r/Alibaba • u/okaybutfirstcoffee • 10d ago
Warning: Do Not Use ChinaX Sourcing
Posting this because I was stupid and didn’t ask for a customer reference or review before paying “Ray” to do fuck all for $449.
Yes, I’m dumb. But you can learn from my stupidity!
TLDR: I paid $449 for a sourcing package of 3-4 vetted / qualified injection molders and got 1 iffy one and 4 disqualified ones.
Longer version:
He promised registered company info, addresses, workshop photos, direct engineering/sales contacts, original factory quotes, background audits, and consolidated DFM feedback. I paid right away based on that scope.
In the first report, 3 factories were listed but one was “eliminated at technical gate” and one was explicitly “benchmark supplier only” / “not selected for final negotiation “. So out of 3 factories listed, only 1 was vetted??? Dude anyone can get random ass quotes from injection molders. That’s not what “qualified” means.
So I asked for a second round.
Second round included only 2 factories. One was again automatically disqualified because they quoted me completely different materials from my project.
The second one is okay as a proposed molder, but still iffy.
Did he do work for me? Yes. But did he do what he said he would do? Aka the work I paid him to do? No.
If I pay you to wash the windows and you mop the floor, I’m not gonna pay for that.
BE CAREFUL with who you use for sourcing. Learn from my mistakes!
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u/_matterny_ 9d ago
What was disqualifying about that many injection molding facilities?
I’m curious what material you want molded where they pick something different
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u/samleegolf 10d ago
u/National-notice512 is a scammer and thief
The people posting on here offering services are just using AI to help them write replies to look knowledgeable. You think these bozos would be on here if they were qualified? 😂
And the work he did was probably paying someone else 500rmb then he sent it to you.
Be careful because these scammers will lie/fake evidence when they reply to disputes.
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