How many of you out here have heard of Alibaba and the forty thieves? Well, my first experiences of being scammed came from none other than Alibaba.com. I am not saying that it was Alibaba.com who scammed me, but it was through Alibaba.com that i was "robbed".
Because of Alibaba.com's loose regulation on counterfeit or scammers, the "Thieves" in Alibaba.com are able to post themself as being "GOLD Suppliers" or, "TrustPass" members.
According to Alibaba.com's TrustPass, "TrustPass® serves to provide transparency regarding the identity and legitimacy of your trading partners on Alibaba.com. Only companies that have completed an Authentication and Verification procedure conducted by a third-party credit-reporting agency have a TrustPass Profile."
It is indeed important to be passed off as trust worthy when a company completes the Authentication and Verification procedure. But what about maintaining that status for good? What about keeping track that the companies are abiding to the policy and are still worthy or the TrustPass? Is that not important too?
If you log into Alibaba.com, one may find that there are many forums created to express the fact that members of TrustPass are not quite worthy of that status anymore. Whether it be selling knock-offs or just simply not sending the item after receiving the money, many out there have fallen to this trap.
Click here to read on a Forbes.com article on this matter and how it relates to Yahoo!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
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Yes, i really aggrees, those chinesse company on alibaba are all frauds, I ever been scammed by two diffrent companies, I had lodged a report to alibaba, but they never reply me.
Yes, i really aggrees, those chinesse company on alibaba are all frauds, I ever been scammed by two diffrent companies, I had lodged a report to alibaba, but they never reply me.
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