My old skeleton watch died, so I decided to buy a new one.
I bought a cheap on from AliExpress. This wasn’t necessarily a good idea.
So Watch. Much Wow.
You can’t really see it in this photo, but the watch chain and the watch are completely different colours of gold. It’s very unattractive in real life. I’ll have to get a different chain.
The Inner Workings
It appears to keep time pretty well, at least, and a wind seems to last at least 24hrs.
Such a Pretty Behind
Being to see the inner working of the watch is pretty fun, but, overall, this watch is pretty ehn. Luckily it didn’t cost very much, because I bought it directly from China.
Counterfeit Bag
Oh, and one other thing, I guess. The watch came in a Yisuya-branded velvet bag. I have never even heard of Yisuya, but, somehow, I doubt that this watch is actually a Yisuya watch.
Who wants to see the unboxing of my new clutch bag from Aitbags? EVERYONE!
Nice Box
Like a lot of things, it comes shipped in a box.
Aitbags is a strange name. Google always tries to correct it to “airbags”.
A Freebie!
They included a cut little notebook in the box. I enjoy freebies and extras.
INSIDE THE NOTEBOOK!
The notebook paper is a bit brown, which suggests that it is recycled paper. Very eco-conscious.
Protection is Very Important
The bag comes wrapped in a foam wrapper to protect it from any bumps or bruises. I know that I hate it when something I order is insufficiently protected, it arrives completely destroyed and I have to return it, so all this protection is good.
Tissue Issues
The Bag is also wrapped in tissue to protect it from any scratches.
Bird Bag
And here’s the bag, finally!
It’s an ostrich skin texture PU leather bag. PU means polyurethane, which means that this is synthetic leather, but you can’t really tell just from looking at it.
The colour is listed as red, but it’s really more of an oxblood.
It’s sized: (L)8 x (W)1.2x (H)4.3 in, so this is a little clutch bag, suitable for a dinner date, but not really for long excursions because there is no shoulder strap.
I am a little bit annoyed that there is no wrist strap. You always have to make sure that you have a tight grip on it.
Pockets Amongst Pockets
Here is the inside of the purse. They’re are a whole tonne of cards slots. There isn’t a whole lot of room, but you should be able to fit your cellpone, keys and lipstick fine inside.
All the zippers are metal, so they should be durable.
Padding and Padding
There was even foam padding on the inside of the bag to protect it. I think that that is overkill. It’s not like that box would get run over during shipping.
So, that’s it. It’s a pretty cute, little bag. The ostrich texture is unique and I really like the oxblood colour.
Long story short, I’ve run out of Gillette Fusion Proglide razor samples. Seriously, they just kept shoving the things in my mailbox, like, every other week for months and months. Yo, Gillette, if you want people to actually buy your razors, you shouldn’t keep giving them away for free.
But, anyway, I’m out of them now, so I should probably go buy some, right? Oh, $20 for only 4 razor cartridges? Yeah. No. I’m not going to do that.
I still need to shave my legs though, right? I need to fit in with our Western ideals of beauty or I’ll ostracized, and since so much of my self-esteem is reliant on the external validation, I better keep myself in line. (Ask me about my beliefs on how the English written language is in desperate need of punctuation denoting sarcasm sometime…)
So, anyway, need to buy some razors… I checked around the internets for razors deals and came upon (heh, “came upon”) an article from lifehackerwherein they discuss how Dollar Shave Club, which is quite popular, actually sources their razors from Dorco, from whom you can buy the same razors directly for much cheaper.
Fine, lifehacker, let’s try some of these Dorco razors that you’re so in love with.
Way, Way Too Many Razors
Here’s what I bought (all prices are from the date this was published):
Grandtotal: $40.10 USD (You get free shipping to Canada if you order $40 or more, so it’s as close to $40 as I could get it.)
Woah, that’s a lot of numbers. Anyway, what it basically amounts to is the equivalent of 52 razor cartridges of several different varieties for $40.10, or ~$0.77 a razor cartridge. Is this the super crazy deal that the internets would have one believe? I’ve shaved twice with one of the Soft Touch 6 Blades. There was a bit of a dragging and scraping feeling while shaving, but I wasn’t left with an out-and-out horrible rash like I would be from one of the El Cheapo razors from, say, Dollarama. You don’t get a nice, smooth shave like you with Gillette Fusion Proglide, but it’s still a deal, just not a super, crazy, awesome, wacky deal like some of the reviews flying about would have you believe.
It could be that 6 blades (!!!) is just too many and all that extra surface area causes too much friction. If I experiences a better shave from, say, the 3 blade cartridge, I’ll make sure to update this.
THESE LOOK THE SAME!
You know, for the life of me, apart from the packaging and the colours, I can’t see any difference between the Smooth Touch 6 Blade System for Women Cartridges and the regular 6 Blade System for Women Cartridges. They both cost the same, so it’s not like you’re getting ripped-off if you choose to buy one over the other, it’s just strange that they’d sell them in a sort of variety pack considering that there’s no real difference between them. Also, although they’re called Smooth Touch 6 Blade System for Women Cartridges and 6 Blade System for Women Cartridges on the website, the actual, real life packages say “Pace Shave Lady Six Blades” and “Dorco Shai 6 Blade System for Women” on them. That’s some bad branding and SEO right there.
Anyway, 52 razor cartridges is way too many for one person. I made sure to buy an extra handle though, so I could foist a bunch of them on a family member.
UPDATE 04/05/2013: ARG. I tried one of the Soft Touch 6 Blade System for Women Cartridges (or, as they’re called on the box, Dorco Shai Double 3 Blade Cartridges) and all I can tell you is that you should avoid these. Although they look like Venus Breeze cartridges, which have large lubrication strips surrounding the blades, the Dorco cartridge blades are surrounded by a bunch of useless rubber that creates drag. Also, they have a weird hinge action in the middle which mostly just makes it so that the top 3 blades don’t make good contact with the skin.
I wasn’t charged duty for this shipment when it can into Canada. Word around the internet is that, although you’re supposed to be charged duty on any goods coming into the country worth more $20, they don’t actually bother charging duty on anything worth less than $100. Indeed, I have only ever been charged duty twice when importing goods, when I bought two pair of Dr. Martens for $216.98 and when I bought a Kindle 2 for $311.06, both shipments over $100. My experience may be an exception though, so always factor the cost of duty when considering whether an out-of-country item is really a deal.
