Comments on: Online shopping jargons

By: tjm

tjm — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:12:55 +0000

oh! I see! yup, I use a Macbook. argh, ok. will try again on the PC. the PC’s very very old and slow, so don’t like to use it.

By: huileng

huileng — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:26:31 +0000

Make sure you are using PC (non mac) and it has got to be internet explorer. I have met lots of problems and got stuck here and there as we have switched to using apple products. Luckily we brought along an old acer notebook that solved my banking and shopping problems.

By: tjm

tjm — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:00:12 +0000

wah, haha… i have a lot in the shopping cart at amazon.com.cn too. hehe

i also tried setting up the 支付宝，but got stuck at the bank info part. something’s wrong with my internet banking. always have problem, even with online transfers to other people account or payment. so i gave up. not sure if i should try and go thru everything again. maybe it will work with more tries?

thanks for info!

By: huileng

huileng — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:05:03 +0000

I have had 3 transaction so far and has been satisfied with my purchase. I have a few hundreds 收藏
and James is afraid that I will go crazy and buy everything.

I have the account set up. I think the most important few items to fill up is the address and contact information. If you have a working internet banking account which allows you to do online transaction (like money transfer and payments), it is very easy settle the payment using 支付宝. I have all the different user login id and password etc recorded (in my own code, heh) just in case I got confused which to use at which page.

Be sure to contact the seller first if you are buying different items from the same shop, they could alter the shipping cost so you don’t pay double.

By: tjm

tjm — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:37:25 +0000

I see, good suggestions, next time I will look out for that. I just bought some clothes at a “discount store” for waimao brands too.

So have you started buying online? You signed up for account? I was tempted to do so on taobao but daunted after the 1st few sign up pages, too many chinese words to read and decipher and the payment methods were troublesome for me. hehe. now i browse and if i like, i ask my neighbor to buy for me, she has an account.

fortunately i have such a neighbor, else i have less purchasing pleasures.

By: huileng

huileng — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:39:23 +0000

For apperals, I think they will most probably tell us they are factory excess. And for things like leather goods and electronics goods, got to be imitation.

at least we can see and feel the finish products at the stores and try our best to make a guess. i think the fakes will look really trashy or won’t bother to carry the labels. Try examining the little details like 线头, the logo embroidery, the prints on the label etc to make our best guess.

Shopping online will be more of luck, so I assume everything online are factory excesses, failed QC or fakes, heh. I have bought a pair of 外贸 leggings for Zeeyau at a store for around 30rmb, and just found out one online site is selling it for 12rmb. What a sucker I have been! haha

By: tjm

tjm — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:08:18 +0000

wow! that was very useful indeed, especially since I also browse the online sites but have not bought clothes yet because i’m very confused.

i don’t know about what i buy at stores though. they never state or label their goods as what kind… i can only guess, or if i ask them, will they tell me the truth?

can i assume that if i buy the clothes, and it’s cheaper than what the normal brand costs, but the label is still there, does that mean it’s the real thing but failed QC?