Taobao Sure Can Buy List

[Lala81]

On 5/21/2025 at 8:49 PM, inlinesix said:

@Lala81

Somehow doesn't appear on my play store. 

 

[Ender]

On 5/21/2025 at 8:34 PM, inlinesix said:

GST will be paid during consolidation 

Ok, so there's another more GST charge coming. So not really what you see is what you pay.

[Ender]

On 5/21/2025 at 9:31 PM, Lala81 said:

Somehow doesn't appear on my play store. 

 

It's pingduoduo for the keyword.

Edit. Now I remember, not found on playstore. Have to go to pingduoduo website and download the apk.

Edited May 21 by Ender

[Ender]

On 5/21/2025 at 8:34 PM, Lala81 said:

Unless it's direct shipping, yeah should be. 

 

On 5/21/2025 at 8:34 PM, inlinesix said:

GST will be paid during consolidation 

Like that not as convenient as Taobao direct. same as Taobao consolidate. Just have to remind ourselves each time we pay, there's another 9% GST. Good thing no GST on shipping since it's free.

[Ender]

This item looks interesting. Ropeless battle rope. Cheaper than the singlet I bought.

 

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fclick.mz.simba.taobao.com%2Fnecpm&id=894096657793&itemIds=894096657793&priceTId=210144f117478507525494976e0e03&region=SG&scm=1007.35313.250647.0&spm=a2141.241046-sg.201876.d26

 

 

Edited May 21 by Ender

[Hoseyboh]

On 5/17/2025 at 2:38 AM, Ender said:

618 sales start liao, 8pm just now. At least for the items I am watching, they have dropped to the lowest.

Hoot a pair of shoes and vented singlet.

Now I can pay via Alipay for rmb, use youtrip card for exchange rate.  But only for a little saving of less than $2.  Last time was nightmare to use alipay.

They are getting better...

 

[Jman888]

On 5/22/2025 at 11:47 AM, Hoseyboh said:

They are getting better...

 

maybe came from the same factory with same material used, just change name and sell 10% of the price, this is so called 'private label' 

[Ghgan]

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?abbucket=1&detail_redpacket_pop=true&id=926898698605&mi_id=3kCEJ5fICj2OhwiiVPA-qy0ZhWue_LRwOssZNPM3qatDNwJdt0o-TN2A7eUPBGLxSFM6azQ2cXp_jLuLA5mFhGOP-HO_ucNdAEqhHzdRt_M&ns=1&priceTId=210149c017478920406684142e08e6&query=huawei matebook fold&skuId=5809865405034&spm=a21n57.1.hoverItem.2&utparam={"aplus_abtest"%3A"0eb2f3b2b70feb697d52c6845fabbf7a"}&xxc=taobaoSearch

 

[Lala81]

On 5/22/2025 at 1:43 PM, Ghgan said:

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?abbucket=1&detail_redpacket_pop=true&id=926898698605&mi_id=3kCEJ5fICj2OhwiiVPA-qy0ZhWue_LRwOssZNPM3qatDNwJdt0o-TN2A7eUPBGLxSFM6azQ2cXp_jLuLA5mFhGOP-HO_ucNdAEqhHzdRt_M&ns=1&priceTId=210149c017478920406684142e08e6&query=huawei matebook fold&skuId=5809865405034&spm=a21n57.1.hoverItem.2&utparam={"aplus_abtest"%3A"0eb2f3b2b70feb697d52c6845fabbf7a"}&xxc=taobaoSearch

 

that's pretty impressive but seems more like for bragging rights. 

[Ender]

Hoot another shoes from Taobao. It seems taobao recently just introduce free direct sea shipping for some items too. Not as many as PDD, and quite alot of my cart has this fulfil 199 yuan for free shipping. If you want AIR shipping, not expensive, it' a additonal $3 for this pair of shoes I bought. But I still opt for free, don't mind waiting a little longer. 

This is slightly better than PDD free shipping, as it's direct.

