Has Anyone Bought From Chinese Ebay Leathertool's Suppliers (Giantbo)

[DavidL]

yes, I meant to write an s to the end. I wish tandy had some savings tho .

[LoneWolf1973]

I bought some bevelers. Cant remember which chinese company it was. They werent the best but they do the job on small projects. The problem with the ones I got is they are completely flat. They dont have actual grips which makes it difficult with my arthritis. I thought about adding grips to them but havent yet.

[WiKKiDWidgets]

There are number of Chinese vendors out on eBay that pass themselves off as US dealers. And let me tell you, they are some very devious people. I recently won an auction for about half the 'buy it now' price. The shipping was stated at a flat $6.99. But. to make up their loss on the auction, they 'invoiced' my purchase and quoted me $30 in shipping. I ended up having to call eBay because they of course would not respond to messages. Then they tried to sidestep eBay's system and sent me the 'corrected' invoice directly from PayPal. An invoice that cited only the word "Goods" as my purchase. Which would have left my eBay purchase as unpaid. I hammered at them again insisting they correct the invoice via eBay which they finally did.

The group is a company called N&K trading inc that sells under various Id's on eBay. A couple that I know of

yallstore
ecmonster

tmart

I am sure there are more eBay ID's. I look out for anything coming from NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ

You can see their reputation here:

http://www.bbb.org/new-jersey/business-reviews/home-electronics/n-k-trading-inc-in-north-brunswick-nj-90149551/

(Or just search the internet for [N&K trading inc] to find hundreds of complaints about them.

All of that said, if you tread lightly and have patience, you can get some decent tools at some very good prices. For me personally, those great prices are not worth the trouble you must endure almost every time you try to get something from them.

Edited August 25, 2014 by WiKKiDWidgets

[tboyce]

I bought the Chinese irons a while back. No complaints. I don't know if they will last as long as Vergez or Dixon but at they price they want, I can replace these several times over. If I were making my living at this rather than just having it be a hobby, I might shell out for the more expensive irons. Right now though, it is doubtful that my skill is sufficient to show any difference if there were any to begin with