ordering from chinabuye?

[Necrotic]

Has anybody ordered from chinabuye? I was looking at a nice little Tobeco Russian 91% clone on there. I noticed they are in china and as with most Chinese vendors shipping will probably take around 10-20 days, but does anybody have any actual experience with them?

 

[Nikkita6]

I have ordered from them one time .. it was an ok experience. It took about 5 days for my order to ship, and another 11 days to be delivered once it shipped. The item arrived basically as described, but it had several blemishes on the body of the device. That was my only experience with them.

Be aware that the "free shipping" they offer is crappy, slow boat boat 20-30 days with no tracking. If you want a decent shipping method with tracking #, you will have to pay for an upgrade, which is about $2 and some change.

 

[danny4x4]

Luck of the draw.

My experience.... Not so good. Wrong item delivered and was asked to pay another usd10 to get the correct item. Although the item they sent me was SUPPOSEDLY pricier than what I ordered, I wanted to send it back to them and for them to ship me the correct one. I couldn't get their address thru searching the net or their customer service. I paid the USD 10 in the end and received the correct product.

Some may think that i got the better deal since I now have 2 packages and at a supposedly lower cost. But that's not what I want. They made a mistake, they should correct it. It also seems that I'm not the only one with the same experience, although I would add that there are others who have not had problems with them. Hence, it's a roll of the dice to see what you come up with. I know this doesn't help much, but just relating my experience with them.

 

[Necrotic]

Luck of the draw.

My experience.... Not so good. Wrong item delivered and was asked to pay another usd10 to get the correct item. Although the item they sent me was SUPPOSEDLY pricier than what I ordered, I wanted to send it back to them and for them to ship me the correct one. I couldn't get their address thru searching the net or their customer service. I paid the USD 10 in the end and received the correct product.

Some may think that i got the better deal since I now have 2 packages and at a supposedly lower cost. But that's not what I want. They made a mistake, they should correct it. It also seems that I'm not the only one with the same experience, although I would add that there are others who have not had problems with them. Hence, it's a roll of the dice to see what you come up with. I know this doesn't help much, but just relating my experience with them.

I went on there forums and saw a couple about getting the wrong item and for the person to pay $10 for them to ship out another item even though the original was defective... if a product is defective they should just ship out another one.

 

[goblindojo]

Bought a mod there once. Shipped in three days, then it took 15 days to arrive with SingPost. No slower than other Chinese vendors.

 

[BuddJohnson]

Has anybody ordered from chinabuye? I was looking at a nice little Tobeco Russian 91% clone on there. I noticed they are in china and as with most Chinese vendors shipping will probably take around 10-20 days, but does anybody have any actual experience with them?

My experiences with a recent CB order were less than satisfactory. Numerous problems were encountered with our order of a Hammer, Kayfun and Trident. The Hammer arrived OK but.. argghhhh I'll spare you the details.. . CB customer service was courteous and respondent and they did rectify everything but we would not risk ordering from them again. No confidence.
IMO they are going to have to up their game considerably if they want to compete with the selection and forums at Fasttech or the overall value$ and efficiency at Focalecig.

 

[Cloud Junky]

I hope to hear feedback from you in the future. I never order from China, my reason is the long wait time.

 

[Tbev]

You and tons of others, it's crazy how much money they are not getting BC they can't figure out shipping..

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[Nikkita6]

You and tons of others, it's crazy how much money they are not getting BC they can't figure out shipping..

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Although my experience with CB was ok, I took them off my list as possible vendors. First, they are more expensive than Focal and Fasttech, their standard free shipping sucks, so after you pay for the upgrade in shipping, I just don't find CB to be worth it IMO. So there is no reason for me to order from them.

 

[Steamix]

Ordered twice. OK. Took as long as the other folks with 'free shipping'.
Overall, their prices seem a few cents higher than FT's. But they do carry the odd piece now and then which isn't available from the other snail mail vendor

 

[Necrotic]

I guess i'll stick with my American vendors and/or EBay. And just hope for the best. Thanks for all the feedback.

 

[Mountain_Rain96]

I've ordered from ChinaBuye exactly one time, and my experience was Ok. I ordered (mainly for the novelty value) a 650mah eGo/flashlight blister pack, and it's Ok for what it is. Their shipping is slow, mine took a little over a month to get here, in the states, but as far as the kit itself (the flashlight battery and charger, the CE4 that came with it was a little substandard, IMO), I haven't had any problems with it.