Do you buy ASIC miners from China?

[xOrpian]

Bitcoin mining was always my dream but back then I couldn't afford ASIC miners and I was mining altcoins with GPUs, which was nice but today it's not as profitable as it was years ago.
Finally, I have some money to buy a Bitcoin ASIC miner from Bitmain but I also have one fear for years. What if I receive a damaged ASIC miner? It takes months to receive them for China, it will take months to return them back to China and it will take some months to then receive them back again from China.

How do you risk buying ASIC miners from Bitmain? How often are their products damaged? Does it worth the risk to buy miners from them? How good is their support?

Since China banned mining, have they allowed hardware parts for mining to be made and sold?

[doubletheprof]

Three words...

Enforceability Of Law 

[NotFuzzyWarm]

... I would search for reputable local distributors or resellers that provide warranties and simpler return policies in order to lower risk.  I would carefully review the warranty details and think about paying more for better shipping protection if I had to place my order directly.

And I'd like to fly and spit diamonds... In short -- not going to happen because Bitmain, Canaan, MicroBt, et al only offer warranties to the original buyers - they do NOT have authorized resellers. Resellers can and should cover shipping damage but as for a miner that develops problems later on, you're on your own.

[Oemminer]

All think Chinese miners are expensive? Actually, there are OEM ones that are cheaper！