Hello,
We're building a house over here in Japan.
I began several months ago ordering samples of wood flooring.
We got samples from companies in Japan, The States and China.
I contacted three Chinese wood flooring companies through alibaba.
By far the best samples came from a company in China, also very good price. The company contact has been super good at answering my questions and they seem to know flooring and shipping in great detail.
VIF International Co., Ltd. - engineered flooring, solid hardwood flooring, vinyl flooring
Now that we are getting close to placing an order I'm getting concerned about possible problems.
They're OK with the payment going through Escrow, but the way alibaba's escrow service works is that once the shipment leaves China they receive the funds.
I also don't have any way to check this companies references. I've never ordered anything from Alibaba but I did read stories of people getting ripped off.
Any advice...
Thanks.