Aliexpress

[snotters64]

Anyone on here willing to admit falling for the scams on there . Two guys where I work bought toolchests for £12 and what they received was a shower hose

 

[Kayos]

Everything I have bought has turned up as expected

If it's too good to be true, it usually is

 

[winchman]

I have spent quite a bit over the last few months. As above really I havr seen massive socket sets for £5 its clearly a scam.
I did have two items one smashed in transit the other didn't work I was refunded immediately.
Its great for the cheap stuff we need.
Some of the stuff I have struggled to get locally I have bought from Aliexpress.
A steel tube 37mm OD 30mm ID a 25cm length couldn't get it in the UK £18 inc delivery
Vice soft jaws £3!
Magnet sump plug was £5 on Ebay £1 delivered!
Bag of 60 motor carbon brushes assorted sizes £3
The odd thing the supplier has cancelled but in general I cant fault it.

 

[Mark 5]

Everything I have bought has turned up as expected

If it's too good to be true, it usually is

Yup me to, Ali has been good for me, I've made a couple of bad buys admittedly but that's on me.

If I have an issue, it's the one thousand and one Ali emails I get after ordering, ok it's nice to be informed but there is being informed and being deluged with pointless emails.

 

[LewisT]

Not yet, spent £5-600 quid on there bought tools, parts, CPUs, check sellers reviews and usually go with someone that has high volume of sales.

 

[Memmeddu]

Everything I have bought has turned up as expected

If it's too good to be true, it usually is

As same as up above, never got a problem

 

[Other Daniel]

Plus one for the above.
So far, my experience with AliExpress has been great.

 

[Kayos]

Last item arrived today

A carbon fibre effect skin for a camera. Pointless? Yes but it's as described

 

[Kram]

Nope I cant be bothered with it, ebay and amazon are usually cheap enough, some buyer protection and likely to be quicker. Why do I need another platform?
I'd prefer more stuff to be available on amazon with next morning delivery - often convinces me to buy a second more expensive item from my list or basket.

 

[JOEPRO]

Anyone on here willing to admit falling for the scams on there . Two guys where I work bought toolchests for £12 and what they received was a shower hose

They got well hosed on that one

 

[JOEPRO]

I bought a new air intake with air mass sensors for my 2007 Mercedes S320cdi from AliExpress a couple months back. The only time I bothered using it as it was around £80 VS about £145 on ebay UK same thing.

Turned up a couple weeks later worked great was pleased. I tend to not bother with cheap trinket tools etc. I get any other supplies from ebay or similar.

 

[jo1010]

If item is not as described there is an Ali process to refund...... does that work? I've never had to use it.... so far

 

[optima21]

I get a fair few items from aliexpress, and some of the electronic gadgets for radio controI cant get anywhere else. Ive never had a problem with them.

 

[Newlands]

I’ve used them, and nearly everything has been as expected. The only thing I have returned is a knock-off Apple Pencil, which I suspected would not be very good and I was right! Returned and refunded without a problem. One thing they are pretty good at is fasteners and fixings, very useful when I put my laser together with 2020 extrusion as everything was very much cheaper than any U.K. supplier.

 

[ukracer]

Anyone on here willing to admit falling for the scams on there . Two guys where I work bought toolchests for £12 and what they received was a shower hose

I fell for the temu add more to get more points.....oh you still need a bit more....Still more. And a bit more etc.

I was getting stuff I wanted but did not need really.

I have tried the PLA as a few guys on Facebook said it was good and shipped from Turkey. Mine clearly wasn't as China Post is trying to work with Royal Mail to find it.
It said it was in the UK ages ago now Royal Mail suggest it's just left the originating country.

 

[skotl]

+1 for AliExpress from me. Bought tons of electronic components from then, pretty much around the £5 for ten mark.
If they advertised a half ton lathe for £50 then I'd certainly blame the buyer but, knowing what you're getting, there's little to complain about.

 

[Mark 5]

If item is not as described there is an Ali process to refund...... does that work? I've never had to use it.... so far

I have been using Ali for a while and in many respects I trust it over buying from eBay although a lot of sellers there are sourcing their gear from Ali themselves.

For the first time not long ago I attempted to return a cheap £8-00 item using Ali's free return/refund service.

Well for a start it is not exactly free, unless there is a returns label involved I would have to pay for the initial return postage then ask Ali for a refund on the postage separate to the actual item refund.

It all seemed a bit convoluted to me so didn't bother in the end.

 

[jmp49]

Ali Express is mostly good, but a few of the sellers mark their adverts as ship from spain or germany etc with a 5 day turnaround, which for me means no import duties, but when the order starts to process then I get notification its being shipped from China and the seller is wanting more time to deliver. I cancel these as soon as the notification comes that its shipped from China instead because with import taxes its probably not that great a deal any more, and Ali express customer support have always been great about refunding me.
The madness is sometimes the items turn up weeks/months later with no duties to pay (because customs here often dont bother it seems, its a lottery) and customer support has long since refunded me. I tried to contact one of the sellers for something of a decent value, and they just responded with keep it. According to the reddit group on Ali Express It seems they just mark it as lost and claim on the shipping insurance if the buyer cancels in transit.

Besides that the usual scams, items significantly smaller in reality than pictured, fakes etc. But go with a seller with a reputation and its better.

Ebay today is crap, I almost never buy from it now since they turned away from secondhand bits and pieces to try and be another amazon. Amazon I use more so because of Prime but I avoid marketplace which is equally riddled with scams and fake stuff. And a lot of the stuff on Amazon is on Ali Express for 25% the price, if your prepared to wait.

 

[ahebron]

I have bought plenty from Aliexpress, mainly tools and car/motorbike bits.
If you have an issue once you start the compalint process you have to be on the ball and reply in time otherwise you might get a result you didnt like.'I orderd a tail light for a Freelander 2 and they sent the wrong one, I didnt reply soon enough once I started the complaint and they only partially refunded me so I ended up with the wrong part and out of pocket.
Last week I had an finger belt sander attachment for my angle grinder arrive but I doesnt fit and its threads are not cut properly. They told me to return it before 18 December and pay for postage. Postage worked out at almost 4 times the original purchase price inc. post and at this time of year there is no way it would arrive before 18 December. I complained to Aliexpress and they sided with the seller. The review I left stated all of these things.

 

[beeRS]

I’ve dealt with Alibaba (the wholesale side of aliexpress), a few times and it worked out fine. Spent over £1000 in a single transaction once, and goods delivered as expected.