Taobao Vs Taobao agent

[glowinshanka]

Sorry If this isn't ok to ask ( I search taobao here and I don't find any post)

I want to buy some toys from taobao, but I no't have any clue how to do it, can anyone help me?

thanks

[moving to Trader Support ~ many thanks ~ hathorcat]

Merging due to several threads already of this nature in TS. Thanks PonyLady

[Sakuyamon]

I and my friend use Taobaonow.

[glowinshanka]

o.o I just send you a pm ^^

[achab1984]

That is a good question, I seem to have the same girl dealing with my orders.

[glowinshanka]

That is a good question, I seem to have the same girl dealing with my orders.

I wish to finish my g4 collection.. and If I buy all on ebay I will spend allot of money u.u I want some loose ponys

[achab1984]

I sent you a pm back.

[Lady Starflower]

Sorry if I'm driving you guys crazy with questions. I'm trying to get into the swing of things with this Taobao business but finding it a little frustrating.

I'm using TaobaoNow but I'm feeling a little frustrated. They seem to be a little slow with things. It's usually a full day before I hear from them and of course by then all the ponies are sold out. I realize there is a huge time difference and I do take that into consideration.

When is the best time to search Taobao and try to order ponies? I really want to keep my eye out for another Minty but at this rate I'll never get her.

Also I read that if you send them a pic of a pony they can look/keep an eye out for her. I tried that and the agent just sent me a link to look through. (?)

[moving to Trader Support ~ many thanks ~ hathorcat]

[Unicorn_pops]

What time zone are you on? It's a little after 7:00PM here and I've found they usually list new ones around 1:00AM. I've actually had really good luck sending pictures through the description selection...I just simple post the link and ask if the seller has one like that avaiable too. It's best to keep your wording simple and always be super polite. They respond so much faster that way

[Lady Starflower]

I'm like eastern standard time or something. It's almost 7:30 here.
Do you use TaobaoNow too?
They have always been very nice and we had always been polite to each other, I just find them to be on the slow side.

I dunno, I'm just getting a little discouraged with this.

[Galactica]

Agree with everything above.

Keep in mind that they are in China- and a small business-  so they are often in bed when you are making your selections.  IE if you make an order at 12 p.m. EST.  It is actually 12 a.m. in China!  The time difference makes a really big delay unless you are making your orders at 12/1 am.   

When there is an auction with more than one pony in it- make sure you include within your selection the http address of the pony that you want -

ALWAYS be SUPER polite.  They are real people and they notice.   They will also remember you down the road.

Keep your requests SUPER simple.  They try their best but translation to/from Chinese is very dicey- and really easy to get wrong.  Think of how even translated, the Taobao site seems to make no sense at all.  They feel the same way about English.


If you try to buy something that is sold out- they have sometimes offered to check in with the seller periodically to see if the item is back in stock.  I have found that it is easier to rely on yourself to search and find what you are looking for.  Just sending a picture of various things you want them to look for is probably not going to work.

[stormwing]

So I wanna join the Taobao bandwagon! My question is who's a good agent to go through? I was looking through the BuyChina site and they have the price for the item, their fee and the shipping right there when you look at the page. Are they a reputable agent? Has anyone here used them personally?

And do you have any suggestions or advice for a Taobao noob?

Thanks!

[ponylady]

I am going to merge this with the other thread that we have concerning Taobao in TS, right now.

[stormwing]

Oh thanks.  Sorry

[Lady Starflower]

No worries. I'm a Tao Bao newbie too whose trying to figure this stuff out lol

[stormwing]

Haha thanks! It's a heck of a lot more complicated than I would've thought! Maybe we can learn some new things together