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Alibaba - experiment with their gold suppliers

Theo Siiggamoney · 2008-02-28T11:25:03+00:00

Well I've heard all the talk about how bad Alibaba is, so I decided to do a little experiment to see if it was true. I set up a new email address, and contacted a whole bunch of Gold Suppliers (you know - the supposedly reliable ones) Of the 30 or so Gold Suppliers I contacted, every single one of the emails I have recieved with prices worth following up so far has turned out to be a scam. Some of them involved incredibly well put together phishing websites and fake escrow services. I really couldn't believe how real some of them looked. The wierd thing is, when I contacted the companies on Alibaba directly they had no knowledge of the scammers. What I'm really curious about is how these people got my email address. How did they know the content of my messages to the Suppliers? Do the scammers work at the companies involved? Are they intercepting mail somehow? I'd love to know. So far I have spent many, many hours researching sellers and the only good wholesale deals I have found have been from American companies. It depresses me because I know there are much cheaper Chinese sellers out there, who are probably honest. I wish there was a way of finding them.

planes

If I had a supplier I wouldn't tell anyone about them.

patience6670

please can you pm me as well with suppliers, as i have been scammed many times by chinese suppliers and i don't know who to trust now.

themackgroup

personally I don't think these people have a contact. I think they 're baiting you .what I've done is, started my search and research for myself if I find something I will post it on this site.Don't beg any of these people for anything because they are out for self . there's enough to go around.

pbr-201

I too would like to know the honest suppliers you all are talking about. Please PM me.

loksta

I am interested in an honest supplier please please pm me thank you

nogrindnoshine

I got scammed from Alibaba a while back, I wasn't aware of all the fraud going on and when I posted a lead on a product I received literally hundreds of emails from suppliers. Luckily my purchase was small but I sent the money Western Union and after I didn't hear from the supplier or recieve my item I went to file a complaint on Alibaba only to find out they weren't even registered on the site! How they got my info is still a mystery untill this day, lol.

mlwdsn

I have a very reliable and honest supplier from china. If you are interested, I will get you in touch with my sales rep.
That's a very kind offer. And yes I'm definitely interested. Just send me a PM.

I would like to get in touch with this seller if its possible

PM me if you can,please

jodiinc

The truth is that: once you post info on alibaba, all the gold suppliers can see your email address.
And once you send a inquiry to one supplier, it will be send to all the suppliers that have the same kind of product.
That's true, since we, Link hidden: Login to view were a golden supplier at alibaba.
Alibaba is not good for buyers, since this company only concern how to gain expensive membership fee from the supplier and can't get a penny from buyer.
The membership fee they charge for golden members starts from $8000 USD a year. The highest membership fee is $24,0000 USD.
So the suppliers at alibaba are their real customers. Buyers pay nothing to alibaba, so they don't care buyers. That's why it's useless to complain to alibaba if you are a buyer there.

Thank you for that info, but I have a question- Why would Sellers pay the high fee to be a gold member if they were not actually wanting to sell their products? I would imagine that there are sellers out there listed that want to do business, not sure how to figure this one out... Thanks

fudjj

Hi Jodi,

The simple answer is that its a golden scam opportunity. Pay to get instant cred, then cream off the cash and run. I'm not saying all gold members are scammers of course, but that's the problem with these types of paid for schemes like Aibaba offer. They really offer the buyer ZERO protection at all, but offer the member paying the money complete credibility, without earning it!

richelle_salehoo1

Hey guys,

I've gathered and put together the various tips and ways to help you avoid being scammed in this post - Link hidden: Login to view so do check it out. Cheers!

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