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Alibaba

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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
1,332
value
1,311
shipping
1,305
returns
769
quality
1,284
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Excellent quality sensors
August 7, 2019

The sensors were manufactured to my exact specifications and quality was exceptional.

Delivery was as fast as possible.

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
California
1 review
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I always have a good experience with my known suppliers, and i order constantly from them, but some of them is more complicated, you have to wait for a price and some never answer your questions.

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
Alabama
1 review
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Great service!
August 7, 2019

Received a damaged/defective LCD and it was replaced very quickly at no cost! Will be doing more business with this company and others via Alibaba.

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
Arizona
1 review
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Great product
August 7, 2019

Love the product and will order from again. This was for promotional umbrellas and I know future clients will love them.

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
Uruguay
1 review
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26006
August 7, 2019

The buying experience was okay, easy to use, friendly, and all the process went smoothly after we selected our supplier.

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
Mexico
1 review
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Very great site for bussiness
August 7, 2019

It is a great experience to search your products and buy cool goods.
I recommend it a lot fot buy goods for you company.
This is my first experience for buying in Alibaba, but is very great to search your products and the kindly service by the suppliers. It was a great experience.

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
NL
1 review
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Service
August 7, 2019

Very good service. Fast shipping. Good suppliers and Trade Assurance makes it more interesting. I recommend it to everyone.

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
New Zealand
1 review
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Buying through Alibaba.com
August 7, 2019

I have bought various tungsten carbide products through Alibaba and have found the portal works very well

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
Georgia
1 review
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Feel safe ordering through Alibaba
August 7, 2019

It cuts down the concern of losing money from dishonest suppliers for a small business. Easy to find suppliers for your ideas, sometimes to many suppliers to choose from.

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
Chile
1 review
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Every was OK, Attentions, item description, comunications, price and delivery.
When will be posible to use Paypal?

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
Switzerland
1 review
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One of the best sites.
August 7, 2019

Still one of the best sites out there. Trustworthy and dependable. Will continue to use it. Useful to get an idea on prices and good quality products. Godd for market research and evaluation.

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
Canada
1 review
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Fantastic Experience!
August 7, 2019

Great customer service, quickly and easily accommodated my requests. The quality and time in which we received our goods was SUPERB! - I will definitely be placing more orders with this company in the future.

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
Mexico
1 review
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The seller created an order on Alibaba and i paid with my credit card from Mexico.
The goods were delivered to me within 3 business days.
Excellent service

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
Texas
1 review
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Nice and good product
August 7, 2019

Nice teardrops and the products little bit small, but it's no problem. Overall I should put 4/5 but it's ok to give 5

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
Turkiye
1 review
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Adresim
August 7, 2019

Its a great expirince to trade on this platform. But i will be better if the suppliers would investigate the total cost of the order to reach the buyer including the taxes of a particular order in a particular country if possible. Thank you.

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
Mexico
1 review
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Discovering alibaba
August 7, 2019

Recently I am buying products in alibaba, I am pleased to be able to find the right products and suppliers.

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
Romania
1 review
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Headlamps
August 7, 2019

On schedule, just perfect. NINGBO, for sure it was a pleasure to do business with Jeff and was great to have nearby a partner like Alibaba.

Tks all

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
Oman
1 review
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Its easy online shoping
August 7, 2019

Like the service next should be i will buy from Alibaba what i need
And will be suggestion to my all friend and relieve

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
TT
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So far so good
August 7, 2019

It has been a smooth sailing so far when coming to samples. Hopefully, when coming to the real orders, I do not get problems with shipping etc. However, Alibaba have deemed to be very resourceful and beneficial to my needs thus far. Hopefully, once I received my ordered goods, I definitely plan to keep within Alibaba.com business.

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
India
1 review
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Nice working.
August 7, 2019

Nothing to say but i liked product shipment in given time. So i thank to alibaba.com's services.
And I am very impressed of this services. So i gave 5 star.

Date of experience: August 7, 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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