so annoyed with them I preferred to use the Chinese made one and then eventually the beast of all headsets the Turtle Beach which is still going strong. All I am saying is don't be afraid by unbranded Xbox or PS3, Wii etc as they are very good value for money and most of them are very reliable.

Buy one as a tester for around £2 delivered some work out as and see for yourself.

One other great accessory for the Xbox 360 from China is the various rechargeable bettery packs that you get which include a charging lead. They don't last as long per charge as some of the official Microsoft Battery packs, however they do last a few days before needing recharging and all depends on how you are using and what games you are playing etc.

Some batteries feel a bit plasticy and very light which can also be a good thing, yes they are cheap but they will do the job they have been made for safely, as I have not heard of any comiplaints or bad feedback about them. If your strapped for cash don't rob a bank to pay for your Xbox addiction, buy something cheaper from China and save yourself a lot of bucks :)

Check out some of the great deals on Amazon you can get on new and second hand turtle beach headsets which are definitely worth the money. The sound on them is outstanding and can give you the dge in multiplayer games as you know exactly by the sound which direction the next bad guy is coming from:

                                


Thanks.

Henry

Fake perfumes from China like Coco, Davidoff, Hugo Boss Etc

Hi guys,

I thought I would give some people a heads up on some items that look very very real, but don't necessarily SMELL very real when you open them. The Internet has no way of letting you smell an item of course until you have received it, however I think there is a gadget that lets you do this with certain things, but anyhoo if you are ordering any perfumes from China at crazy prices like $15-$25, you can be pretty sure it isn't real.

Common sense dictates a perfume isn't real if someone no one has heard of before offers it at way below what major retail outlets and chemists can offer it at. However some people will be tempted to purchase these items because of the huge discount a seller is offering, only to be disappointed by the lack of smell or doesn't smell anything like the original which they may have purchased PROPER versions from a genuine retail shop.

People usually can tell that a perfume is fake mainly just by smelling it or applying it and seeing how long the effects of the perfume actually last. Most genuine perfumes and aftershaves can last for up to 6 hours some even 8 before starting to dwindle on the scent, whereas a fake perfume will last maybe an hour or possibly two in some cases I have heard, but then just disappear and evaporate into sometimes a nasty musty smell.

This musty smell I heard of intrigued me into what might be in the fake perfumes to replicate the smell of the originals. I looked it up on youtube and found an interesting video below describing some ingredients that go into fake perfumes and nearly threw up as if I knew I had been putting things like traces of urine onto my skin which has come from god knows where, a person and animal, I would rather go au natural body odour than stick that stuff onto me I can tell you know.

Some tell tale signs of perfumes that are fake are told in the video but include: cellophane not tight on packaging, thin cardboard for the boxes used, bar codes in wrong places, some wrong fonts used for the title of the perfume etc.

Check out the video below and be wary when buying Chinese products as the supplier may not answer you or give you a refund. They sometimes get away in their descriptions by saying that it is the China version of the product and this means its not original. I say that is no way to describe a product and if someone sells a fake to you or you even suspect for a micro second something is fake, simply return it and keep hounding the supplier for your money back.

If its on Ebay or through Paypal, submit your case through them as they will probably have dealt with a similar situation with this supplier before and vote in your favour and return your money :D. Check out the vid but don't squirt any perfume or aftershave on till you know whats in it LOL

Buy from Amazon to get the real deal as only authorised companies are allowed to resell the expensive or licenced perfumes. Check out the ones below if any interested you, the only problem is the price :):



Thanks,

Henry

Chinese Epad / Ipad replica with Google Android OS

Hi guys,

One of the first items I remember purchasing from Aliexpress and was very wary of as it cost at the time about $88 and was one of th ebiggest purchases I had made on the site about 2 years ago. I thought a touchscreen tablet PC could not cost that much and felt in the back of my mind that the package would never arrive. However I was relieved when it did and was actually surprised at the amount of technology in such a slim and portable device, which was also provided at an amazing price.

There are many different Epad's available from Aliexpress and from China in general with minor deifferences, not visually, but mainly in the specification department in relation to how much RAM it has, processor speed and what Google Android OS it is using etc.

