My father's birthday is coming up in August, and since he always admired the RAF, I'd get him a WW2 RAF officer cap.
To that end, I checked out several stores, and checked 'scotlandproductsonline.com', which had some stuff he might like.
I registered there, but did not shop yet because I wanted to know his head size.
In the meanwhile, I got an email from that store wondering why I hadn't bought anything yet. It is purportedly from someone called 'Joan Hoban', using a gmail account.
But it reads:
Dear Sir,
Hope you well.
My friend you have made account in my site, but you did not make an order. If you have problem create, so please tell us our this help line. I will must help you.
Waiting eyes.
Cheers,
Joan
Now, NO WAY a Scottish person would write THAT.
It does remind me, however, of some attempts at communication by the Chinese. Does anyone know if 'waiting eyes' is a mandarin (or cantonese) expression?
Can this be a store posing as an UK one?
Definitely sounds like Engrish/Chinglish.
Scam scam scam.
Domain registry shows it to be from Pakistan.
http://who.godaddy.com/whois.aspx?k=VnD81BZ7tBhCVoPEhjsNiqaKQlRjBYnmpK9tpkvqwA4=&domain=scotlandproductsonline.com&prog_id=GoDaddy
Seems legit to me.
That being said, just because it's from Pakistan doesn't eman it's a scam. Even if you bought these kinds of items in Scotland they were likely made overseas in any event.
Quote from: Martim Silva on July 27, 2012, 11:06:08 AM
Dear Sir,
Hope you well.
My friend you have made account in my site, but you did not make an order. If you have problem create, so please tell us our this help line. I will must help you.
Waiting eyes.
Cheers,
Joan
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Quote from: Barrister on July 27, 2012, 11:16:05 AM
That being said, just because it's from Pakistan doesn't eman it's a scam. Even if you bought these kinds of items in Scotland they were likely made overseas in any event.
Oh, I don't have illusions about the origin of the products. My usually beef is that buying directly from Pakistan/India/China means the product doesn't undergo any kind of quality assurance.
If you buy from western stores, they usually reject the worst articles they get from their Asian suppliers and will sell you decent stuff. Buying straight from China/India/Pakistan, while cheaper, often means you get all the products that failed the QA tests from the western stores.
(Also, the EU charges gigantic taxes on everything that comes from outside their borders; which is why I don't buy from US stores, even if their prices are often 30-50% lower than in European ones. Over here, paying $300 for just a military tunic is a good deal).
That said, I really doubt a Pakistani would write like that.
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Quote from: Martim Silva on July 27, 2012, 12:25:00 PM
That said, I really doubt a Pakistani would write like that.
:huh:
Follow the link I gave you. It's pretty conclusive the website was registered out of Pakistan, and no reason why a Chinese interest would masquerade as coming from Pakistan (I'd trust a Chinese website above a Pakistani one).
Maybe the Pakis hired Chinese writes?
Quote from: sbr on July 27, 2012, 12:33:52 PM
Maybe the Pakis hired Chinese writes?
Your a writes.
Quote from: Barrister on July 27, 2012, 12:28:15 PM
:huh:
Follow the link I gave you. It's pretty conclusive the website was registered out of Pakistan, and no reason why a Chinese interest would masquerade as coming from Pakistan (I'd trust a Chinese website above a Pakistani one).
True.
Still, it's odd their English is that bad. Didn't England teach them better during the colonial days?
Quote from: Martim Silva on July 27, 2012, 02:15:08 PM
Quote from: Barrister on July 27, 2012, 12:28:15 PM
:huh:
Follow the link I gave you. It's pretty conclusive the website was registered out of Pakistan, and no reason why a Chinese interest would masquerade as coming from Pakistan (I'd trust a Chinese website above a Pakistani one).
True.
Still, it's odd their English is that bad. Didn't England teach them better during the colonial days?
I can't imagine many of them are still around. :huh:
I should look for White Nazi uniforms(female). That shit is hot.
When I was doing Roman reenacting all of that shit was made by a company called Deepeeka based in India.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 27, 2012, 05:22:23 PM
I should look for White Nazi uniforms(female). That shit is hot.
