9 tips for buying iPods wholesale...
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1. NEVER buy from asia, ever. Apple does not export the iPod to china, so why would China have great deals on wholesale ipods? Either their fake or greymarket, either way your screwed. Believe me, it is not worth your time looking for asian suppliers of products like these. Instead, stay within your own country like the US.
2. Don't fall for rediculously low prices. The cheapest you can possible get the new 8gb nanos is around $210 - $215 a piece and you have to buy about 25 - 50 total to get that kind of pricing. Anyone offering you 8gb nanos for $150 a piece is nothing but a stone cold crook. To get pricing anywhere near that, you'd have to do a PR(Production Run) from Apple for about 10,000 - 100,000 iPods and even then, your probably looking at $160 - $165 a unit.
3. Always and I mean, ALWAYS use some form of secured payment for your first order and probably for your 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Escrow.com is the best and use only them, I can't think of another escrow company I trust. If they don't accept escrow, back off. Credit cards are not always 100% secured so make sure you check with your bank first.
4. NEVER USE WESTERN UNION OR T/T!! Not ever. Only use bank transfer if you have done multiple and I mean multiple transactions with them. Even then, you are still at great risk for fraud.
5. Use paypal with EXTREME caution. You may think you are secured because paypal will refund you if you don't get your products. What you don't know, you will only get a refund IF the scammer still has your money in his account, which is rare. I've heard a lot of scam stories of people who paid with paypal only to never get any products and when they would file a complaint with paypal, paypal would come back saying their is no money in their account for a refund.
6. Research your company, THROUGHLY! Simply calling the guy and saying well he sounds nice and genuine isn't going to cut it. Your best bet is to check them out on the many wholesale forums out there like this one, bw.net, and thewholesaleforums.co.uk. These are great forums with talking with other traders who have had similar experiances. When in doubt about a company, don't let your greed control you. Walk away and find another company to do business with.
7. When buying in large amounts of 100 or more, try to use Hellmanns or SGS's inspection services. You will pay for it but you can be assured from them that you are getting a genuine product.
8. Be careful with the so called "brokers". Many of the iPod brokers can be legit and useful but remember, you are not getting the iPods from them, they are just taking your money, cutting a percent or dollar amount for themselves and then sending your money to their supplier to handle the shipment. If things go wrong, it can get ugly between the purchaser, broker, and supplier. It is always best to deal directly with the supplier if possible. Always ask who you are buying from if they have the stock themselves. If they say yes, ask for a picture. There is no reason they should deny you that and if they still refuse, walk away.
9. Use alibaba with caution when finding suppliers. Your best bet is to find a supplier on a reputable forum like bw.net or thewholesaleforums.co.uk where there is a feedback system in place and ALL registered sellers have to go through a verification process before being allowed to sell on the forum.
I hope this steers some of you in the right path. Even though most of this was geared towards iPods, it is very similar for those of you trying to buy PSPs, Xbox 360s, PS3s etc..I hate coming on here and reading these stories of these worthless scammers taking away your money. If anyone has any questions, feel free to send me a message and I will try to help you as best as possible.
2. Don't fall for rediculously low prices. The cheapest you can possible get the new 8gb nanos is around $210 - $215 a piece and you have to buy about 25 - 50 total to get that kind of pricing. Anyone offering you 8gb nanos for $150 a piece is nothing but a stone cold crook. To get pricing anywhere near that, you'd have to do a PR(Production Run) from Apple for about 10,000 - 100,000 iPods and even then, your probably looking at $160 - $165 a unit.
3. Always and I mean, ALWAYS use some form of secured payment for your first order and probably for your 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Escrow.com is the best and use only them, I can't think of another escrow company I trust. If they don't accept escrow, back off. Credit cards are not always 100% secured so make sure you check with your bank first.
4. NEVER USE WESTERN UNION OR T/T!! Not ever. Only use bank transfer if you have done multiple and I mean multiple transactions with them. Even then, you are still at great risk for fraud.
