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| How safe is Aliexpress? |
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| HobGoblyn:
Hi all, I often see Aliexpress mentioned, today I thought I would order a few bits. Created account, put stuff in my basket, site had the padlock to show it's secure. It has this padlock right up until I click on my shopping cart, then it comes up as not secure, I checked and it still said not secure when I went to payment options. No way I'm entering any payment details when the page is insecure. Is this a temporary glitch? Or is it always like that? thanks |
| Bicurico:
I consider AliExpress secure and I never had any page - especially the payment page - shown as insecure. However, AliExpress has an issue which I don't like at all. When you place an order it seems that most sellers will start producing whatever you bought. It can take like one month for them to actually ship it. And then another month until it arrives. A regular order takes 2-3 months to arrive at my door. Ebay normally takes 1 month. I only buy at AliExpress when the product is not available at Ebay or when I am sure it will go through customs. AliExpress has Europe Priority Shipping where they send the package through some obscure ways so that you don't pay customs. Regards, Vitor |
| Domagoj T:
I've been their customer for several years and I've never had a problem with security (or at leas I'm not aware I have a problem). That being said, the site is quite broken. There are login fails, broken links, and they are quite annoying with emails regarding the status of the order. It's not actually spam, it's just that they like to remind you of every stage of the order and if you don't give a rating and mark the shipment received you get several additional emails to remind you that buyer protection period is about to expire. They do have some things ebay doesn't so, I check them regularly. |
| HobGoblyn:
Thanks. Tried it on both Firefox and Chrome, pics below Was only a few little bits like solder mask and a few arduino uno boards Not going to take the risk, will use Ebay and paypal |
| magic:
They also have an annoying tendency to temporary glitches and outages. Sometimes the solution is as simple as trying again next day. |
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