Oh for sure there are still many bonafide vendors on Leboncoin but this last year saw peak chicanery there. You obv knew (know) your way around the site if you were buying brocante type gear so you probably looked at what else they had to sell and how long they had been selling. It is defo not the best place at the moment, if it's local to me I will phone them and ask for a meet somewhere in the middle, if it's not I will think twice.
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I used to search for what I wanted in a specific area of France, then it was easy to arrange collection from various sellers without driving hundreds of miles. I never had a bad experience and picked up quite a few extra bargains, like a book press for €20 that sold for £100 and paid for the diesel!
I guess thats what will happen to me.Update:- Just received an email from AliExpress they have refunded my money to my bank account......
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I've bought from Aliexpress many times without any issues at all. I just hate the search and trying to find the one that's the cheapest or even what I want. I end up opening each listing to find it.
I buy O2 sensors for my exhaust analyser from there, $30 and a two week wait vs $300 and an eight week wait for quality ones from the local distributor.
I buy O2 sensors for my exhaust analyser from there, $30 and a two week wait vs $300 and an eight week wait for quality ones from the local distributor.
For leboncoin no way I'd pay up front outside of it for purchase/delivery via paypal etc like some sellers demand because its riddled with scammers imho even some that pass the sniff test for other articles etc, but the latest con I've encountered is using their system including payment via them and delivery to your home address which is supposed to be safe and tracked at every step. I had a seller posting the item to themselves and claiming payment when its automatically marked as delivered, and I even had one where the sender managed to send it my address on the official tracking statements, but it ended up arriving back to their address but marked as delivered. Fortunately leboncoin themselves care about reputation and are on the ball, so if you raise a official case with laposte to track it, they will find for you as the buyer and refund you and ban the seller. Its like ali express etc, its just a case of staying within the rules of refunds and payments.
Buying in person, its always been ok because I turn up with a wad of cash and pay the price agreed beforehand, but then I have to justify the diesel and time to go pick it up, and I'm not buying to resell like jullian was.
Sound advice and a new to me scam you have described. Indeed arranging a meet and bringing cash is about my limit of trust on Leboncoin, unless it is cheap enough to not cry if it never appears in the post.
I think if you get it delivered to a relay point, its ok, because the relay point never receives it to send the trigger mail.
I'm not doing a 800km round trip to buy a piece of landrover dash or something from someone in the cote d'azur, so its hobsons choice for me.
If you think buying is mad, you want to try selling. I did it once to sell the bike of a friend after he passed on behalf of his widow to shield her from it all, and I hope never to repeat the experience.
I'm not doing a 800km round trip to buy a piece of landrover dash or something from someone in the cote d'azur, so its hobsons choice for me.
If you think buying is mad, you want to try selling. I did it once to sell the bike of a friend after he passed on behalf of his widow to shield her from it all, and I hope never to repeat the experience.
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You’ve got me worried now - I bought something on LeBonCoin this week - first time in years. Not hugely expensive but paid via LeBonCoin, LaPoste says it will be delivered tomorrow, will let you know…
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I got a delivery from Ali express this morning -
They bundle multiple items in those grey plastic bags, and one had been opened, and a rubber band put around the hole.
Anyway, part of the order was missing (£4 worth out of an £80 order).
Got on live chat. Handler kept asking me to "contact the courier".
I told them, repeatedly, that I wasn't going to do that. (It never works and I didn't want to burn the time on the £4 item)
In the end I gave them 4 options, and asked them to choose. They ignored me, and I had to repeat the options.
They then refunded me the £4.
It's always effort with Ali express if something goes wrong. I was surprised that they caved so quick on this one.
A common one is, if an item is damaged, they claim that it's still partially usable, so will only offer a partial refund. I've purchased screens for printing from there before and they commonly come in poor packing with holes in the screen. They claim that, even though theres a rip in the screen, the rest of it is still usable...
(I don't bother buying screens from there any more - I buy them from the same sellers but on eBay as the handling is weighted more towards the purchaser there)
Another example - I bought a pair of stepper drives for a project that requires two steppers. They sent one. And then were out of stock on a replacement. And wouldn't take returns. So I ended up with a stepper that was useless to me (ive never used it for anything) as I couldn't get a matching pair. And a refund for only one of them.
Ali express is very much like eBay was last century. eBay is sanitized now. Ali express is much more "Wild West" (or rather East).
But it's so cheap that, on one level, you just have to accept that. You "win" way more often than you "loose", but "loosing" is a possibility.
