Ten traps we have watched repeat for fourteen years
Fourteen years of agent experience narrows the failure modes to ten. Each habit below is one our team still sees weekly, paired with the veteran correction that avoids it entirely.
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Read price, photo count and the row notes as a single signal
Fourteen years of vetted rows exist so buyers do not have to gamble. A suspiciously cheap listing usually lacks both photographs and history.
Safer move: Letting the cheapest figure decide everything
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Measure a garment you own and match centimetres, not letters
Sizing shifts seller to seller and China cuts run small. The measurement chart carried on each vetted row is what travels.
Safer move: Ordering your usual size
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State the amount paid, then confirm which duty band applies
Declaration decides the customs outcome on every line, and a round invented figure is what attracts inspection.
Safer move: Guessing the declaration value
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Hold purchases through the 90 free storage days, then consolidate
Each extra parcel pays its own base freight charge. Consolidation across 100+ lines is where veteran buyers save the most.
Safer move: Shipping each parcel separately as it arrives
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Inspect stitching, labels and hardware before releasing anything
Free QC photography is the last checkpoint where a mismatch costs nothing to fix. After dispatch it costs a return.
Safer move: Approving the check without looking at the images
Drawn from long-running buyer reports, not from policy wording. Superbuy checkout and its pages stay final.