I remember when I got mine it came in a nice retail style packaged box with the charger, instruction manual (which was written in broken English and was not very easy to follow),travel adaptor and USB cable. I was very impressed and still am to this day about it, however I wish I had kept it as I sold it on Ebayabout a week later after recieving it. I paid about £58 for it and sold it on Ebay for £77. This wasn't a bad profit and I was mainly testing the market on Ebay for this type of tablet PC as the Ipad 1 was the main contender for tablet PC's at the time and thought this would never sell as its unbranded.

The touchscreen on the device was actually fairly accurate and responsive, however nothing as you know can beat a real keyboard than a virtual one. It has little niggles in it now and again when trying to type fast as it can sometimes struggle to keep up, but I also own an Ipod touch 4th Generation model and its touch keyboard is the same so I wouldn't bad mouth the Epad devices just for being not lightning fast as even the to of the range products with virtual keyboards cannot keep up with the speed some people type at.

There is a great range of applications available for the Epad's as they run all  Androids applications which there are literally hundreds of thousands of. One problem with Chinese Epads is that sometimes the version of the Google Marketplace does not work as it is the Chinese marketplace, and when it trys to connect to the internet via wi-fi or 3G, it does not recognise the local settings and so brings up an error. There are some remedies online which you can lookup to install the ENglush or USA version etc of the marketplace and some I have seen the methods have had a reasonable success rate from what I have read in forums and posts etc.

When I got my EPad, I wanted to use it in work mainly to play videos on and it does it very well from an SD card slot. It has an interface like a bookshelf which is on the Ipad 1, 2 and 3 which allows you to choose movies and ebooks, or songs as if they were sitting on a virtual bookshelf inside your tablet. The video playback on these items is actually pretty good as I watched and entire film before the battery started to go down on it which lasted about 2 hours long, and there was no issues with lagging of the picture or smoothness of the film, no out of sync sound and lips talking it was very cool. The screen isn't high definition however I See there are some models now which offer HD screens at a higher price of course. The screen which is standard on most of the Epads seem suitable and produce the lovely colours that the wallpapers which come with Google Android show off.

Lots of acessories can be bought for the Epad from Chinese suppliers which include leather cases, blue tooth keyboards and 3G modems to access the internet on the move. All Epads have Wi-fi built into them and they work very well in discovering new networks within range and connecting to them with ease.

I would not really use the tablet to replace a laptop as it can do a lot more than the tablet PC's however I would use it mainly for entertainment purposes, reading ebooks, watching films, listening to music, editing the occasional documents in office applications which can be downloaded for the EPad or sometimes come with free trial versions of them already installed on the unit.

Overall not a bad purchase and you could easily resell these to people as they are also great organisaitonal companions using the Google calender functions to help plan your day, meetings and so forth. I would recommend one if you had some spare cash about but don't expect it to run games which a laptop would run like World of Warcraft etc LOL it usually comes with Angry Birds, everyones fav game, and has lots of room to download more and keep you entertained.

Interested in purchasing the newer models? Check out the one I have recently bought below for a bargain. Its great for surfing the web, although can slow down now and again, but the screen and touch sensitivity are great on these models. Check them out:


                            


Thanks.

Henry

Iphone 5 Covers from China - Made in advance

Iphone 5 Covers from China - Made in advance

Hi guys,

I was wondering about new ways to make money online and was thinking if you can get the latest and quirkiest Iphone covers on the release of the new Iphone 5 perhaps later on at the end of this year, you could definitely clean up as sales of the device look like they are going to be out of this world!

You should stock up straight away as soon as the covers are released as many Chinese manufacturers of the covers have already been given the plans by several months ago so that they could start early in producing accessories for the Iphone 5.

Here is a photo of the latest Iphone from msn.co.uk and it does look like a real beauty. I will love to get my hands on it but knowing my luck it will be sold out for the next few weeks on release as I cannot stand the que's outside apple shops everytime there is a new product launched.

