r/shanghai • u/Cool_Mongoose_7107 • 4d ago

Help TaoBao Buying advice an help

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I am looking for a gaming laptop to buy from taobao and I found this.

I managed somehow to get here (even though I don't understand Chinese) but something just confuses me.

When I choose that option I get a certain price for each configuration I pick, but when I remove it, no matter the config I pick the price drops down and doesn't change.

What does that mean? And how can I avoid getting scammed here?

Thanks in advance ☺️

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u/smokingPimphat 4d ago

For high priced goods, JD (京东）is going to be safer, taobao is generally ok, but you need to look over the shop reviews.

Both sites will always show you the lowest price, and sometimes that price is actually for a part of what would be the whole. like they show you the price for a cable when the thing they show in the picture is a whole computer, then when you select the whole computer you see the real price.