Ordering stuff from China?

Anyone done it? Success or failure? Good or bad?

I'm looking for a DVR unit I can plug a cheap camera into. I want to mount the cameras under cars to watch the suspension work. I found one on E-bay that would be perfect, but it's in China.

I've bought a few dozen things direct from China via ebay, and whenever there has been a (usually only minor) problem, it was taken care of promptly. I have no concerns.

Haven't had a problem and these toe socks are sooooo comfy.

I've ordered other things as well. Always pay via paypal.

I ordered an anime figurine to use for our wedding cake topper from hong kong and it shipped fairly quickly and had some cool stamps on the package.

Ordered a variable voltage controller direct. Pretty quick shipping and no problems. US versions I could find were $120 - China one was $18 - worked perfectly.

I recently ordered a new battery for my bicycle's headlight (all home built stuff) and it was shipped far faster than I thought it would be

I've ordered from China a number of times. Electronics are hit-and-miss. Toys, jewelry, textiles were all good. Expect mediocre to poor customer service and average to long shipping times, so I usually buy local unless the economics demand otherwise.

I ordered some coax connectors. They arrived promptly and very reasonably. They also sold my paypal email address to spammers.

Dealextreme was pretty pleasant, but took a long time.

I found a company in California that had the same thing in stock for not much more money. So I ordered from them. Thanks for the input. I keep the China connection in mind for the future.

I ordered some lead flavored toys. They were tastier than expected.

Appleseed wrote: I ordered some lead flavored toys. They were tastier than expected.

one from column A, one from column B

Why don't you just wait until they own us? Shouldn't be too much of a wait.

I'm teaching myself Mandarin now.

他们已经拥有我们

I just go to WalMart. I let them do the ordering.

I bought some 20x20 LCD displays on ebay from Hong Kong for prototyping a project on my own dime... worked out fine. Since they cost $40 each here and I was buying them for $4.75 each. My risk wasn't exactly too great. Not sure I'd order something I had to borrow money to afford though.

mmosbey wrote: Dealextreme was pretty pleasant, but took a long time.

DX now has shipping points in the US and UK.

I order stuff from China all the time. Most come by Hong Kong Post and takes a few weeks to get from distribution point to my door.

nderwater wrote: I've ordered from China a number of times. Electronics are hit-and-miss. Toys, jewelry, textiles were all good. Expect mediocre to poor customer service and average to long shipping times, so I usually buy local unless the economics demand otherwise.

That's largely been our experience at the shop; we've started importing a couple Chinese tools. Lead times are long, you end up paying the tariff, and for electronics some suppliers are more reputable than others.

here you go: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=%2311+keychain+camera&_sacat=See-All-Categories

camera + dvr in HD. problem solved for 40 bucks

I ordered a CCTV DVR and an alarm system from Chinese vendors. Instructions were so poorly translated that the units were unusable.

Appleseed wrote: I ordered some lead flavored toys. They were tastier than expected.

That explains allot actually.

N Sperlo wrote:

Appleseed wrote: I ordered some lead flavored toys. They were tastier than expected.

That explains allot actually.

A bonus! Made with child labor!

I ordered Kung Pao Chicken from China.

Did you get it yet? Was it cold?