1.0reef Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 am I converting that right to 36$... edit nvm stupid... lul which would make sense though since its a german made system and reflectors. Agreed, only products made in Asia may be cheaper. Link to comment
hey Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Agreed, only products made in Asia may be cheaper. unless of course its a complete knock off, which is a possibility aswell Link to comment
Rememberme Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 unless of course its a complete knock off, which is a possibility aswell Probably not very profitable for a company to make a knockoff product for a niche market.I'd say it's somewhat unlikely for you to get a knockoff. Most times in taobao you will either get completely scammed from a sketchy seller with no ratings or you will get what you paid for. The key thing is to look for 5 diamonds, double hearts or hearts, the number points close to 5 and even better if there's the "taobao agreement with seller" logo. The agreement thing basically says you can return your product if you don't like it up to 14 days after it arrived to you. Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.0.0.xMY6gZ&id=19574709825 thanks Looks to be more expensive than Marine Depot. 3500 Chinese Yuan equals 570.50 US Dollar (using google). Yup Link to comment
Rememberme Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 I got my fauna Marin LPS pellets the other day. Their packaging was not bad, they used a card board box which had newspaper inside when then had a few layers of bubble wrap inside to protect the bottle of pellets. Considering they ship out their products with so much redundancy i'd say that i'd recommend getting LPS pellets from TaoBao (there's only like 1 seller with 5 hearts which sells it, so you'll find him when you search LPS fauna Marin). Link to comment
jabeuy Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 How are customs/duties on these? Does it still come out cheaper on top of the additional hassles? That said, I did order a set of lights straight from a factory through Alibaba, mostly just to try out and see if they'd actually get here Link to comment
Rememberme Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 How are customs/duties on these? Does it still come out cheaper on top of the additional hassles? That said, I did order a set of lights straight from a factory through Alibaba, mostly just to try out and see if they'd actually get here It's alright, not too bad. My coral rx pro was rejected at the border tho Link to comment
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