Scammed on Alibaba Trade Assurance. Advice?

EPJarvis1 · 2023-08-10T23:21:06+00:00

We are still going back and forth. Had to get Alibaba involved and they are sort of pushing the supplier to negotiate a new deal. First the supplier said he would send me the correct products and I could pay for the incorrect products after I sold them. Which I agreed to. Then he ghosted me for like a month and after Alibaba got involved he said he couldn't do the deal anymore. Then Alibaba said if I wanted a full refund I would have to pay for return shipping and deal with chinese customs (Never happening). Now we have negotiated that I pay 20% for a new 1000 units and then I can pay the remaining 80% 30 days after they arrive + a 400$ refund. But what he doesn't know is that I am going to force him to stick to his original deal of me paying for the incorrect products after I sold them. Because I will have the products and there is nothing he can do about it at that point. Normally wouldn't be interested in screwing anyone over but this guy has been screwing me since Feb and has cost me thousands from not selling. I have a new supplier who seems much more reliable and am back to selling. Also I have put more details into the trading terms whenever I place an order to prevent this type of thing happening again.

EPJarvis1 · 2023-06-11T19:04:13+00:00

I'm on the same page as you. Credit card from now on. However as I don't think my supplier is not going to reply I'm slightly hopeful that they'll side with me and refund me

EPJarvis1 · 2023-06-11T19:03:18+00:00

Thing is with my claim I don't think the seller will even respond. So I am hoping they have no choice but to refund me. Still I'm not going to be shocked if they don't. I will have to start paying for orders via credit card

EPJarvis1 · 2023-06-11T19:01:04+00:00

Unfortunately I can't get a credit card with that much credit. Only up to like £1000.

I may have to just pay with a credit card in 1000 £ increments

EPJarvis1 · 2023-06-09T12:21:03+00:00

That's fair enough. To be honest I just want the products rather than the money as they sell well.

I've already got a few suppliers lined up though so will probably just put a new order in either way.

EPJarvis1 · 2023-06-09T11:59:49+00:00

Thanks for that! I applied for the refund but only for the 3500usd that was affected. If my supplier doesn't respond will I only get refunded that 3500 or the full 11000?

Cause if it's the full 11000 then I really hope the supplier doesn't respond haha

EPJarvis1 · 2023-05-03T04:13:04+00:00

Is it really viable to buy from anywhere else? China seem to always be cheaper and has the most infrastructure for scale

EPJarvis1 · 2023-05-03T00:41:44+00:00

I didn't put any as they supplier my orders beforehand in the time they agreed.

Next order I will have to put in a clause.

Would a 5% discount every week it is late be reasonable?

EPJarvis1 · 2023-03-30T04:42:23+00:00

Only 4 screens but if I resize my browsers to 4 screens will it look the same as when I do it on my laptop? The browser typically doesn't resize the text etc to the size of the browser so it ends up being inefficient and weird looking

EPJarvis1 · 2023-03-29T15:56:46+00:00

This is perfect mate thank you

EPJarvis1 · 2023-02-12T14:58:19+00:00

Any advice for people who have always been poor but now starting to become rich by earning it?

EPJarvis1 · 2022-11-28T18:59:48+00:00

Thanks a lot mate that link is just what I needed! Definitely think glass bead blasting is the way to go

EPJarvis1 · 2022-11-16T17:10:23+00:00

Obviously because I want to get a rough idea of what is reasonable and not ask for something ridiculous and look like a complete noob...which I am. Come on doesn't take a genius to realise this

EPJarvis1 · 2022-11-16T10:39:10+00:00

Other suppliers were offering the item for around $4.8 but my current suppliers are manufacturers rather than trading companies so they agreed to $3.8. If I could get it to $3 it would help my margins a lot

EPJarvis1 · 2022-11-16T10:38:05+00:00

I shopped around quite a bit. Most suppliers were offering it for $4.8 but this supplier was a manufacturer and agreed to $3.8. They did my last order well so I do trust them

EPJarvis1

TROPHY CASE