Those interested in these shoes, it's a high cushioning shoes for recovery. Think of machiam Hoka, but a lot cheaper.

 

Edited May 23 by Ender

[Lala81]

On 5/23/2025 at 3:13 PM, Ender said:

Hoot another shoes from Taobao. It seems taobao recently just introduce free direct sea shipping for some items too. Not as many as PDD, and quite alot of my cart has this fulfil 199 yuan for free shipping. If you want AIR shipping, not expensive, it' a additonal $3 for this pair of shoes I bought. But I still opt for free, don't mind waiting a little longer. 

This is slightly better than PDD free shipping, as it's direct.

Those interested in these shoes, it's a high cushioning shoes for recovery. Think of machiam Hoka, but a lot cheaper.

 

Used to be 99 yuan. but since may, like increased to 199 yuan liao.

I almost always only buy those within the 199 yuan. cos shipping can add up.

You can try to search for similar items and filter those which have free shipping. 

 

[Lala81]

wah i'd rather not take the chance 

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/google-suspends-chinese-shopping-app-pinduoduo-over-malware-issues

 

[Ender]

On 5/23/2025 at 8:01 PM, Lala81 said:

wah i'd rather not take the chance 

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/google-suspends-chinese-shopping-app-pinduoduo-over-malware-issues

 

No wonder it's not on playstore.

[Lala81]

On 5/23/2025 at 8:03 PM, Ender said:

No wonder it's not on playstore.

i doubt got the official copy got any problem. But haha who knows if the site we download from is the real real official one?

nowadays phishing sites really blur the lines. they can also sometimes shortcut the google algorithm into reaching top of search.

 

[Lala81]

On 5/23/2025 at 8:03 PM, Ender said:

No wonder it's not on playstore.

i doubt got the official copy got any problem. But haha who knows if the site we download from is the real real official one?

nowadays phishing sites really blur the lines. they can also sometimes shortcut the google algorithm into reaching top of search.

Angmoh use temu but probably have angmoh tax embedded.

 

 

[Lala81]

On 5/23/2025 at 8:01 PM, Lala81 said:

wah i'd rather not take the chance 

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/google-suspends-chinese-shopping-app-pinduoduo-over-malware-issues

 

oh state sanctioned/company sanctioned loopholes probably, since they chose not to fix it.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk

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What experts found

Approached by CNN, researchers from Tel Aviv-based cyber firm Check Point Research, Delaware-based app security startup Oversecured and Hyppönen’s WithSecure conducted independent analysis of the 6.49.0 version of the app, released on Chinese app stores in late February.

Google Play is not available in China, and Android users in the country download their apps from local stores. In March, when Google suspended Pinduoduo, it said it had found malware in off-Play versions of the app.

The researchers found code designed to achieve “privilege escalation”: a type of cyberattack that exploits a vulnerable operating system to gain a higher level of access to data than it’s supposed to have, according to experts.

“Our team has reverse engineered that code and we can confirm that it tries to escalate rights, tries to gain access to things normal apps wouldn’t be able to do on Android phones,” said Hyppönen.

In China, about three quarters of smartphone users are on the Android system. 

The app was able to continue running in the background and prevent itself from being uninstalled, which allowed it to boost its monthly active user rates, Hyppönen said. It also had the ability to spy on competitors by tracking activity on other shopping apps and getting information from them, he added.

Check Point Research additionally identified ways in which the app was able to evade scrutiny.

The app deployed a method that allowed it to push updates without an app store review process meant to detect malicious applications, the researchers said.

They also identified in some plug-ins the intent to obscure potentially malicious components by hiding them under legitimate file names, such as Google’s.

“Such a technique is widely used by malware developers that inject malicious code into applications that have legitimate functionality,” they said.

 

Edited May 23 by Lala81

[Ender]

Just went to manages the PDD apps and deny all persmissions. Actually most of the permissions are denied. I just make it all denied.

[Ender]

Received my shoes yesterday. Ordered on 16th May, via direct sea ship. Total days = 12 days.