Wednesday 20 May 2009

On Your Market

Anyone who has ever had the luck to grace an Asian night market will know that the sights, sounds and (most distinctively) smells are an overwhelming experience which Western civilization has so far had difficulty replicating (no matter how good you say your city's China Town is).

But if you find yourself yearning for the adrenalin which comes with the discovery of an unidentifiable gadget (all you can tell is that it involves an LCD screen and the packaging has a poorly photo-shopped picture of David Beckham kicking a smiling frog into an inflatable couch) and your Stimulus Package isn't quite going to get you to Hong Kong, the internet is your ticket to Tacky Town.

Even if you don't intend on buying anything (let's face it, the validity of a site can be greatly questioned when it seems to be fluent in Engrish), the following websites are great for whittling away time which could have been better spent doing work. To be honest, the only way I justified viewing them for as long as I did was by writing this article. Nevertheless, enjoy!

Things you want, but don't need:

For knock-off phones:
Gadgets AND Cosplay outfits:
No-name electronics for those who thrive on the risk:
One word: Kawaii!


Above: Fancy a USD$4.54 Wii knock-off? The above set could be yours - if you're prepared to buy 100 wholesale for USD$453.70... Below: These video-glasses make you look ridiculous whilst simultaneously rendering you blind to anything outside of them. I still want a pair. Both of these products are available at DHgate.com.