Three Xiaomi phones, zero issues
I can only comment on my own experience, but I have bought three Xiaomi phones now (one for my son, one for my wife, one for myself) and not had any problems with delivery or the phones themselves. My son's (a Mi 9, 6GB + 128GB, with free wireless charger) was bought over a year ago direct from the Xiaomi site for £300. Delivery was around 8 days and my son loves the phone which does everything his previous phone did. It outshines the Iphone 11 in every department (processor, camera, memory, battery life, screen, pixels, looks) and at the time of buying was a third of the price. I had a Redmi Note 9 Pro about 4 months ago, bought from Amazon, and have had absolutely no issues, and still marvel at the quality of the camera compared to what I had before. My wife smashed her 4 year old Samsung three weeks ago and was going to replace it with another Samsung (similar spec, up to date version would have cost around £250). I persuaded her to go for the Redmi Note 9 4GB +128GB, which trumped the Samsung in every department (the Samsung was just offering 3 GB + 32GB, had an inferior camera and battery life and a slower processor). The Note 9 was on sale and I got it for £106 direct from the Xiaomi website. Ordered on the 14th December, received on the 17th December, so can't get much better than that. She is also well impressed. Looking at the reviews on here I don't know if I've been lucky, or if most people who are happy with their phones are just not posting review. But with three phones purchased, zero problems and everyone happy, I would say give them a go. Just to offset against this, my youngest son, who has had Iphones for the last few years, is now on his second phone of the year. He had a Iphone 8 in May, had to have the screen replaced when it broke after dropping it on the carpet (!), then stopped recharging, and when we took it in the motherboard was apparently damaged. Because we bought it as a 'reconditioned' phone ('A' grade, as new, from a reputable site) they wouldn't replace it (but offered us £50 to take it back as a damaged phone). Against my better judgement (under relentless pressure from wife and son!) I have now bought him a new Iphone 11, which, at £700+, costs more than our three Xiaomi phones put together, whilst having specs no better than the cheapest of the three. Total rip-off if you ask me, but anything to keep the peace. Again, it is from my experience only, but in my household it is Xiaomi 3 Iphone 0.