You now since I've been trying to open an online store I've chatted with quite a few people. Every once in a while I throw the subject of dropshipping into the arena. Immediately I get an almost unanimous response saying don't use them. Maybe thier oppinions are just good old common sense, but they don't seem to be based on actual experience. Most concerns seem to be centered around late shipment moreso than all out scams.

So you know what I went and done did? I became a member on a dropship distributers site. Here's what I found. I suspect that they've marked up their wholesale prices, even though they expressly claim that they don't because they charge a membership fee around $9 (depending on membership level)a month. No Images available for download. They provide links to images that href to google. Most of the time the images are not there. When they are you can clearly see that they originated from some other retail stores site. There site features an order manager ( which may never get any use from me ), but their help desk is useless, only featurng help options for "How to Copy Text" and "How to Download Images". Even if you wanted to copy text, they only give you a 1 paragraph description with no technical specs ( this is supposed to be for computer hardware ).

But here's the killer. No telephone numbers only online helpdesk. So here's a real STUPID question. Am I just being paranoid or is everyone really out to get me? I hate it when people ask questions that they already know the answer to, don't you?

Thanks Guys