It's that time of the week again where the 1 cent flash sales are back at Chinavasion. This time there are 5 products on sale instead of the usual 3. Be quick as they're limited to 50pcs!
Edit: All sold out
Important: Set currency to USD or you'll charged a very high inflated exchange rate! This can be changed at checkout.
AU$ based on current exchange rate at time of posting. Free shipping included.
On the desktop site you'll see a checkbox to the left that says "Use coupon code".
Terrible checkout design :/
does it come with a chinese spy?
Yes there is a mic inside the car charger.
Actually… not a bad idea :P
@Clear: But it says china vision, so where's the camera?
I presume in Chinglish, "vasion" = "vision"
Or is it short for china invasion or evasion?
Grabbed a car charger and kids watch :)
Are the kids excited to see you grab a car charger?
Absolutely. I told them and they ran down the street, telling everyone. I now have a group of random people in my house, all waiting to hear about the epic purchase of a car charger.
Please tell me how to get rid of a group of people once they're in your house!
We need some fart bomb AliExpress deals.
Is that you dad?
ended up paying $0.10, still cheap as.
0.17 for me
Thanks OP, more things are below (phone, smartwatches, drones)
Not 1c though lol
Can confirm that charge shows up as AUD 1c on ANZ Travel Adventure card
Oh I agree. Using this free website called OzBargain is so dangerous! /s
Basic online reviews 101: People are significantly more likely to report bad experiences than good. As for those complaining about the shipping taking forever? Clearly can't read the estimated shipping times or even understand how free snail mail from China works.
Paid through paypal and i just had a thought, the merchnat fee for them would be $0.3 + x%, the x% is inconsequential but the 30 cents lol…, pretty sure they are making a loss of 29c on just the transaction
Chinavasion = China invasion? 🤔
Is it safe to put your card details on such sites?
Best to always have your CC setup through PayPal for extra security. If it's currency conversion fee free you'll want it to use it's own exchange rate as well otherwise the PayPal inflated rate will charge you a little extra.
So gotta go my 28d CC? Not PP?
28 Degrees added in PayPal set to use its own currency conversion.
BFA01Coupon is either invalid, expired or reached its usage limit.
Heh, the only good thing was that phone charger.
Car mount code has run out :(
All sold out except the phone ring mount thing
After eventually stumbling onto the right code, the charger discounted from $6.44 to $3.66.
If it ever worked originally, it certainly doesn't anymore.
Seconding the nomination for poor web design…
The report button is for expiry. Negging is not.
Respectfully disagree.
Four items which were unavailable within 40 minutes of deal go live = no deal for me. Clearly insufficient stock from the outset. Multiple others reporting that deals coming in at up to 10x the advertised promo price.
You liked it, you upvote. I won't be upset.
Respectfully the rules on this are clear.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:voting_guidelines
The Report button is an additional tool provided to all members to assist in quickly identifying inappropriate posts and comments.
The Report button can be found underneath each deal, forum post and comment. You will find a number of reasons that you can choose such as:
- Duplicate
- Sold Out
- Expired
- …
Also mentioned under inappropriate uses of a negative vote.
Expired/Out of Stock.
@Clear: I feel no need to stop others from exercising their right to indulge and enjoy the deal if it tickles their fancy. My vote is a reflection of my experience.
As is yours. I'll offer no instruction on how it must be used.
Out of interest, are insufficient stock, convoluted website with ambiguous coupon code or incorrect pricing listed as legitimate reasons for a neg vote?
@UncleRico: Insufficient stock or incorrect pricing is also invalid for a neg vote.
Insufficient stock is a report and the mods will remove/move to forum. An incorrect price results in the title/description being modified with the correct price.
@Clear: We'll just have to agree to disagree. I certainly don't know which of the multiple listed transaction prices you expected a mod to change the title to reflect, nor do I know why you felt that moving your post to a thread would have a been a win?
I just think my three listed reasons and the noted concerns of other posters constitute a major concern with the retailer, so shall respect other opinions but hope for enough resilience from all to accept and evaluate differing opinions on the matter.
