Alibaba.com B2B Trade App 17+

When i am 'down' and feeling 'blue', there is nothing as diverting as to log into Alibaba and browse. Pretty soon i am lost in wonder wandering at will through this cache of treasures and bargains, picking out the 'must haves' and recording them in a 'favourites' file to which i can return on pension day to organize purchase.
This form of distraction [shopping therapy] is excellent in it's unerring quality of at once distracting me and preparing a future joyous and happy moment : when the parcel/s arrive by post! I cannot recommend this superb emporium highly enough to express the transformative effect it has…seamas.

It’s so annoying. NOTHING is true on it. The prices, the freight, the delivery. Complete bunkum. They bombard you with really annoying junk and they won’t take no for answer. PLEASE GO AWAY. Leave me alone. I’m not interested.
The worst business experience for thirty years was when I recently placed an order. Shocking quality. Ridiculously convoluted communication. Lies lies more lies different lies and other lies. Who on earth would knowingly choose to do business that way? I have a small business which has done hundreds of international transactions over the years in many countries including China and Hong Kong and Thailand. This was an unbearable experience. The whole thing, not just the supplier was awful. It was like getting stuck in a tourist trap. It was like sitting next to someone really horrible on a plane. It was nearly as bad as a rug shop in Morocco!
Find an agent and pay extra. Oh actually I did offer to pay extra for better quality. Ha!
Please release me. Let me go.

Beware - poor quality product and trade assurance won’t be backed up. There are no guarantees about quality or honesty. Trade assurance will always support the seller not the buyer. Invoicing descriptions are very vague and poor - often a description will contain a minor error which could easily be overlooked but product will arrive with error and because you accepted description you have no recourse. Check everything twice before accepting a shipment and then check it twice again in “every” detail. Keep records of what you are ordering and tell them in detail what you are expecting. Once the “trade guarantee” expires you have “no” records. Make sure sellers don’t close order before you have inspected goods -“very carefully”. And count “everything” twice. If you have paid to make a tool or mold make sure you get that too. Otherwise they will loose it and you will have to pay again without recourse.