chinese sellers

newdenim · #1 01-11-2009

i am not racial or anything but how in the hell can you compete with the sellers from china? It seems as if they are under cutting everyones prices!
any suggestions?

Exeneva · #2 01-11-2009

Counterfeit?

Or maybe not. They get stuff for cheap there. I think DHGate has some cheap suppliers.

silentnyt · #3 04-09-2009

I checked out DHGate but their prices seem high. Tradekey, Alibaba,etc are mostly rip off scams. I am looking for a legit, honest seller in China who sells electronics (video game systems, phones, etc). He must have references I can check.

I will trade info. I have a 100% honest seller in China that I have done business with for over a year but he does not deal in electronics. He deals only in handbags, clothing and jewelry.

Lyda · #4 04-09-2009

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Originally Posted by newdenim

i am not racial or anything but how in the hell can you compete with the sellers from china? It seems as if they are under cutting everyones prices!
any suggestions?

You don't....Takes a lot of research to find who' and 'what' you need.

oompaloompa · #5 04-09-2009

You cant compete, I say good luck to them actually, theyve had it hard for a long time and now they are on the up and overtaking the west.

on alibaba I got a good supplier for tanning and salon equipment, but boy it took 2 days of filtering the crap timewasters, I mean, its all about how much right? you want to see the prices right there before you make an enquiry, but they never list them, so you make enquiry ask how much per unit, standard reply 'my name is blah, I want to do business with you, I am this this and this' no answer to question re costs, ask again same thing, give up. Hate that about those sites.

Speaking English and another language is a bonus, you can get stuff from China and thensell on another country ebay direct, where the competition is way less, loads of room for manoevre on European sites, they wont buy direct from China in general on ebay, if they think you are their compariot they trust you and buy from you!.

I found a seller on ioffer, for silk goods, bought once on ioffer, then sold to me at an even better rate away from ioffer, it was risky as they were large orders but she was trustworthy and relationship still going strong, I order monthly and now Ive moved on to other products in her range, can also ask her to source stuff for me, her cut is well-deserved, we both benefit. If you have a good experience via a non-ebay site, make a suggestion to them to do a deal.

Burst · #6 04-10-2009

You know, Chinese people are generally good trustworthy people. As long as you know the products are duplicates usually. After very little trial and error with chinese sellers, a person usually ends up with an excellent supplier.

Someone who finds that will stay with them for as long as they can

oompaloompa · #7 04-10-2009

totally agree have had great experience so far with them.

NO ID · #8 04-12-2009

The Chinese are the lucky ones - They may one day take over all categories in ebay - many of them still don't realize their potential.

Its time to sell as if you were from china - this way you can dropship

#9 04-20-2009

I have to agree. I found a couple of good ones that treat me well, so I treat them well. Had to sift through quite a few, in the early days. Back then, most of them wanted to push cheap bogus goods at me. Patience and a polite 'no thank you' eventually got me a few 'keepers'. Seems there was a stretch of time, for a bit, where good stuff and good sellers were falling out of the trees. Dunno if that's still true, because I'm not looking anymore.

TMiles · #10 04-21-2009

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Originally Posted by vicvelcro

I have to agree. I found a couple of good ones that treat me well, so I treat them well. Had to sift through quite a few, in the early days. Back then, most of them wanted to push cheap bogus goods at me. Patience and a polite 'no thank you' eventually got me a few 'keepers'. Seems there was a stretch of time, for a bit, where good stuff and good sellers were falling out of the trees. Dunno if that's still true, because I'm not looking anymore.

i love the pic!!!

JamesYaBaoy · #11 04-21-2009

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Originally Posted by silentnyt

I checked out DHGate but their prices seem high. Tradekey, Alibaba,etc are mostly rip off scams. I am looking for a legit, honest seller in China who sells electronics (video game systems, phones, etc). He must have references I can check.

I will trade info. I have a 100% honest seller in China that I have done business with for over a year but he does not deal in electronics. He deals only in handbags, clothing and jewelry.

In my expericne trade references are usless..My OLD supplier gave out my number and somone called about a trade refrence.

Id prefer everyone think my supplier is one of the worst scammers out there.

oompaloompa · #12 04-21-2009

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Originally Posted by TMiles2564

i love the pic!!!

Tmiles you are a lecherous old goat, you say that to all the girls...

Lyda · #13 04-21-2009

LOL Oompaloompa! What if Vic is a man hiding behind this hot Avatar? Just a thought...lol!

Burning · #14 04-21-2009

He is a man. Look at his profile:

About vicvelcro

Biography
I'm the father of 5 kids, 2 of which lived long enough to get out of the hospital.

oompaloompa · #15 04-22-2009

haha tmiles, I bet youve done that mistake at a bar too!

EbayFreak · #16 04-22-2009

I stopped a couple month a ago with DHGATE, to many scammers and low quality stuff. No back to my old contacts again, and i have great stuff don't get anything back and live great from it

NO ID · #17 05-02-2009

I need some guidance;

So I have just created a Chinese ebay account with a Chinese ip... What next?

Is it important to have the paypal account in china too or can I just create one from my ip and be good to go??

I know some of you guys have done this

Lyda · #18 05-02-2009

How did you get Chinese IP? Proxy?

NO ID · #19 05-02-2009

no - friends in china

samewood · #20 05-10-2009

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Originally Posted by NO ID

I need some guidance;

So I have just created a Chinese ebay account with a Chinese ip... What next?

Is it important to have the paypal account in china too or can I just create one from my ip and be good to go??

I know some of you guys have done this

i think you have to verify your paypal account at first

JohnnyBoy · #21 06-07-2009

Is it me or has the number of accounts selling from Asia has gone way down. When I used to search eBay looking for products to sell, I used to always see alot of featured items selling from china, south korea, malaysia, vietnam, etc, for a couple dollars less than competition. Now I don't see that many. Has anyone else noticed this?

NO ID · #22 06-07-2009

You are right - the sellers are gone. They are normally gone during their holidays/festivals and they just had one last week.