Experience with e-bay sellers in Hong Kong?

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I am looking to buy a lens - a Nikon zoom - and the cheapest place to
get one seems to be on e-bay from Hong Kong. However, I'm a bit wary of
parting with a load of cash for something sent on trust from someone at
the far side of the world. So I wonder if people have experience of
this type of transaction and can advise what to watch out for?

Any recommended sellers? Problems with fake items? Problems with import duty?

All tips gratefully received!

J;

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"Jeremy Henderson" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> I am looking to buy a lens - a Nikon zoom - and the cheapest place to
> get one seems to be on e-bay from Hong Kong. However, I'm a bit wary of
> parting with a load of cash for something sent on trust from someone at
> the far side of the world. So I wonder if people have experience of
> this type of transaction and can advise what to watch out for?
>
> Any recommended sellers? Problems with fake items? Problems with import
duty?
>
> All tips gratefully received!
>
> J;
>
> --
> Encrypted e-mail address. Click to mail me:
> http://cerbermail.com/?nKYh3qN4YG
>

There are escrow services that will hold the money in trust until you have
received the merchandise in good order. A reputable seller will understand
your concerns, and will be willing to use such a process.

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Fi Nishing wrote:
> "Jeremy Henderson" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:31m943F3bu1ctU1@individual.net...
>> I am looking to buy a lens - a Nikon zoom - and the cheapest place to
>> get one seems to be on e-bay from Hong Kong. However, I'm a bit wary
>> of
>
> Personally I wouldn't touch any seller from Hong Kong or Taiwan. Ebay
> is entirely risky and totally open to fraudsters and I doubt I'm far
> from the mark in asserting that the riskiest of all are those from
> those two places. FWIW,
> Fi.

I've done a number of small (< $200) transactions with HK eBay sellers.
They were all prompt and dependable. It would take important advantages
to get me to go for much more than that.

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"Jeremy Henderson" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:31m943F3bu1ctU1@individual.net...
>I am looking to buy a lens - a Nikon zoom - and the cheapest place to get
>one seems to be on e-bay from Hong Kong. However, I'm a bit wary of parting
>with a load of cash for something sent on trust from someone at the far
>side of the world. So I wonder if people have experience of this type of
>transaction and can advise what to watch out for?
>
> Any recommended sellers? Problems with fake items? Problems with import
> duty?
>
> All tips gratefully received!
>
> J;
I've bought several high value items from "Kea-Photo" based in Hong Kong
with no problems whatsoever. (I'm in the uk). The only, ONLY, time i've been
ripped off EVER in four years of trading on ebay was from some tosser in New
York. However as I paid him via paypal I managed to get my money back via
paypals complaints service.