Is it safe buying laptop from shopee?. The seller sells alot of ancillary computer accessories and cheap random items in high volume. Some of the junk has 1 stars like 50 1 star reviews out of 1.7k reviews. Of the random 1000 items he has the gaming laptop i desire and also sells printers & printer spares.


The seller does have a preferred tag, the item i want is asus laptop has had 2 buys and both users left 5 stars review. Laptop cost 8k, should i use shopee pay for safety or take the credit card with 0% installment plan?. Or backout and wait, kl/pj doesnt have much stock even at brick and mortar.

Thanks.


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Thank you everyone for you inputs, recommendations, shared experience and comments. There is no stock for the laptop i want even from the big online stores and brick & mortar. Ive decided to wait for the next batch and shoot the minute it arrives at lowyat instead of trying my luck at shopee preferred stores. FYI for other readers the laptop model im seeking is available on lazada but when i called their customer service there is no stock & no eta.

Greatday.

This post has been edited by SamReynolds: Aug 29 2021, 01:29 PM

The laptop is out of stock everywhere, only scalpers and whoever has it has rm 600 markup. Even brick and mortar doesnt have stock.

Many sellers online web/shopee/lazada has ads for sale. But there not in stock and after mutiple calls whatsapp ive found out from a seller that told me the truth that there is no eta.

You have a point. Thanks msacras.

Problem is either i get from Penang or Kuantan. Laughs. KL is pay rm 600 markup to a stuckup seller even after offering bankin he dropped the price by 10 ringgit. So no way ill buy from him.

Thanks, ill use lazada then.

Yes true, perhaps i should wait it out?. But maybe in for await.... 🤣

Nah hes a scalper, its the a new range of Asus. Im late to party waiting for feedback on overheating problems and whatnot.

Definitely cant, im talking to the seller and he says its auto assigned by shopee.

Back to waiting, better wait then feeling pain and problems?. Definitely.

Thank you everyone for you inputs, recommendations, shared experience and comments. There is no stock for the laptop i want even from the big online stores and brick & mortar. Ive decided to wait for the next batch and shoot the minute it arrives at lowyat instead of trying my luck at shopee preferred stores. FYI for other readers the laptop model im seeking is available on lazada but when i called their customer service there is no stock & no eta.

Greatday.

Yes, its far better to lug around a laptop then your desktop for gaming. PS5 isnt as versatile as a gaming laptop which can double up as work io portal and creative content. Gaming laptop is a niche but a fairly large one manufacturers can profit from. YMMV.

Yes, its far better to lug around a laptop then your desktop for gaming. PS5 isnt as versatile as a gaming laptop which can double up as work io portal and creative content. Gaming laptop is a niche but a fairly large one manufacturers can profit from. YMMV.

Thats good good advise. Im now waiting for it to be back in stock, manage remember a salesman in lowyat in my phonebook who still works there. bought my childs laptop from him and hes has serviced me before by upgrading ssd and delivered to the front entrance so i dont need to park. But this time ill definitely park or maybe he can arrange for the payment machine to be brought out.

Could have upgraded the ssd myself, but he helped to transfer all the contents too the ssd and even delivered the laptop to the entrance. I guess nowadays one would think they can and would walk off with the laptop. This was precovid, times have really changed.