Is buying model on Ebay safe?

[racer917]

Never had any problems with an e-bay transaction, however, I only limit myself to sellers from the US and Canada, never overseas. I've seen that sometimes shipping cost from HK are about equal to item and I would not trust them with my money. Check seller's feedback. I have walked away from selllers with not so good ratings. Also by having good communication and being understanding with the seller you "establish" a trust with them that can only be good.

[cyclone1410]

I've bought about 20 kits on Ebay over the last twelve months. I have had problems with heiheihei999 (he only wraps the kit box in paper) but others such as Sangpolly (who cuts styrofoam packaging to fit all around his kits and then wraps it) are fantastic. The postage cost from these guys (Hong Kong) is relatively low for us Aussies and kit prices in local hobby shops are exhorbitant. I now tend to buy off HLJ and only use Ebay for OOP kits.

[mech0t0]

Originally posted by 73superduty


Yup, heiheihei999 sent me a package that way once.
At least mine arrived in ok shape.
Chris

I am really concern! I just pickup a C-west RX-7 from him

[spoolin12]

Originally posted by mech0t0


I am really concern! I just pickup a C-west RX-7 from him

i orded a porsche from him about a week ago and i emailed him asking if he had sent mu item and he said his computer had a virus and he lost all of his contacts but he said he sent mine a week ago so i guess i will see it soon!

I will tell you as soon as it gets to me!

[hondaaccordboy21]

Guess i should look out for this heiheihei guy

[joecwlaw]

Originally posted by fairladyz_gt-r
Thx guys, i was planning on getting one of the 1/12 skyline GT-R i want either the Veilside or the S&S sound like i have to do more research on using Ebay

hi, I have sent you Private message.

[73superduty]

Originally posted by spoolin12


i orded a porsche from him about a week ago and i emailed him asking if he had sent mu item and he said his computer had a virus and he lost all of his contacts but he said he sent mine a week ago so i guess i will see it soon!

I will tell you as soon as it gets to me!

Well, if he had a virus, it didn't slow him down in adding more auctions, that's for sure.
Chris

[spoolin12]

Originally posted by 73superduty


Well, if he had a virus, it didn't slow him down in adding more auctions, that's for sure.
Chris

Thats what i thought.

Another odd thing is that if his computer was in for repair how did he reply to my email?

I guess i will find out!

[mech0t0]

Originally posted by spoolin12


i orded a porsche from him about a week ago and i emailed him asking if he had sent mu item and he said his computer had a virus and he lost all of his contacts but he said he sent mine a week ago so i guess i will see it soon!

I will tell you as soon as it gets to me!

He told me he sent mine a week ago also I guess we are in the same boat!!! E-bay worry!!!

[tonioseven]

I can vouch for Sangpolly, plastic-models, pgimport, tsplano, [email protected]. I've dealt with these sellers on several occasions and have no complaints.

[mech0t0]

Originally posted by mech0t0


He told me he sent mine a week ago also I guess we are in the same boat!!! E-bay worry!!!

I received my model today from heiheihei999! However, it was wrapped in paper! The box is completely destroyed, which made me buy another one for my collection! But it arrived!

[dickytoo]

my experience with heiheihei999 has not been so good. i ordered 4 models from him and paid for the airmail (7-10 days) option. after over 3 months, i am still waiting for the last of my models to arrive.

he has a multitude of excuses, including "the address label fell off" twice, "sent it last week", to "i'll send it soon".

the packing was pretty crap with all the boxes crumpled and now he is not answering my emails.

i would say buy at your own risk.

[hobbes874]

heiheihei999 is also very hard to talk to. His english is pretty bad and hard to understand at times . Usually if you wait you can find pretty good deals from people in the U.S.

[chubbs36chambers]

Ive gottent kits from Sangpolly and heiheihei999 and i have not had a problem from them at all there packaging is kind of primative but they arive in good condition. To buy on ebay first of all check there raiting if its in the upper 90% thats means its a good seller. Then check there image of the item if it seems to be a copy from the internet or from some other seller.do not get it sometimes they are people who are trying to f*ck you over with your money. Then check there shipping costs sometimes they ask for allot of $$$ for shipping example 2 months ago i was crusing ebay and found a Nissan Skyline R30 by aoshima and they wanted $27 for shipping.

[fredo]

I bought around 20 kits on ebay during the last 2 years. They were mainly hard-to-find old kits. Generally they came OK but a few of them had missing pieces.
Concerning the new kits I bought, I bought from heiheihei999 and sangpolly, all of them arrived quickly and I had them very cheap.
I didn't have any problem with heiheihei999 but it's true that his packaging is very basic and the box doesn't come mint (but as long as I buy kits to build them and not for box collection, it doesn't matter).
Sangpolly is very kind in emails and easy to communicate with, packaging is a lot better (with styrofoam to protect the model).

So I find ebay is a great place to buy for cheap but I always :
- look at the rating (and comments)
- ask for S&H costs before bidding.