Misaki H.

I will never visit this site again. This is the first time, when I wanted to post something to an online discussion, spent 30 minutes writing a comment on Guardian and immediately after I published the comment, it was deleted by moderators. What happened to freedom of speech? I did not write anything offensive, the post was deleted immediately and when I tried to post anything on the site, it was all also removed in the second, when I posted it.

I wanted to buy a ticket from Budapest to Tokyo on Skyscanner. The best offer was from Airtickets24, so I selected this option and paid for the tickets without reading any reviews about this company. The tickets would normally cost 1600 per passenger and I bought them for 500 each!
This was the first time, when I was buying tickets alone (my parents always booked them), so I decided to read some reviews on the next day, to ensure that it's not a fraud.
All over the internet I could see reviews, saying that this company is a scam. Many reviewers said, that the company misspelled their names, so that they had to cancel the booking. I was terrified and wanted to file a credit card chargeback immediately.
I went to the bank to do the chargeback but I decided to try to call Japan airlines first and ask about the booking. They confirmed, that everything was ok with the booking and there is no reason to worry. So I was happy that I did not have to dispute the transaction.
Don't believe all the reviews, that it's a scam. Their tickets are very cheap for a reason. You can't cancel the tickets once they are paid. So this is the only negative thing about this company. They charge a huge penalty for any change or cancellation of booking.
And don't forget, that they will add "MS" or "MR" to your name on the plane ticket, you don't have to worry about it. The airlines accept it like this. I could see my name on the plane ticket written as Misakims, instead of Misaki.

If you are a buyer using PayPal for purchases, it's great.
However, as a seller, it's like not receiving any payment for your goods at all. You can never be sure, that you will be able to keep the payment for your merchandise.
Buyer has 180 days since the payment to open a dispute for whatever reason he wants - item not received or unauthorised transaction. No express delivery tracking with buyer's signature? You lose your entire payment, shipping cost and the merchandise as well.
It does not matter, that the buyer selected economy delivery without tracking at checkout. Even if you have a valid tracking number showing delivery, the dispute will be in 99% cases closed in buyer's favor. The only tracking, which they accept is signed delivery by FedEx or UPS, which is unrealistic if you sell items of average value.
I pay PayPal 500$ in fees per month for no seller protection at all and theft of my money whenever a fraudulent buyer decides to get a free item.

I registered there as a seller on 04.10.2015 and since then I sold 11 items. I imported all my items from eBay, I currently use Bonanza as an additional site where I offer my products.
I had 1700 items views in 1 month. I did not subscribe for any extra membership. I have the most basic account. There are different memberships available so that your items can be more visible to buyers.
The fees are very low and the items are visible in Google search so that buyers can see them.
The only problem which I have in Bonanza is that all my eBay items have free shipping, but in Bonanza it shows random amount of shipping with every item instead of the free shipping.
I would recommend using this website.

In July this year I was shopping there for the first time, so I was a bit worried that I would be scammed. Also, it is not possible to pay by a credit card but bank transfer to China is required.
I posted there a want ad and a chinese company which was selling the exact product as I wanted responded to me. I purchased the goods from them via Trade assurance. I had to transfer them 1500$ dollars deposit (covered by Trade Assurance) and 6500$ I paid to their bank account before the goods were shipped.
The chinese company sent me pictures of the goods before they were shipped. They dispatched the shipment by FedEx and I received it after 9days.
The goods were in excellent condition, exactly as described and I will buy from there again.