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ChinaBuye Reviews Summary

ChinaBuye has a rating of 2.1 stars from 77 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with ChinaBuye most frequently mention customer service and next order. ChinaBuye ranks 272nd among Gadgets sites.

service
9
value
11
shipping
11
returns
7
quality
10

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Utah
1 review
7 helpful votes
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If you want to die an especially horrible death, buy your e-cigarette battery chargers from CHINABUYE.

These have been cleverly designed to explode any batteries you are silly enough to fit them to. They have no regulators. You have to guess how long it will take before they explode. And, if you happen to guess wrong, your house goes up in smoke.

Its an example of delightful Chinese quirkiness. Like the melamine the Chinese put in milk powder.

Heres a pic of what happens. The exploded battery (top) has been super-overcharged by the unregulated CHINABUYE battery charger (left) and exploded through the top end shooting flames and hot metal across the room. If you are lucky, your house does not go up in smoke and/or you dont lose an eye.

Sigh. No way of posting the pic here.

Date of experience: May 30, 2014
Greece
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Avoid this site
May 17, 2014

Avoid this site. After 51/2 months my order hasn't been delivered, and no refund has been given despite the long correspondence.

Date of experience: May 17, 2014
Australia
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I think all you people need to review yourself before you review this company.
If you didn't write in the box and specify for your smart phones (android) what language you want your phone In then it is your fault. There are many countries this company provides for, and therefore it is your responsibility to inform the company of all required needs. This Company is great in the mere fact it supplies you the customer with a DIRECTION box at the payment area. People that are giving bad reviews on delivery time, well they do state this on there site, it will take such and such a time and each shipping company has shipping regulations. Example: If you send items with batteries and ship them with a shipping company that does not deliver items with batteries. Chinabuye.com has too re-order the items you require and put them with the proper shipping company that accepts items with batteries. People that wait longer periods to have your items sent to you. Maybe it is you countries customs regulations and not Chinabuyes fault. So please Review yourselves before putting up bad reviews of this company thank you.

Date of experience: April 21, 2014
Greece
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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DON'T BUY FROM CHINABUYE…. AVOID BUING FROM HERE…. YOU WILL LOOSE YOUR MONEY…
I AM POSTING THIS MESSAGE COUNTINOUSLY AT THEIR FORUM AND THEY DELETE IT WITHOUT ANSWERING OR APOLOGIZING. I WILL CONTINUE TO POST THIS MESSAGE FOR 7 MONTHS AS THE TIME I WAS WAIING MY ORDER. I WILL PROTECT US MANY CUSTOMERS I CAN FROM YOU… BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER HONOUR SITES THAT PEOPLE CAN BUY….
Let me share my experience with you.
I have made my order on 17 September 2013. Total value 93,81 $. After 3 months, on December 15 2013, I mailed them that my order No. ******* hasn't come to me. That was the second time. My previous order delayed also and they had to resend it to me.
After several emails they asked me 30 $ more to resend the order and then they asked for 20$ telling me that if the first order came to me I could keep both. In the beginning I didn't want that but I knew that I was going to lose my money. So I paid again 20$ telling them that if I deliver a second order I was not going to accept it so it could be turned back.
The months were passing again and nothing came to me. At last I received my order on April 9 2014, seven (7) months after. But the order was not proper. Instead for a power adapter for my laptop they send me a mini router that I didn't need. I mailed them again on April 9 2014 so that we find a solution because I have paid an order more money than it should be but no answer came.
I am writing all my adventure with Chinabuye for you to know the dangers buying from them. It is the only way I have to pay them for their "good" services.
NEVER AGAIN…
ElDour

Date of experience: April 19, 2014
Florida
1 review
3 helpful votes
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HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE

So this is the first time that I have used this company and this WILL BE MY LAST. I ordered this product 10 days ago and paid extra for the DHLexpedited shipping (3-7 days for it to arrive). Guess what, still not tracking info because THEY STILL HAVEN'T MAILED THE PACKAGE. I have emailed them several times and if they answer at all, they say the same thing "thanks for your patience." People its time to get companies like this out of the american market. We are easy prey due to theirLOW BALL pricing. But I wish now that I would have paid full price for a phone bought in the USA. Grant it, it still comes from abroad but at least we can minimize the risk. PLEASE CONSIDER YOU WILL HAVE PROTECTION AND EVENTUALLY PAYPAL WILL SHUT THEM DOWN WITH ENOUGH COMPLAINTS.

Date of experience: March 7, 2014
Washington
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Do not ever buy from this company. I bought a phone for $150 from them and it lasted exactly 1 week. It arrived after 60 days which doesn't give me time to raise with Paypal. They have not answered any of my emails and have now banned me from their forums on their website. Please go to www.chinabuye.com and read the posts under bazza*******.

