It's not so much that people are cheap. The clones are not significantly less expensive than buying a genuine tinySA from the Zeenko store on Alibaba or Ali Express, or from R&L in the US. They are a bit cheaper than buying from Eleshop (Europe) or Mirfield (UK). It's more that they are impatient; it can take weeks to receive one through the Zeenko?store unless you're willing to pay a high shipping fee, and the authorized resellers are often out of stock. The official store is also sometimes out of stock.
So people try to buy them from eBay or Amazon sellers because they can get them faster. And occasionally somebody sells authentic tinySA there. But you're far more likely to get a clone.
On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 8:53 PM Jim Shorney < jshorney@...> wrote:
I'm not cheap, I'm frugal. :)? Besides, I bought one of the first run pre-order units directly. Definitely not a clone.
73
-Jim
NU0C
On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 07:37:37 -0700
"Dave (NK7Z)" <dave@...> wrote:
> PRESS RELEASE
> For immediate release
> Release date: 03/12/2021
> FAKE NEWS
> HUMOR
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> A research team led by Quincy Raymond Michales, and Quincy Thomas
> Holmes, of Miskatonic Medical University have discovered two new genes
> potentially involved in Amateur Radio Cheapness disease, or ACD. They
> identified them by exploring which genes were turned on and off in the
> hippocampus of people who suffered from the disease. The team's findings
> are published in the February issue of QST magazine.
>
> Amateur Cheapness disease, (ACD), is a neurodegenerative disease that
> involves extreme pain and the formation of protein plaques around
> neurons in the brain when any amount of money is spent, no matter how
> small. A table below outlines the effects of spending on a typical Radio
> Amateur:
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> Amount Spent Pain level
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> $00.00 - $03.00 Little to none
> $03.01 - $05.00 Some pain noted, with slight thoughts of building a
> replacement
>? ? ? ? ? ?for less.
> $05.01 - $10.00 Marked increase in pain, actual designs thought about for
>? ? ? ? ? ?replacement items.
> $10.01 - $20.00 Sustained pain, over longer time frames, designs being
> drawn up.
> $20.01 - and above Extreme pain, and actual urges to construct replacement
>? ? ? ? ? ?devices.
> Table 1
>
> A secondary effect was also noted, once the Amateur decides to build a
> replacement item, (see $20.00 and above in Table 1), to save money, the
> process begins to feed upon itself, as the Amateur shops for parts for
> the replacement item, he/she, experiences the effects of Amateur
> Cheapness disease overlayed on top of the original Amateur Cheapness
> Disease infection. In some cases this becomes completely debilitating to
> the Amateur involved. This process is extremely painful. In some cases,
> observers have noted this fact by observing statements such as:
>
>? ? ? 1. "Oh my God, its like the walking dead in this hamfest, no one is
> spending any money".
>? ? ? 2. "You have got to be kidding me, I paid good money for that
> thing, and I'm not giving it away".
> Table 2
>
> The hippocampus, part of the brain involved in memory, is one of the
> first regions to sustain massive damage, followed by the reasoning
> center of the brain.
>
> Many genes were already known to contribute to the disease, such as gene
> JT-65, and gene FT-8, but two were unknown, FST4, and FST4W. The FST4,
> and FST4W gene action is as of yet unknown, the researchers simply noted
> these genes expressed at the time of hippocampus destruction.
>
> In a related study, it was noted that the size of the hippocampus was
> actually reduced by up to 12% in Amateur Operators experiencing this
> disease. Further this second study indicates that ACD, (Amateur
> Cheapness disease), is far more prevalent in the Amateur Radio
> population than initially thought, and that signs of airborne
> transmission are becoming apparent.
>
> Overall, the new findings improve our understanding of the genetic and
> cellular mechanisms that cause ACD. Also noted by the researchers were
> some tell tail signs of this disease. Effected Amateur may make
> statements such as:
>
>? ? ? 1. I bet I can build that for half the price.
>? ? ? 2. That's outrageous, when I was a Novice it only cost X dollars.
>? ? ? 3. There's only like twenty bucks in parts here, I could build it
> for half that.
>? ? ? 4. I only buy used if it is 25% of new price.
> Table 3
>
> The authors add, there are a number of other symptoms involved in this
> sadly debilitating disease, however they are far too many to cover in a
> single paper. Thus, more funding is requested for the effort.
>
>
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> On 8/23/21 6:17 AM, Erik Kaashoek wrote:
> > Many people buy first from the cheapest seller and only later inform
> > themselves about the tinysA
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> > For more info on the tinySA go to
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> 73,
> Dave,
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