Where do you buy your chinese phones from ?

[craxer]

I bought 2 times from mixeshop.com for me and my brother and 2 times from tmallbox.com for my brother and my wife

and i use one time the guarantee service from tmallbox.com

my phone couldnt charge, so i send it back to china, tomy repaired it and send it back between 4 weeks, find it great

[yoqueco]

I bought tablet Cube u30gt2 at pandawill. Good price and reliable seller.

[carlosac]

Friend is buying these on Etotalk, relatively higher price, but perfect communication and overall customer care.

[yakelkun]

I bought my zopo zp950h/+ from china24shop.com

I was positively suprised of the delivery speed !

[MayhemVC]

My first Chinese phones were a HX9299A and an S4 (that is the model number).
Both were purchased from [Only registered and activated users can see links Click here to register].

No complaints about them. Both phones turned up well within the stated delivery time and had everything that they were supposed to.

[StardustOne]

Whenever I can directly with the company who makes them, usuall from the official store.

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I got that same phone and it was just useless as paperweight. try and update to the April 4th firmware that can be found on needrom. Mine has no issues with software anymore after the update. it is a bit tricky yet with last statement 16 from one of the posters, it would be worth a try. I did the same and it works. just be careful about the volume button, it does not hold well in place and you might lose it. Mine came off once I used the phone in a carholder. Pretty weird.


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[Maine_Coon11]

All my ebay sellers from China are pretty good.

But then I decided to try Aliexpress.

First seller afte couple of days says that they don't have a phone I want in stock.

Fine, I ask for the refund, they issue the refund.

Second seller was worse. After the payment Aliexpress gives the seller 5 days (sic!) to ship.
After 3 days I ask to cancel. They refuse to cancel, advising me to "wait patiently".
2 days later I get a message from Aliexpress that my phone has shipped w/tracking number. I check the tracking number and get "0 items were found. 5 days later the seller sends email: "Your phone is being held by our customs /really? I didn't realize chinese customs were so strict, lol / . Do you want another phone or the refund?" I respond with "issue the refund". No answer from them for several days. I contact my CC issuer, and they tell me I have to wait 20 days before they open the dispute.

Making long story short: I will avoid Aliexpress sellers as a plague, no matter how good their prices might look.

[Maine_Coon11]

My ebay chinese sellers are good.

Going to check pandawill.com, heard a lot of good stuff about them.

As of Aliexpress, two words: Never Again

[Rdmkr]

I've been using Pandawill, since they offer a lot of special deals (usually 5-15% discounts) and you get 1% of your purchases' price back in the form of reward points and another 1$ for posting pictures. Their initial prices are also quite competitive. Their service has been good to me and all items I've ordered arrived without major defects.

There's some bad stories about them on the internet but they haven't matched my experiences so far.

[pufferaway]

All my ebay sellers from China are pretty good.

But then I decided to try Aliexpress.

First seller afte couple of days says that they don't have a phone I want in stock.

Fine, I ask for the refund, they issue the refund.

Second seller was worse. After the payment Aliexpress gives the seller 5 days (sic!) to ship.
After 3 days I ask to cancel. They refuse to cancel, advising me to "wait patiently".
2 days later I get a message from Aliexpress that my phone has shipped w/tracking number. I check the tracking number and get "0 items were found. 5 days later the seller sends email: "Your phone is being held by our customs /really? I didn't realize chinese customs were so strict, lol / . Do you want another phone or the refund?" I respond with "issue the refund". No answer from them for several days. I contact my CC issuer, and they tell me I have to wait 20 days before they open the dispute.

Making long story short: I will avoid Aliexpress sellers as a plague, no matter how good their prices might look.

I'm within 24 hrs of an AliExpress automatic order cancellation myself and that's after my approval of a 1 extra day processing extension for the seller. Communication with them has been poor, as I've asked them several times for shipment updates, with answers that have nothing to do with my order shipping.

Has anyone used or heard anything about OrientDeals? They sell the iNew i6000 and (what I assume is their own version) OrientPhone Mega 6.5 with the only apparent difference being a 5MP front camera. I requested information describing variation between the two and their stock status, so I'll see if they provide an efficient and effective response. The info on their site seems extremely intensive and professional, yet I can't find any customer reviews online, except their own reviews of products. Their prices are higher, but I will pay more just to avoid the grief I and others have experienced.