1. They hike up prices. It may be even more expensive during these sales period. I know because I repeat purchases and I can compare what it was priced at with previous years. 2. Where overseas customers are concerned, many sellers know we're based overseas and it's tough to return parcels. So they send items that are damaged or with minor flaws. Tb has reduced its "100% refund for damaged goods" return policy to 3 days. This just means we can't buy or we'd be absorbing 100% of the risks. Some people think it's cheap enough to take the risks but $10 is still money. The refund policies used to be fairer to us overseas but no more now. Tb used to have a 15-30 days return policy where people can try and decide. I found out many suppliers
China's Online Sales Used to be a Big Deal. Alibaba and Others Try to Lure Shoppers Back.