For only $ 461.99 ! Get ‘em while they got ‘em !
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For only $ 461.99 ! Get ‘em while they got ‘em !
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Yeah but if you have Prime, shipping is free.
Where's the link?
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Doesn't take much looking to find absurdities on Amazon these days. The overseas sellers that have clogged up their (always rather random, now completely chaotic) marketplace just put all kinds of crazy stuff up there.
For example:
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Item Description:
Features
1. It is very suitable for drilling on wood, with a mill or a morning coat. Suitable for all motors and press accessories. The square-hole drill is mainly used for woodwork.
4. Dimensions: 6mm/6.4mm/8mm/9.5mm/10mm/11mm/12mm/12.5mm/12.7mm/14mm/15mm/16mm/18mm/19mm/20mm/22mm/25mm
Specification
Material: High-carbon Steel
Color: Silver
Size: 6mm/6.4mm/8mm/9.5mm/10mm/11mm/12mm/12.5mm/12.7mm/14mm/15mm/16mm/18mm/19mm/20mm/22mm
Package Includes:
1 x Drill Bit
Item Specification:
DIY Supplies: Woodworking
Type: Twist Drill Bit
length: 6-22mm
Use: Wood Drilling
is_customized: Yes
Material: High Carbon Steel
TYPE 1: Drill Bit
TYPE 2: Woodworking Tools
TYPE 3: Twist Square Hole Drill Bits
TYPE 4: Woodworking Drill Tools
TYPE 5: DIY Furniture
(This is the link, but it's anybody's guess if it'll still be there, or how it'll be priced if it is, by the time you read this)
I'm not even sure exactly what that listing is for - it's obviously some kind of set of mortiser chisels, in metric and imperial, but how many, I wouldn't bet. So, a 6" square for over $400 wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. Given the sellers grasp of English, I would guess that it's an bottom of the barrel el cheapo set, and the seller doesnt, literally, know dollars from cents.
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But you neglected to mention the deal clincher, the best part... the BOGO!Originally Posted by Steve Demuth
BOGO.jpg
"What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing.
It also depends on what sort of person you are.”
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Yeah, although I at least know what that might mean. I really have no idea what they were after with "drilling on wood, with a mill or a morning coat," or why it doesn't go equally well with an evening jacket.
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I think maybe Artificial Intelligence is not as intelligent as some think it is.
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I wonder sometimes if this is one of those things where you buy it and then get a package with 2 lbs of heroin and a cheep drill bit.
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So, maybe, "morning coat" is a code for "raw fentanyl?" Could be - stranger things have been true. But in this case, I'm more inclined to think it's bad AI translation of a mistyped unusual word like "mortiser."
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Some of the overseas item description are truly insane and make no sense at all, others are a little confusing or even a bit comical.
I was looking for Diesel motor oil for my tractor, here is one of the photos in the listing.
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It does look hot and, while very rare, there were Diesel bikes manufactured at one time.
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Nice try
A company the size of Shell (28 billion in profit last year) can afford proper advertisements, proof readers and even translators.
Personally, it's getting tiring playing Sherlock Holmes for everything you purchase online. Just about everything you read has an error. There's not much you can feel safe about taking a face value.
If you don't know exactly what you're looking for, this can be quite problematic in some cases.
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Google rotella motorcycle
Apparently it is a thing with motorcyclists
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Standard marketing trick. Take a higher priced product and convince people(motorcycle users) it is better for their use then the cheap stuff actually designed for their use.
Bill D
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More likely just a poor translation from Chinese, not uncommon for them to be word salads.
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