I just made a purchase through Smallmarketsite dot com, and paid via paypal, and I'm a little suspicious.
The first thing that made me suspicious, was that the store (top in the yahoo shopping search) had no ratings. Usually merchants have ratings.
The 2nd thing, was that upon checkout, the "do you want a merchant e-mail feedback form e-mailed to you" was not checked - usually that's checked automatically - but It thought - no big deal.
The price was very good (and only 80 bucks), the shipping was free and it's the product I wanted. (granted, the low price made me suspicious too)
After completing the purchase, I got a confirmation that I'd made a payment to 3 chinese characters - that could have said anything from small market site, to Laugh at America, but, it seemed odd. Not that Chinese stores shouldn't sell on the internet, but it just looked strange.
So, I googled smallmarektsite dot com, and I found out that they sell sneakers, among other things, and somebody questioned the authenticity of the site selling the sneakers.
Now, this is a site that's an approved Yahoo seller, and Paypal approved, so, on the one hand, maybe they are legit.
On the other hand, the box set of 11 DVDs I ordered seems unusually cheap, so maybe they are selling pirated copies, or maybe they got the licence to see these and they're just beating the competitors price.
Maybe this is China's answer to Amazon and it's all legit, or, maybe it's selling illigal remakes or maybe, I'll never recieve what I just paid for.
I'm not overly concerned about the 80 bucks, but I was wondering what others (who might be more educated in this than I am) think about this merchant.
thanks.