It can be fun and exciting sometimes getting the latest must have product. but seeing adults jumping up and down and running screaming out of the store because they got an Iphone or Ipad early etc really doesn't do it for me LOL.

Anyhoo if you specialise in mobile accessories online or have your own store, carboot etc you should get your foot in the door early and start earning while the hype is still fresh when its released as Iphone covers are cheap to buy but with a relatively high profit margin as well.

All the best guys just a quick thought.

Thanks for reading.

Henry.

1.8" LCD Wireless Car MP4 MP3 Player FM Transmitter

1.8" LCD Wireless Car MP4 MP3 Player FM Transmitter SD MMC USB - From China

I decided to try out these items from a Chinese supplier for the car to see if they were any cop. I read some good reviews about some FM car transmitters and some bad so I thought it was probably going to end in disappointment this order and didn't hold my breath.

When I recieved the transmitters though I was very very impressed! The quality of them is amazing and very sturdy as in the pictures I kind of thought they were going to be very light and have a cheap plastic feel to them, but they actually feel a very sturdy little gadget for a such a great price.

The interface is fairly basic and when you load your SD card into the transmitter, it organises them into folders which you can name yourself on the SD card, however if you turn it off and on midway through a song, you have to find the song again and press play from the start, as it will not remember like a car CD player , where a song has been stopped or paused before being turn off. Apart from that Small Little niggle, its a great device to buff up your tunes in the car and is very stylish too.

As soon as my mates seen it in my Peugeot 206 going to the cinema or out for drinks, the little screen fascinated them by what else it could do all lit up and looking very cool in my very crappy 206. They thought it was something from the future I had brought back but I couldn't get to the future as my 206 struggles to get up to 88 miles per hour.

The controls are very simple and basic as the buttons on the device are very intuitive and clearly tell you what they do with the symbols on them. One very cool features is that there is a remote control included with each unit. This is good if you are busy driving and cannot find a song you want, where you can pass control over to someone in the back to find the songs for you while you drive.

As everything is on an SD card your music, you can have tons of songs literally 100's on a tiny SD card without carrying around loads of CD's and chopping and changing them every two seconds.

You can get these on Ebay for like £7-£9 and its a very worthy investment if you keep lots of your tunes on an SD card. I suggest testing these items when you get them simply turn you car engine on, stick them to the cigarette lighter quickly to see it power up and see the welcome message. Some people I notice from suppliers feedback do say now and again out of maybe 20 they order maybe one when they plug it in is totally dead. Its a very small percentage but just incase you sell it to a customer and they get a bit angry with you selling broken stuff and they get a bit miffed off about it.

Below is the product specs from one suppliers website.

Thanks for reading.

Henry.

Product Description

This is a MP3 mp4 player special used in car, It can download MP3 formats file from the computer and save them by the SD/MMC/TF. it is used high quality mp3 decoder chip decode MP3 file from SD/MMC/TF memory to audio signal, and transmit them through FM modulator chips change to FM signal, play back the high quality music by the FM radio of car audio system.

BE YOUR OWN RADIO STATION! NOW TAKE THE MUSIC WITH YOU!

Features:

• 100% Brand New.
• Weight: 74g
• Size: 9.5 x 7.0 x 4 cm
• color: Black
• Display size: 1.8 inch
• Car mp4 player
• Support SD/MMC expansion card (1GB-8GB)(SD Card is not included)
• NO Memorizing function
• With SD card slot & USB cable port.
• Support MP3,WMA Audio format, Not Support WAV, MIDI format
• Support SCV Video format only, Not Support AVI, WMV, ASP, RMVB, 3GP, MOV, FLV, VOB, MPEG-2,MPEG-4(MP4 ) format
• Transmits the music to the car's audio system
• With multi-languages selected
• With infrared remote control.
• 7 EQ modes optional.
• Built-in stereo wireless FM transmitter, FM frequency range: 87.5MHz~108.0MHz. Total 206 frequencies optional.
• Play the music automatically when inserted to the 12V outlet.
• Shows FM frequency, the No. name and lyrics of the song. volume, EQ mode, player mode on the LCD Screen.
• Support 7 kinds of EQ music format: Nature, Rock & Roll, Pop, Jazz, Soft, DBB and Surround
• Rotatable in wide angles to adapt to different in-car setting
• Flexible joint for position adjustment.
• Power supply: 12V-24V.

