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    Takealot shoppers report problems with same-day and next-day deliveries

    Purchased a monitor later afternoon yesterday. Same price on Takealot and Amazon. Takealot said delivery today + R75 (I cancelled TakealotMore), otherwise Thursday. Amazon said by Friday (expects delays due to the rain). The Courier Guy is already out for delivery this morning (Dbn).
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    Your temu orders

    The ESP32-S3 N16R8 were around R200/2. I was pressured to buy some stuff for some nag in the office (who really should be creating his own Takealot and Temu account) and ended paying R240/2. It dropped to R140/2 and I bought another set. Then R160/2 and now another set is on its way. Now I was...
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    Monitor choice for developers - 32" UHD, or 27/32" QHD?

    I have a 32" UHD running 100% scaling. 22" FHD has 39 excel lines. UHD has 91 excel lines and is comfortable on the 32" at 100%. 70 lines at 125%. 2560x1600 63 lines. Anyone with a 27" please comment, the excel lines will remain the same at the dpi, but the comfort level? I find that 32" is a...
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    Instantaneous Water Heaters

    Cars on the road are volatile (fuel, spark, gas) and capable of catching fire, of exploding. They break, crash at high speed, and many lives as lost annually. We yield operation of these dangerous machines without full supervision. Vehicles as not safe, we accept the risk. 5 Star NCAP and you...
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    Your temu orders

    Banggood with Buffalo, although depends on the warehouse. They have other electable shipping options as well - even DHL if you wanted. They also used to do a optional tariff insurance thing where they charged a nominal percentage of the order. If the package was stopped by customs they would...
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    Your temu orders

    Sad about the AliExpress couriers still at it. Temu has gotten more expensive on none clothing items in particular - I say more expensive based on the recent prices from last month which already included customs+vat. This despite the stronger rand dollar vs 2 years back. Ali is still competitive...
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    Your temu orders

    I think EU customers are getting a lot of pain. The European Union imposes a mandatory €3 customs duty on low-value e-commerce parcels (under €150) shipped from outside the EU. Per item category, a shitshow.
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    Your temu orders

    Got this https://share.temu.com/Qq52EvkJv5B uti160s for approx the same price in December. Well i did earn R2400 creditback at that time so effectively paid R300 plus customs. Good enough to detect a mouse hiding in the kitchen!
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    Your temu orders

    Anyone created and used a second account to order? I am tired of seeing the lower prices that do not apply to my account. Email/Phone number both sorted, it is the ID number that they request that is a problem. Maybe payment too since I do not wish to use debit card. Obviously they could use...
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    Amazon Prime launched for R59 per month in SA

    Since the thanksalot sale did not give me any decent coupons this year that would have offsetted the takealotmore subscription I had already been planning to dump them, it was a drain anyway since I barely order from them. I am already have Primevideo so this is a no brainer.
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    Your temu orders

    I do that, and it works sometimes. With variation listings it gets infuriating. For example I bought the Pi Pico 2 at a good price last year. It shows 'an item you purchased previously' with a nice discount - but it lists the first pi pico RP2040 along with the Pico 2. Select the newer RP2350...
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    2020 Takealot Vouchers Thread 2.0 (Everyone Welcome)

    Previously (2024 for sure and other years) there were ABSA linked vouchers (R500 off R1500 spend) and I have been monitoring emails. I say a notification on the phone mentioning ABSA, there were multiple other takealot notifications. Upon clicking the combined notifications I could not find the...
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    Your temu orders

    As someone sitting 6 months with R2400 credit (down to R1800) I understand. Spending x and having y in credit is pointless. Unless you will be pushing y back to get z in credit. Then it does not matter on accumulating stuff one does not need. Oh reminds me I need to buy more shelving and...
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    We visited Communica's Samrand branch

    Pity the webstore browse and search function is so poor.
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    Your temu orders

    After a long hiatus they offered my credit back this morning. Have to spend about R1500 to get around R700 back means paying R800 in. Sadly many of the items in the shopping bag are at an inflated price compared to my regular cart. There are some items that I can still add that may make it worth...
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