Preps from China

[Geordie_Rob]

I've been buying tablet computers from china to sell, here in the uk. My very 1st attempt I got conned & lost £50. Not a massive amount but enough to research more thoroughly to minimise the risk of it happening again. Once I took steps to research the seller (a good way is to google the sellers company name + the word scam) thoroughly & take steps to safeguard my cash, I'm now ordering £1500 at a time with no bother.

When ordering, if the seller insists on western union/money gram or bank transfer, make sure the payee name is a company name. If its an individuals name then it's 99% likely a con. Even if they come the line "it's the managers name" or "the company account has had issues", don't fall for it. It's how I got conned & it seems, thousands of others aswell.

Use PayPal or an Escrow service & you should be fine.

Remember the golden rule: If it seems too good to be true, it most like is.

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(5 September 2013, 19:23)David075 Wrote: Also when purchasing from china if you are given the choice of DHL EMS etc go for EMS as they don't try to hit you with import tax bills VAT etc

What's EMS? I just used DHL or FedEx & accepted 20% vat as part of the costs I had to cover. Maybe better to inbox me so I don't take the thread off course.