@UncleRico: There is nothing to agree or disagree. This is what the rules in those specific scenarios would be. The deal expired plain and simple and needed to be updated to reflect that.
@Clear: Nothing to disagree, so long as everyone agrees with you.
The rules state that "major concerns with retailer" are valid grounds for a neg vote. Let's all move onto the next deal and stop being so precious about a 1 cent ring phone holder.
Neg stands. Keep up the good work.
@UncleRico: 50 pieces of each mentioned item is sufficient.
Prices being off seem to different for each user.
Not a valid neg and reported as such.
@ozy: I'm happy for your opinion.
Prices being off was confirmed by multiple people.
I wonder if you'd feel as compelled to boast of reporting a neg if you paid 366x more than the advertised price of a big mac which McDonalds were promoting…
@UncleRico: Wasn’t boasting mate, just pointing out ozbargain guidelines for voting negative to a deal.
There was sufficient stock.
The prices were hit and miss and given it was different for most buyers I’d say its a site issue more than a incorrect price in title.
The deal was valid, the negative vote was not.
I dont eat bigmacs and if it was 366x its 1c offer I’d still call it a deal.. that said, as I stated below before replying to your comment, the item i went to get was 8x the price and I passed because I felt the site had issues and I wouldn’t take the risk of spending money on a site that clearly mismanaged it from the get go.
@ozy: Interesting. But it must make it hard to reconcile your soap-boxed belief that my vote for a dodgy retailer needed to be reported as invalid, despite your own seemingly near identical subsequent realization that, "the site had issues and I wouldn’t take the risk of spending money on a site that clearly mismanaged it from the get go."
Why on earth would you positively vote for a retailer that you had that opinion of? That doesn't sound like a valid pos and if I was a pettier man I'd have a good mind to report it as such. ;-p
@UncleRico: A major site issue is a valid negative vote.
An error in mismatched pricing after a deal reached its limit is a site issue and therefore makes your part reason for a negative vote invalid, the other comment you made about stock availability is just a case of you’re too slow so you’re entitled to have a whinge, but voting a valid deal down is still invalid.
A far step from a soap box mate, I think you’re taking too personally the feedback from anyone who’s tried to point out to you the clear voting rules you’re not adhering to and subsequently trying to justify it without merit.
I voted a positive vote as the OP had posted a very well priced deal with 250 items for sale at 1cent.
The valid deal is worthy of a positive vote, the site having issues applying discounts after reaching its deal limit per item is a Site Issue not a deal issue so your argument is invalid.
I wouldn’t risk my money on a site that had these issues after applying a coupon as I think thats bad business and I didn’t proceed with the purchase because of the experience of it not prompting me the deal had expired and instead just calculated a random figure, yet I came back to the deal itself to vote on it because credit should be given where due.
@ozy: Fair enough. I just hope in retrospect that you can appreciate an opinion that is different from your own and understand why I and the mods ignored your report about my vote and let it stand on the now oft-repeated basis that there was a major concern on multiple grounds with the retailer in this deal.
@ozy: A major issue would be if they had charged you the extra without clearly showing you the increase, there is nothing major of concern about a coupon that expires that’ll make the deal fair game to vote down.
If it was major then nearly every deal from david jones online would be banned as they have many issues with stock and coupons in checkout, yet clearly it’s obtainable for many, you just have to get in first.
@UncleRico: It was 8cents,8x what I expected the coupon to have applied to my cart.
For me it came down to “thats a technical glitch, what if they charge me full price and I haven’t read terms and conditions of the sale that means paypal wont reimburse me the money… nah I’m not paying 8x the price, I don’t trust this stores checkout”
@ozy: And I agree wholeheartedly. The fact that stock ran out and applied a different discount without any indication as to stock or discount levels was but one of three concurrent issues - all of which have been well ventilated, and cited alongside many other concerns from other posters dating back to the very first response; the net cumulative result of which was was my judgement call that there was a major concern with the retailer.
