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James Bond 007
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OCT 06, 11:20 PM
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I was thinking about making a purchase through Alibaba.com, does anyone know if I'm covered by Insurance (if an item is lost)? I do alot of mail order purchases and occasionally an item is lost (or stolen by Chinese mail thieves), just checking to see if I'm covered by Insurance (through Alibaba).
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maryjane
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OCT 06, 11:57 PM
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I'll be following the replies.
Been wanting to order one of these for awhile:
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williegoat
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OCT 07, 12:08 AM
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That looks like a little cement mixer.
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maryjane
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OCT 07, 12:35 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
That looks like a little cement mixer. |
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sourmash
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OCT 07, 01:02 AM
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I can't answer but have seen people on a video camera sight say they've ordered many times through a trusted person's store on there. The seller is a sponsor on the sight I believe. Never had an occassion to read of a loss, though.
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Hudini
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OCT 07, 04:56 AM
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Insurance? Did not know that was a thing in shipping.
I have ordered a DiCE scanner for my Volvo years ago. Arrived as advertised. I can ask around if you give me a link.
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Fats
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OCT 07, 05:04 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
I'll be following the replies.
Been wanting to order one of these for awhile:
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I really want to see someone put a chicken in one.
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82-T/A [At Work]
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OCT 07, 08:46 AM
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I've ordered a several watches from AliExpress... it's mostly for the intrigue.
I'll get usually the nicest of a certain watch I can find, and then the cheapest crapiest watch of a certain kind that I can find, just to see how bad they are.
About 2/3rds of the watches I've ordered arrived. The really cheap ones did not... but anything of decent value did arrive. AliExpress if owned by AliBaba.
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theogre
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OCT 07, 09:54 AM
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Anything from China will have to get thru Customs. Some Problems...
A lot of Chinese often put bogus data on shipping labels to avoid high Tariffs, Taxes, etc. Not just vendors @ Alibaba.com but sold thru Amazon, Ebay, and others.
Alibaba.com vendors often sell banned or dangerous products.
Bogus shipping labels and banned products can and often will get stop by Customs. Not just US but Customs in other countries too.
You hope Customs just take whatever because Depending on problems Customs Agents and Police can be after you for getting banned products.
Insurance by Alibaba.com often means little. Just like Ebay and Paypal insurance and fraud protection are often worthless.
Also China Law makes Alibaba.com TicTok and More Chinese Companies to give all user data to the CCP.
US companies doing business in China also does this to some point.
Is why Apple claim will protect privacy in US but bend over for the CCP doing whatever CCP tells them.
So If you use Alibaba.com and many others, use privacy.com etc that give you virtual payment cards to protect your real Debit/Credit cards.
(Cap One and others have these services too but can't remember names of them or contract company that they use.)
Above corn popper may look "fun" but it a version of a Pressure Cooker and if damaged in shipping, made or use wrong can explode any time trying to cook without warning and hurt/kill people.
My wife gets a lot of China, India and other countries things with bogus shipping labels and other problems like "crystal" stuff make of unknown glass may contain lead and worse HAZMATs but buy them anyway... ------------------
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
(Jurassic Park)
The Ogre's Fiero Cave
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82-T/A [At Work]
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OCT 07, 11:08 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by theogre:
Anything from China will have to get thru Customs. Some Problems...
A lot of Chinese often put bogus data on shipping labels to avoid high Tariffs, Taxes, etc. Not just vendors @ Alibaba.com but sold thru Amazon, Ebay, and others.
Alibaba.com vendors often sell banned or dangerous products.
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Totally agree on this, and one of teh things I've noticed, a lot of watches (and other things) that they sell that are "fakes" ... they will often include things in the packaging that they reference so that they're not lying on the customs forms. Like for example, I bought one watch that looked funny. Turns out it's a fake of another watch (I had no idea). But they put a bracelet and a little teddy bear inside, so they put that on the customs form, but no mention of the watch, which is what I was actually purchasing.
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