10th
May
2011
Evolution in trade
My first time. I remember it as if it was yesterday. A friend had a catalogue from China.
Sorry about the confusion. My first time buying a lens for my camera. I couldn’t afford the rigour of retail, and this was a simple little booklet filled with product names and prices that were much cheaper than the domestic lists. The only catch: you sent your postal money order off to an address in Kowloon and then you waited for the slow boat. Literally. Time for fulfillment was in the range of six weeks or more, before the card from Customs and Excise arrived. No door-to-door when the government had its weigh/way.
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