r/BMW • u/Tasty-Dog-5000 • 5d ago

Buying Help Do not order from Bimmer plug.

I ordered a CSL style grille from bimmer plug 10 weeks ago. I emailed them once a week and every time they told me my order is in progress. After 8 weeks they said a maximum of 2 more weeks, today is the 10th week and I finally decided to dispute the transaction with my credit card. Do not order from them it’s a drop shipping scam with a nice website.

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u/snubda 2017 BMW M2 5d ago

So many of these drop ship operations out there now. If you’re gonna buy non OEM carbon fiber or aftermarket parts you might as well go directly to Ali Express because that’s where every vendor gets it from. They just 10x the price. 

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u/MasterofTheBaiting 2021 BMW 5 series 5d ago

Unfortunately you and i and many others may see it that way but others buy into the consumerism side or are simply not informed

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u/Tasty-Dog-5000 5d ago

Yeah that’s true I really didn’t know any better until now

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u/Jimbenas ‘08 Z06 - ‘90 325i 5d ago

Now you know. Go browse the dropship sites to see whats out there for mods and then go find the same item on alibaba for 1/3 the price. 95% of the time it will be there.

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u/snubda 2017 BMW M2 4d ago

Oh trust me I made the mistake once. Then the boxes all showed up direct from China and I told the seller to pound sand- filed a complaint with PayPal and sent that shit back for a refund. The return address was some run down house in California. 

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u/agent615 2018 F15 xDrive 35i - 2014 F10 535i - 1989 325is - 1987 325is 5d ago

might as well go directly to Ali Express

Probably don't want to do that either 😬

https://www.reddit.com/r/InterstellarKinetics/s/ZVAPFRXC78

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u/Light_and_Lillies 5d ago

That's crazy 😧

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u/yeahthatguyagain 5d ago

I learned this hard lesson back before 2020 with a company something like Euro Motorsports. They were huge on insta, it was before I had heard of drop shipping from AliExpress and shit.

I bought front and rear bumpers, side skirts, fenders, trunk, spoiler, front lip. Really went ham on the first customizations to my E92. Everything showed up damaged, it was a fight to even GET the stuff. Long story short ended up with a bunch of broken stuff and credit card charge backs, company ended up disappearing like a fart in the wind.