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Alibaba Reviews Summary

The overall reputation of the company is mixed, with some customers appreciating the variety and affordability of products offered. However, significant concerns dominate the feedback, particularly regarding customer service and support. Many users report frustrating experiences with delayed refunds, ineffective communication, and unresolved product quality issues, often feeling misled by the company's assurances. The Trade Assurance program is frequently described as inadequate, failing to protect buyers effectively. This combination of positive product experiences and pervasive service challenges suggests a need for improved customer support and better oversight of suppliers to enhance overall customer satisfaction.

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service
1,333
value
1,312
shipping
1,306
returns
770
quality
1,285
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Connecticut
1 review
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Order was fulfilled in timely manner and product was exactly what we asked for. Supplier was easy to work with and communicate.

Date of experience: August 27, 2019
Nigeria
3 reviews
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Test and trust
August 27, 2019

Always with the fear of not getting actually what you order but 'trust us we deliver' is Alibaba's second name

Date of experience: August 27, 2019
Canada
1 review
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Easy and comfortable
August 27, 2019

Despite the geographical distance from Canada to China and the likely language barriers, dealing with the supplier via Alibaba was a seamless and fantastic experience. Their secure payment and guarantees on product satisfaction made the whole process that much more comfortable and reliable. Would definitely use Alibaba again.

Date of experience: August 27, 2019
California
1 review
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Ultrasonic welder from Danrel
August 27, 2019

The first two machines were purchased 3 years ago and they are still working great. This is our second order, we bought 10 sets, all arrived in good condition. Would recommend DANREL company due to the good quality and excellent service.

Date of experience: August 27, 2019
Delaware
1 review
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Great Service
August 27, 2019

Was worth all the time invested. Will sue again their services if needed.
The protection was great, the payment process clean... all was great

Date of experience: August 27, 2019
Utah
1 review
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Great Experience
August 27, 2019

This whole experience, start to finish, was great. From the initial negotiations, to the super fast shipping. I received my items weeks before I expected. I highly recommend.

Date of experience: August 27, 2019
Indonesia
1 review
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Good setvice
August 27, 2019

Here the service is very friendly. The admin explained in detail the product I wanted to buy. After the goods arrive, the results are very satisfying. So I will order here again. This supplier is very recommended in my opinion. And does not disappoint.

Date of experience: August 27, 2019
GB
1 review
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Anyone who is going to buy or place an order in Alibaba, make sure you actually see the products, test it and NEVER trust their product description, what they say or not even the videos they provided to you. Even if the product description is false, alibaba will say you should have an agreement on the quality or efficiency before you place an order, rather than just place on order. Our family purchased one laser cleaning machine and costed us 4.5k USD, turns out, it cannot even do the thing it says can do. We worked with supplier and try to fixed the issue. At first, they blamed us for not using the machine correctly, then say the machine is like that, we should not expect too much and product description is just for our information ( they even had a table to compare all the different cleaning products, every single criteria for this machine is better than other options, even they admitted their product is not as good as other cleaning methods, alibaba says they cannot do much about it), and then they say there is might something wrong with laser head. It took 1 month for them to admit it might be machine issue but they would not refund / let us return the product. They say they want to fix the issues by sending a new head but did not say what if it is still not working. After all these bad experience, I cannot even trust them anymore. It is very frustrating as Alibaba allows suppliers to put misleading advertisements and trap customers to buy, then then it is your fault for trusting them. Not sure if anyone out there purchased laser machine and have the same issues, would be nice to contact me and share experiences. I wanna get my money back and send back this useless machine. I think I would not buy anything from here again.

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Date of experience: August 27, 2019
India
1 review
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I have placed an order of 1000 nylon snap lock pins and the order was shipped on time. There was some delay at receiving end by the shipping agency.

Date of experience: August 27, 2019
VE
1 review
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Good experience. Purchase completed
August 27, 2019

In my opinion the page is a bit complicated. It is not very easy to navigate. Open a new tab in every click you make and i dont like that.

But It is extremely useful site, I have managed to make satisfactory imports into Venezuela

Date of experience: August 27, 2019
Australia
1 review
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Fantastic
August 27, 2019

Great experience looking hard for my next purchase, with so much variety of sellers and products I am always amazed at what I can find on here.

Date of experience: August 27, 2019
Germany
1 review
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Great quality and communication
August 27, 2019

We needed something custom made and they totally understood what we wanted and were fast and efficient to customize our new product. Totally recommended

Date of experience: August 27, 2019
Namibia
1 review
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Computerized Embroidery machine
August 27, 2019

Very Good except the manuals I got was not clear enough and in Chinese which I don't understand. Representatives reacted well and is helping me to solve the problem. The promised to sent some video clips to explain the workings of the machine

Date of experience: August 27, 2019
Qatar
1 review
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The Best Seller
August 27, 2019

Its my first order. I'm very satisfy. Mr. Amy Guo was helpful person im decided to order again thanks again.

Date of experience: August 27, 2019
Norway
1 review
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Superb
August 27, 2019

Quick and businesslike. Good communication and information throughout the process. Responded quickly to questions raised.

Date of experience: August 27, 2019
France
1 review
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Fabulous
August 27, 2019

Very good quality, beautiful print on products, i'm so satisfied thank you, i will recontact you for next order

Date of experience: August 27, 2019
Philippines
1 review
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Helpful
August 27, 2019

I'm new at alibaba and to be honest I have a lot to learn on the app just be keen to find a very good and helpful supplier but overall experience is SO FAR SO GOOD.

Date of experience: August 26, 2019
District of Columbia
1 review
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Make my business easier
August 27, 2019

Good way, let me find more suppliers, well done. Amazing start with my Chinese new supplier. So expecting to get more chances from Alibaba.

Date of experience: August 26, 2019
Estonia
1 review
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Hello!
August 27, 2019

Very easy to make purchases on Alibaba!
Simple and easy to use, very customer friendly.
I recommend this store to everyone :)

Date of experience: August 26, 2019
Singapore
1 review
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Efficient
August 27, 2019

Good and reliable platform to do sourcing for business. Easy to use but the payment fee is too high for high value purchase.

Date of experience: August 26, 2019

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Alibaba.com is the world's leading wholesale trade platform that connects buyers and suppliers from around the world.


alibaba.com
Founded in 1999
Hangzhou, ZJ, China
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