Sorry to hear you are having such bad luck.  I buy lots and lots from Chinese sellers with little problems. I am only buying cheap items and lately they have been arriving very quickly, many within ten days. Many of these sellers only have a feedback score of 98-99% positive.  Most bend over backwards to please and are very quick to refund on the rare occasion that the item doesn't turn up. I don't know the types of things you are buying, but your experience is totally different to what I am encountering.  There are items I definitely would not buy from China, for example, cameras, watches, electrical goods, phones, or anything  that is expensive or could be counterfeit. So maybe it is the type of item you are buying that would attract the scam sellers. You should not stereotype all Chinese Sellers because of your bad experiences.  I buy regularly from one Chinese seller that I have been dealing with for years, and she is the most reliable, nice, efficient seller that you could find, far better than some Australian sellers I have come across. There are scammers everywhere, in every race, in every country. I judge everybody on their own merits (or lack thereof)