How can you be sure it's the same unit? We have a bunch of Bluetooth dongles, many of which look the same, but use different chipsets. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francois Robbertze" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 14:25 Subject: Re: [EE] 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 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vitaliy" > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > 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 >> >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist