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Taobao - Now available in English for Hongkongers

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  1. #11

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    For furniture or large stuff, usually people ship it to logistics warehouse in Shenzhen or Guangdong, then the warehouse will ship to HK.

    Some even install furniture for you for a fees, if necessary.

    Example of logistics warehouse
    https://www.point2point.hk/tc/furniture/

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  2. #12

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    I can confirm items we have bought on normal taobao are just not listed on the English version. Similarly looking items from different shops at different prices (both cheaper and pricier, depending on items) are listed on the English version. Not sure what's going on, but options look more limited.

    I'm guessing sellers need to enable their option to be available/listed on the English store, for which they might have to agree/complete some steps in order to deal with foreigners, foreign-shipping or machine-translations etc.


  3. #13

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    Anyone else lost English on the app? Put a few things in my basket but didn’t order anything due to the Chinese New Year holiday. Opened it this morning and only Chinese available. A friend checked and said English was no longer available when they went to language settings.

    Edit:
    Delete and reinstalled and functional again!

    Last edited by kittykaitak; 05-02-2025 at 09:54 AM.
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  4. #14

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    Excellent, been meaning to finally try Taobao (though it's probably also saved me a bundle not buying unnecessary crap over the years haha)


  5. #15

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    Quote Originally Posted by irisboards:
    Excellent, been meaning to finally try Taobao (though it's probably also saved me a bundle not buying unnecessary crap over the years haha)
    Don't. It is truly the bottom feeder of fake low quality crap. Bought some (cheap) Apple Watch bands. Threw them right away. No point.

  6. #16

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    Any of you use Aliexpress? Thoughts?


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    Quote Originally Posted by periphery831:
    Any of you use Aliexpress? Thoughts?
    Taobao with markup
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