I've searched through various sites aliexpress, pandawill etc for the best price on this tablet
(which looks awesome btw)
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/New-arrival-Chuwi-V1…
typical prices are around the $250 mark inc shipping to Aus
But if you look in product photos of the V10, the price in yuan is 1199, which is about $185!!
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&e…
I'm thinking there must be cheaper vendors out there…
Has anyone successfully ordered products from chinese websites?
You'll then factor in the postage if you buy directly from China.
Tmall or Taobao all have multiple vendors that sell at 1199 Yuan. For example:
http://s.taobao.com/search?q=Chuwi+V10
You'll need to google "Taobao agent" and there are people offering services to post those items overseas. For example YoyBuy.com came up first in the search, and here's their shipping price (USD$27.97 to Australia for under 1kg). Sorry I have no experience with those Taobao agents.
Alternatively it's going to be Chinese new year soon and maybe your Chinese friends are going back for holidays. Ask them to bring one back :)