Stupid Things People Ask – Translation Service

This person must have read my post on buying Hello Kitty from China via Taobao.com and wrote me this fun email.

Poor E is not very resourceful with translation.Poor E is not very resourceful with translation.
Poor E is not very resourceful with translation.

From E@gmail.com to Me:

Dash to CartDash to Cart

Hi Alvin,

I saw your blog on buying hello kitty via taobao.
But I can’t read chinese after clicking the link.

I saw the seller is selling 190 yuan for the entire set. Does it come with original packaging box? Hope you can help me to read.
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=2013.1.0.109.tQ8BhO&scm=1007.77.0.0&id=18747665719&pvid=85df2ec7-ffad-4e71-aece-cbf621d442b6&ad_id=&am_id=&cm_id=&pm_id=

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you.
E

From Me to E@gmail.com:

Hi E,

You heard of Google Translate? 🙂

Cheers,
Alvin

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