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NIB Chicony KB-5181 on Taobao for $20
« on: Wed, 05 June 2013, 00:32:19 »
A brand new Chicony KB-5181 on Taobao for $19.95, but no telling what the shipping costs would be.

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Re: NIB Chicony KB-5181 on Taobao for $20
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 05 June 2013, 03:32:27 »
$19.95? I see it listed at ¥1999.00 which is $326. :eek:

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Re: NIB Chicony KB-5181 on Taobao for $20
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 05 June 2013, 04:56:22 »
Chinese Yuan sir, not Japanese Yen........... :'(

EDIT: Here you go......... http://www.likeforex.com/currency-converter/chinese-yuan-renminbi-cny_usd-us-dollar.htm/1990

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Re: NIB Chicony KB-5181 on Taobao for $20
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 05 June 2013, 04:57:02 »
$19.95? I see it listed at ¥1999.00 which is $326. :eek:

$20.07 USD:

http://www.likeforex.com/currency-converter/japanese-yen-jpy_usd-us-dollar.htm/1999.00

Umm. Taobao is in Chinese currency, not Japanese yen. That $326 conversion is correct.

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Re: NIB Chicony KB-5181 on Taobao for $20
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 05 June 2013, 04:57:54 »
Chinese Yuan sir, not Japanese Yen........... :'(

That explains it.
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Re: NIB Chicony KB-5181 on Taobao for $20
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 05 June 2013, 04:59:48 »
$19.95? I see it listed at ¥1999.00 which is $326. :eek:

$20.07 USD:

http://www.likeforex.com/currency-converter/japanese-yen-jpy_usd-us-dollar.htm/1999.00

Umm. Taobao is in Chinese currency, not Japanese yen. That $326 conversion is correct.

Edit-shad sniped me!

That is my standard reply. Happened so many times in my TaoBao GB locally........... so many people :))