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    Thread: bakki shower

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      bakki shower

      Anyone ever buy a bakki shower off Alibaba. They look nice but then looks can be deceiving.

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      Alibaba is just a B2B company that sets up the seller to buyer. Many good and also many bad reviews. For something bulky, easily damaged in shipping such as shower trays and extremely difficult to get replacement resolution from a Chinese company with no US dealers to work with it might be risky.
      Last edited by BWG; 01-16-2023 at 10:28 PM.

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      Low grade stainless steel,prone to rust?

      Not impossible!

      The Chinese do not have a work ethic like the Japanese.

      Bought a JONNESWAY RIV-NUT gun. Taiwanese factory.

      3, 4, 5 mm riv nut left hand thread mandrels do not fit the compression tool.

      The 6 mm male does.

      Accept a FABRICATION fault, forget it,they still beating around the bush.

      Ar$e holes.
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      Dont buy chinese products that often. Ive seen some of their work in the co I retired from. I did buy a case of led light for my aquariums 5 years ago
      and have really been happy with them. 48 aquarium fixtures and not 1 problem. Have been frustrated in that you cant hardly get thru the websites
      looking for showers. Most are from Europe and the few here are 10 times the price. Im down to gambling on the Chinese unit and building my own.

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      I checked out the RDFs listed once and after serious inquiries things starting looking like scam prices to get people to investigate.

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      Do you have a link to the listing? Is there a way to make inquiries to the seller and see what return options there are?

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      I've bought through Alibaba when sourcing very large glass viewing panels. Saved me over AUD$100K by direct importing.

      Choose a Gold Medal supplier that has been there several years as alibaba is very keen to remove unscrupulous suppliers by audits on annual renewals. They have an escrow service if your concerned about larger amounts. Alibaba won't release payment to supplier unless your satisfied. Also have a dispute and investigation department. Similar to Ebay platform but annual turnover of supplier is transparent.
      There may be some minimum purchase requirements (wholesalers).
      For smaller items/values there is also Ali Express which seems less reliable.

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