[Colonel Angus]

I just bought a new Fox F29 fork from a EBay seller in Taiwan. Killer deal, less than $500 shipped for a brand-new F29 with 15QR and tapered steerer. The clincher was that it has G2 geometry which I require for the custom Black Cat singlespeed 29er I'm having built for my 50th birthday.

The upside is that the seller has 100% positive feedback and over 11,000 transactions.

Still, I'm a little freaked out by the overseas thing.

What say the Monkies?

 

[eaterofdog]

As a trials rider, I order a lot of stuff from asia. Experiences are 80% good and 20% okay. The bitch is if you want to return something for refund, it can be a significant portion of the purchase price.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

I love these threads. "I just did X and Y......am I FVCKED?!?"

Next time ask before you buy it.

 

[Arkayne]

 

[jonKranked]

your first mistake was getting a 29'er. things went downhill from there.

 

[Colonel Angus]

I love these threads. "I just did X and Y......am I FVCKED?!?"

Next time ask before you buy it.

And in the time it would take for all you 'tards to chime in the 3 forks for sale would be gone....

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

You had 4 responses within 11 minutes. That's pretty damn fast.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Paid via credit card?

 

[eaterofdog]

Paid via credit card?

An absolute must to have the nuclear option if things go bad. Anyone who give paypal access to their bank account is stupid.

 

[mandown]

your first mistake was getting a 29'er. things went downhill from there.

You can't downhill a 29'er, asshat

 

[mrbigisbudgood]

So you bought one of them new Fax Socks, eh?

 

[stoney]

So you bought one of them new Fax Socks, eh?

It's Faux, pronounced F-ah-X

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

You can't downhill a 29'er, asshat

Tell that to Alex Morgan.

 

[Uncle Cliffy]

An absolute must to have the nuclear option if things go bad. Anyone who give paypal access to their bank account is stupid.

Story?

 

[eaterofdog]

If you have a CC funding your paypal, you can do a chargeback if the sale goes completely tits up. If you have a bank account link, paypal just take the money out of your account and you have no recourse. Paypal plays verification as a security measure, but it's really to stick the users with the losses while they get the profits. You can also create a second bank account but that a pain to manage.

 

[Uncle Cliffy]

If you have a CC funding your paypal, you can do a chargeback if the sale goes completely tits up. If you have a bank account link, paypal just take the money out of your account and you have no recourse. Paypal plays verification as a security measure, but it's really to stick the users with the losses while they get the profits. You can also create a second bank account but that a pain to manage.

Pretty much what I thought. I've detached my CC so I could pay it down. Luckily, I don't use Paypal very much...

 

[jimmydean]

I bought a set of rearsets from a guy in Thailand. A week later, I got this sweet Obama shirt in the mail from Thailand. I was confused, but ok. When my rearsets hadn't shown up on week 2, I sent the guy an email.

Turns out he send my $200 rearsets to someone else and sent me their $20 Obama shirt. He refunded my money and I kept the sweet shirt. Only time I've bought anything of value from overseas via ebay.

 

[Potroast88]

Tell that to Alex Morgan.

That's weird that you mentioned Alex. I just moved in next door to him.

 

[Pesqueeb]

your first mistake was getting a 29'er. things went downhill from there.

You to shut your whorish mouth.

 

[HAB]

If you have a CC funding your paypal, you can do a chargeback if the sale goes completely tits up. If you have a bank account link, paypal just take the money out of your account and you have no recourse. Paypal plays verification as a security measure, but it's really to stick the users with the losses while they get the profits. You can also create a second bank account but that a pain to manage.

Yeah but that's the only reason, yeah? I've got my pay pal account attached to a secondary bank account I barely use, but only use that option sending money to people I know. I CC it if it's a rando.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

That's weird that you mentioned Alex. I just moved in next door to him.

Which one of you is the big spoon?

 

[bizutch]

That's weird that you mentioned Alex. I just moved in next door to him.

Now that is useful information. Every day on RM, someone says "What the heck happened to Alex Morgan?"

So....tell us.

 

[eaterofdog]

Yeah but that's the only reason, yeah? I've got my pay pal account attached to a secondary bank account I barely use, but only use that option sending money to people I know. I CC it if it's a rando.

You give up the chargeback option. This is the one thing that actually gets the attention of scammers and paypal, as the CC company TAKES the money away from paypal and charges them additional fees. Then they go after the scammer.

Example: You buy a nice $600 fork from someone from your back account. They ship it to you and it's a jacked 2005 Judy. Paypal doesn't give a flying fvck, there's proof of delivery and it's a fork. That's all they care about, they don't get any more detailed than that. So you get screwed.

With a CC, throw the sh!t in a box and ship it back, provide the proof of delivery to paypal and CC, then CC company extracts your money from Paypal.

 

[Colonel Angus]

If anyone is interested, the fork arrived as advertised yesterday. Retails at $800, I got it for $435 plus $50 shipping.

 

[Arkayne]

Considering how nervous it made you, was it worth it and would you do it again?
pssst, link me to this taiwan ebay seller.

 

[Colonel Angus]

Considering how nervous it made you, was it worth it and would you do it again?
pssst, link me to this taiwan ebay seller.

I'd say it was well worth it. I saved over $300. I wasn't very nervous, the seller had 11,000 feedbacks, 100% positive. Plus I fund my Ebay account with a credit card so I knew I was safe.

The seller is _bicycle_life

 

[buildyourown]

I've bought a few bike parts from Taiwan. Pretty sure they are gray market seconds from the factory.
I sold a bike to a buyer in Taiwan and shipped it to an address in Cali. Skethcy for sure but it all worked out.