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California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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It is a scam
January 19, 2015

It is a scam. They are a lier. Please do not buy staff from them. ALl fake items.

Alipay is sucks. They promise the money back guarantee but that is not true and we try to find our excuses.

I have puchased staff from them and that is reprecate staff, it hold one custom, they did not want to give me money back.
The web www.1688.com one of Chinese website.

Date of experience: January 19, 2015
Spain
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Different item
October 24, 2018

I recived a different item. Aliexpress let me the oportunity to return it and I have to pay the return cost that was more expensive than the item.
I am not going to buy here, Ebay is better and have the same sellers.

Date of experience: October 24, 2018
Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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They are not a legitmate business. I ordered a product that was never delivered. They provided a bogus Swedish Teracking number that provides false information, i. E. it states the product is at the local mail service at 19:55 on 26 Nov but I was on the site at 0800 on 26 Nov and this before 19:55 Swedish time.

Date of experience: December 2, 2013
KR
1 review
0 helpful votes
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New Glass Fiber FPV Monitor Mount
June 10, 2019

It is a good product for the price.
Sellers are friendly and shipping is fast and good
The size of the screw when assembling the product seems a little rough, but there seems to be no problem in use
There is no problem to use FPV monitor with regulator at light price

Date of experience: June 10, 2019
Connecticut
1 review
23 helpful votes
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SCAM SCAM SCAM!
January 21, 2015

SCAM SCAM SCAM! Stay away from these LIARS. 3 packages sent to various addresses around the USA that were nowhere near me. You cannot get in touch with a live person EVER! Sellers blame you for their address mistakes and refuse to resend. This horrible site has been nothing but aggravation and disappointment. STAY AWAY!

Date of experience: January 21, 2015
New Jersey
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I bought a lens that was supposed to be a wide-angle adapter from this website, AliExpress. The seller sent a different lens that has a FISHEYE lens even though the description did not describe it as a Fisheye lens.
I complained, and they asked for evidence, I sent them pics of the distorted image and other additional pictures including a link to see that the lens is actually a FISHEYE lens, but they ignored all my evidence and backed the seller who never denied sending a Fisheye lens, nor submitted any evidence or any reasonable response.
They said I could appeal the decision which I did but since then they have not responded. Beware. This website does not protect the buyer as they falsely boast. They rather protect the seller - who I believe are themselves.

Date of experience: December 7, 2017
Germany
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Refunds & Disputes
May 30, 2016

I have bought a 3d printer on 21 Februar. The printer had problems. The seller have fake shipping because there was not ready the printer to shipping. I have taxes for the import paid. I have in the Dispute 1000 evidences for my case and they have said that the sollution is that crap back send. I have lost 120 euro from the shipping and 95 euro from the taxes. The seller have not much evidence show but the decision was for him better. I am going never again buy from aliexpress

Date of experience: May 30, 2016
India
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Hi,
December 13, 2013

Hi,

I am a regular customer who do some window shopping, every month for some nice niche products at best price, if you want to understand how it works, you first take sometime to understand how it works, what protection they provide for money, how will you get refund all that, not simply jumping into website and place orders and they simply saying this site is FAKE this site is Useless.

Good things about Alibaba/Aliexpress
They have a Seller rating system & Feedback review system which you should review before placing any orders.
They have buyer protection, which means if you did not get your order in good condition or as per description, until you click on, "Goods received" the seller will not get his/her payment.
If the interaction with the seller did not solve your problem, you can escalate directly to Alibaba/Aliexpress customer care by "Opening Dispute" before you click that "Good received in good condition"

Hope that helps :)

Date of experience: December 13, 2013
New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I purchased some hair extensions and when i received the hair it was nothing like what the picture showed and the hair texture was nothing like I expected. I contacted the seller and we didn't get anything resolved and they wanted me to pay $130 shipping fee to return the product to them which I felt they shoulda paid for the shipping. I will never order anything else from Ali Express again. Just be careful what you order and especially if you order anything from over seas like China bcus you will not be able to return it and get a full refund.

Date of experience: April 22, 2017
Netherlands
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Don't buy at AliExpress
September 24, 2014

Don't buy at AliExpress.
You can't reach them, only by a computer. Even the livechat by a real person is in fact a robot. They don't solve your problems.

Only one of my problems:
I have to pay a lot because the seller Henry Wang from Hubei Youfa International trading send me a wrong commercial invoice. I have to pay taxes/VAT now for more then 100 dollars! He only have to send me a new invoice. But he don't react at his emailadress *******@gmail.com of by chat.

Date of experience: September 24, 2014
Oregon
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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The item I ordered clearly said in the product name that it came with a comforter. It didn't. There excuse was that if I'd scrolled down farther to the product description I would have seen that it didn't come with a comforter. Very misleading. There webpage says right on the front that they will give a full refund in this case. They don't. STAY AWAY-NOT RELIABLE.

