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DHgate Reviews Summary

The overall reputation of the company appears to be significantly tarnished by customer experiences, with numerous reports of unreliable product delivery and poor quality. Many customers express frustration over inadequate customer service, citing difficulties in obtaining refunds, unresponsive sellers, and complicated dispute processes. While some customers initially found value in the low prices, the overwhelming sentiment is one of disappointment, particularly regarding product discrepancies and shipping issues. Trust in the platform is low, as many users recommend avoiding it altogether in favor of more reputable alternatives.

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Alabama
4 reviews
15 helpful votes
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This is one of the places that is responsible for helping US citizens purchase and import bulk counterfeit goods into the USA. If you value this great nation then you will NOT take part in this sort of business. The USA was built on patents, on consumer rights, and on strong businesses built by strong americans. Not by cheap Chinese counterfeit imports.

Date of experience: December 5, 2012
Morocco
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Beware oft his site as the sellers there are extremeley dishonest either send you fake goods or take twice the amount of time to send you goods plus you are not even any trackeng details even though you request it many times. Then Dhgate will release the moneys to the seller: They never support the buyer: I am still waiting for money back from them after many months

Date of experience: November 25, 2012
RU
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Website for scammers
October 19, 2012

Website for scammers

Almost all sellers that have good prices do not respond to inquiries.

I ordered a tablet PC at a good price. First come to the point that the goods shipped, and even sudden cancellation. "The seller has requested a refund."

Well would it! But no refund on DHgate is an action that takes 15 working days. In general, I now no money and no tablet. Seller disappeared immediately and unresponsive.

Date of experience: October 19, 2012
India
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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They sell fake goods!
October 16, 2012

They sell fake goods! None of my mobile accessories is usable now and i cannot claim for my money as they dont respond to my emails. I find really hard time with chargers and cables, which i finally reordered from other online stores like Chinabuye, better electronic quality and good customer service. I wont shop ever with Dhgate, especially for their poor customer service.

Date of experience: October 16, 2012
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Run, don't walk, away from their custom clothing division! I have a performing group in Chicago and we ordered 5 custom-made dresses from one of DHGate's sellers (Sunvary) in late 2011. First note, their payment system was NOT set up as presented on the DHGate site as they wouldn't start my order until my payment cleared... But the dresses showed up as promised and were fantastic! So we ordered a second set of "summer" dresses in May, 2012. When they showed up, I was flabbergasted! They were as awful as the first ones were terrific! Poorly made, ill-fitting, scarves sewn on backwards, crooked zippers, crooked bra pads and a bra pad sewn into the bottom hem of one! A total wreck! I contacted our previously friendly Sunvary rep and was told to send pictures. I did. Then they dropped off the planet... a total scam!

I received NO replies to my repeated weekly attempts to get information about my refund. Until today when I was politely told I had waited too long and the 120 day review period was closed... again, total scam!

I went back to DHGate Customer Service directly to report them and as I went back to my Message Center inbox to re-create the timeline of SUNVARY'S neglect, MY INBOX MESSAGES HAD BEEN DELETED! There was no longer ANY PROOF of my conversations about this order - at all!

I lost $600 to this site and will tell everyone I can to AVOID THEM AT ANY COST!

Jennifer L
Downers Grove, IL

Date of experience: September 28, 2012
GB
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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After sending payment for my order, the money came off my account and now the order is stuck on pending payment verification. The seller tells me that there is nothing he can do and supposely chases the Company... The company only replied once, telling me to confirm the payment with a 6 digits number From my bank, which I have done.
Regardles my mĂșltiple notes to the comPany, still no answer after a week... and my money is gone!

Date of experience: September 25, 2012
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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This is a scam on line seller, I bought a tablet from paid for a 20g flash memory & I only get one for 16g flash memory, then I sent an e-mail to customer service, no answer. Not even 3 months later that tablet was not working anymore (poor quality), E-mail again no for help, no answer. (who cares after you paid)

Date of experience: September 21, 2012
Arizona
2 reviews
16 helpful votes
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DO NOT USE DHGATE IS A FRAUD. YOU ARE NOT PROTECTED
I DID 6 TRANSACTIONS. I LOST MONEY AT 4 OF THEM. THANKS GOD WAS NOT A LOT 9 $200)
DHgate IS A HAVEN FOR CROOKS

Date of experience: August 10, 2012
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Lol are the people with four and five stars people from dgate.com trying to balance out all the bad reviews haha seriously tho i was looking for some sex dolls and the site put that it had some for 100-170 hundred dollars but the thing is that these dolls are are really worth about 4000-7000 so i was really skeptical lmao so i guess this site is really crappy then hopefully people stop buying from this site :(( ((

Date of experience: July 28, 2012
Australia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I have bought several products from "asseenontv18" never recieved the the product and was promised a refund? They dragged it out long enough that when I eventually got sick of the bull$#*! and made I claim through paypal and DHgate it was invalid:(
I will never recommend anyone use them they are a bunch of crooks! Do NOT use DHgate!

