This is quite possibly one of the most ridiculous statements I've ever read on HUKD.

Do you vote cold on foreign holiday deals?
Do you vote cold on every car not built in the UK, along with parts entirely made in the UK?
Do you vote cold on every mobile phone deal, given that almost all chip fabrication happens outside of the UK?
Do you vote cold on all console deals, given they are all made outside of the UK?

If you're talking about tax, then this deal is under the threshold set by the UK government. If you feel that bad though, you can always pay more tax than you legally need to directly to HMRC.

You also say that "deals that are benefitting none UK buyers", like UK buyers are not getting a benefit of a cheaper product :neutral_face:

Let's break this down...

Why is it that only people who think they know everything get to reply to people here?

Everyone is free to comment with an account :smirk:

Have I ever said I'm against made in China items?

No you haven't.

This has nothing to do with being racist, nationalist or whatever

Nobody said you were being racist, nationalist or whatever.

in fact for your information I have a company in China, I lived in China and I still import from China

...it's at this point where your argument and opinion just collapses in on itself.

but to see people ignoring the fact that businesses in this country still need to make money and being outsold by the same Chinese sellers who perhaps even sold to retailers in UK is not correct

...says the one who imports and owns a Chinese company.

I rest my case.

Then you'd be wrong and may as well just not even buy anything and move to the woods and become a full-time spoon whittler. The majority of things you buy are made and bought from China or other foreign countries.

Went for it, have ordered a few stuff from Aliexpress, such as ties, were okay, but never order tie cufflink sets, the quality is terrible

Good Price but :
Tight fit for a 15.6" Laptop?
'Size:15 Inches'

do we know what leather it is?.. not always cowhide from China!.
otherwise great deal if cowhide.

Says cowhide. The length is 15" so it may fit a 15.6" laptop as that's the *diagonal screen size*. Just measure the length of your laptop and add an inch for good measure.

Has anyone ordered anything like this from AliExpress?

I agree that it will probably fit a 15.4" laptop judging by the dimensions...

be interested to know how real the leather is???

Does anyone know if they accept Paypal ?

Buy faux leather you bad people

Best hide is kangaroo as they only sweat from their tongues and tail so no pores, excellent stuff.

Black or brown though ? :man:

Err laptop sizes are quoted in the diagonal, the length of the bag obviously not. It may well fit.

Cheers OP - have taken a punt on this.

I was going to go for it until I read this:

Estimated Delivery Time: 39-60 days (ships out within 7 business days)

Bloody hell

Is this suitable for documents etc or just for laptops etc? I dont like the idea of buckles. Prefer a zip. Wish they had black. What colour do you think is best out of t he 2 they have on offer. Does anyone have? Thanks

Cold for me, I will continue to vote cold on all deals that are benefitting none UK buyers ... Support your economy not others ... I don't care what others think about this but that's my personal view

it may be more then 2 months waiting to get it. if it's real leather and you can wait 2 months then hot!

The animal is walking itself over, then you have to make the bag

Delivery time : 39-60 days! are we doing xmas shopping now?
Cold
very Cold

It's a no brainer. Thanks. :smiley:

Just check the history of orders at the bottom of the page, there are far more British flags in the list than those of any others. Hilarious...

Seems the slow boat to China (or in this case from) is still going strong!

They will start the production at factory once they have booked enough orders.
Its not from stock.

Lets read their Ridiculous Return Policy:
Returns accepted if product not as described, buyer pays return shipping fee !

then tell me what can i expect from the seller?

I have just thrown my i7 with 4TB HD +SSD +32Gb RAM +23 inch hi res monitor and all of my other non-UK technology out of the window. I am trying to source a replacement by hand-writing to UK technology companies I can find in the yellow pages.

...which is the usual with most Chinese companies.

​I'm wondering how they managed to write that message? :smirk:

Why is it that only people who think they know everything get to reply to people here? Have I ever said I'm against made in China items? I said I don't give my money to retailers outside the country, rather give it to the sellers in here, though it's most likely came from outside U.K. But they will feed themselves with my money and they're to me have the priority not people outside the country.

This has nothing to do with being racist, nationalist or whatever in fact for your information I have a company in China, I lived in China and I still import from China but to see people ignoring the fact that businesses in this country still need to make money and being outsold by the same Chinese sellers who perhaps even sold to retailers in UK is not correct

The same goes to you smarty

It meant to say benefitting none UK sellers :smiley: so here it goes read again everyone

Let's break this down...

Why is it that only people who think they know everything get to reply to people here?

Everyone is free to comment with an account :smirk:

Have I ever said I'm against made in China items?

No you haven't.

