is ir safe to buy a laptop from internet?
By fwangaa
@fwangaa (3057)
China
May 1, 2009 3:27am CST
i want to buy a laptop from internet. there is a site called taobao . in which laptop is very cheap. is it safe to buy a laptop from internet?
are you ever bought expensive things in internet?
7 responses
@kurniawanSurvey (140)
• Indonesia
1 May 09
if I were ever to buy something on the internet, I'm always made sure they have a real shop in the real world which still within my reach, so if something bad happens I can always directly go to them.
note : I brought my ATI 4850 from internet, and I'm quite content with them.
@kurniawanSurvey (140)
• Indonesia
2 May 09
no my country is indonesia, I buy my 4850 from bhineka.com. anyway just try to find local store that still on your country, If you really don't want to take any risk.
@NoelEranga (25)
• Sri Lanka
1 May 09
Hi I'm from Sri Lanka. I'm using a Gateway laptop which I bought from internet around 1 year back. I think you should concider buying the laptop from the manufacture as it is the safest way. If not, I think you soul go for a reputable company such as circuitcity.com You can select a laptop according to your budget, features, performance ...etc.
@agrim94 (3805)
• India
2 May 09
Hi Fwangaa,
I had brought laptop from net and only thing i ever brought from internet apart from couple of movies cd from the net. I brought it from the circuit city.com and i am satisfied with the purchase and i got it dirt cheap there. This site is USA based and if your order is over 25$ then it doesnt charge you to send your purchase to your address inside USA. About the site you mentioned i have never heard of it and please be sure of site before you give your credit card details, i dont have to tell you about dangers of sending your credit card information on net.
@arkasen (748)
• India
2 May 09
I don't think there is any problem in buying a laptop from an online store. Every detail of the laptop is given on the site. But one think you should do is to buy it from genuine and reputed online store. Most of the laplot providers sell their laptop online from their site so you can go to their site and but it from there. You can also go to some of the famous site like ebay etc. The only think we need to remember while shopping online is that we must check that the site is not fake. Then there will be no problem.
@twoplytissue (68)
• Philippines
1 May 09
I think you should buy from real selling/auction sites like Ebay and the like. It's hard to deal in the internet, especially in terms of payment. Some sites scam their victims into paying immediately and running away without handing over the item.
@dianmelydia (2269)
• Indonesia
1 May 09
It depends on what site do you buy from. If you decide to buy a laptop online, you'd better buy it from official website of the vendor. It's good for warranty guarantee and better service. Good luck for you and have a nice day. Happy mylotting.