Chinese sites dealing in cheap electronics

[I'm not sure if I've mentioned these before. But with Christmas fast approaching and people in gift-buying mode, it seems worth a re-mention even if I have.]

The prices are really attractive. But you have to pay by wire or bank transfer – they don’t accept credit cards, even though they sometimes have icons on their pages for those cards. And there’s a very, very good chance your order will never arrive – “held up by Customs” in China. Yeah right.

Here’s the list of sites I know of:

http://beat-price.com

http://cheer-sale.com

http://choicedealing.com/

http://day-offer.com

http://elecbest.com

www.eleccentre.com

http://elecforum.com

http://eleclord.com

http://elecprince.com

http://elec-sell.com

http://elecspace.com

http://elecstrading.com

http://electalk.com

http://excitedeal.com

http://eximious-trade.com

http://fairfirm.com

http://fairlyshop.com/

http://faithfulseller.com

http://firm-deals.com/

http://first-best.com

http://forbestshop.com

http://gain-buy.com

http://gladmart.com

http://gladseller.com

http://gucseller.com

http://high-discount.com/

http://honorshops.com

http://hotelecstore.com

http://kindsale.com

http://loyalshops.com

http://olxseller.com

http://on-sell.com

http://openelecshop.com

http://power-deal.com

http://praise-true.com

http://richshoping.com/

http://salablegoods.com

http://sellelecs.com

http://share-bar.com

http://sharinggoods.com

http://shiningdeal.com/

http://slick-trade.com

http://steadysale.com

http://sun-trusted.com

http://surelybuy.com

http://topsalesmall.com

http://topswholesaler.com/

http://treasure-shop.com

http://vastdeal.com

http://vibrant-deal.com

http://view-store.com

http://vip-bizs.com

http://vital-buy.com

http://vividsshop.com/

http://whiteitem.com/

http://wide-market.com

Most of these were started within the last 3 months, and if you check out any of these links you may find some already gone. But I decided to include every one I know of in case someone needs to know. PLEASE DON’T TRY TO BUY ANYTHING FROM ANY OF THEM. They have been reported to IC3. More than once.

For more details, including personal experiences of people who’ve made purchases, you can check out these discussions:

http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?s=2dea270d4d2f31ca87c2c9ea733f2238&p=972074#post972074

http://www.scam.com/blog.php?b=9412

http://www.ripoffreport.com/audio-electronic-retail-stores/gain-buy-com/gain-buy-com-http-whiteitem-8fa72.htm

Scam reported at FightTheScams.com