Date of experience: February 10, 2014
Australia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I order but only some received, the rest I am still waiting for e liquid.
Very disappointed because no answer to my complain.
I would not recommend this company..

Date of experience: January 10, 2014
Pakistan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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In my experience using chinabuye.com, I find the way how to buy great quality items in such a 1 stop shop.
I am recommend to everyone the buy from them, Everything is good for them and payment is secure. This site has a lot of variety of all gadgets so it is a perfect on stop shop. But in General, this site is very good as per quality and price and variety of the products and of course, shipping is free.

Date of experience: November 18, 2013
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have read reviews all over the net about this company. They just started to advertise on one of my favorite website's.
This unfortunely is something that I do not care for about it. I wish they would take into consideration how shady and misleading this company is. It s quite obvious from all of the negative reviews.
So, thank god I did some research before ordering from them.
This is just to let chinabuye know that thanks to other customers getting the word out on them...
They are losing..

Date of experience: November 7, 2013
New Zealand
3 reviews
11 helpful votes
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Have ordered several times and have had no problems. Shipping has been quick and goods ok. Only problem is if u ask technical questions on products they dont seem to understand

Date of experience: November 6, 2013
Illinois
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Dear customer Thanks for the video, we have to explain that we tested it before shipped and everything is in good condition. Considering it take a long time for return and the shipping cost also no cheap. How about we sale a new one to you in half price, that 't mean you just repay $39, USD, and we will resend a new one to you without return anything. Meanwhile, could you please close the dispute for us? Looking forward to your reply.

Means: you have spent $100 on this order. But u didnot get the product in working condition. Now you are stuck. Pay us another $39 and we will send you broken garbage again. And then...

Watch video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gT58o2TBss

Date of experience: November 5, 2013
Italy
4 reviews
12 helpful votes
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I paid for an order with package track. Never left. They required new money for the re-shipping!

Date of experience: November 5, 2013
Washington
144 reviews
1474 helpful votes
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I know a lot of people will disagree with me on this but this is the way I feel...

If you buy from websites based in China a good rule of thumb is don't buy technology (phones, computers, tablets, laser pointers, cars etc...) and food (baby food, formula etc...).
If you buy anything at all... textiles like underwear and cheap plastic things like cd holders and make sure they aren't priced over $5. This goes for palm reading too. Also it is interesting how the positive reviews on these pages are full of single reviewers with 4-6 helpful each hmmm. You decide for yourself.

PS. Don't order more than one item at a time that way your never out more than $5.

Date of experience: September 25, 2013
Mexico
6 reviews
7 helpful votes
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To buy some things well but not for this phone. Buy one that at first they said that if it worked in my country. And then changed the information, only worked in Brazil. Never answered my claims.

They misspell their mobile data saying that work in "X" country and then correct the error.

Date of experience: September 25, 2013
Thailand
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This is my order ID ******* After I order No delivery, Not contacted, No refunds, No talking I try to send a message but did not respond from they Web spam is a scam from china fraudulent

Date of experience: September 20, 2013
Czechia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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ChinaBuye is huge disappointment not only for consumers but for dropship clients as well. They absolutely don't care since they receive money and moreover they never return your money if you pay them, and if I say never it explicitely means even the situation, if the product is sold out and they're not able to dispatch the order. They offer you some ridiculous offers like % discount for order over $15 or to pick another item (however almost all the time there's nothing similar to formerly ordered item). If some shipment is lost, they never refund you, the same situation is with damaged products. Their 30 days Money back guarantee is simply lie. I advise all consumers/dropshippers to avoid chinabuye - the so called 'online shop', if you want to receive what you have ordered. All of these positive reviews are of course fake, just check the english and you'll recognize the chinese way of communication.

Date of experience: July 16, 2013
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Purchased 75$ worth of goods 2 months ago open a ticket a month ago keept been told wait another week or two when got fedup and asked for the goods to be delivered or refounded (tracking still states arrived to uk customs about 2 months ago but parcel obviously lost in post) purchased postal insurance with the order the responses are to pay 40 50 30$ to have parcel resend or possibly pay prtial refound or order another 100 200 300 us$ worth of goods to resend the order do not trust put claim to paypal immediately and claim your money back. Will chase them through cc company for frodulent transaction

Date of experience: June 27, 2013
RU
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Good Chinese shop with wide assortment of goods! Fast delivery and responsive support!

Date of experience: June 24, 2013
Singapore
5 reviews
20 helpful votes
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I liked them, honest seller, good quality of their products, low prices and free shipping, the first time I bought 4gb micro sd last year, so fast delivery, I am satisfied with their service, then decided to become their customers.
Thanks

Date of experience: May 25, 2013
Indonesia
7 reviews
14 helpful votes
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Very nice, I always trust my spending on them, lots of good stuff at low prices and free shipping

Date of experience: May 16, 2013

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