I'd venture to guess if the first one failed, facilitating the need for the second, you'd likely see a trend when the second went TU. It would be fun to put about 3 or 4 of those on the back of a John boat like those big triple and quad outboard center console boats.
All screaming 52 horses versus 2000. That may be rated in WBP's... water buffalo power, maybe in beansprout-watts if you use metric. ws
When I was a boat tech, I drove a Skeeter with one of those Yamaha Vmax engines on it. Only boat I've ever wanted....went 73 MPH with only about a foot of the back of the hull skimming the water. Hauled a$$ in a straight line and sucked at corners, just like a real musclecar!
..."$32.99 here, $32.99 there, pretty soon you're talking real money"...apologies to Everett Dirkson...
The US Postal service doesn't receive any money from tax payers. They are 100% self funded thru postage and services. I've heard about the low shipping rates from China. It started many, many years ago before China took over our country. I believe it was done to help out 3rd world countries (that's how long this has been in effect). I heard a few years ago that they were going to eliminate these huge discounts, but nothing happens fast in the Postal Service. They even give you a letter thirty days before they fire you.! Actually, the Postal Service is funding the retirement fund for all federal employees at the rate of 6 billion dollars a year. It's prefunded for 75 years for people that haven't even been born yet.
...if legitimate, there's a not-so-subtle lesson here. I like to explain post-WW2 US world leadership with a single example of US industrial capability, "Willow Run." Starting with nothing more than goal of one B-24 per hour, by war's end Ford was producing them in less than an hour at half initial cost...
So I was totally suckered on F*c*Book by an ad for one of those Laser Rust Removers. Sent money ; not really enough for one but I thought WTH. so I get a package from China and it is a "fingertip decompression toy" ...no rust laser! Boy do I feel stoopid. Anyway, this is probably a ripoff too as you might imagine.
I am willing to bet that the sellers account got hacked and that these "deals" are B.S. I have seen it happen on ebay several times in the past for HO scale Slot Car stuff.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/OUTBOARD-ENGINE-6-HP-4-STROKE-MOTOR-BOAT-139CC-WATER-COOLING/352729139419?_trkparms=aid=555018&algo=PL.SIM&ao=1&asc=57476&meid=96f5f858cea740238f8fa7ece03d45f8&pid=100005&rk=2&rkt=12&mehot=pp&sd=233293269427&itm=352729139419&pg=2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 Here is a cheaper one. I've bought a lot of cheap stuff that shipped from china proper, hong kong, and other places. Just takes a while to get but way cheaper than getting it right now. The engine kinda looks like a knock off briggs n stratton lawn mower engine. And jet drive, solid! may or may not be epa certified.
Years ago I bought a container of Chinese dirt bikes at a cost of under 100.00 a unit. Weren't Honda or Yamaha by any stretch but overall pretty solid little bikes. Catch was and it was undisclosed, is that they were not allowed into the country due to no EPA certs and all of the stuff on the bike in metric / Chinese. I did get them imported after a bunch of hoops being jumped through and a hefty fee to a broker. Made a bunch of money on them too. Would not do it again.