This has nothing to do with being racist, nationalist or whatever

Nobody said you were being racist, nationalist or whatever.

in fact for your information I have a company in China, I lived in China and I still import from China

...it's at this point where your argument and opinion just collapses in on itself.

but to see people ignoring the fact that businesses in this country still need to make money and being outsold by the same Chinese sellers who perhaps even sold to retailers in UK is not correct

...says the one who imports and owns a Chinese company.

I rest my case.

You'd have to be MAD to buy a leather case for a laptop.

Leather weighs a ton and offers virtually no cushioning.

Idiots.

To be fair a car, computer, phone etc. may have a lot of China-fabricated components, but that's not where the profit from your sale ends up. A laptop's raw components make up a relatively small amount of the price tag, even moreso if you consider that many components themselves are branded e.g. a large amount of the cost attributed to the processor would go to Intel rather than whichever factory is being paid pennies to make them. If you buy it from a shop, a large amount of the money you pay goes to the retailer, the landlord, at least some to the staff (more if it operates on commission e.g. for cars), etc. Even if you buy it from Amazon (regardless of what may be happening tax-wise), there's warehouses and staff, couriers, advertising etc.

If you buy a no-name made-in-China product from a Chinese website, it's 100% guaranteed that none of your money is staying here or in the EU, perhaps not even tax if it doesn't get tagged for VAT.

Of course it's extreme and damaging to the community to vote cold just based on that, but assuming prices are more or less the same, I'd prefer to buy in a way that at least some of the flow stays a little closer to home.

...then by a cushioned sleeve.

thats the reason you vote hot????

I vote hot because it's a great deal. £12 for a genuine leather bag reduced from £40. I don't vote based on their returns policy.

​This is a bag, not a case.

​You should have probably gone to school in China too, you'd have better grammar.

You seem too proud of your education by the look of it! Kept making comments about educations and grammar! Get a life weirdo

no longer available ! by the time i had registered it was gone :disappointed:

Damn I missed it :disappointed:

Cheap leather product from China, could be cat or dog skin, millions of them are skinned there.

Same seller also has a leather holdall reduced by 70% for £15

http://m.aliexpress.com/item/32287315412.html

Just ordered one of each. My last leather business carrier cost £40 and that was the cheapest I could find at the time (high street).

If it's not great, it'll be a Christmas gift...!

​eBay own PayPal

Yeah I know this is why I put pillows inside and strap it to trolley so I don't need to carry this ton, doh :smile:

This is a difficult one ... Is there some secret trick to the registration process? Does not work for me.

cheers

"
Widely accepted

Millions of sites worldwide accept PayPal, from your favourite high street brands to independent boutiques. Just look for the PayPal logo when you check out online."

Why? I wouldn't be dumb enough to buy a leather case in the first place.

/facepalm

The only facepalm needed is for any idiot who thinks that a leather case is suitable as a laptop case and then buys a cushioned sleeve to stick inside it.

*Sigh*

/facepalm

The only idiot here is yourself.

​What if my manhood doesn't go all the way across the top of my lap.

Most items are coming in from other countries so what is the difference with this its the same as buying from ebay

:smile:<3

Wait, I'll buy a cheap leather case that weighs a ton to put my £1,000 laptop in it!

Wait! It has no padding!

I know, I'll put a sleeve on it!

Wait, the sleeve only minimal padding and fit the shape of my laptop!

I know, I put a load of this around it as well! Tada!!

On the flip side of the coin, a lot of these "cheap" goods come from over seas and we are all worried about the UK losing out on revenue - however have we ever stopped to wonder why the UK doesn't have the skills to produce the same goods?

Why do microchips come from overseas? Leather goods? Wood craft? Metal craft?

At one point the UK had master craftsmen from shipbuilding to clockmakers, clothing, leather and even computers. Very slowly however we have lost these skills.

I think the UK is dumbing down and losing its ability to teach young kids how to create and craft goods and in the long term we will lose more ground to these despised foreigners who seem to be able to produce things and the UK will just end up becoming a nation of consumers.

Education is the key here. The UK needs to up skill and create enough (not just a handful of artisans) that there should be no reason for any one of us to consider no brand items from China or wherever.

Just my 2 cents ...(errrr pennies)

Now been dispatched...lets see what comes

I also had a dispatch notice, along with details of the Aliexpress buyer protection

Anyone received this yet.....

Nope. Anyone yet?

no from me as well... got a despatched messege ages ago

Nothing for me either :disappointed: purchase protection runs out in a few days

Haven't received mine either. Asked the seller to extend buyer protection. If they don't, I'll open a dispute.

Gone for a refund, doubt this will ever turn up

Never turned up...refund given