Tabao

Postby linuxyeti » Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:16 pm
Hi there

I thought I'd have a go at ordering from Tabao, using an agent, to buy some bits for my CF650TR

So, initial order payed for on the 19th Jan, this initial payment, is for the agents commission, the items & local postage. Once the iems arrived at the agent you then pay for the international postage, the agent send photos of what you've ordered before you pay for the international postage. Altogether it's costing me ~£75.00 for pannier protectors, both parts of the throttle cable, so, not 100% sure how much of a bargain I've ended up with, however, I have only seen the pannier protectors on tabao !!. I chose the overland postage option, the cheapest, which I was told could take upto 3 months to arrive.

Long story short, they arrived today, after parcel force felt the urge to add the custom charges on top, £25.00. So the overall cost, ~£100.00. I can't complain too much, as, just the 2 part throttle cable (upper & lower) from WK, are £35.00 excluding VAT (20%) and postage.

The tabao agent I used was ... tabaoring https://www.taobaoring.com/

A couple of lessons learnt, main one is that it's best to order from a single tabao seller, via the agent, as this should save considerably on 'local' postage.

Expect an additional bill from customs, if that doesn't happen, then it's a bonus Generally speaking I've been fairly lucky in the past.

In short, using my newly learnt lessons, I would definitely use this agent again.

Cheers

Tony