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| magic:
That's what appears in their "judgments". I posted the buyer's options earlier. It all makes no sense, which makes sense I guess, since it's Ali... ::) |
| SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: magic on January 13, 2022, 05:48:12 pm ---That's what appears in their "judgments". I posted the buyer's options earlier. It all makes no sense, which makes sense I guess, since it's Ali... ::) --- End quote --- Good outcome overall. The world would definitely be worse without places like Ali, just like it would be worse if all girls were "Good"! :D |
| magic:
Has 2023 just passed with no updates here? Well, at least I began 2024 with new AliExpress scams :D Scam 1. The photograph showed 3pcs of the item and had "3pcs" written on it. However, at the bottom of the description the seller wrote: "contents: 1pc". I was very tempted by this offer because 3pcs was exactly what I needed and other offers were either 1pc or 5pcs, both ending up costing me. So I ignored the description, assuming it was a copy-paste error when the seller created the offer. Surely no one would be stupid enough to actually try such blatant scam on AliExpress, right? Wrong. The seller delivered 1pc and then insisted that this is exactly what I ordered. I got my 66% refund without problems, but I realized that the seller could make it harder by claiming that I received 3pcs - my only "evidence" was a photograph of the opened package. This gave me an idea to video record unpacking all AliExpress packages, which came right in time for: Scam 2. I ordered an obscure discontinued IC from some dodgy seller and received a small cardboard box. This surprised me, because they normally send chips in envelopes. Turned out, the box was filled with some more cardboard and nothing else. I uploaded a video of opening the box and going through all the cardboard and got a refund right away. Lesson: record opening packages from suspicious auctions, suspicious sellers, and packages that look suspicious. Or simply all packages, for a good measure. To end on a positive note, I ordered about a dozen things on 11.11 and BW sales, from $1 USB cables to $100 optics, and everything except the above arrived without surprises. |
| brucehoult:
--- Quote from: magic on February 24, 2024, 07:30:25 pm ---Has 2023 just passed with no updates here? --- End quote --- In fact 2022 also. It is more than two years since the previous message. --- Quote ---Well, at least I began 2024 with new AliExpress scams :D --- End quote --- I don't know why people focus on AliExpress here. They are just an order-taking platform for 3rd party vendors, no different to Amazon or Shopify. I buy something from AliExpress probably at least once a month, often every week, and I've never had a problem. But then I look carefully at who the actual vendor is, and am mostly buying from the official Sipeed store, the official WCH store and so on, not some random vendor selling the same item as 20 other random vendors. --- Quote ---Lesson: record opening packages from suspicious auctions, suspicious sellers, and packages that look suspicious. Or simply all packages, for a good measure. --- End quote --- Possibly a good idea. The only similar problem I've had to what you described was when I ordered a pack of two USA power strips from Amazon so I can plug my various items (often from AliExpress, where NZ plug is not usually an option) in using just one US->NZ adaptor for all devices, not one each. The pack arrived with just one power strip in it. The options to resolve the problem were weird. It was something like 1) return the faulty item to the USA at my own expense and they would send another one, or 2) dispose of the faulty item and they would issue a refund. It seemed obviously better to get a full refund, keep and use the one power strip that arrived, and use the refund to make a new order (or not). |
| magic:
--- Quote from: brucehoult on February 24, 2024, 08:33:50 pm ---I don't know why people focus on AliExpress here. --- End quote --- Because it's a thread about AliExpress, documenting weird issues there and sometimes asking for advice. I also buy various stuff on AE and most of it comes without issues or I wouldn't bother otherwise. This thread is about those "other" cases - sometimes I simply need stuff which is sold by "20 random vendors" ;) I stress that so far I have had 100% success rate with AE buyer protection, though on some occasions it took me several tries and some effort to figure out what they want from me. --- Quote from: brucehoult on February 24, 2024, 08:33:50 pm ---The options to resolve the problem were weird. It was something like 1) return the faulty item to the USA at my own expense and they would send another one, or 2) dispose of the faulty item and they would issue a refund. --- End quote --- AE would be more reasonable in this case, as they have no problems with "keep it and get a partial refund" if you can explain what's missing or how the value is in any other way lower than declared by the seller. |
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