Buying a Laser? Watch out for those China Rip-Offs!

There are MANY unscrupulous business’s that will tell you anything to get your money. Here in the USA you have rights, take your business overseas and you risk loosing it all with no recourse.

Here an example of such a business.  They advertise a 3000mw or 3W green laser for under $300.00! There’s your first red flag.

See their web site advertisement below.

After finding this site, I contacted them using their LIVE CHAT. See copy below.

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fuzhaoxiong 2010-07-22 22:13:36)
hi
You 2010-07-22 22:13:55)
Are these tested to verify 3W output?
fuzhaoxiong 2010-07-22 22:15:34)
yes
You 2010-07-22 22:16:16)
Is the focus adjustable?
fuzhaoxiong 2010-07-22 22:17:01)
Of course It can be adjusted
You 2010-07-22 22:17:15)
OK Thank You
fuzhaoxiong 2010-07-22 22:18:22)
What else can help you
You 2010-07-22 22:18:57)
I’m in USA, dont want customs taking it, how do you sipt it/
You 2010-07-22 22:19:01)
Ship
fuzhaoxiong 2010-07-22 22:19:25)
friend,don’t worry about it
fuzhaoxiong 2010-07-22 22:20:07)
we shiped to as a gift
You 2010-07-22 22:21:12)
ido worry about it, I sell Lasers. I own http://www.LaserSurplusParts.com. I know about shipping problems. How do you declare the laser?
You 2010-07-22 22:21:31)
Ahh, Good to hear.
You 2010-07-22 22:22:16)
This laser will be reviewed at my forum http://www.LaserEnthusiast.com. If it tests good, you will get MANY buyers ;o)
fuzhaoxiong 2010-07-22 22:24:03)
We will test before shipping the goods
fuzhaoxiong 2010-07-22 22:25:16)
So
fuzhaoxiong 2010-07-22 22:26:14)
Our products are high quality .So don’t worry
You 2010-07-22 22:26:39)
Thank You, Order made
fuzhaoxiong 2010-07-22 22:26:54)

As you can see, They clearly state that the laser has been tested and is in fact a 3w laser.

So I went ahead and ordered the laser the the intent of doing a review.

After receiving the laser in a acceptable  amount of time, I popped a fresh 18350 battery into it, turned the key switch and hit the power button. and …. and …. was very disappointed at what I saw!

I have dozens upon dozens of lasers and equipment to test them, So I confirmed my suspicions of its output by testing it with a Laser Power Meter or LPM.  The power was less than 100mw!

Now I can see them making a mistake “Yea Right” on their website by adding an extra “0″ to the lasers power description, but this laser failed to even reach 300mw!

So now comes the fun part… I filed a claim with DHgate where the manufacturer sells from, and began the lengthy ordeal to get a refund.

After filing the claim, the seller responded that their supplier lied to them about the output of the laser, I then proceeded to post a copy of our Live Chat where they claim to have verified the lasers actual output as 3000mw.

Since then they have not said a word! imagine that! So we shall see when I escalate the claim to DHgate if anything gets done.

I also informed them that since they now know that these lasers are NOT 3000mw, they should change or pull the ad. But so far they have not! HHmmmm…

I hope by reading this you have learned something, If it seems to good to be true… it probably is a SCAM!

Company Name; ZHOMG RIHE

After reading a few reviews I found that they sold a 4000mw laser to a customer that also failed to make the grade in the power department.

More to come…