Your cautious attitude is a good thing. Never take anything at face value.Hi Walter,
I've started reading your thread. Trust me I've learnt soo much in just 2 pages of this thread. I wonder how much will I get to learn from next 56 pages.
So I need some advice. I approached a wholesaler on Alibaba. They claim them self to be a wholesaler. The prices they offered are good a bit cheaper in comparison to other traders/wholesalers who have an MOQ where as this company has no MOQ limit. I can buy 10 pieces 5 pieces or 2.
So while I was having an e-mail convo after they explained their terms and condition they quoted me the price and suggested me to buy sample pieces and said all the samples along with shipping costs $65. Now, this is where I find it a little fishy. I'm in India and I've not mentioned anything about my where about how could they just randomly say that $65 is including shipping charge? Could this possibly be a scam?
Further, I've read your post saying that a company working in China can be authentic if they have a website ending with .cn. Further, I've seen and verified their certificates from TÜV Rheinland.
The only thing that sounded fishy was the other supplier asked me about my whereabouts before they quoted me something inclusive of shipping in here it's a different case. They provided me with their quote along with their Paypal account. Do you think it's advisable to go ahead? Or any other inspections to be done?
The fact that you have verified the TUV certificates suggests that the supplier is OK. They might have simply assumed that you are in the USA, and based their quote on that.
If that is the case, you will need to be subtle about the way you raise the subject of your location. If you ask directly whether the cost will be the same to India, they will almost certainly increase it. On the other hand, if you proceed to order without querying cost relative to destination, they are more likely to supply at the quoted price.
If you like to PM me with the supplier's name I will be happy to check them out for you. It will only take me a few minutes. If you prefer to keep that information to yourself, that's OK.
PayPal gives you some protection provided you take note of this: A number of unhappy buyers have been denied protection by PayPal because they claimed "Goods not as described" after they had opened the package and found sawdust, stones 1/2 brick etc. Instead, notify PayPal of a fraud.
I suggest filming the opening of the parcel. If your friendly courier driver will remain present while you do it, make sure you accidentally get their image in the screen at some stage. Probably better to not draw attention to that, otherwise he/she might quickly depart. People don't like to get involved.
Walter
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