Post by nhmountains on Feb 2, 2020 8:56:25 GMT -6
I figured I’d post this for everyone to beware of. There’s a ton of cute looking ads all
over the web. Beware that most of them are products that are going to ship from China. Or even if they don’t they’ll require you to return the item to China via a cost prohibitive means.
Case in point I ordered these neat looking battery powered pruning shears.
lhttps://rainbowdepartment.com/products/electric-branch-scissors
The ad says they ship from California for quick delivery. I ordered them and received a tracking that they were shipping from China. It took about 2 1/2 weeks to arrive. When I received the package it included a cheap $3 pair of shears so I emailed the company. They responded that they were sorry but, I could return the item to them via UPS or DHL only and they’d credit me. Well that would cost more than I paid for them. PayPal bailed and said if I returned them then I’d get credit. No help whatsoever. So much for PayPal buyer protection. I called Mastercard. They said if the seller’s return policy states you need to return to China that there’s nothing they can do except issue the chargeback and hope that the seller doesn’t respond. The agent said this is happening with all sorts of products. They order shoes and receive sunglasses. Same deal pay to ship air freight back to China to get the return.
So buyer beware. Supposedly there’s 1 million packages like this a day coming in from China and a majority are fraud.
I saw the Larry Kudlow(?)discussion which he says Trump’s China Deal 2 is supposed to cover this and crack down on the fraud. Let’s hope so.
over the web. Beware that most of them are products that are going to ship from China. Or even if they don’t they’ll require you to return the item to China via a cost prohibitive means.
Case in point I ordered these neat looking battery powered pruning shears.
lhttps://rainbowdepartment.com/products/electric-branch-scissors
The ad says they ship from California for quick delivery. I ordered them and received a tracking that they were shipping from China. It took about 2 1/2 weeks to arrive. When I received the package it included a cheap $3 pair of shears so I emailed the company. They responded that they were sorry but, I could return the item to them via UPS or DHL only and they’d credit me. Well that would cost more than I paid for them. PayPal bailed and said if I returned them then I’d get credit. No help whatsoever. So much for PayPal buyer protection. I called Mastercard. They said if the seller’s return policy states you need to return to China that there’s nothing they can do except issue the chargeback and hope that the seller doesn’t respond. The agent said this is happening with all sorts of products. They order shoes and receive sunglasses. Same deal pay to ship air freight back to China to get the return.
So buyer beware. Supposedly there’s 1 million packages like this a day coming in from China and a majority are fraud.
I saw the Larry Kudlow(?)discussion which he says Trump’s China Deal 2 is supposed to cover this and crack down on the fraud. Let’s hope so.
