High-end, tricky Christmas presents

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I never knew that the correct URL to shop on Alibaba was aliexpress.com -- I'd been using alibaba.com and getting all wholesale lots, so we've got a fall-back if the Sihanoukville lead doesn't pan out.

I have the backpack.

THANK YOU to all who have helped / are willing to help / are helping! :D :D :D
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I just PM'ed EBC through FB, asking for any photos they may have of their locking diaries.
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I’ll be back in SNV in a couple of days, I’ll go check for you


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Dangerous Dave wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2017 5:48 pm
rozzieoz wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2017 5:41 pm Dave I have seen diaries with locks in Sihanoukville, at EBC.
Would you like me to send you a photo? We can make a plan to get it to you if it’s what you want.
Yes, please! The wrinkle is that the young lady in question has her heart set on light pink, and she wants the long side at least 19cm (which is A6, if I'm not mistaken), so please don't get rankled if we make this effort for the nonce. :-)
Did you just call yourself a nonce?
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Sure -- though it can also be used as a synonym for nothing -- as it "all for naught."

Meanwhile, my experience with AliExpress last night was ... little short of cardiac-threateningly bad. Anyone who craves twenty or thirty pages of accidental hilarity is invited to read the verbatim chat transcript, here.
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Dangerous Dave wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2017 12:08 pm Sure -- though it can also be used as a synonym for nothing -- as it "all for naught."

Meanwhile, my experience with AliExpress last night was ... little short of cardiac-threateningly bad. Anyone who craves twenty or thirty pages of accidental hilarity is invited to read the verbatim chat transcript, here.
Wow! Two hours and twenty minutes on chat. You're a very patient man, Dave.

You'll probably end up getting 3 deliveries with the same items.
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Here's a snippet of the next installment:

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Well after a full day of spinning my wheels with Ali Express and various eBay sellers, I would seem to be approaching a hard impasse on getting either the locking diary, or (it turns out the third child wants) a Minecraft Bow and Arrow.

Any and all assistance is richly appreciated.
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Seriously with all this slipper and glitter pack talk I'm concerned about your dangerous cred, Dave
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Only the slippers were mine, but yeah.
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