Buying from China
hobbo31
Posts: 107
Been looking at buying a 29er Carbon frame off ebay from China, has anyone done it and was it ok, any thoughts
Giant Trance X1 2008
Gary Fisher Cobia 29er 2010
Ribble Road Bike
Giant XTC Composite 29er 2012
Giant Defy Advanced Pro 0 2015
Gary Fisher Cobia 29er 2010
Ribble Road Bike
Giant XTC Composite 29er 2012
Giant Defy Advanced Pro 0 2015
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not a frame, but plenty of other things.
They seem to 'lose' a fair few items.. but replace them no problem.
I even had one time where i bought some Ducati parts for £200... they had a really really small imperfection on them.... they sent me a £200 refund and i was told to keep the parts lol.Salsa Spearfish 29er
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Tanks for that I see you have the Giant 29er whats the wieght of the bike ?Giant Trance X1 2008
Gary Fisher Cobia 29er 2010
Ribble Road Bike
Giant XTC Composite 29er 2012
Giant Defy Advanced Pro 0 20150 -
12.26kg weighed by LBS with my pedals fitted and tyres fully inflated.Salsa Spearfish 29er
http://superdukeforum.forumatic.com/index.php0 -
Anything ebay from China (or HK, Taiwan, etc)... do plenty of checks on the seller, even if it appears to be a company. If they're well known then should be okay, if not then check the reputation and watch out for how long they've been registered or if they've not been selling for a while then suddenly sell loads in the last month. i.e. where fake reputation is given on fake purchases by them or friends to make them look genuine and/or they've hijacked an existing good reputation account.
If they're a good one though, you might find they'll offer to refund VAT should you get charged by HMRC.
And bear in mind just how much stuff the Chinese happily knocks off! Though I don't know about bikes, but games, watches, clothes, mobile phones, very frequently fakes.
Got stung by one that sent me a game branded 'Nontendo'
. Though it worked. 0
