Buying stuff from Hong Kong ebay sellers...

[NiceCupOfTea]

Looking to buy a teeny tiny USB pen drive - a couple of places do them for ~30 quid, and they're out of stock.

HK seller has them for half the price with good feedback. Fakes? Never turn up? Take ages? What do we think?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EagleTec-Nano-Disk-8GB-8G-US...

[911DM]

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/719/927/-/9692435/Pla...

why not this from the UK?
Not quite as tiny but..

[DoubleYellow]

Seems legitimate. Plenty of positive feedback. Not too much of a risk at that value.

Always take any eBay statistics with a pinch of salt though. I learned the hard way.

[NiceCupOfTea]

911DM said:

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/719/927/-/9692435/Pla...

why not this from the UK?
Not quite as tiny but..

Because it's not quite as tiny

It's for a car radio front USB slot so want it to be as flush as possible

[911DM]

fair enough, I saw that coming :-)

[ukwill]

really depends on the seller... best you can do is look at the feedback and try to suss out if it's genuine. fwiw, i've bought from HK several times and touch wood, so far so good.

[Nolar Dog]

Bought loads of stuff from HK/China/Thailand off ebay.

You just need to go woth the info you have really and take a chance.
That sellers' feedback looks ok so no reason why you should have issues I wouldn't have thought.

[TheEnd]

From what i have seen, they are far more business orientated, that treat ebay as a major market, so don't mess about on it

[drive2tractors]

I've bought from HK via ebay and had no probs. S

[tamore]

bought my SLR and compact cameras from HK on ebay. no problems.

[Nickyboy]

I buy all the time from HK after all thats where it comes from in the first place if you buy from anywhere else

[cobra kid]

A guy at work saw one advertised for 50p delivered, and you know what, that's exactly what it cost and it is spot on.

[Deva Link]

Doesn't PayPal cover you 100% anyway?

[Strike_J]

I bought a memory stick that looks like a poker chip from Asda the other day. Its only 1 gb mind but there may be other capacities. Width is that of a usb port, length approx an inch maybe less. Only a fiver.



Edited again to add that I bought an old nokia from HK and it was fine. My brother also bought one of those cheap double DIN dvd players from there. You can get stung on things like watches with duty though.

Edited by Strike_J on Wednesday 10th June 22:39

Edited by Strike_J on Wednesday 10th June 23:04

[Smiler.]

Bought a load of stuff from HK.

Some of it cost pence & was ste, but I knew that really.

Other stuff was fine.

Got some wired remotes for Sony MP3 players - spot on.

I did buy a "genuine" Nokia USB phone charger - ha ha!

It was a cheap knock-off inserted in original packaging, which was open & flapping.

But I knew that really

Let us know how you get on

[NiceCupOfTea]

CHeers guys - I see from Eagletec's website that they do a 16GB version for 620 HK dollars = £50 or so... not seen it mentioned anywhere else though.

Such an amazing form factor though!

[Big_Dog]

I have probably had about 20 or so trades with HK eBay sellers this year. No problems at all. I like that memory though, I rate the Supertalent stuff too.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-8GB-USB-SUPER-TALENT-PIC...

[LoveMachine]

It's a shame that the monster green lasers are no longer on ebay. I was almost ready to buy a 200mW one....

Anyway, no problems with HK. Watch the postage though...

[XJSJohn]

They are an ebay shopfront for one of the Causeway Bay electrical stores. No issues at all, as mentioned before, they are a genuine traders.

[thehawk]

I've always been sensible with my purchases and never had a problem buying anywhere in the world, all it takes in a bit of research/recommendations of forums and checking their history.

In 100% of my dealings with Hong Kong or other Asian sellers I have received nothing but exceptional customer service.