Package Content:

• 1 x Car MP4 player with built-in FM transmitter
• 1 x USB cable
• 1 x Remote control

Smoothie Maker from China - As Seen On TV

Smoothie Maker - As Seen On TV from China - Available in White and Red

Worldwide Shipping now available I have got some for sale on Ebay.co.uk while stocks last:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150832258879?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

This is a great seller all year round as nearly everyone at some point in the year aims to loose weight and thinks of different ways to do it and diets to try. A lot of people like the idea of a smoothie as they are very tastey and can try out different recipies or make up their own with ingredients they have in the house.

The "Smoothie Maker" is an amazing little gadget that you used to see on a lot of late night shopping channels where the commercial had a presenter come on and show you all the things you can do with it like making ice cream, cooking sauces and great tasting smoothies. The thing though that makes this smoothier maker stand out a lot more than any other is the way in which it operates. Check out the commercial below thats on youtube to see it in action and you will think its an ingenious idea.

To make it work you put the ingredients in the large or small cup, depending on the size of smoothie you are wanting, and to activate the Smoothie Maker, the cup and top part of the unit rotate to a vertical position and turns on the blades. When you think it has had long enough to blend the ingredients together (It doesn't take more than about 10 seconds or less) you simply tilt it back down again and a safety switch knocks off the unit.

You can simply twist the cup the ingredients were in and the cup detaches from the unit which you can drink out of right away. There is a plastic lid that comes with the two cups which fits over the top and allows you to drink it like a coffee you get in a garage or takeaway cafe.

Another great safety feature is that to clean the blade of the Smoothie Maker, you do not need to touch the blades, as there is a small quarter sized cup that comes with it that you simply put water into, tilt it up and the blades clean themself in the water. You can see if you fill the large cup with water and turn on the machine that the blades create a unique column of water thats like a whirlpool in the centre, which helps suck all the ingredients down to the imulsifying disc down below which is amazing to watch.

I had bought two of these from a supplier in China and you get everything in the box the Smoothie Maker machine, 1 small cup, 1 large cup, a cleaning cup , one spill trayand the lid to place over the cups for instant drinking. One thing to remember is that ordering this item from China is that you will need a travel adaptor for the plug as its a 2 prong plug and not like in the UK a 3 prong. Travel plugs are cheap enough though to pick up on Ebay or at local supermarkets for like £2 or so.

I have seen the real deal package a friend of mine ordered off TV however the Chinese one does not come with the promised in full colour recipie book which was dissappointed with. There are tons of websites out there for free smoothie recipies you will find no shortage of ideas. It only comes with a black and white instruction booklet which offers some good safety advice I suggest you read first as usually smoothie makers, blenders, food processors (anything with fast moving blades) scares the crap out of me to use.

Just use common sense and you can be enjoying some great smoothies, soups, sauces or even ice creams (made using frozen fruit, very tasty) try it out for yourself.

Try some other models of smoothie makers with great reviews below:

                                    


Thanks for reading guys.

Henry

In Car Camera / Dashboard Camera from China - Helps with accidents

Hi guys,

Another item I totally forgot about I ordered from China last year was my in car camera which I take everywhere with me when driving. The reason I bought it was because me and my brother where coming home from work one day and stopped at a set of traffic lights. There were two lanes, we were on the inside lane and on the right there was a large canvas lorry towing another canvas trailer behind it. As the lights turned from red to green, the lorry driver took off fairly quickly and as I began to move the lorry's trailer swayed to the left as he turned the slight bend in front of us to continue going down the road.

