Topic: Before purchasing ANY APPLE product from any Chinese supplier.
Anonymous A started this discussion 11 years ago#46,801
Although Apple products are made in China, virtually all of them are exported, because about 99.9999995% of Chinese people can't afford them. Don't think that because a supplier is in China, he can buy them cheap there and ship it to you. Apple products in China cost almost just as much in the USA, UK, AU, JP, etc, simply to prevent people from buying it retail in China and selling overseas. In reality, a small Chinese supplier has the same chances of getting wholesale apple products than you do at your country! You must remember that Chinese factories only get about 10% of the profit from Apple products, which is why China will always remain a very poor (per capita) manufacturing country. Why do you think Apple hasn't really made many Apple Stores in China like they do in the US?
If you've just sent $$$ to a chinese supplier who has run away with your money then thats it! If you've sent payment by B/T, W/U, M/G, T/T, etc then technically there is NO trace of the funds, nor any deal you made! Remember that many Chinese people have the same name, and many of them look the same, so tracking them down is more like finding a sand grain in a sand dune rather than a needle in a haystack.
The typical Chinese fake product is NOT a fake Macbook Pro. Most Chinese people don't understand 'high quality', simply because they aren't use to Western standards of manufacture, or cannot manufacture high-quality products with their budget. Chinese-made Apple fakes are usually real enough to fool customs or investigators, but not enough to fool customers.