Need some guidance for TT payment on Alibaba

Hi All,
I'm at the point to ordering some solar panels from Alibaba.
The company only take TT as payment.
They say the Proforma Invoice is legal binding contract.
My question is is this safe to go ahead or you advise against it.
The company is quite a big one on Alibaba.
Let me hear your experiences.

Which company is it? For my cells there, I used domestic wire transfer, which comes with a decent rate currency conversion from aud to usd. If you trust the company go with that. For new or untrustworthy companies, use paypal and be sure to use a credit card.

XO4001 said:

Hi All,
I'm at the point to ordering some solar panels from Alibaba.
The company only take TT as payment.
They say the Proforma Invoice is legal binding contract.
My question is is this safe to go ahead or you advise against it.
The company is quite a big one on Alibaba.
Let me hear your experiences.

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hi mate bout to do the same here howd you get on, was it sucessful

willsey40 said:

hi mate bout to do the same here howd you get on, was it sucessful

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No I didn't go-ahead and found another one who accepted credit card and was ok

hi yup im in contact with two suppliers one canadian panels and the other jinko and first thing thy wanted to do was move to private email away from alibaba, who did you use and what panels did you buy and how did it all go. thanks jeff

willsey40 said:

hi yup im in contact with two suppliers one canadian panels and the other jinko and first thing thy wanted to do was move to private email away from alibaba, who did you use and what panels did you buy and how did it all go. thanks jeff

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There is nothing wrong with email going out of Ali because Ali is doing nothing for you.(the transaction went true Ali)
I needed at that time 300W panels because of replacing Chinese older panels went in half production why I don't know bad batch I guess and the manufacture is no more so no warranty after 8 years.
Went wit greensun and my panels get dumped in the US while I paid for delivery Bahamas and had to pay for delivery to the Bahamas.
I tried all angles but no help from Ali or greensun.
So my advise is don't buy from greensun.
On top of that the panels suppose to be 330W panels, when installed next to a set of 300W peimar panels found out that the greensun produce the same or little less than the 300W peimars ( guess that's the 10% marge that they calculate in)
Good luck and I hope you learn something of my debacle.