Well, it all started in January 2008 when I decided to buy a laptop in the internet, at first I was looking for the latest brand of laptops in the market and then I came across to a B2B Marketplace called Alibaba.com, that was my first experience to buy online so I have no idea about the ways how the transaction arrives. At first I browse their site and saw lots of the latest in products in the market at a very low price. I feel very excited and saw a bulb flashing over my head because I can save a lot on buying online rather than in the local retail stores. It also crossed my mind that if I can buy two units of laptop I can sell one to gain a profit.
Without any hesitations I browse their list and picked 4 sellers and ask for the prices of the laptop unit I’m planning to buy. The communication is perfect they are very nice and very helpful to all my questions and also being a Gold Member and Trustpass member with Alibaba.com gave me confidence in this company. So I thought this can’t be scammers. To cut the story short, as an inexperienced B2B (Business-to-Business) user I was shopping in good faith, and I got so carried away so I paid 2 units of Dell AlienwareM17X laptop without doing my research of the company first. I didn’t know that was the BIGGEST mistake I made.
I send my payment of $923 through Western Union as per supplier’s advise to make the transaction faster they said that they will shipped my order 1 day after they received the payment and wait for 5-6 days to arrive. By excitement I send email to the supplier the MTCN code of the Western Union and wait for my order. After 2days they send me the (fake) EMS tracking number and give me the link to check it. The link is not even for the EMS website but for a landing page of Chinese letters that I cannot understand. So I go back to ask the about it but they said that it is a one of the branch of EMS in their region, again I’m convinced with the reason. The long waiting started, after 1 week still no laptop has arrived. So I decided to ask again the supplier but with no luck they are not replying I even check their site but no luck also because it is already offline. The doubts are building in my mind and start worrying and so days gone by and no laptop, no money not even any notice about the status of my order. Then I realized that I’m now a new addition of the thousands that have been cheated when it comes on buying online.
It doesn’t stop me there I became more focus and strive me more to study how to be safe regarding online transactions. Now I want to share the knowledge I’ve gained for choosing the right, reliable, trustworthy suppliers and even share some tips, review and information and help that we all can use to grow our business and personal gain. Top10ChinaWholesale.com
I send my payment of $923 through Western Union as per supplier’s advise to make the transaction faster they said that they will shipped my order 1 day after they received the payment and wait for 5-6 days to arrive. By excitement I send email to the supplier the MTCN code of the Western Union and wait for my order. After 2days they send me the (fake) EMS tracking number and give me the link to check it. The link is not even for the EMS website but for a landing page of Chinese letters that I cannot understand. So I go back to ask the about it but they said that it is a one of the branch of EMS in their region, again I’m convinced with the reason. The long waiting started, after 1 week still no laptop has arrived. So I decided to ask again the supplier but with no luck they are not replying I even check their site but no luck also because it is already offline. The doubts are building in my mind and start worrying and so days gone by and no laptop, no money not even any notice about the status of my order. Then I realized that I’m now a new addition of the thousands that have been cheated when it comes on buying online.
It doesn’t stop me there I became more focus and strive me more to study how to be safe regarding online transactions. Now I want to share the knowledge I’ve gained for choosing the right, reliable, trustworthy suppliers and even share some tips, review and information and help that we all can use to grow our business and personal gain. Top10ChinaWholesale.com