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KaiFeng
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 Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 11:12 pm Post subject: Question About Shih-Ta |
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Looking to photocopy and bind some teaching materials. I remember on Shih-Ta Rd. (going south from Ho-p'ing E. Rd.) there used to be a place, Da Chia Lai, which could do this. Does anyone living/working in the Shih-Ta area know if they are still there? Or have recommendations for other places that can copy and bind?
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markcmc
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zipper
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KaiFeng
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| The obvious question some might have is why don't I just swing by and check it out for myself. I'm currently living in the states, and before I cart over photocopies of eight or ten books, I'd prefer to know for sure in advance I'll be able to have them copied and bound. |
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zipper
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That�s one thing I can really appreciate about Asia, and that is having photos, cards and books made up for dirt cheap compared to what companies charge state side. Recently, I had about 12 passport photos copied here for just a few bucks. I remember a few years ago when I returned to the states for a brief visit, I had a couple of passport pictures made up for over 20 bucks; and the counter people acted like they were doing me a favor. Service is just jacked up too high in the states. I don�t blame you for wanting to get them made up over here when you return. Don�t blame you one bit.
I was a little confused at first, because your post gave me the impression that you were here, and I thought, �Hmm? Is this the same man currently living in the states that gave me all those bright ideas about making money here?�
By the way, I wanted to take up on those ideas, but now I am practically immobile, because I have a compressed disk between L4 and L5 that kills me every time I stand and sit. Now, I have to sit around getting fat waiting for my back to get better before I can jog again. Damn! I have getting old.  |
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KaiFeng
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| zipper wrote: |
That�s one thing I can really appreciate about Asia, and that is having photos, cards and books made up for dirt cheap compared to what companies charge state side. Recently, I had about 12 passport photos copied here for just a few bucks. I remember a few years ago when I returned to the states for a brief visit, I had a couple of passport pictures made up for over 20 bucks; and the counter people acted like they were doing me a favor. Service is just jacked up too high in the states. I don�t blame you for wanting to get them made up over here when you return. Don�t blame you one bit.
I was a little confused at first, because your post gave me the impression that you were here, and I thought, �Hmm? Is this the same man currently living in the states that gave me all those bright ideas about making money here?�
By the way, I wanted to take up on those ideas, but now I am practically immobile, because I have a compressed disk between L4 and L5 that kills me every time I stand and sit. Now, I have to sit around getting fat waiting for my back to get better before I can jog again. Damn! I have getting old. |
Don't talk about getting old! One reason I'm looking to get the books done is some off my key books, mainly for studying Classical Chinese, haave such small font that I can hardly read them even with my glasses off!
Other cool stuff to do cheap in Taiwan is get glasses made, and I'm planning to do that as well. And maybe see if any new Taiwan editions have been released from Needham's Science and Civilization in China. And do some market research. |
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zipper
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| KaiFeng wrote: |
Don't talk about getting old! One reason I'm looking to get the books done is some off my key books, mainly for studying Classical Chinese, haave such small font that I can hardly read them even with my glasses off!
Other cool stuff to do cheap in Taiwan is get glasses made, and I'm planning to do that as well. And maybe see if any new Taiwan editions have been released from Needham's Science and Civilization in China. And do some market research. |
Yeah, you could go to most glasses shops, and get a free eye exam with any prescription glasses you buy. In the states a visit to an optometrist office could cost you up to 200 USD, and then add in another couple hundred bucks for the optician�s service; even then you are only getting the cheap no thrill deals. Perhaps optometrists, ophthalmologists and opticians aren�t tightly regulated here as they are in the US.
A couple days ago, I visited a back doctor at a government hospital (Ya, I know.) and had an x-ray, consultation and a 7 day prescription of Aceclofenac and Mephenoxalone for just shy of 10 bucks. Furthermore, if you need a particular drug for an illness, you don�t even need to go to the hospital here, because if you know the drug�s name, then you can buy it directly from the pharmacist, but often at a higher price, though. I think that the US is just too regulated; you can�t even breathe the wrong way without getting taxed or fined for some innocuous infraction.
Health insurance costs me around 700 NT a month. The health care system isn�t too bad here. You�ll probably be happier with that. |
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