This online shopping site, Deal Extreme, has captured my heart. They give you FREE delivery for any products that you purchase from their site. I was a bit skeptical at first, I mean, FREE delivery and there isn’t even a minimum charge? So I decided to buy an $9 item from them, put my delivery address, and pay them using my PayPal….
| So I thought, oh well, if they are a scam, I’ll consider that 9 bucks as a give-away, or throwing away your luck thing. Guess what. In about 12 days, the item was delivered! (they promise a roughly 10-14 days of delivery).Why they can give you FREE delivery, I’m not sure. Why their items are so cheap, well most of them are HongKong or China products, so that’s why they cheap. There are a lot of discussions about this site though in whirlpool.net forum, so they are not a scam site. I’ve purchased a bunch of items from them afterwards, and they fail to disappoint me yet. |
Some people said to receive a broken product due to bad packaging or just a manufacturer faulty. They informed DealExtreme, and they are replaced (they don’t even bother to ask for the item to be returned!)
Some great items in the site are:
- 64 Mb memory for PlayStation 2 for $10.86
- 1 Gb MicroSD for $27.18
- A small but powerful flashlight for $27.18
- 35-in-1 USB 2.0 Card Reader for $8.90
- Battery Chargers
- Other stuffs (they really sell a bunch of cool, useful, weird stuffs)
I bought that cheap PS2 memory card (which is sold in a city shop for $35 bucks for an 8 mb – what a rip-off!) and have been using it in my PS2 until now with no problems at all. I expected a slow read/write, faulty, etc but hey, it doesn’t have any difference at all with the Sony that I got from the PS2!
NOTE: The images are courtesy of DealExtreme.com
Browse their site and check it out for yourselves! Beware that this site is addictive though ^^ Their site is at http://www.dealextreme.com
PS: They also have a referral program, so you basically collect points if you buy stuff from them, write reviews about your purchased products, submit pictures, etc. Good stuffs!
WARNING: Some of the stuffs that they sell are illegal in some countries (Bug Zapper, Butane Lighter in a gun-shaped, CellPhone signal jammer, etc), so make sure you have checked your customs policy first! Happy shopping!
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dealextreme = scam
cheap and bad stuff plus more cheaper costumer service
Nah they’re not. I’ve ordered from them so many times. Why don’t you buy a $2-$3 item and give them a try?
hi. at least dealextreme is better than ebay. i wonder if some of ebay sellers use them to dropship too.
I can confirm that this is the case. I bought a few stuffs from eBay and found out that the packaging and everything was exactly the same like DealExtreme! Meaning, they simply sell a product + higher price, then buy themselves from DealExtreme and ship it to me!
Hong Kong products were very expensive because they don’t produce any goods nowaday. Those stuff were cheap for a reason which is ‘made in China’. I just want to correct you.
got there thru http://www.dxfact.com (go visit and support)
worked great for me, i’m addicted since.
Agree!
This http://www.dxfact.com site has a great recommendation list,
purchased two great thing from it. (P-7 flashlight and Color-Changing by Motion LED Stick, my kids loved it)
DealExtreme sells shoddy merchandise. The prices are a great attraction, but BUYER BEWARE!!! I bought two items that I returned several times. I only have one working item because I paid to repair it myself!
Now, I’m stuck with the inoperable item because they told me it was after 30 days. The only reason it was after 30 days was because I was waiting for a reply from their rep!
The thing that steams me most is that the last rep I corresponded with asked me for PROOF that my inquiry was within 30 days of receiving the item. They have all of the information and correspondences between us right on their computers!
When I provided the proof, she told me too bad, so dad (Paraphrasing). STAY AWAY FROM DEALEXTREME!!!
http://www.coolcomputing.com/d/dealextreme.html
Hm funny, because I’ve bought a lot of stuffs from them and so far I haven’t got any problems. They are a bit slow when answering tech support but once I changed into a cheaper item because tehy were out of stock and I even got the refund.
Bought defective item from deal extreme and now two months later no non defectiver product from deal extreme….BEWARE DEAL EXTREME SCAMED ME
I think DX uses the early adopters — people who place their orders early and ahead of the curve before the masses do — in bad faith so they can test the waters and see if there is substantive demand for an item. Once orders are taken, they then make their order in proper and optimal size to their suppliers. I know: that’s tricky, clever. It’s indicative of the tactics and ethics in that region. I can’t really be angry, I just pity these folks.
