Sep 18, 2012, 08:09 AM
Ive never been to china let alone outside of the US. However I am a member of another forum that is laser related hence the avatar. I speak for myself and most people on the forum that most Chinese (not all because there are some REALLY great Chinese people who are trying to make an honest living) WILL try to pull the wool over your eyes and take whatever they can.
We get Chinese people who come on our forum and spam ad's to items that probably dont even exist and when you place an order you get nothing and end up having to file a charge back with your bank/paypal. Luckily most of us on that forum are not idiots and we usually make them PROVE they are honest and legit people because they are so shady!
So I can only imagine what a tourist in china would be like. My suggestion would be to know what you are looking for and if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is.
China is very over populated too so its not that Chinese people are all racist or swindlers, they just do what they need to do to make money and feed their families. Nothing people in other countries haven't done. The only difference is in china there is a lot less regulation and with all the people its harder to regulate things.
Just my 2¢
We get Chinese people who come on our forum and spam ad's to items that probably dont even exist and when you place an order you get nothing and end up having to file a charge back with your bank/paypal. Luckily most of us on that forum are not idiots and we usually make them PROVE they are honest and legit people because they are so shady!
So I can only imagine what a tourist in china would be like. My suggestion would be to know what you are looking for and if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is.
China is very over populated too so its not that Chinese people are all racist or swindlers, they just do what they need to do to make money and feed their families. Nothing people in other countries haven't done. The only difference is in china there is a lot less regulation and with all the people its harder to regulate things.
Just my 2¢