5. Use paypal with EXTREME caution. You may think you are secured because paypal will refund you if you don't get your products. What you don't know, you will only get a refund IF the scammer still has your money in his account, which is rare. I've heard a lot of scam stories of people who paid with paypal only to never get any products and when they would file a complaint with paypal, paypal would come back saying their is no money in their account for a refund.
6. Research your company, THROUGHLY! Simply calling the guy and saying well he sounds nice and genuine isn't going to cut it. Your best bet is to check them out on the many wholesale forums out there like this one, bw.net, and thewholesaleforums.co.uk. These are great forums with talking with other traders who have had similar experiances. When in doubt about a company, don't let your greed control you. Walk away and find another company to do business with.
7. When buying in large amounts of 100 or more, try to use Hellmanns or SGS's inspection services. You will pay for it but you can be assured from them that you are getting a genuine product.
8. Be careful with the so called "brokers". Many of the iPod brokers can be legit and useful but remember, you are not getting the iPods from them, they are just taking your money, cutting a percent or dollar amount for themselves and then sending your money to their supplier to handle the shipment. If things go wrong, it can get ugly between the purchaser, broker, and supplier. It is always best to deal directly with the supplier if possible. Always ask who you are buying from if they have the stock themselves. If they say yes, ask for a picture. There is no reason they should deny you that and if they still refuse, walk away.
9. Use alibaba with caution when finding suppliers. Your best bet is to find a supplier on a reputable forum like bw.net or thewholesaleforums.co.uk where there is a feedback system in place and ALL registered sellers have to go through a verification process before being allowed to sell on the forum.
I hope this steers some of you in the right path. Even though most of this was geared towards iPods, it is very similar for those of you trying to buy PSPs, Xbox 360s, PS3s etc..I hate coming on here and reading these stories of these worthless scammers taking away your money. If anyone has any questions, feel free to send me a message and I will try to help you as best as possible.
26 Oct 2006 17:00
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Replying to [wilcin]:we can do dropshipping
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allanshi0520@gmail.com
04 Sep 2007 08:18
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Replying to [Xskn Distributor]:Thank you very much!
13 Sep 2007 18:00
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Replying to [Xskn Distributor]:
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Thanks for your tips and they are really helpful. I just want to ask you this question. What can we do to stop all this scams? I want to report a business in London, UK, but I don't know which is the right Bureau to report. Can you help me with this?
Thanks for your tips and they are really helpful. I just want to ask you this question. What can we do to stop all this scams? I want to report a business in London, UK, but I don't know which is the right Bureau to report. Can you help me with this?
05 Oct 2007 19:52
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Replying to [Xskn Distributor]:i am trying to find suppliers to sell on ebay can you help me out i am new at this and don't know a lot about importing and finding supliers where should i go to get the help that i need thank you
13 Oct 2007 19:43
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Replying to [leftyrog]:online business GSM mobile phone
&& Hello My dear Business friends,i'm very happy we can exchanger difference view, first i'm introduce myself to your: we are major leading mobile phone business base in China, we have new innovation mobile phone:such New Iphone,windows mobile 5.0/6.0,TV-mobile phone,N95,N73,Thoese phone all touch screen is 2.6" to 3.5" QVGA TFT display,dual sim card with one standby.dual sim card with two standby,support bluetooth and GPS, pls contact us:suppliesmobilephone_pmp588@yahoo.com.cn or a2z0019@hotmail.com,sunnygj@yahoo.cn. we can talking of mobile phone business,we have four work frequencies:GSM850/900/1800/1900.current using over the world, in here i sincerely hope to know more and more international business men can link up with us directly.because we can give you competitive price,in the world most people to know China is No: one mobile phone produce base manufacture, why because every products in our country produce cost lower one reason is manpowerfull over the world
