Where to buy a hoverboard? Our advice to avoid Scams and Fraud

The hoverboard has quickly become a fashionable electric vehicle and the favorite means of leisure transport for children and even adults. This popularity means that it is now difficult to navigate the offer of hoverboards on the French market.

Indeed, more and more unsavory websites and foreign sellers have appeared on marketplaces such as Cdiscount, Amazon or even Darty and Boulanger.

We will try to help you sort between reliable brands and those that do not meet safety standards.

As the holidays approach, it is important to take the time to compare offers to buy a hoverboard for Christmas .

Here are our 5 criteria to respect when buying a quality hoverboard

Do not buy a hoverboard on marketplaces or in supermarkets

This is the most important point because it is on marketplaces that most dishonest hoverboard sellers can be found.

You have surely already seen these offers at unbeatable prices between €99 and €200 on sites like Cdiscount, Ebay or Priceminister. And like everywhere, when the sale price is too low to be true it is often because the quality is not there.

These sellers are mostly located outside France, either directly in China or using warehouses in Germany or Holland. Their goal is to sell as much as possible on marketplaces without worrying about offering products that comply with CE standards or even respecting the warranty commitments of the self-balancing scooters.

Marketplaces are only intermediaries and when you receive a hoverboard from sellers like cool&fun, megawheels, humall or even timecool it is already too late to turn back.

It is impossible to turn against marketplaces. And since these sellers of cheap hoverboards are not subject to French laws, you will not be able to turn against them either.

Our advice: Do not buy a hoverboard on marketplaces or in supermarkets. Or only recognized brands that also have their own website respecting French laws.

Choose a recognized hoverboard brand with after-sales service in France

The most recurring problem that we observe among buyers having a problem with a cheap hoverboard purchased on marketplaces or in supermarkets is their difficulty in claiming the product warranty in the event of technical problems .

Indeed, hoverboards being machines made with electronic components, they can sometimes break down. Especially since the main users of self-balancing scooters are children who are not necessarily the most careful.

This is why it is important to select a brand that provides a warranty on hoverboards. In general, the warranty on recognized brands is 2 years. But announcing a 2-year warranty and actually applying it are two very different things!

Our advice: Find the customer service number and call the hoverboard seller to clarify the warranty conditions . If the website does not have a telephone number, be alert because it may be a fraudulent site.

Do not buy a hoverboard for less than €300

As with all electronic products, the lower the price, the lower the quality. If you think about it, it’s quite logical because the components will be of lower quality.

It is the same for hoverboards because underneath the bodywork (all hoverboards look the same on the outside) the quality of the products depends on the types of batteries used, the motherboards or even the motors . For more details, we invite you to read our article on which hoverboard to choose .

For less than €300 it is unlikely to find a hoverboard equipped with Samsung battery packs, the latest self-stabilizing motherboards and a reliable motor.

Beyond technical considerations, you also have to think about after-sales service. No seller of hoverboards at 150€ on marketplaces and in mass distribution can afford to offer you an effective 2-year warranty for this price.

Our advice: Do not only look at the design of the hoverboard but also the characteristics of the components and the after-sales service.

Pay attention to the legal notices of hoverboard sales sites

This is advice that we recommend you adopt for all your purchases on the Internet. Look at the legal notices of the sites and eliminate all French language sites based abroad (Andorra, Germany, Holland, China, etc.).

Indeed, many unscrupulous sellers use warehouses abroad to ship their hoverboards and thus be able to circumvent French laws.

Our advice: Look for the country of registration of the site in the legal notices and the French customer service number. If any of the information is not present, do not order from this site.

Buy your hoverboard from a specialist

You will have understood that the easiest way to buy the best hoverboard is to place an order directly on a specialist's website or directly in store.

For example, by switching to Weebot, you have the assurance of having a quality hoverboard equipped with the best components on the market. But what's more, in the event of technical problems, you benefit from real after-sales service in France for a 2-year guarantee.

Do the math, it is much more profitable to invest an additional €100 in a real Segway specialist rather than saving €100 € for purchasing a poor quality device on the market only to have it break down 2 months later without having anyone to turn to.

Look at theInternet reviews of unscrupulous sellers to get an idea for yourself.

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