Id never buy anything from there other than cheap enough stuff that I could afford to loose OR items expensive enough to be covered by section 75 (and I'd then make sure I didn't pay with another method)
Edit - the 4 options were very reasonable, not "I'm going to come round and burn your house down"
a) resend
b) refund
c) THEY contact the courier
d) I contact my credit card
...which I think was entirely fair.
They bundle multiple items in those grey plastic bags, and one had been opened, and a rubber band put around the hole.
Anyway, part of the order was missing (£4 worth out of an £80 order).
Got on live chat. Handler kept asking me to "contact the courier".
I told them, repeatedly, that I wasn't going to do that. (It never works and I didn't want to burn the time on the £4 item)
In the end I gave them 4 options, and asked them to choose. They ignored me, and I had to repeat the options.
They then refunded me the £4.
It's always effort with Ali express if something goes wrong. I was surprised that they caved so quick on this one.
A common one is, if an item is damaged, they claim that it's still partially usable, so will only offer a partial refund. I've purchased screens for printing from there before and they commonly come in poor packing with holes in the screen. They claim that, even though theres a rip in the screen, the rest of it is still usable...
(I don't bother buying screens from there any more - I buy them from the same sellers but on eBay as the handling is weighted more towards the purchaser there)
Another example - I bought a pair of stepper drives for a project that requires two steppers. They sent one. And then were out of stock on a replacement. And wouldn't take returns. So I ended up with a stepper that was useless to me (ive never used it for anything) as I couldn't get a matching pair. And a refund for only one of them.
Ali express is very much like eBay was last century. eBay is sanitized now. Ali express is much more "Wild West" (or rather East).
But it's so cheap that, on one level, you just have to accept that. You "win" way more often than you "loose", but "loosing" is a possibility.
Id never buy anything from there other than cheap enough stuff that I could afford to loose OR items expensive enough to be covered by section 75 (and I'd then make sure I didn't pay with another method)
Edit - the 4 options were very reasonable, not "I'm going to come round and burn your house down"
a) resend
b) refund
c) THEY contact the courier
d) I contact my credit card
...which I think was entirely fair.
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Had a small power drill the hand chuck was useless ... very gritty & unable to get it tight enough . Got a full refund . purchased a keyed chuck C/W chuck key for aa fiver . now have a decent light weight drill with two reasonable life batteries .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
Got a small router for cutting hinge slots on seven internal doors . 1/4 " chuck collet broken .... sent them a picture .
New one arrived in about 10 days later , told to throw the old one away .
I didn't but a few months later . I was given a well dead mini router. the collet and nut fit perfectly .. No I'm not getting rid of this second router .
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Who drop ships from China ??? 60 to 80 day lead times ???
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Parcel arrived safely (a set of coffee cups), well packed, no damage and as described!
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Ezarc carbide sawzall blades.
For some reason they were crazy cheap, like £3 for a 12" one. Way way better than Milwaukee branded blades.
I have subsequently bought ezarc carbide multi tool blades, but not used them yet.
Well I thought I had purchased 10 rolls if filament. BUT it was delivered to an address in West Belfast.
What's annoying is it's clear they have locked up and they are ghosting me and paypal.
If they don't reply by the 26th of December paypal refund me anyway. But I would rather have the filament to test...
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I saw these lights that fit Makita LXT batteries which I use. I bought one to top up my order for free shipping. It came yesterday and I am surprised at its quality and robust feel for the price, I will be careful not to let it flatten the battery too much as I guess there will be no built in protection but so far I am impressed and the light and it's brightness.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100....order_list.order_list_main.34.40a81802S1iHLx
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100....order_list.order_list_main.34.40a81802S1iHLx
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Made a mistook in ordering the right size of a new QCTP and cutter carriers for my antique Sphere lathe from Ali Express they should have been wedge tool post 250-001AXA 2001 & I obviously clicked 250-000
Only one of the tool holders is a tight fit on the QCTP , a session with Fizzy while I'm cutting his fire wood up after Crimbo should see it precision ground down by 1.5 thou to the same fit as all the other tool holders .
Can't do it before Crimbo because Santa in fishnets sneakily acquired everything and wrapped it up for my birthday ( 21 De ) or for a Crimbo day . Our Ukrainian refugee guest & her son have also made contributions to the mancupboard in this direction
Only one of the tool holders is a tight fit on the QCTP , a session with Fizzy while I'm cutting his fire wood up after Crimbo should see it precision ground down by 1.5 thou to the same fit as all the other tool holders .
Can't do it before Crimbo because Santa in fishnets sneakily acquired everything and wrapped it up for my birthday ( 21 De ) or for a Crimbo day . Our Ukrainian refugee guest & her son have also made contributions to the mancupboard in this direction
