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| soFPG:
The Taobao-Agent I am usually contacting for buying electronic parts from China now does not accept payment from private bank accounts anymore which leaves me wondering whether China wants to prevent people from outside buying stuff off their platforms? Any insider here who has more information? |
| I wanted a rude username:
Weird ... usually the Communist Party tries to prevent money from leaving China, not entering. (However the individual platforms such as Taobao gladly prevent everyone who doesn't have a Chinese ID from using their services, which is bizarre when you think about it.) |
| Black Phoenix:
--- Quote from: I wanted a rude username on April 30, 2021, 09:16:55 am ---Weird ... usually the Communist Party tries to prevent money from leaving China, not entering. (However the individual platforms such as Taobao gladly prevent everyone who doesn't have a Chinese ID from using their services, which is bizarre when you think about it.) --- End quote --- Yes and no... I live in Shenzhen and have an account on TaoBao and JD as a foreigner. And can buy with my own account and pay via WeChat or Alipay without problems too. The difference is that i have a Mainland Mobile Number. And to get the account for that mobile number I needed to fill a document and provide them my passport to be scanned and added to the account details. So it is by having the mobile number that my account works, since with the phone number I log in in Taobao, JD, Alibaba, Wechat and whatever more things I need in this country. Have a medic appointment? Give them the Phone Number; Membership card on the Supermarket? Phone Number; Had you gone to the bank and didn't bring your Bank Card? No problem, give them the phone number... You got the idea. |
| all_repair:
--- Quote from: I wanted a rude username on April 30, 2021, 09:16:55 am --- Weird ... usually the Communist Party tries to prevent money from leaving China, not entering. (However the individual platforms such as Taobao gladly prevent everyone who doesn't have a Chinese ID from using their services, which is bizarre when you think about it.) --- End quote --- It has nothing to do with communist party. It has all to do with corruption. Money made legally when you have legal proof with tax paid is allowed free movement. If people cannot take profit, you think why there are so many companies so eager to invest. They are quite escaped here (Singapore) and once a while, news come out. But many more are in Australia, Canada and US. My Alipay account has been locked when the authority enforced the anti money laundry rule, I am using payment through credit card on Taobao. Lately, there are debit cards that give very good exchange rate and on some day Taobao give card fee waive, there is not much advantages using Alipay on my end anymore |
| thm_w:
--- Quote from: soFPG on April 29, 2021, 07:27:05 pm ---The Taobao-Agent I am usually contacting for buying electronic parts from China now does not accept payment from private bank accounts anymore which leaves me wondering whether China wants to prevent people from outside buying stuff off their platforms? Any insider here who has more information? --- End quote --- Its probably an issue with that specific agent and not China in general. If you are doing this regularly, make your own Taobao account, buy the stuff yourself (credit card), and then use a reshipper. Some agents will do both reshipping + buying. Then you have to deal with less money going to the agent. Surely they offer other payment methods? |
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