Furthermore, on at least 2 past orders, I got fed up with non-responses from DX people.
On one occasion, I tried to cancel my order. And you know what, it won’t let me! Status on the cancellation page says: “On the packaging line and pending some last steps for shipment. If you would like to obtain the latest update, please contact us.” However, when I go to order tracking, it says the status is: “Temporary stock shortage, contact us if necessary” Could there simultaneously be two very different and conflicting status? Obviously, at least one of these is a lie. DX presents whatever status they feel like to manipulate the buyer.
Also no such thing as a FIFO policy. People who buy the product after you — especially if you are an early buyer — will often get their items shipped first. When inventory is very low, but many orders are taken, DX appears to try to do damage control on their public image — manipulating the perception of the masses by shipping the bulk of the last orders first for positive feedback. A few very angry customers is better than many unhappy customers.
Meanwhile, DX often drops the price while they are ‘waiting for stock’ from suppliers after you make the order (but note, you only made the order because DX tells you it’s in stock in the first place.) But point is, no chance in getting a price match.
Don’t trust their forums either. I suspect at least a 3 of the members are ‘planted’ — agents who work for them but say a few soothing words to disgruntled buyers who post. (e.g. moneycow). Just look at the reviews of these people. Be cautious who is posting. And the moderators, they say they are not DX Employees, but believe me, they are ‘agents’ at the very least. Cunning and very manipulative.
Along the lines of ‘paid posters’ or ‘planted agents’, look at some of the users on this site who has given DX a 5 check mark rating, 99% of users have only one posts. There is pattern here. Hmmmm… makes you wonder. It seems like DX staff are trying to keep their score up.
On one occasion, I got myself a DOA (Holux GPS unit). No response after inquiries to customer service.
These incidents have one thing in common: when the value of the item is over $50 (GPS, aPad). That is about as much as you can trust them with one order. Sure you probably will have no problems with small items (less than $20) but think twice before you buy something significant — could be delays, DOA or other problems.
I’m going to report these incidents to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal. I don’t know about HK or China, but in Canada there are ethical standards for merchants. For the public record and with each new report of deceit, it’s gonna make it harder to exist as a quasi-sham.
Poor ethics. Poor practices. It’s a matter of time before karma catches up.
The free delivery sounds like a great deal. Where are they located? I don’t want to encounter any problems with customs and imports.
i’ve had bad experience with dealextreme, i ordered a phone and got it last month, and it has scratches and was not even the right color,sure they are cheap but if the products are like that better order somewhere else, that’s why i order my products at Chinabuye, I have no problems with the condition of the product and the delivery are on time.
Hi Sheryl, sorry to hear that. Try taking some photos and email DealExtreme back as soon as you can. In my past cases like this, they would normally replace the product with a new one to you and you don’t even need to send yours back. I can’t promise the same thing to you but give it a go!
Haha.. Michael Aulia. It is so obvious that you are on DealExtreams payroll. In this thred you state that “In my past cases like this”. And in at another reply you say that you have never had any problem with them. DEALEXTREAM IS A BIG SCAM and you are stupid if you don’t get it.
Michael: Don’t bother to reply. Your such a joke.
I’ve not tried DX yet. But I found another shop (www.tinydeal.com) which it similar to DX and bought 2 little stuffs from them, pretty good. Besides, I found most items from TinyDeal are the same as but cheaper than DX’s. So I think that it might be an alternative choice of DX.
I ran across this price comparison website just now – http://www.ngshopping.com.
It compare between DX and all these great websites!
All prices include worldwide shipping fee !
http://www.dealextreme.com is china b2c website, and it at shenzhen guangdong, there are product is very cheap so you maybe like it, but you also can look this http://www.bestusbmemory.com
lol whatever, buddy. Feel free to post this reply in the forum http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1560171 (which has thousands of threads of people ordering from DealExtreme) and I’d love to see you get thrashed there. If you don’t want to buy anything from DealExtreme, it’s up to you, your loss