Buying from Goods from China on c/card. Am I Protected?

sly666

Hi
I am going to import a CNC machine from China.
The cost is about £2400 including shipping (by boat)

My question is. If i pay on my credit card will i be covered by the "section 75" rule?

As far as i can work out from reading this link... http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/section75-protect-your-purchases I would normally be covered but as i am using the Escrow service from Alibaba i 'may' not be covered as the Escrow service act as a third party.

The shipping is supposedly insured, but i just want to cover all eventualities in case it goes missing, gets damaged, or turns out to be a load of rubbish.

So if my credit card does not cover this purchase, what else can use? I am buying the machine for hobby use, and cant afford to loose this amount of money.

The only payment options are Escrow or bank transfer.
They wont take paypal, even if i cover the costs.

Many thanks.

jonesMUFCforever

You need to confirm whether this is a personal or business transaction.

dalesrider

sly666 wrote: »

Hi
I am going to import a CNC machine from China.
The cost is about £2400 including shipping (buy boat)

My question is. If i pay on my credit card will i be covered by the "section 75" rule?


The only payment options are Escrow or bank transfer.
They wont take paypal, even if i cover the costs.

Many thanks.

No section 75 wont cover you if its personal purchase.... 3rd party money movement and No debtor/creditor link.

What about import duties?

How did you find this retailer and product?

Now take a long hard look and wonder why they will only take bank transfer or Escrow....

Both menas of payment have no comeback.

Now I would take a long walk of a short plank off that boat and look elsewhere. Before parting with that kind of money, for something in China.

Or if you really want to continue. At least do a google on the company and see if any reviews come up.

sly666

jonesMUFCforever wrote: »

You need to confirm whether this is a personal or business transaction.

Yes Personal use.

sly666

dalesrider wrote: »

No section 75 wont cover you if its personal purchase.... 3rd party money movement and No debtor/creditor link.

What about import duties?

How did you find this retailer and product?

Now take a long hard look and wonder why they will only take bank transfer or Escrow....

Both menas of payment have no comeback.

Now I would take a long walk of a short plank off that boat and look elsewhere. Before parting with that kind of money, for something in China.

Or if you really want to continue. At least do a google on the company and see if any reviews come up.

I am aware of the import duties and the cost.

I know of other people who have bought from this seller and are happy.

I have bought loads of stuff from China with no real problems before, just nothing on this scale.
I just find it strange they wont take a paypal payment and frustrated section 75 rule does not apply through a 3rd party payment handler.

Bob_the_Saver

sly666 wrote: »

Hi
The cost is about £2400 including shipping (buy boat)

Can't you just rent one?

[Deleted User]

no wonder this countrys going down the pan !

BugsyBrowne

Nothing wrong with buying from china they tend not to use paypal for obvious reasons being the service rates with international buyers/sellers and also many banks in china don't have the facilities for paypal.

sly666

Bob_the_Saver wrote: »

Can't you just rent one?

yeah..very good :T