Buying Transformers on Taobao

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by botfan, Feb 25, 2017.

  1. minstral

    minstral It's all about G1 Masterpiece

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    Oh great. I'm liking the price for Gigapower Grassor after being scammed on eBay. I think I've done with eBay if I can master Taobao. Thanks again Connseanery for the pointers
     
  2. connseanery

    connseanery Well-Known Member

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    Here are some stores who have some English speaking support. It probably makes life easier if you have questions or need support.
    首页-THOR TOYS-淘宝网
    首页-钢铁星玩具店-淘宝网
    首页-黑骑士模玩-淘宝网
    首页-TFCLUB变盟俱乐部-淘宝网
    首页-小蜜蜂小王子玩具特区-淘宝网
    首页-比利大叔的玩具城堡 上海刚丝厂特许店-淘宝网
     
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  3. kukuburd

    kukuburd Eh?

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    Wait wait wait. 小蜜蜂小王子玩具特区 has English speaking support?????? The hell!!

    I've been buying from them for almost a year now and I had no idea. Gawdammit would have been so much easier than typing in mandarin!
     
  4. connseanery

    connseanery Well-Known Member

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    I think it depends on whose is around. They have varying degrees of fluency. It helps though even if you need to wait for the person at the store that can understand English.
     
  5. nhyone

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  6. connseanery

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    This store among the above doesn't for the most part.
    首页-黑骑士模玩-淘宝网
     
  7. Razzy

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    I've been looking to buy something on taobao, but do they even ship to Europe? On that consolidated shipping page it doesn't list Europe.

    Cya
    Raziel-chan
     
  8. connseanery

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    The taobao partner warehouses don't ship to europe. You'll have to use a forwarding agent like superbuy.com Unfortunately their shipping rates aren't as cheap as the taobao partner warehouses.
     
  9. Billiam

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    Ok guys. Hoping to get some help here. Normally when I buy something the shipping shows my warehouse as shown in this pic...[​IMG]

    but lately when I see shipping it has changed to this window pictured below...

    [​IMG]

    How do I fix this and get it back to shipping to the warehouse?
     
  10. minstral

    minstral It's all about G1 Masterpiece

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    I may not be the best informed to advise as I've only completed one order. The guide I read advised me to select "overseas" and progress from there. The warehouse defaults to your location I think, based on your address which you select later on.
     
  11. connseanery

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    You'll usually see that if the site cookies don't have your profile info (default shipping address). Have you tried logging in?
     
  12. Billiam

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    Yes sir. I've logged in and out, tried different computers, etc.
     
  13. nhyone

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    Does it happen for all sellers? Or only some?
     
  14. minstral

    minstral It's all about G1 Masterpiece

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    Just gotta say I'm impressed with my first Taobao experience. From click to delivery it took 8 days. Ordered Wed night, arrived in Australia the following Tuesday morning and sat in customs till this Friday morning. I got called at almost 5pm and was hand delivered the item by the courier. I swear if it wasn't for customs it could've been 7 days! Admitedly it was small, Takara wheeljack KO. But hey, eBay would take 2+ weeks.

    Billiam, as per your query I only selected 'overseas' on this order. When I make another purchase I'll see what options I get but when browsing Gigapower items earlier, again I only get the 'overseas' option.

    No more eBay for me. I'm hooked.
     
  15. connseanery

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    Try picking overseas for now.

    If you can add it to the cart (u may need to refresh and hit the button a few times), u should be taken to a settlement/payment screen where you select the consolidated shipping.

    shipping.jpg
     
  16. connseanery

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    A lot of folks are reluctant to try it out but they are closing themselves off to a lot of purchasing options/inventory. Taobao has more built in protections for the buyer thru the process than eBay.

    The learning curve is just setting up the profile and learning to navigate the site.
     
  17. Chrackalakis

    Chrackalakis Astrotrain Engineer

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    Can't help you with the store reliability (3 diamond, should be fine).

    Both options are blue. Select the first if you pay by credit card (16 yuan more), the second with AliPay stored value card.

    1500 yuan (US$222) is pretty pricey. If that's the lowest price, I would wait for a re-issue.
     
  19. ChromeMagnus

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    To be safe, I stick to 5 diamonds and higher.
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  20. Fenrys

    Fenrys Formerly Tigatron2002

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    out of curiosity how reputable is tfland toy store on taobao? just looking at their page they seem pretty reputable to me, but im also new to taobao :p