Re: Low cost bluetooth module, deal or no deal?

>I can not comment on the price and shipping, but I have one of these
> units....works perfect!
> (Payed about 9 usd from a local company in South Africa)
>
> Regards
> Francois
>
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> From: "Vitaliy" <piclist@...>
> To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@...>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [EE] Low cost bluetooth module, deal or no deal?
>
>
>> Funny NYPD wrote:
>>> After some quick search on bluetooth module at that web site, I am just
>>> curious how come they sell a bluetooth module for "US$ 2.47 and shipping
>>> included".
>>
>> No idea, but I just placed an order. There is absolutely no way they can
>> be
>> making money on this, so I'll try to figure out what the catch is.
>>
>>
>>> Here in USA and Canada, a regular air shipping starts from US$6-7.
>>>
>>> I will feel so sad if someone tells me this is true. How come the USA
>>> and
>>> Canada shipping system post such a high overhead to regular
>>> citizens/businesses who lives here.
>>
>> AFAIK shipping is even more expensive in Europe. I think it is actually
>> quite reasonable, and it doesn't make any sense to subsidize the post
>> office. If you ship a lot of packages, why should your neighbors bear the
>> burden?
>>
>>
>>> Is this a real deal? Good deal? Bad deal? Finger crossed. (those reviews
>>> seem very positive.)
>>
>> We'll see, thanks for the link. It really seems too good to be true.
>>
>> Vitaliy
>>
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