Replying to [ShineSoman]:
Dera Sir

I am currently speaking with sevarl companies in Indonesia in regarsd to teh eectric Segway S ,,

I am very sceptical in regarsd to dealking with overseas companeis .

Just after some sound advice a sto how to authenticates these companeis n.

I have recieved several legitimate looking documents from several companies but when i have asked for things such as a recent digital photograph of the units i always get a picture from the website,which is available from just about anywhere .

Cheers

Replying to [ShineSoman]: Hi there, sorry for the un-timely reply. I have 2 companies that I would like to question.

One: www.21cnbusiness.com
Contact: Laura
Email: "linyunfei"
Office Phone: 086-0591-88078292
Mobile Phone: 013599395916
Address of Company: No 16 HuDong road fuzhou city fujian province in china
Payment Methods: western union ,moneygram or TT.

Two:
Ms. Amy
Sales manager
Shenzhen LONGOOD Technology Facotry
Room 2509, NanGuang Jiejia Mansion, 3037#, Shennan Rd,
Futian District, Shenzhen city, China
TEL: 0086-0755-83980757
FAX:0086-0755-83986236
Website: www.szlongood.com
Gold Supplier: http://szlongood.en.alibaba.com
Email: amy@szlongood.com
MSN address: amylongood@hotmail.com
Yahoo ID : longoodamy
Skype ID: amy201125

Thank you again very much and if you know of a legit business can you maybe give me a list?
Sarah Descourouez
you can send me an e-mail if it will be easier @ aimeeamoursd@yahoo.com

Replying to [ShineSoman]:
We could sure use your help- we are trying to secure some Playstation 3 60gb and went with one company who said they would ship us one unit if we pay for sample and we did via western union. We sent money then they said the person who made the deal was wrong and that the minimun would be 5 units- they offered to have us send 500 more dollars and then pay the rest on delivery but when we asked for our money back they said no- then said they had to pay shipping to UPS and would have to get a refund. They then said they were not going to give us the money back- it was only 250 dollars but they insisted that we do the minimum order thing or no money back- this is definately wrong for sure but these are supposed to be a good company- Trade 2 Trade based in UK- what recourse do we have if any? does anyone know of this compaany? we do not want to forward more money based on the fact that they would not return our initial payment for the one unit as promised. This was their mistake not ours- what is your opinion? any help would be greatly appreciated.

Replying to [ShineSoman]:Hi, can you help me with Pakistan Saddle Company? They took my money and now nothing!

 

Replying to [ShineSoman]:If you want real authentication then go to any embassy. I want to know weather VAP Holding- based in China and Australia are real brokers company and sub agents of Red Apple Company?

Replying to [mattyv]: I completely agree with your comment that Alibaba do nothing to protect potential investors nor do they carry out enough of a company check when companies wish to place themselves on the Alibaba.com website.

I was recently scammed and contacted Customer Services (Barbara), whose only action was to send me a message that she had sent the papers to the company concerned but also commenting that I should not hold my breath. This concerns me in a number of ways:

1. No name or contact email address of the company was given ( I have asked for since but no reply), therefore, did the documents ever get sent.
2. Alibaba did not confirm if they do or do not complete a background check on companies who advertise their companies on Alibaba.com
3. Very little help and assistance (virtually none) is given by Alibaba considering so many people are being scammed and ripped off from THEIR site. Therefore, as you quite rightly say, they are only interested in lining their own pockets and to * with the rest of us.

Perhaps Alibaba should own up and place all of their company details and staff on this site so we can check authenticity!!!

As you have probably gathered, I'm a little bitter at the response from Alibaba.. They have no real interest in promoting good relations between Chine and the rest of the world, just in collecting whatever fee's they may get from whoever.

Enough said, please, be aware, this site has many pitfulls, so make sure you do lots of homework before you agree to purchase anything. If possible, use Escrow but do not pay all monies upfront.

Replying to [volant42]:the biggest fraud are trust pass+gold suppliers .i try find something about the company www.kammyunji.com u said but icant,i wanna tell that in their site the make many orthographic mistakes,how a "BIG" like www.kammyunji.com do this mistake......SEARCH more and infrom all buyers at alibaba if something goes wrong.

Replying to [ShineSoman]: DearShineSoman, I am trying to buy Nokia N95 8GB phone from this company. This company is asking money through Moneygram or T/T. Can you check if it is scam or not.
CEO Name;Ms Even
CEO contact number:86-594-2550199
CEO email address:huayutrade_ceo@hotmail.com
website owner:http://www.huayutrade.com

Replying to [ShineSoman]: Can you trust a trust pass member company paying in advance for the first trial order or even with a trust pass member you could be cheated?