Tina chips question (3 Viewers)

[TX_Golf_N_Poker]

There is no point for me ( or for any other European) to order through group buys since i dont live in the States i live in Europe. Tina is obviously a Chinese manufacturer and the easiest thing for me would be to talk directly to this manufacturer in order to buy goods and having send them to me directly to Europe... Ok i would not have the bargaining power /economies of scale that group buys have but getting the chips cheaper and then having to pay 100 or more usd to ship them to Europe will end up being much more costly for me and in general for all of us Europeans...

The person that @creepychips was responding to is in California. But you are correct that no one has to go through Justin. Unless they want any of Justin's proprietary designs.

FYI for a point of clarity. Justin is a vendor. So technically his sales are not Group Buys. I see a lot of people here calling them GBs, and that is not correct. A GB is a buy run by a volunteer PCF member for a group of PCF members at cost. As a vendor, Justin is free to make a profit on his sales, and rightly so, as he has put in a lot of groundwork, and his sales run smoothly and efficiently. If you choose to go directly to Tina for your buy, I suspect you may save a little money, but you will have to do all the work yourself. For most who are making a small buy, that small savings not going to be worth the effort.

 

[MrPOKA]

The person that @creepychips was responding to is in California. But you are correct that no one has to go through Justin. Unless they want any of Justin's proprietary designs.

FYI for a point of clarity. Justin is a vendor. So technically his sales are not Group Buys. I see a lot of people here calling them GBs, and that is not correct. A GB is a buy run by a volunteer PCF member for a group of PCF members at cost. As a vendor, Justin is free to make a profit on his sales, and rightly so, as he has put in a lot of groundwork, and his sales run smoothly and efficiently. If you choose to go directly to Tina for your buy, I suspect you may save a little money, but you will have to do all the work yourself. For most who are making a small buy, that small savings not going to be worth the effort.

Thank you so much for the clarifications! Every day i learn something new here from members willing to explain!
Now as far as communicating, it all depends on the person responding to the e mails
I contacted mandy chips and the chinese person spoke fluentl English and the procedure was dead easy!
I explained what i wanted she gave me a quote, i replied positively and then she sent me a paypal invoice for the chips + PP
Thiw is how i ordered my 350 ept set So no it is not a trouble ordering directly from a manufacturer
I do reccomend mandy chips The quality is great, all chips flat, no flashing, smooth edges and good sublimation printing! ( yes i follow hobyfillic too )
On the other hand the quality of a similar ept sample set i ordered from alli express was CRAP!
PS : Still searching for "mystery Tina "

 

[MeridianFC]

Just to chime in on this, I have ordered both directly from Tina and through Justin. Both were my customs in. I have to say going through Justin makes things very easy. That said It wasn't that hard to do it Solo either so figure out what works best for you mostly timing wise.

 

[MrPOKA]

Just to chime in on this, I have ordered both directly from Tina and through Justin. Both were my customs in. I have to say going through Justin makes things very easy. That said It wasn't that hard to do it Solo either so figure out what works best for you mostly timing wise.

do you have a link directly to tina?

 

[ghas7er]

do you have a link directly to tina?

https://szchenlin.m.en.alibaba.com/index.html i think this is it

 

[MrPOKA]

https://szchenlin.m.en.alibaba.com/index.html i think this is it

Gratefull! Thank you so much!