The Wholesale Forums

[greedyboy]

There are billions of genuine suppliers in China and overseas. Alibaba and Global Sources contain 1000's of them!

Have you ever considered that the type of product you are trying to source is actually not available wholesale in China or wherever? That is why you are being scammed. The suppliers/scammers know naive fools are plentiful and are waiting to take your money thinking you can buy cheap stuff and make lots of money!!!

Just because products are made there it doesn't mean you can purchase them wholesale.

[jaffaboy]

i think the main mistake with majority of buyers is trying to buy branded electronics or branded items in general from china........The scammers tap into peoples greed i believe.

One thing ive always kept in mind if something seems too good to be true ,it usually is........

[geome]

Originally Posted by ZH101

same situation as me, been scammed by a silverkey member on www.tradekey.com. the site was http://www.bayurezeki.com, can anyone help, can i get any compensation and how do i go about making sure this doesnt happen to anyone else?

what exactly happened to you? I payed him 750 euro and 2 days later he told me he was sending "by mistake" with my order 1 ps3, 1 wii, 1 iphone and some nintendo lite that I had not ordered. He also gave me a track number with indoexpressglobal.com (instead of UPS or TNT listed in his site). I'm now waiting for the packet. I also saw that indoexpressglobal.com was also listed as part of a scam. From what I saw, he will ask for more money to pay for the additional products that he added before I get the package. My problem is that I don't know after what I've read if there is a package. Can anyone help me with this matter with additional feedback?
Thank you

[D M]

There is no package, you've been scammed.

[pablow123]

Originally Posted by geome

what exactly happened to you? I payed him 750 euro and 2 days later he told me he was sending "by mistake" with my order 1 ps3, 1 wii, 1 iphone and some nintendo lite that I had not ordered. He also gave me a track number with indoexpressglobal.com (instead of UPS or TNT listed in his site). I'm now waiting for the packet. I also saw that indoexpressglobal.com was also listed as part of a scam. From what I saw, he will ask for more money to pay for the additional products that he added before I get the package. My problem is that I don't know after what I've read if there is a package. Can anyone help me with this matter with additional feedback?
Thank you

Sorry to say but you have lost your money and you should of knew better just look at their prices iphones $176 yeah right.

[geome]

Thank you for your reply.

[stedrolf]

Originally Posted by jaffaboy

i think the main mistake with majority of buyers is trying to buy branded electronics or branded items in general from china........The scammers tap into peoples greed i believe.

One thing ive always kept in mind if something seems too good to be true ,it usually is........

this is so true! I have a great supplier but I'm always looking for new ones and just the other day while chatting to a possible supplier. The first thing that made me sus was that they only to payment via western union and then they said they have branded Apple product alarm bells started ringing in my head that was the end of my conversation with them.

[evabroad]

A big shame of chinese people, how do we dare to trade with them then?

[stedrolf]

I didn't say there not safe to deal with once you find a good supplier its safe there are many scams in China. If they say they have branded items and only accept payment via western union be very careful dealing with them. There is always risk involved until you find a reliable supplier e.g like the first time I purchased from my supplier I was not 100% sure I'd even get my order but now I have had many dealings with my supplier I know I can trust them.

[Andrew Whiteman]

Thank you very much for the informations, i was just about to do business with a goldmember from Alibaba,but i'll think twice now.
I 'm using a trading board right now (cellpex.com) and i have been very pleased, although they don't have as many members as alibaba.