Quote from: btc-room101 on June 22, 2021, 08:18:46 AM

Quote from: iwantmyhomepaidwithbtc on May 17, 2021, 06:01:28 PM

Quote from: FuriousGeorge on May 17, 2021, 03:05:13 AM

I've never bought anything from alibaba before and im about to drop five figures on what will probably be s19s or s19j/s19jpros.

I know to use trade assurance, and look for a verified buyer, but I was wondering if anyone had any tips about the process.

Also, I was wondering if most people mine exclusively btc, or is there more splitting of resources. Thanks.

The process if quite the same than ordering anywhere else.

If you have a good seller, just run and mine my friend !

You could mine BTC, BCH, DGB and some others with a SHA256 machine.

I always had good experiences with used chinese Antminer. They came in 5 days in general (I'm in Europe) and only had 32 euros of tax for each machine.

I'm here in ASIA and I have terrible problems with alibaba, certainly that's it "Find a good seller", how are u going to do that? The only way a person can get rich in CHINA is to cheat the buyer, and honest guy always loses in China.

The trouble now is that alibaba takes 10% on an order in fee's whether it ships, cancels or not, and if they send what is not ordered, it always costs more to return, than they think cost, and if u do return, they always deny they got the return; The seller has all the power on alibaba.com the buyer has no power.

Sure find a 'good seller', they'll lie tell u what you want to hear, buy one, and see; Might take years to find this 'unicorn', a better proposition is somebody on this forum tell us about this good seller? I have been here 20 years, I buy from baba weekly, and I have never found a 'good seller' of used equipment.

I have to agree with room101. I have not heard anything good about buying used miners through Alibaba. They're usually all corroded AF and you're lucky if half of them run when they arrive. Forget about getting a refund from them, you'll never see your money back. EBay as expensive as it is is a MUCH safer place to buy miners from. You have a 30 day buyer guarantee, if the product doesn't arrive, doesn't work when it arrives or stops working within 30 days of arrival you get your money back. You will pay more for miners off EBay but at least you will get more sleep at night. I recommend buying from sellers with good reputation within your own country to sleep even better at night. Wink