Date of experience: July 27, 2012
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Do not buy from this site I got ripped off 259.00 from this seller
"dragons" he listed some griffin iphone cases as waterproof. After 2 week wait and received them and after inspected they are far from waterproof. After 2 more weeks of complaining DHGate did nothing to help me. And I lost all my money!. NEVER AGAIN! I THINK THEY WORK TOGEATHER..

Date of experience: July 26, 2012
Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered grey bridesmaid dresses for my wedding from this site. I loved the picture of them that I saw and I was sure to tell the seller whom I bought from that I wanted grey like in the picture. When I finally got the dresses, they were not grey at all but a soft purple, even the lining of the dresses was clearly purple. I tried to work with the seller to be able to return the dresses but they refused so I took it to the dhgate site to help with the problem. They did not help me either. I provided pictures for both of them of what the purple dresses looked like. They said the evidence wasn't enough. Now I am out $500 and have terrible dresses that are going to ruin my wedding. Very disappointed with this site and DO NOT suggest buying from here whatsoever!

Date of experience: July 3, 2012
Indiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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DHgate.com
May 16, 2012

DHgate.com

They are really a RIPOFF site. Except if you have a luck.
Their statements, sounds, and look are trusting business. It is seem like pro-business. In reality, they are a con-trade-business. Most products sell on this site are fakes, no specifications, copy or imitates, and/or illegal products.

They do have Resolution Center. However, they may resolve the problems for you if they know you are backing up with your credit/ financial company, in which you can dispute the charges within the timing manner. (they timing and play-around you). They always look to find any gap to slap on your wallet. In all, they just want to draw money from you. The problem is yourself. Base on my experiences with DHgate.com. Best advise is, STAY AWAY DHGATE.COM. Ortherwise, your own risk.

Date of experience: May 15, 2012
Virginia
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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I bought a $70 item from them and it never arrived. After contacting them, they stated a process for re-reimbursement, I followed their procedure, and then they sent me an email saying they closed the request for refund because I did not keep in contact with them.
Do not buy from them. No grantee shipment from China will get to you, and the refund process is flawed.

Date of experience: May 12, 2012
Nebraska
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Can't say no more
November 14, 2014

Can't say no more. A waist of time just to process an order. And can't get a refund. Cheap people.

Date of experience: May 7, 2012
Minnesota
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I had a horrible experience on this website. I am sure it depends on the seller that you are buying from I want to warn you NOT to buy from "amneh325". I did an instant message conversation with him and told him that I was ordering a prom dress for my daugher. I gave him the date that we needed it. He said that this would be no problem. "Please don't worry" he said. He was such a liar. I asked him to try to think of this as his daughter ordering a dress for her prom. Obviously he doesn't have a daughter or doesn't care about his daughter. He certainly did not care about providing good customer service. He wanted our money. PLEASE DO NOT order from "amneh325" I would like to post this to any website that I can, so no one else gets ripped off!

Date of experience: April 30, 2012
Israel
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It all looks and feels smooth and shiny, with big words like "buyer protection".
But unfortunately, there is no such thing.
I bought cell phone watches from dhgate for 193$, and all i got instead were, cheap mp3 players that are not worth more than 20$. When I asked for a refund, dhgate backed the seller, although i gave them all the evidence they needed to see that the seller misinformed me and was trying to make a fast buck.
It looks that they are in this together.
If you are smart, you won't buy anything from dhgate... EVER.

Date of experience: April 9, 2012
Missouri
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I got the product as promised in 5 days - Bought 2 tablets and they were really inexpensive for a reason. Piece of junk - Now I hope I can get my $300+ dollars back from them. Do Not Waste your time, If you do use a credit card and you will have a leg to stand on - Maybe? Rick

Date of experience: March 10, 2012
Philippines
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I just bought 2 tablet pc from dhgate and I AM REALLY SATISFIED. The package came via DHL and was carefully wrapped with bubble plastics and all. The seller is quite a nice man too. He advised me that they were out of stock and i was given the option to cancel the order, otherwise, i need to wait for another 3 days. I chose to wait, it came 14 days from the day I paid. Will definitely buy from them again, they removed my fear of buying from online sellers^_^

Date of experience: February 19, 2012
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have ordered a few times form DH Gate and my experience has always been positive. You are ordering form China so don't expect the quality of the original item, especially if you pay a fraction of the price for the real thing. I have never ordered electronics and never will, only shoes, dresses and bathing suits. There are a few things that you have to keep in mind in order to avoid any issues. Like, make sure the seller has 100% positive feedback, even if the seller has 99% positive feedback I don't use them. Also, make sure they have at least 200 transactions so they are credible. This combined with good feedback should cover you. I've always pay using PayPal and my credit card because that way your payment is secured and if there any issues you can dispute the charge and your credit card will back you up.

Date of experience: February 13, 2012