Wish - the website

Got some POC cycling sunglasses and a POC cycling helmet about 6 months ago. Assumed both would be moody for the price I paid, but they were either genuine or the best copies I have ever seen.

Clem_Snide said:

Got some POC cycling sunglasses and a POC cycling helmet about 6 months ago. Assumed both would be moody for the price I paid, but they were either genuine or the best copies I have ever seen.

A lot of the 'moody' stuff out here isn't outright fake, there are a lot of factory rejects around with tiny defects.

Agree a lot of decent stuff, some absolute shite. 

Quite a lot as Stu says is original items already made in China etc that fail quality inspections, and now rather than being wasted are being sold at a huge discount. 

Bought a few cheap bits and pieces. Some is ok some is rubbish. Thing I have found most is that delivery is invariably very late so after a week past date I ask for a refund which is readily given. Several times the item has arrived much much later. Wouldn’t pay more than a few quid for stuff though. 

MrOneLung said:

what is this website? - never heard of it.

www.wish.com
www.joom.com

both can be addictive...and require patience...

Excellent place to procure smoke bombs, flares, tasers, weed grinders, bugle hiding devices, knives, crossbows, crossbow bolts, shurukens, nunchuks and knuckle dusters 

And blow up paddling pools. Aside from that, they are purveyors of shit

Jessie said:

Stu_of_Kunming said:

Dazzler21 said:

Agree a lot of decent stuff, some absolute shite. 

Quite a lot as Stu says is original items already made in China etc that fail quality inspections, and now rather than being wasted are being sold at a huge discount. 

Imagine how cheap the stuff is here, with full reviews so you know the exact quality of what you're buying.

If they closed TaoBao, I'm not sure I could carry on living here!

Lol... I could. My mum and I still buy most things from physical shops, supermarkets and department stores. 

Most of my shopping is done on taobao or amazon!  I love a bargain and especially for imported stuff, online shops can't be beaten.

When we first met my wife called me mental for even buying toilet roll online, now she sees how much money we save, she loves it.

I hadn't heard of Wish until a golfer on YouTube bought a 'top end' driver for less than half price for a laugh. It went about 2/3 the distance of his usual one then broke after about half a dozen shots. £150 down the drain if you or I had bought it. 

Dazzler21 said:

DoctorCharlton said:

Interesting I've never heard of Taobao, had a quick look on there and its all in Mandarin with no option to change the language?

That's cos it's a Chinese website probably aimed at the Chinese people.

Maybe @Stu_of_Kunming speaks good mandarin then, because I can’t make any use of that site whatsoever. 

DoctorCharlton said:

Dazzler21 said:

DoctorCharlton said:

Interesting I've never heard of Taobao, had a quick look on there and its all in Mandarin with no option to change the language?

That's cos it's a Chinese website probably aimed at the Chinese people.

Maybe @Stu_of_Kunming speaks good mandarin then, because I can’t make any use of that site whatsoever. 

The main language in Kunming is Mandarin I believe.... But here you go, you can actually understand some of it... Some you have to further translate. 

https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?spm=a21wu.10013406-cat-tw.0.0.54995113vIGIak&depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=zh-TW&sp=nmt4&u=https://world.taobao.com/&xid=17259,15700019,15700186,15700191,15700256,15700259,15700262,15700265,15700271,15700283&usg=ALkJrhj_FCmHGNIKyD4z9eQL5bwPMCynlw

AFKABartram said:

Wish, Joom etc

I'm always well behind the curve in terms of websites. Hadn't heard of alibaba or AirBNB until years after they were well established etc

How do people hear about these things?

My 14 year old daughter.  They're all on it at school...!

DoctorCharlton said:

Dazzler21 said:

DoctorCharlton said:

Interesting I've never heard of Taobao, had a quick look on there and its all in Mandarin with no option to change the language?

That's cos it's a Chinese website probably aimed at the Chinese people.

Maybe @Stu_of_Kunming speaks good mandarin then, because I can’t make any use of that site whatsoever. 

Yeah, my Chinese is pretty good, living here for the last 8 years has helped a little