Steer Clear of CHINAGRABBER

eamonnq

My advice would be to steer clear of Chinagrabber, and their ApadTV forum and the 'recommended sellers on there!, I bought a pad from Chinagrabber after viewing the forum and seeing the posts on the forum regarding making sure you buy a GENUINE IBEX FLYTOUCH from Chinagrabber (or one of their other trading names), decided to buy one. I read on their website that products are 'stringently tested' before they go out.

BIG MISTAKE!!! I received the tablet and first thing that I noticed was that the wifi was very poor, but decided to get a USB dongle and put up with that. Then the touch screen proved to be next to useless (which kind of defeats the purpose of having a touch screen) but even then I said I would just use it with a keyboard case so at least I could get some use out of it, but THEN the internal memory packed in which meant that any apps or settings I added to the unit were gone the next time I powered it on.

I did take the pad apart and replace the internal memory card with an 8gb TDK one, and the one that I took out of it (supposedly a 32gb) shows as having about 140mb of space on it, but I cannot format the card, or even delete the files that are showing on it.

Their forum appears to be just a patethic attempt to stop people posting the truth about the units, as if anyone posts anything bad about them , the forum admin 'moderates' their posts, then stops them posting at all and people get banned and their posts removed, so that when someone new comes along they don't see all the problems that people really experience with their pads.

The admin on the forum told me that lying is against the forum rules, and then he put a line of text under my username on all my posts saying 'Only posts negative everytime', when I pointed out some of my posts that weren't negative (thereby making what he posted a lie), he then changed it to 'The Grinch' (so I guess he must think he is funny?) I then pointed out that as the Grinch is a fictional character (and I am not, as far as I am aware) that that would also have to be considered a lie. He then decided not to allow me to PM him any more, which is a bit immature for someone supposedly meant to be able to moderate a forum.

The forum only appears to exist to stop people posting on other forums when they discover problems with their pads, and going by the amount of people with problems there must be an awful lot of problem pads getting by their 'stringent testing'.

One problem (the wifi) I could live with, the second problem (the poor touch screen) was a bit harder to put up with, but the third problem (the internal memory) was the final straw. The pad is a piece of crap and their forum is only there to cover up the real issues. Patethic, steer clear at all costs.

5500

Why are you bothering with the apad forums, email china grabber directly and ask for a replacement. I had similar problems with a fly touch myself before and had to send it back to them, granted it coat me about €15 to send it back but I was sent a new unit by ems once they received the one I sent back.

So see how you get on with china grabber directly first, If your having no joy then open a PayPal dispute

eamonnq

Waste of time contacting Chinagrabber, as all they do is point you to the forum, or tell you to try the same stuff that the forum tells you to do.

Waste of time (and money) sending it back anyway, as apparently unless you send it by registered post, they most likely will say they did not receive it, and on their website they say you have to pay a 30dollar fee for a replacement (not sure what this fee is for).

But the biggest problem with sending it back for replacement is that the one they send you is not likely to be any better.........like this thread on the forum demonstrates.

http://www.apad.tv/apadforum/showthread.php?1903-Replacement-unit-does-not-work-help-please

Am not too concerned about mine at this stage as I just look it as wasted money, but might save someone else here from falling into the same trap.

The forum is a sham, set up to lure unsuspecting potential purchasers into thinking that the tablets are even half decent, anyone who posts anything bad about them will find themselves not welcome on the forum, banned and their posts removed.

Badgermonkey

Tell me that's not the pad you have for sale on Adverts in your sig OP.

eamonnq

lol , no it is not that one, that one is one of the good ones!!!

I did have the bad one up for sale as well, but mentioned in the ad that there were problems with it, and decided to hold onto it. I reckon I will get it working (one day), but just wanted to warn people about Chinagrabber and their forum, in case they ended up in the same situation.

eamonnq

Think they have reduced themselves to racist slurs now, as they have changed my title from 'THE GRINCH' to 'POTATO FINGERS'. I would take that as being some sort of slur as they figured out I am from Ireland.

Am I being oversensitive ??

jor el

I'd let it go. You're dealing with an unreliable company selling cheap knock off crap.

eamonnq

I have 'let it go' as far as any satisfaction being gained for the product that I purchased, but am just warning people in case they get tempted to buy something similar from them.

Apparently this is the way the whole thing works, you go on to the forum, see all the positive stuff and helpful members on there, so you buy a pad from them thinking you will get a decent one and sure if you don't they are only minor issues to be sorted, but in reality what happens is you buy the pad, you get several major issues with it, and then if you continue to post on the forum your posts firstly get 'moderated', then you end up being banned and your posts (if you managed to post any negative ones ) either get removed or get edited to show they have been posted by other members (lackeys) and the issues are all solved.

Nice scam, the way it works, but thankfully there lots of other forums (like this one) where you can post the truth about them.