This is the DHGate good/bad seller list... updated 2018-04-01
Post-Chinese New Year, foolish April Fools Edition!
I am including my own experiences, as well as those sellers posted about in this thread and private messaged by other forum members. I'll keep it alphabetical.
Exceptional Sellers (High recommendations from at least 3 sources, no bad reports)
bong_shop
cleanclearglass
headshop420
headshopyx
hf_glass (hfy_glass - Same seller)
hfy_glass (hf_glass - Same seller)
glassmanufacturer
mlglass
reamic (reanices - Same Seller)
reanices (reamic - Same Seller)
stevenlmz79
sunshinestore
yingmin5
Great Sellers (Fast shipping, item as described)
adelaide168
alexglass
alina0086
bestglass
beyond
bubbler
byxinhuoglass17
calvin_cheng
chinaglass_headshop
chinatrade2011
cleanglasssmoke
clyecigs
cosmicglasscompany (pipe_dominator - Same seller)
davidglass
driptip
drunk_smoke
duoglass
enjoyshoping
glass_bong
glass888
glassbongs_hookah
glassdesigner
goesky
goodsstore
growhighglass
handpipe
hookahhub
hqp smoking
hymanquartz01
kivisdream
ladystar
lamin
li563734044
lilixia711
lovehookah
majesty9
mothership
no1bigship
number1shops
pengxiaoju
pipe_dominator (cosmicglasscompany - Same seller)
relaxhome
rtglassfactory
seller2019
shopping_mania
volcanee
yushi888
zdglass16
Mixed Reports Sellers (Some great reports, some problematic reports)
dkglobe (kathy0577 - Same seller)
glassartist
kathy0577 (dkglobe - Same Seller)
Problem Sellers (Currently having problems, may or may not get fixed)
There are currently no sellers in this category.
Problem Sellers (Sellers with extra drama, delays, and possibly returns)
alza
daimoon
justdoit66
qsb13064987222
smokingdogo
Bad Sellers (Uncorrectable problem - scam, wrong, or no item shipped)
amanda1217
enjoylifeworld (Possibly the same seller as "hbkingbong420")
fengmama
glass1999
glass_artwork
glassmr
golden2017
hbkingbong420 (Possibly the same seller as "enjoylifeworld")
lcj88332
rundow_glassbong (maizhonggood, maizhongglass - Same sellers)
maizhongglass (maizhonggood, rundow_glassbong - Same sellers)
maizhonggood (rundow_glassbong, maizhongglass - Same sellers)
Update for today... two sellers behaving badly, and one (kind of...) redeems himself.
Seller "lcj88332" has shipped 2 pieces of glass that don't match the photos on their sales pages. Seller freely admits in conversations on DHgate message system that they are selling items that don't match the photos, claiming "fragile" color on one piece (forcing them to ship clear, obviously!
). They are also claiming that the color they shipped is the only color ever used to make the other pipe. If that's the case, where did the sales listing page photograph come from? Anyway... stay away from these fraudulent scambags... they talk like it's just no big deal that their customers do not get shipped the same object that they paid for!
Seller "glass1999"... what to say? Shipped my pipe to another state over 1,000 miles away, then claims the pipe was received broken by the recipient who called them on the phone (in China? Huh? My U.S. phone # with English speaking person was on the package too!) after opening a package that doesn't even belong to them (WTF?!!?!) to see what's inside! Yeah, that all sounds reasonable. NOT!!!
As suspected, after being pressed for details, seller finally admitted that pipe will not be shipping, and grudgingly issued a refund. Thanks for the senseless time waste, you wierd and puzzling people!
Seller "glassbongs_hookah", who was giving the "dead uncle" excuse for not re-shipping a customs return... 3 plus weeks worth... finally came through. Anyway, pipe finally shipped, arrived, and is awesome! I'm a bit annoyed, but happy with the outcome. At least he kept communicating, and didn't scam me. Hard to decide if he belongs in the good seller or problematic list... but overall I think he's a good guy and seems like a good seller in general, so we'll add him to that list and see if it's a good fit for the long term.
Let's keep adding to this list, and help it grow! Please post about your DhGate experience, or PM the details of your buying experience to me, and I'll keep this list updated!