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[Antaraaaa]

Well......lovely day, went to the library here in wonderful Vancouver....went on the internet...fergot my bag was still on floor where i had been reading....
Remembered when i saw the contents of it (minus my digital camera) all around.

Dammit.
lol.....my own fault (hazards of being a dreamer) I just plain wasn't watching it....
still.....
Dammit.

Anyways, I am now hoping I can hear about how it will cost me just peanuts to replace it in China, or perhaps I am dreaming again ...

sigh
Ant.

[khmerhit]

I met a TEFLer in Cambodia in 98--she had come from Egypt on holiday, and had bought a camera in Vietnam for a very good price. I'm afraid i had not heard of digital cameras at that time, so Im not sure if it was digital or the old type. but she said it was CHEAP and GOOD--ie the latest model, so maybe it wasdigital.

hey you china hands--help her out!! Whats wrong with you schleppers?

[qlddan]

They are about the same or a bit less than cameras in other countries. If you go to a computer market though,(the same places that have pirated DVDs on the top floor) you can get it cheaper. I bought a Canon IXUS 430 for just over 3000 yuan in the computer market but in the department stores here it's around 4200 - 4400 yuan.

[Louis]

I'm no expert, but I know that someone here has a digital camera identical to mine, but bought in China, that cost roughly the same thing.

[Antaraaaa]

Thanks so much khermit and louis.....
I got the same news from a few others, so it looks like its gonna be all right...after a day of mourning i have somehow moved on (ha)

My lesson in "PAY ATTENTION " has not been wasted, lol.


Got confirmation today on date for lift -off: May 17th (the count-downs on, I am so excited)



Ant

[The Great Wall of Whiner]

3000 RMB??

Ouch!

I saw a nice 2 megapixel digi-cam for 1,200 RMB yesterday. I DO plan on picking it up on Monday.

3000 RMB?

Highway robbery indeed!

[Antaraaaa]

Hell Ya! You can get wicked deals here if ya look around, and , if like me, you have some very "creatively connected" co-workers

I am getting one as soon as I get my first pay.

Cheers

Ant.

[The Great Wall of Whiner]

I just picked up a very nice cell phone (made by Sharp) with a built-in 2 Megapixel digi-cam which can be connected to a PC.

Yea baby!

1,760 RMB! Can't beat that!

[Taiping04]

Premier brand, made in Taiwan, and rebadged as [I think] Vivitar in the West, has some nice units. One 2MP model was around the 1000 rmb mark. There are some very cheap, strange looking mainland jobs around.

[KOKO]

Any good cam will cost more than 1500rmb. In Hongkong you can find deals but i would say don't buy less than 4 mega pixels and that will cost about 2200. I just bought a 5 mega pixel, with the 100 times zoom, 60 sec movie cam extra large lcd screen apparently pretty good for 2900.

Cheers

[charmed]

What do you think of the AIPTEK brand that's being advetised in chinese TV channels... Model : Pocket DV 6000, you can choose to use 4, 3, and 2 Mega pixels (higher pixel quality means lesser shots, multifunctional (Stills, video, mp3, recorder, webcam, flash drive, expandable memory) its a regular electronic eye candy for 1980 RMB... have u tried it? any feedback... i've seen it in my city and may pick one up as soon as i get feedback from u guys n gals

[Antaraaaa]

Well, just got my first pay!!

I am over the moon!!

I will be checking out cams this month, as I have a chinese friend who has been "helping" all us foreign nimrods with our needs, ie: he got me a cell phone , brand new, english interface with a sim card for 270.00 RMB.

I will let ya know!


Cheers
Ant....

ps....I didn't get my digi cam right away ....
cuz.....(drumroll)

I got BRACES

price? 2000 rmb