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Quote from: Caliga on July 28, 2012, 06:58:44 AM
When I was doing Roman reenacting all of that shit was made by a company called Deepeeka based in India.
Deepeeka does some rather good Roman-era repros, though not all of them without flaws. Still, it sure beats their compatriots at Windlass Steelcrafts, who produce mostly inaccurate things (their 'trooper helmet', for example... with soldered eyebrows meeingt in the middle, domed and stepless neckguard, no decend raised panels, welded hinges, narrow earguards and crest, built-in posts... everything improperly mounted on... hugh. And people bought that crap!)
That said, as a US reenactor, I salute you for doing the Roman period. From what I noticed, most Americans obsess about the Civil War era, with a few also doing WW2 (mostly paratroops from the 101st, namely the 506th).
Just HOW prevalent is the Civil War reenactment obsession in America?
It is quite the opposite of what happens here, where most reenactment is Medieval (we love the period), and then some Roman. We also have a good amount of XVIIth/XVIIIth century/Napoleonic reenactment, supported by local towns. One of the best units is from the town of Almeida, and they do great period siege reenactments. Which I suppose should come as no surprise, given that their staging place looks like this:
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Quote from: Ed Anger
I should look for White Nazi uniforms(female). That shit is hot.
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Damn, it's posts like that that make me wish Dragon Lady was still around.
That site is fucking ass hilarious. I soooo wish I had a Jewish girlfriend.
239 bucks isn't bad for some hot role-play action.
I'll get me a NKVD uniform and play 'May 1945 interrogation'.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 28, 2012, 04:00:59 PM
I'll get me a NKVD uniform and play 'May 1945 interrogation'.
If you had her dressed up like a Berlin bier frau, hells yeah.
Oh fuck yeah.
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Wow, that's a really well preserved fortress Martim.
FRAU TRAUDL, WHERE ARE THE MEMOS?
BRB. I need some alone time.
See ya in 30 secs.
Quote from: katmai on July 28, 2012, 04:17:34 PM
See ya in 30 secs.
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MS, Civil war reenactment is the most popular (though it's becoming less common then it was in the 1990's I think), because it's really the only time there were mass armies marching though large parts of the US. I know there is some Revolutionary War reenactors on the East Coast, but most states weren't part of the US when that war happened. Our country is much newer then those of Europe and most of our military history occurred overseas.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 28, 2012, 04:13:16 PM
Wow, that's a really well preserved fortress Martim.
Yeah and I like what appears to be a long barracks still preserved in the town.
It looks rather good in googlemaps:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=almeida+portugal&ll=40.725665,-6.903234&spn=0.006472,0.013068&client=opera&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest&hnear=Almeida,+Guarda+District,+Portugal&gl=uk&t=h&z=16 (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=almeida+portugal&ll=40.725665,-6.903234&spn=0.006472,0.013068&client=opera&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest&hnear=Almeida,+Guarda+District,+Portugal&gl=uk&t=h&z=16)
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 28, 2012, 12:58:52 PM
Damn, it's posts like that that make me wish Dragon Lady was still around.
Well, if you liked that, you'll LOVE this (and it's for real, too):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4DZQhfrl5Y
If your heart can take it, then you *may* be ready to take on the whole shebang:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cbMLeeV1ww
Quote from: Admiral Yi
Wow, that's a really well preserved fortress Martim.
Yes, Almeida was our main border star fort against foreign invasions. Worked well until the French invaded in 1807. We still thought it was good, so we never got to upgrade the city.
Quote from: mongers
Yeah and I like what appears to be a long barracks still preserved in the town.
Preserved? You mean the Army barracks? It's still in use, you know... for us, a 300-year-old building pretty much means "modern and functional".
Quote from: Martim Silva on July 29, 2012, 08:04:15 AM
Well, if you liked that, you'll LOVE this (and it's for real, too):
They beckon me with their come-hither kitty cat eyes. Stupid weakness. :mad:
There's of course also the all female White Tigers commando unit in South Korea:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6A_eaP_k14