Overview
Some people have said that this website is run and owned by a Chinese company, which is why orders take 2 weeks to arrive in many cases. However, it is important to note that iOffer is an American company, it just allows vendors from all parts of the world to sell their wares. It seems to have fewer restrictions than eBay, which is why it attracts such a broad range of sellers.
The Claim
Their tagline is that this is a place to buy, sell, and trade. Although that’s what eBay is, so is there really a need for both? They say that they came up with the idea of letting people negotiate their own prices with sellers by making offers, instead of bidding through an auction process.
The Hype
The hype comes from some of the deals you can get at iOffer. Some of them seem too good to be true, and most of the time they are. For example, there are many knock-off items being sold through vendors here, so if you see a very expensive brand name item on sale for cheap you can be sure that it is not going to be the real thing once it arrives.
The Cost
As a buyer there aren’t any additional costs to using iOffer. The seller is charged fees to list and sell their goods and that is how iOffer makes their money.
The Commitment
You have to really spend a good amount of time at their site if you want to find a good
Evaluation
Let’s do a case study of buying a controller for a video game system. We found a “RED 6 AXIS BLUETOOTH WIRELESS CONTROLLER FOR SONY PS3” priced at $32 with free shipping. It says some hulabaloo about being a wholesale price and only good for one week. The vendor has a 5 star rating after 4500 transactions. However, this seller is obviously being misleading, because if that is the wholesale price then they would be taking a loss if they sold it at anything lower, and the whole point of using iOffer is to make an offer and get a lower price than what is listed.
Amazon has the same controller for half the price. So why bother with the whole process of making an offer to this seller, when you can just go buy with One Click from Amazon and have it delivered straightaway.
Is iOffer a Scam?
The reason you’ll see so many complaints about iOffer is not so much because it’s a bad website, but just that it’s filled with some lousy vendors. In order to differentiate themselves from sites like eBay, and to capture some of the market share, they had to be somewhat lax of who they let in to sell stuff. You can’t have an online site like this without having products for people to buy. By lowering the bar as far as who can sell, and from where, they created a situation where a lot of people have gotten lousy items, lousy service, or both.
So is iOffer themselves a scam? No, not really. But they are the home to plenty of scammers, so it’s something of a gray area.
iOffer is getting our Thumbs Down. They don’t really bring enough to the table to justify going through with a purchase. The idea they started off with was a sound one, but the muddied the whole thing by allowing vendors in that really have no right to sell things to anyone. Their site looks like eBay if it was populated by rank amateur sellers selling various odds and ends.
We don’t like when companies allow a sort of wild west atmosphere and then put up a page with tips on safe buying and selling. It’s as if they allow the danger, and then try to teach you how to avoid it. Why not just get rid of the danger?
Our Recommendation
We’re not going to recommend iOffer. Although you might find a deal or two on the site, it’s just not worth the mental fretting and possible headaches to potentially get somewhat of a good deal.
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Bad message, we got notice :iOffer don't let seller list any brand items, if you need products please contact the suiyuan9188@hotmail, also please pay attention to the FLZT's store, they will answer you in 24hours
for some season ,in general, no deal no answer on iOffer ,(the company let me told us they accept West union, Trust them and you can get high quality products and good shopping experience)
I am giving it one (1) star. The only reason for that is because you don't take zero stars. These people are
thieves. They show attractive products and the price is beyond belief. Everybody is rushing in just to find out that it was all fraud.
All positive reviews are fraud. This site shows 4 and 1/2 stars. This is also fraud.
When million fools pay $1-3, that makes a lot of money.When you are paying , you are supporting fieves of China.
I just bought an item from iOffer - I checked out the seller and the individuals who posted reviews. I also did some internet research. I chatted with my seller a few times before sending the money. They seem very nice and legit. They are not misrepresenting their products and are very honest about the shipping and the time it could take to get the item. I think with this, as with any other hosted seller site, you just have to do your homework and at some point, trust your gut. I may get the item and be very disappointed in the quality but that's the chance we take buying things online via a photo. The seller answered all my questions and even went down on the price when I made an offer. I feel pretty good about it. If I get hosed, I can't blame anyone but myself. I have a feeling this seller is a good one, though. Fingers crossed that my gut is right!
I’ve bought many items from ioffer and received the items but from all the comments I’m seeing regarding ioffer is 98% bad. I have no issues showing you the items I bought via screen shot and then the items itself. I usually recieve the items depending on how much it costs so if I bought a $60 hoodie i’d recieve the hoodie in 2 weeks while most times i’d recieve my items from 3 weeks to - 6 weeks.
With that said I do believe there is scammers on ioffer which I’ve been through myself. These motherfuckers try to tell me I’m not a “ honest buyer “ which is exactly what they say. All of them say that shit when I report them or tell them I’ll call my nan requesting a charge back which is a bluff might I add. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t because banks don’t do shit when it comes to ioffer when u pay by debit card. Only PayPal will definitely get your money back which is why there is only a few ioffer sellers who accept PayPal. Mind you most of the stuff I bought wasn’t through PayPal but some of it was. I’ve also scammed some sellers in many cases through frustration by telling them they sent the wrong item or sent the wrong size and told PayPal which I got my money back and a free item. This is true shit. I have the proof with my profile comments to sellers lol
Also I just want to add that it takes a while for the tracking number ioffer sellers give u to be in the system of the country you’re in because it’ll only pop up when it’s in your country and scanned by the post office. The best way to track those items you buy on ioffer is on 17track.net because it tells you if it’s in transit or if it’s on the plane or your item is on your way to your country your in. Sometimes you can’t even track the number at all but the item will show eventually. I know what I’m talking about. I don’t know what al these comments I’m reading is about. Over exaggerating maybe or maybe they didn’t delete the comment they left here after they got the item because they can’t be fucked anymore.
Have you used any other similar website?
This one is down until 1st March.
A place of scammers lots of scammers , a chineese seller scammed me with 120$ and after IOFFER suspended my account , I can't even rate bad the chineese seller because IOffer operator suspended my account!!Don't buy from Ioffer the work togheter and protect scammers!
Total scam.
i hate that everyone says ioffer is a scam it isn't its like eBay so each item is by a different vendor so you need to (READ THE REVIEWS !!) of the seller you are going to buy from also i never buy from a seller that has a feedback rating lower than 95% and try to pay with paypal if i can but everything i have bought from ioffer i have recieved just be sensible
Ioffer steals from customers. Sellers are encourages to steal and not held accoutable. They will take your money and avoid sending items. They will lie. Don’t get scammed, avoid this site.
Ioffer steals from customers. Sellers are encourages to steal and not held accoutable. They will take your money and avoid sending items. They will lie. Don't get scammed, avoid this site.
I used Ioffer for a few years and the big problem that I always had with it as a seller was that when nobody pays you and I offered grabs your commission it takes sometimes up to a month to get that back in the process is not easy and they seem to ignore you a lot when you send them a text message so I found it I was always selling something and then they don't care if the guy doesn't pay for it then they make you go through this very complex refund process which in my opinion is slow and cumbersome and frustrating