Heh, and i thought i was the only one wondering why would any1 buy a DX logoed shirt for much more than expected. The reaoning behind a DX t-shirt for not cheap is beyond me.
I almost want to buy one. That cartoon expresses my feelings about DX quite precisely. Notice that the guy is worn out and frustrated, and he's trying to pull all the ropes to make DX give him what he ordered...
What a poignant moment of reality.
:|
I'm not entirely sure but I think those are the winning entries from that little contest they had last summer.
A bunch of designer labels are known for doing the exact same thing: basically, they accept custom t-shirt designs, have a jury do some sort of pre-selection and then their customers get to pick their favorites. And if your design wins, you get a cash price and they prominently feature your shirt somewhere on their homepage, where people can actually buy it. This works for the designers because some (read: very, very few) have managed to land full-time jobs by winning these competitions and making a name for themselves. Those custom shirts often sell for around $50. The reason that business model works for those labels is, of course, that they already have a customer base that won't bat an eyelid at paying 50+ bucks for a t-shirt. (Yeah, they're high-quality but come on, it's a t-shirt.)
What made the folks at DX think that this niche business model would work for them? I have no idea. Like I said before, I like DX and if they gave me a free shirt I wouldn't mind wearing it to the gym or something. But asking $10 for almost absurdly oversized shirts (XXXL? Really?) of unknown quality? Thanks, but no thanks.
I have to be fair and say that my orders have been more or less fine, although perhaps a little slow sometimes....but I'm in Australia so I'm used to that. I've had about 5 orders since January when I first discovered their site...and was fascinated by all the new hi-tech lighting/flashlights. The search function is kind of weird, because it usually gives me nothing that I actually searched for, but sooner or later I find what I want. Strangely, that didn't stop me buying a whole lot of stuff I probably didn't need!
In my 2nd order I received an Ultrafire WF-502B with P7 emitter. It was fantastic for the first 1.5 minutes, then went 'out like a light', with only one small dot of light evident on one quarter of the emitter. Nice flashlight other than that ;-) Anyway, I checked their policy on defective crap and sent them some very good photos with a highly detailed description. DX suggested I pay $10USD and they would send me another identical flashlight.
I tried swapping in an R2 drop in, which worked perfectly (and still does), so I suggested that rather than send me a whole new flashlight, they could just send a replacement drop in module. DX emailed to say no, just send it back. After checking postal rates I emailed them to say it would cost more than what it was worth. DX said they would cover the cost of this, but at this stage I wasn't prepared to risk any more money with a company who didn't want to do the right thing. In the end I just agreed to pay them the $10, they sent me a new WF-502B P7 (which I will try to heatsink better before I use it for anything). I guess it wasn't a lot of money, more the principle of the whole thing. Overall I find DX ok. Looking at all the other sites and scams, DX does seem to have very competetive pricing, depending on what you want. Rating = 3.5
I must be lucky then, i never had issues with DX with 15 orders so far from june this year. I did cancel 1 order and took them 1 month to refund me. Other than that and very long times till the package gets to HK post, no issues.
Think of BAN like the deodorant …It’s just a way of getting the stink of crybaby Forum politics off of you …
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Think of BAN like the deodorant ...It's just a way of getting the stink of crybaby Forum politics off of you ...
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LOL...Much like Secret... Strong enough for a man, but pH balanced for DM51 (et al...).
I still can't get over that the audacity of that guy locking a thread that some guy started celebrating his years spent on that forum. Meh...enough about that....
I got my dx order today. Posted 28.11.2010 ! Sat in the china Po until 08.01.11. DX had no idea what happened to it. So far 5 orders. 2 okay, 2 very slow delivery. One had wrong product (smaller cheaper version) one had two defective products. Not so good and im not keen to use them again.
On dec.23-2010 I ordered two XM-L LED stars at DX in two orders.
The first one arrived two days ago. It was shipped as 'early' as jan.14 but I guess it was caught in the festival after all.
Today I received an envelope from 'SHENZEN NEST FOOD CO., LTD' stamped jan.19. I never have and never shall eat chinese birds nests so I was very curious to see what was inside. It was very light and narrow so it could only be a small food sample. 
Inside was the yellow envelope with my second XM-L from DX !
Thanks to 'SHENZEN NEST FOOD CO., LTD'. You used 5(whatever) stamp and made a new (and correct) address label to forward the package to me.
Good grief. It's a miracle they manage to ship anything.
I dont think I wanna order from DX anymore except for things I cant find anywhere else.
+1
But they're OK the other half of the year, usually.
Yes, this has been the problem mix of christmas + chinese new year.
Understand that DX is the shop with more customers in the world. So imagine the huge amount of orders, cancelations, tickets etc...
Also their suppliers....
Well after almost 1 month, I received this email this morning.
"Dear customer
We sincerely apologize for the latest delay on responding CSE Tickets ,as the new year and Chinese spring festival holiday,we have backlog lots of email .
Due to the unstable market,apologies that your product 50512 is temporarily unavailable from our warehouse.
Would you like to login our website to research other similar items instead of the pending items as shipment ?if available,please kindly tell me the item sku number you picked.
Thanks for your understanding !
Best regards,
lina
It's too bad they have such a huge selection of items because their service is horrendous. On top of that, the website still isn't updated showing that the item is out of stock. Reminds me of Wal Mart.
i never purchase one， but my claseemate said that they really have a bad delivery system（maybe sth look like reasonable ). and they will never make a refund when you get sth in a big price，oppositely，they would reship you a new one if they think it‘s also have a good net profit.
Got an update. They said the item will ship in 2 - 3 days. How long do you guys guesstimate it will take to get from DX warehouse to Texas?
Placed an order for some batteries on Jan 18. They "Shipped" on the 26th. Origin/post/dispatch/Portee has not changed since Jan 29
Glad I dont have a pressing need at the moment. One heck of a price though
before xmas. lol
seriously though its not all dx fault. the hong kong PO collapsed and mail got delayed/ lost. Check out any big hong kong ebay seller they all get negative feedback in dec/ january/feb due to postal delays.
my issues with dx are about false advertising, wrong photo's, wrong/ broken products/ poor customer service no quality control etc...................
I'm relieved. At least you think it's this year. LOL
Yes, we must think positively :P