Cheapest Lexia

torq · Post by **torq** » 18 Sep 2011, 09:36

Hi Guys,
after 5 days of Citroen ownership I'm hooked!!

So I'm going to get a Lexia as I'm sure I'll need it at some point. I see loads of them on ebay all for around £100 + p&p and the cheapest I've found elsewhere is in the US for $120 all in.

We all know that they are made in china and sold for a big profit in the west. There are chinese sites that sell direct, some with free postage, like dealextreme.com (but they don't do one) so can anyone send me a link to one of these site to save me a few quid!
Thanks.
Torq

Ross_K · Post by **Ross_K** » 18 Sep 2011, 09:56

You can pick them up on the Chinese b2b sites like alibaba.com for $100 per set but you need to buy them in quantity to get them for that price.

addo · Post by **addo** » 18 Sep 2011, 10:11

I bought from "BuyObd" using ThievingFeeGougerPal and it has been reasonably fine.

As others have found, the 30 pin (to OBD-II) adapter lead is its weak point.

The Birdman · Post by **The Birdman** » 18 Sep 2011, 10:44

http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/48 ... alers.html

addo · Post by **addo** » 18 Sep 2011, 10:51

Yes, AliExpress like their "Escrow" payment plans; better perhaps for those who worry about PP. However, you get pinged for a currency conversion on the credit card...

Post by **Paul-R** » 18 Sep 2011, 11:15

addo wrote:However, you get pinged for a currency conversion on the credit card...

Depends on credit card - at least in the UK.

I have two. The Nationwide makes no extra per transaction charge; the MBNA card does. The MBNA card also has a slightly worse percentage charge than the Nationwide.

Guess which card I use exclusively when abroad?!

red_dwarfers · Post by **red_dwarfers** » 18 Sep 2011, 13:44

The one I bought had a 30 pin one straight to that big round million pin connector, contrary to the photo which clearly shows a 30 to 16 pin adapter. It was ebay item 110735542647. Whether mine happened to be a one off I don't know. Might be worth asking the seller.

EDIT: Typo

addo · Post by **addo** » 18 Sep 2011, 14:17

Awesome. If that works 100% it may be the goods.

wotwot · Post by **wotwot** » 18 Sep 2011, 14:45

Looks like he puts them up for auction as well.
Might be worth a punt torq.

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The Birdman · Post by **The Birdman** » 18 Sep 2011, 15:30

I`ve bought about a dozen from there and eveyone worked , better still pick free DHL and it`ll land on your doorstep within the week.

Citroenmad · Post by **Citroenmad** » 18 Sep 2011, 19:41

red_dwarfers wrote:The one I bought had a 30 pin one straight to that big round million pin connector, contrary to the photo which clearly shows a 30 to 16 pin adapter. It was ebay item 110735542647. Whether mine happened to be a one off I don't know. Might be worth asking the seller.

EDIT: Typo

I bought from the same seller and mine is the same as you describe

merlin617 · Post by **merlin617** » 19 Sep 2011, 11:04

The Birdman wrote:http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/48 ... alers.html

does it have same version of software as the eBay offer and what import tax did you have pay please. ?

The Birdman · Post by **The Birdman** » 20 Sep 2011, 07:39

No import tax!!!

DickieG · Post by **DickieG** » 20 Sep 2011, 09:22

Be minded that on the subject of import tax its a complete lottery whether an item get picked up when it goes through customs, I've ordered items from outside the EU and had them arrive without a customs charge being applied but recently got caught on two items, the first took a month to clear UK customs and in addition to the VAT another charge was applied by Parcelforce for them "Paying the VAT for me = Handling" The first charge was £8.50 the second time it was £13.50 as it had been sent 'Priority Delivery', this charge was more than the cost of VAT

. Apparently other couriers do the same thing and may apply higher charges

I searched on the validity of the charge and entered into correspondence with Parcelforce on the subject but met a brick wall, so my advice is to factor in this potential cost when ordering from outside the EU, for me its a lesson well learned.

torq · Post by **torq** » 28 Sep 2011, 14:07

Got one on alibaba.com for $104 including free shipping from Hong Kong via DHL.
Arrived in 3 days and even has stickers to label it "Made in France" Has a load of cables and a CD with pp2000 and different versions of Lexia and the lot is bundled into a package called Diagbox. Can't get it to work as I haven't got a crack for it yet but I will by this evening.

What I did get free with the CD, and I thought it a nice touch, was 2 viruses. Luckily AVG picked them up and no damage done. So beware of chinese software!!