AliExpress

I bought a lot of items from AliExpress and I find it one of the most reliable websites. The quite oftenly have the lowest or free shipping cost. I had some disputes with sellers but the sellers don't get their money before the buyer is satisfied. Better problem resolution than Ebay. There are a lot of cheap junk on the website, but you get what you pay for. I find the wide selection of products very helpful especially when you can't find specialist products in the local shops. Approach with care, and it is a great place to shop for specialist items and bargains...

As far as I understand AliExpress is an intermediary service to a lot of different suppliers in China. Most of their suppliers are serious, but there are also quite a few fraudsters who also take advantage of the AliExpress brokerage service, so it is extremely important to check the reviews of the seller before ordering an item. My experience is that the seller must have a rating of at least 4.8. If, after all, problems arise with an ordered item, you can expect great difficulty in getting the matter sorted out. The service on AliExpress is definitely not the best among companies that mediate online sales.

Do not use this company. They have already screwed me twice. I ordered 400 yellow leds and I received blue ones. Their fix was to offer me $1.00 or I can pay for return shipping and get a coupon for the shipping price. They are in China and they know they can do what ever they want and get away with it. Piss poor company.

My other order was marked shipped, I waited and waited watching the tracking of it. Told me it would be delivered on the 5th and on the 6th the company cancelled my order. The item never shipped. It was a 100% lie and I fought to get my money. They wanted me to wait 3 weeks for an OK we will return your money then another 2 weeks to receive it.

Please save yourself the trouble and DO NOT order from AliExpress. I messaged a lady prior to order flower girl baskets for my wedding confirming they would be ivory and NOT white. The delivery was longer than expected and when I got the baskets they were in fact WHITE! My wedding is just a few weeks away and now I have to deal with these incompetent people ON TOP of all the last minute wedding planning! Also, there was no receipt that came with my delivery. I hope this other issue does not interfere with getting my money back. Before ordering from AliExpress, I was aware of all the bad reviews and the fact that they have false advertising. I was hoping that "flower girl baskets" would be easy to handle and difficult to mess up. Boy was I wrong! Go out and spend a little bit more money to save yourself from such stress and disappointment!

I have used ali express a for about 45 orders over the past 4 years and now I am forced to quit it. There is far too much fraud. Ebay is significantly better in this regard.

Order after order, problem after problem, dispute after dispute. The disputes take months and during this time you lose your ability to leave feedback. It is just too riskey. With paypal you can actually contact and talk to a human. It is the lack of feedback on suppliers that allows them to get away the constant sending of faulty goods.