You withheld your business but gave a positive vote, as you are somewhat bizarrely content to do. I withheld my business and gave a negative vote, as I am equally entitled to do. Granted we're at different extremes and perhaps the middle ground would be for everyone to withhold their business and provide no votes, but I suspect that would have upset the OP even more…
@UncleRico: I’ll leave you with this;
Should your purchase of the 1cent have been successful, would you of come back to the deal to negative vote for it? Or was it simply that you missed out and that the poorly designed website frustration escalated from a vote, to now a post major concern you have with the site to justify missing out.
@ozy: I was exactly the same as you - the combined effect of a poor website from a relatively recent offshore retailer, with an ambiguous coupon entry method, reports of various different amounts being debited and what appeared to be a blatant bait and switch for the vast majority of people who clicked through to their site left a bad taste in my mouth which dictated that I avoid the $3.66 charger and the remaining 1c items.
I could certainly have proceeded to purchase and would have lost no sleep over the extra $3.65 expenditure but chose to vote with my feet. And my vote button. As I am entitled to do.
I respect your opinion that you feel differently and have enjoyed debating differing perspectives with you. But virtue-signalling like your original, "Not a valid neg and I reported you" comment is nauseating. I'm all for ventilating opposition to a view you didn't share, but you have to understand that very philosophy dictates that I'm equally entitled to run over your kayak if you're silly enough to glue it to a road…
His neg is for expiry but also for the website being inferior, that’s how I interpret it anyway.
You can't neg a deal if it's expired though. That's my point.
@Clear: Deal wasn't expired. It processed fine with one of the listed codes, albeit resulting in a price 366x more expensive than what was listed.
@UncleRico: Hence the reason of the report button as the mods/PUs are quick at this time. I can't be here refreshing every second to see if the deal has expired either. That's unreasonable and not my job.
@Clear: I don't believe I suggested it was and I doubt anyone expects you to.
But you needn't feel so threatened by someone pointing out that a deal you posted which pleased many, was received negatively by someone on account of ambiguously limited stock (which never said expired, just increased the price thereafter), poor web design including a coupon box which another poster spoke of being difficult to locate and which remained greyed out even after attempting to attach a coupon, and dubious currency exchange options which resulted in some people paying more that 17x the listed price with the code and others up to 366x after the fifty units had appently been sold.
No offence. With the inherent terms of the deal, I do not think it is a deal or that the website in question should be promoted. Others disagree, as well they may. From my experiences, I think its unreasonable to post a deal but then object if it's not universally positively received.
I appreciate your work, Clear. You post some great deals. I don't think this is one of them, but I'm glad others found value and upvoted. But carrying on like I drowned your kitten because of a difference of opinion is a bit over the top…
Same poor website
Read voting rules ladies and gents.
They're there in black and white, "Major concern with retailer".
As per your own comments, you'd didn't indulge the deal because you wouldn't take the risk with seller based on your observation of the deal and the website, yet you begrudge anyone else from voting in full accordance with the rules and their own experience?
That smacks of self-important hyprocrisy…
@UncleRico: Nothing major of concern with the retailer in that they clearly showed the price i was due to pay after using a lapsed coupon, yet it was a decision to not proceed with a purchase given it was 8x what I was expecting to pay and that the way the coupon applied gave me doubts they would process my money correctly.
Doubting a purchase and being majorly concerned with a retailer is two very different things.
@UncleRico: No mate, 7c wasn’t the issue, its was the off chance doubt I had that they might charge me full price and state the coupon was invalid.
Not of major concern as they clearly showed what I was to pay but of reasonable doubt that they could handle my payment and so I’d rather not purchase this time around.
@ozy: Reasonable doubt that a merchant can handle a transaction is a serious commercial concern for me. I downvote it, in accordance with the rules.
Because I know how dearly some people cling to them.
Iphone jack thingo came to 8c..
Passed but still a great deal for those who got the 1c items
If you fill your house with Chinese crap, you must have no problem with how people in China are treated.
Does anyone else get random emails from Chinese dating websites? I signed up to a whole bunch of Chinese websites at once before I started getting the spam so I don't know which of them is to blame.
Received car charger today.
There is no place to put the coupon code during checkout