Buying in Taobao

[mrkeys]

Hello. I just want to warn my fellow expats about the scheme in taobao.it's  not really 100% safe as the site claims coz i just had a bad experience when i was trying to buy some musical instrument and when im trying to pay the system just went error.after that all the money is gone.we reported this to taobao and they just said that the seller is a swindler and he uses some virus program to hack into the system.now i both dont have the goods and the money and dont even know if i can still get it back.it s around 3200 yuan so its a little big.

[junjuncayacap]

Thanks for your warning.

Hey, I was told that I should choose the seller with a lot of diamonds below his/her name.  So far all my purchases were perfect but the items  I bought were less than RMB500 though.

There was one seller that replaced the BOSE stand that I purchased from him, instead of a pair speaker stand, I received only a single speaker stand.


juncay

[junjuncayacap]

And there is another option (maybe Alipay, not sure though) that the seller cannot get your money not until you receveid and verified your items... However, I did not try this because as I've said, I only purchased items with prices below RMB500.

juncay

[henry]

i've been shopping on taobao for like a year now and so far there hasnt been any real problem unless ofc broken items or sort.
its true to shop safely from there always look for the diamonds or crowns (way better than diamonds). Also if possible u can buy multiple items form the same seller that way u get a discount , free "shipping" or even both.
i'll try to attch picture of the "trust" levels from lil red hearts (stay away form these if possible) to crowns
happy shopping fellow expats
also can check out www.china.alibaba.com for whosales
 

[junjuncayacap]

Thanks Henry!

This will be of great help, I thought diamond is the highest trust level.


juncay

[finbarr]

i am new here, how do i get taobao in english? are there other trustworthy online shopping places in china? i love amazon.cn a friend helped me set up the account and they do deliver pretty quick and so much cheaper than the .com address

[Rico]

Hey bro, give me a call I think  I can help you, because you said you were trying to buy, it means taobao hasnt release your money to the seller yet as it is a protocol, call me 13721075560