&& Hello My dear Business friends,i'm very happy we can exchanger difference view, first i'm introduce myself to your: we are major leading mobile phone business base in China, we have new innovation mobile phone:such New Iphone,windows mobile 5.0/6.0,TV-mobile phone,N95,N73,Thoese phone all touch screen is 2.6" to 3.5" QVGA TFT display,dual sim card with one standby.dual sim card with two standby,support bluetooth and GPS, pls contact us:suppliesmobilephone_pmp588@yahoo.com.cn or a2z0019@hotmail.com,sunnygj@yahoo.cn. we can talking of mobile phone business,we have four work frequencies:GSM850/900/1800/1900.current using over the world, in here i sincerely hope to know more and more international business men can link up with us directly.because we can give you competitive price,in the world most people to know China is No: one mobile phone produce base manufacture, why because every products in our country produce cost lower one reason is manpowerfull over the world
29 Oct 2007 22:19
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Replying to [Kingofwholesale]:online business GSM mobile phone
&& Hello My dear Business friends,i'm very happy we can exchanger difference view, first i'm introduce myself to your: we are major leading mobile phone business base in China, we have new innovation mobile phone:such New Iphone,windows mobile 5.0/6.0,TV-mobile phone,N95,N73,Thoese phone all touch screen is 2.6" to 3.5" QVGA TFT display,dual sim card with one standby.dual sim card with two standby,support bluetooth and GPS, pls contact us:suppliesmobilephone_pmp588@yahoo.com.cn or a2z0019@hotmail.com,sunnygj@yahoo.cn. we can talking of mobile phone business,we have four work frequencies:GSM850/900/1800/1900.current using over the world, in here i sincerely hope to know more and more international business men can link up with us directly.because we can give you competitive price,in the world most people to know China is No: one mobile phone produce base manufacture, why because every products in our country produce cost lower one reason is manpowerfull over the world
&& Hello My dear Business friends,i'm very happy we can exchanger difference view, first i'm introduce myself to your: we are major leading mobile phone business base in China, we have new innovation mobile phone:such New Iphone,windows mobile 5.0/6.0,TV-mobile phone,N95,N73,Thoese phone all touch screen is 2.6" to 3.5" QVGA TFT display,dual sim card with one standby.dual sim card with two standby,support bluetooth and GPS, pls contact us:suppliesmobilephone_pmp588@yahoo.com.cn or a2z0019@hotmail.com,sunnygj@yahoo.cn. we can talking of mobile phone business,we have four work frequencies:GSM850/900/1800/1900.current using over the world, in here i sincerely hope to know more and more international business men can link up with us directly.because we can give you competitive price,in the world most people to know China is No: one mobile phone produce base manufacture, why because every products in our country produce cost lower one reason is manpowerfull over the world
29 Oct 2007 22:23
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anyone knows a good electronics/video Game Seller? email me info please
24 Nov 2007 02:24
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Replying to [gzsupplier]:Thanks for the heads up.I foud this very informative, especialy the comments you recieved.
25 Nov 2007 07:41
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Replying to [Xskn Distributor]:
Thanks, Xskn Distributor, great article, very to the point. I have wrote an article on www.chinawhy.net/blog.asp to back your points. two type of people disagree here, one is the fake ipod seller, the other are those who don't know the fact and don't have business sense, they will learn when they are scammed.
Regards,
Steven
Thanks, Xskn Distributor, great article, very to the point. I have wrote an article on www.chinawhy.net/blog.asp to back your points. two type of people disagree here, one is the fake ipod seller, the other are those who don't know the fact and don't have business sense, they will learn when they are scammed.
Regards,
Steven
11 Dec 2007 06:08
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Replying to [Xskn Distributor]:Hi,
I wish I read your article before sending money to China. I have bought Ipod touch on e-bay that was made in China. So I decided to search for iphone. I wanted to buy 10. I have checked the company thouroughly. But at the end they have sent me nokia sirocco instead without my consent. It was an expensive experience. Does it mean that ipod touch I have bought is not genuine?
Regards
Larisa
I wish I read your article before sending money to China. I have bought Ipod touch on e-bay that was made in China. So I decided to search for iphone. I wanted to buy 10. I have checked the company thouroughly. But at the end they have sent me nokia sirocco instead without my consent. It was an expensive experience. Does it mean that ipod touch I have bought is not genuine?
Regards
Larisa
15 Jan 2008 04:54