The trailer slammed onto the front driver side door and front panel of my car and tore the front bumper as well off. All in all it cost £800 to fix and luckily for us the guy fixed the car out of his own pocket because he owned his own company and fleet of lorries. However some people I have talked to haven't been so lucky. Especially when theres an accident, you take peoples details down etc and make sure they aren't hurt, get them to sign a piece of paper saying they are not injured and what happened etc. However as one of my friends found out, this does not stand up in court the piece of paper. This is because when for instance someone suffers from whiplash for example, signing the paper there and then at the scene and time of the accident means nothing, becaused the onset of whiplash usually takes a few hours up to 24 hours to kick in.

These cameras which nearly every car should have as well as taxis, delivery men, lorries, diggers, buses, motorbikes....even cyclists or any vehicle on the road should be equipped with what i like to call a "Black Box". This means in a court of law it would help to show exactly what happened or give at least some indication of who done what or what went wrong in an accident.

It should also help sort out insurance claims much much faster, as the insurer can do their own investigation with the police into the crash and confirm your statements and the other victims statements, comparing them to video evidence you can send them in the post or email to the claims handler.

Of course not all crashes can be caught on camera if you only have a forward looking one and someone rams into the back of you, but it does record sound as well and the time, date etc of when it happened to witnesses statements can be backed up by what happened. I have included a video I uploaded from my camera to show you the quality you can get from such cameras from China. One mistake I made in this video is that I did put the camera very close to the air vents coming from the dashboard and had them open. This is what makes the annoying noise in the video as the camera microphone is like a pinhole and when the air flows directly into it it can produce a lot of static.

Check it out for yourself and let me know what you think. The camera I used does have night vision as well but I didn't test it out as I don't drive much at night.

Here is a small selection of cameras available on Amazon that are the same model or very near to the specs of the one I tested out and are very cheap:

                                 

Thanks

Henry

Beatles Box Set from China - Copies or ....just printed in China?

Beatles Box Sets from China - Copies or ....just printed in China?

Hey guys,

Long time no type. I was wondering about why people bad mouth the Beatles box sets of the stereo 16 cd box sets and the mono 10 cd box sets? I looked on Amazon at the many reviews for these products and see complaints about the original and authentic ones being priced way too high, which is all fine and good right? However then you come to the printed in China box sets which are apparantly "illegal copies" as everything it seems to people that comes from China is an illegal copy, is of bad quality and the sticker on the CD of a copy has the inner circle cut out while the original shows a whole label stuck on with no inner circle etc. It started to get on my nerves a bit people both rhyming abou authentic products and copied which kinda confused me so I thought I would vent my opinion here.

The differences between the two are so minor and it all really comes down to just the packaging is different, rather than the audio quality thats contained on the CD. People are comparing things like the original box sets have the albums in order they were released in the set, the smell of the Chinese copied ones stinks of that "ink just printed smell", the cd's inner circle intersects the label when it should be one whole label not split by any other circle, the Chinese copied ones have flaps now and again that aren't glued down etc etc.

The thing that annoys me about these kind of people is that they never seem ot be happy. They have two choices when buying these Beatles box sets. Buy them or just keep quiet is the way I see it. The real one for the 16 cd stereo version about £153 and the mono box set is about £179. The Beatles fans will complain this is too high which they are correct in doing. Most Beatles fans already have these on CD and LP so why buy them again?

Obviously if you see the box sets for about £70 or so brand new, you can probably tell these are from China by the price, so the people order them and then read all the guides to spot fakes and then return them. So whether its an authentic item or so called copy, people are never happy. Some people obviously cannot afford the over £100 for some CD Box Sets that can be bought seperately for way less even on Amazon or Ebay. Basically what you are paying for is the presentation of the box which is very attractive I have to say.

I borrowed out of work an authentic beatles box set a stereo one and a mono before it was sent out to one of our customers and then played my so called copied sets together on the same PC comparing the sound quality and I could not tell which one was which by sound alone. People forget to check the quality of the merchandise first before pointing the finger too quick saying its fake itx crap, you have been ripped off by some scammer. I believe its the record company that rips the person off in the end when you really think about it. People should be able to make their own choices if they want to buy a Chinese version or not, as they can tell simply by the price alone, you don't need to be a rocket scientist to work it out.

In the case of authentic Beatles box sets, EMI Records is the only winner here.

Thanks for reading my ramble :D

Henry