How Legit is alibaba.com?

[theshizzle]

They seem to have the best prices on anything, but they seem to only sell knock-offs, and something about the site gives me the heeby-jeebies. Im looking to get some cheap ego-twists. I dunno. Has anyone ordered from them?

 

[Jimi D.]

Low prices yes. But it has to be ordered in bulk. Also the shipping is robbery.

 

[White Rabbit]

Alibaba.com is an import/export site for many products and many vendors. A lot of the vendors selling products are in Asia, China, or Hong Kong. You never know their reputation unless you can get a reference from another source. I tried to order some bulk batteries once from one of the vendors and paid with PayPal. The batteries never showed up for a month, so I ask for a refund from PayPay. I got my money refunded within 60 days, and after 90 days, my batteries finally showed up. PayPal would not let me reimburse them a second time. Buyer Beware

Best Wishes
White Rabbit

 

[recidivus]

Alibaba itself is legit, but it's more a middleman. I gambled recently and ordered through it, worked out fine. Sure, what I got was knockoffs, but I knew that going in. MOQs are what will hit you in the end. If you want to buy the non-knock-offs they're there too, but the MOQs are way too large for most regular consumers. My shipping cost about what it costs to order from the US for a package that weight, and got here faster than equal priced USPS shipping, so I can't say anything bad about it.

As whiterabbit says: Buyer beware. There's a lot of scams running.

 

[recidivus]

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[theshizzle]

Thanks. I am definitely aware of buyer beware, thats why i thought i'd take a poll. I ended up just buying one at the store by my house.

 

[DoNgZzZ]

Its better to do a detailed research 1st as its suppliers do nt provide much details