Date of experience: September 1, 2013
Canada
8 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Messages only open on App
April 9, 2024
Updated review

That's right you cannot open messages from sellers unless you are using the Aliexpress app...
As well when you use their app they flood you every day with useless unsolicited totally unrelated offers

Date of experience: April 9, 2024

App is uneless
May 27, 2021
Previous review

I have used Aliexpress online with my PC for years. I kept on getting messages from seller for promotions but they are not accessible on a PC. When I converted to their app I could finally read these emails... which all contained messages with "special offer"... only problem there were no links to get these offers or to the company site. When I asked one of the suppliers I was told that they are not sending these out. These emails were coming from Aliexpress a week after I made a purchase from them (or put one of their products on my Wish List)... totally useless

Date of experience: May 27, 2021
New Jersey
1 review
2 helpful votes
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DO NOT BUY ELECTRONICS ON ALIEXPRESS!

I have purchased several items from the site and while the cost is low so is the quality. But the electronics are not worth the money, I have bought Beats headphones that had some flaws and certainly didn't sound as good as the real ones. But most recently i bought a 10 inch flytouch tablet; it was an inexpensive android that I thought my 9 year old daughter might like to use with the reading apps as well as games etc.

The tablet worked for a couple months then it gets stuck in the android screen and you can't get it out. The warranty from the seller "Jack Song", which must be chinese for rip off, was 1 year but he never responded to any of my emails. I also tried to contact the folks at AliExpress but they claim they can't do anything once the funds have been released. So if you do buy one don't release the funds until you have it for a year.

Don't be fooled by the lower prices - in this case you may not even get what you paid for.

Date of experience: October 11, 2011
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Fake items
February 23, 2017

The curlkolon sold here is not the original, I don't understand why would they take original pictures from curlkolon and make it like a real deal? The real curlkolon is $16.00 per 10inches. This site is a scammer.

Date of experience: February 23, 2017
Spain
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Scammed
December 16, 2023

AliExpress scammed me. Order id: **************

The seller knowingly sent the wrong product. I provided clear proof and evidence.

No refund is given

Scamliexpress wants me to pay 50e to return the item.

Refund me immediately in full

Date of experience: December 16, 2023
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very bad experience with this site. I bought a mobile phone. Unfortunately, the local delivery company lost the item. Seller Aliexpress did not want to take the responsability and despite being given proof of the postal service, they did not submit the refund after three months since the purchase was made. They did not want to contact the postal service. 250 USD lost. You probably cannot believe me, however, this is real. I WAS SCAMMED BY ALIEXPRESS. I will never buy on Aliexpress. Aliexpress should be banned in EUROPE and UK.

Date of experience: September 26, 2021
Greece
1 review
0 helpful votes
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SCAMERS
February 13, 2022

CAUTION! ULTRA BIG SCAMERS! Many Aliexpress Stores are helped by Aliexpress to scam you! Be aware! Don't ever buy more than one product by the same store! They always sent the cheapest good only! You could buy 10 goods for 200+€ and if the cheapest one is 1€ they will send you just this! So you paid 200€ for an 1€ item! And Ali will never help you to take your money back! Especially don't buy by DATA FROG NEVER!

Date of experience: February 13, 2022
Iowa
1 review
6 helpful votes
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DO NOT EVEN BUY HERE...
February 4, 2015

DO NOT EVEN BUY HERE...
50/50 chance you'll get what you paid for. I ordered from here, seller excused the waiting time, ITEM NEVER CAME. I opened a 'dispute' for item after 1 month, but guess what? Someone else can clear the dispute and say the problem is fixed without you knowing it. Scammers...

Date of experience: February 4, 2015
Romania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Not to be trusted
March 27, 2024

Not all products arrive and they do not refund, shop at your own risk, the answer "not enough evidence provided" like what i can show for not receiving the package?!?

Date of experience: March 27, 2024
Alabama
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I bought 10 items from there, the package finally arrived after about 3 months. Then, it only has 8 items in it. The most expensive 2 items are missing. I submitted disputed to the seller, it replied 'No evidence, so no refund'. I chat with their agent, 'go to the USPS to get the details of the package, and the manager will contact you'. Then, no reply forever. It's the worst online service I've ever met. Especially, it says 'No evidence', and it happens missing the most expensive 2 items. It really disappointed me. Then, i chat with the agent again, I was not asking for refund, I just wanted to file a complaint of the seller. They gave a link, funny thing happens, in the link, there 3 types of report, but all are just related to property rights or illegal product, no type about complaining the seller for not being honest or fault. Will never buy anything from the platform. Again, no refund doesn't irritate me, it's there gross service. I don't hope this happen to any of you who are considering to buy things from Aliexpress.

Date of experience: March 18, 2021

Overview

AliExpress has a rating of 2 stars from 8,018 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with AliExpress most frequently mention customer service, tracking number and credit card. AliExpress ranks 383rd among Wholesale sites.

service
1,613
value
1,516
shipping
1,556
returns
1,396
quality
1,457
This company responds to reviews on average within 3 days
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