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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
1,331
value
1,311
shipping
1,304
returns
769
quality
1,284
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Norway
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Great
July 5, 2019

The best way to buy from producers! You can get in contact with producers and suppliers fast and for almost every product you can think of.

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
Nigeria
5 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Great service
July 5, 2019

Thank you for being one the best, thank you for being so reliable, trusted and transparent. Thank you for coming into existence and creating mass awareness. I enjoy shopping on Alibaba.

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
Australia
1 review
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Thank you. I am very satisfied.
Le robot marche bien mais la mise en route n'est pas facile. Il faut prendre son temps pour bien préparer les zones à tondre. Il est préférable d'utiliser un smartphone IOS.

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
India
1 review
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Alibaba is very poor for the sellers who are not from China. The services are very biased to the china seller and the non Chinese seller. The Chinese sellers get many privileges like paythrough Alibaba option as well as there profile also show the amount of total transcation they have done with their buyers and etc. Alibaba is only good if you are seller from china. I have bought a gold supplier membership and is getting no business from this. Its a total waste of money as well as most buyers on the website are just for timepass. And you get computer generated inquiries when a customer just clicks on your product. Alibaba is developed to only help the chinese sellers. If you are not from china please dont buy the membership, you will regret it just as im regretting it right now. I wasted 1500 dollars and still got 0 income. Total waste of money.

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
South Africa
1 review
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Dhamai
July 5, 2019

Very easy to transact. Alibaba communication was excellent and kept me up to date. Please can Alibaba find some other payment method than credit card as credit card charges and forex rates are too high

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
Qatar
1 review
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I ordered LED lighting from this company called Lin'an Lituo Electronics Co., Ltd. The contract agreement said delivery within 30 days from advance payment but the company took way beyond 30 days. We missed our shipping vessel schedule for them. Staffs and the manager/owner were very stubborn, disrespectful and not polite/helpful at all. The worst of the worsts companies. Keep away from this company. You cant rely on their words.

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
North Carolina
1 review
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Excellent experience. Alibaba is reliable. I would buy through them again. I couldn't say more because I said everything

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
Brazil
1 review
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Better on ali!
July 5, 2019

This team if was soccer players for sure will win the world cup!
Hands down for this people!
Trust, honesty, and helping who needs, making even the irreversible possible!

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
Israel
1 review
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Exellent
July 5, 2019

Excellent service and communication. We are always in touch with the customer, updating all changes in time. Very professional service. I am very satisfied

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
Hawaii
1 review
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Awesome Lanyards!
July 5, 2019

Lanyards look great and service was great! Great company to work with. Delivery was expensive, but, it was received in a timely manner.

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
Japan
1 review
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Found excellent supplier
July 5, 2019

Very glad to find a excellent suppier, the quality satisfied our customer. There is a possibility to re-order in order to expand our business.

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
Thailand
1 review
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High performance
July 5, 2019

High performance, using at real workshop with avg. 35-40degree C and dust for a year before repeat a 2nd order

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
South Africa
1 review
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Please remove scammers from alibaba because I wanted to make good use of it but now I'm afraid and I have reported there is no feedback and now I'm thinking of reporting to the police and remove things that causes people to be scammed
Bewear JMC Mobile Limited and they even give you a code to track your package on Speedairways and they will say pay for custom fees you end up paying more then you expected please dont fall for scams and the United nations should do something about alibaba and there scamming suppliers

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
Pennsylvania
1 review
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Love Never Fails Keychain
July 4, 2019

Totally satisfied, this was my first time ordering from, and using Alibaba.
I would do it again, and recommend it too

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
Pakistan
4 reviews
2 helpful votes
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I ordered ps4 console parts i searched every where on Internet but find it on Alibaba. They have everything but they have got some serious problems of delivery. I got my order after 40 days.

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
Romania
1 review
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My first order at Alibaba.
July 4, 2019

This is my first order at Alibaba. We received the goods on time, 9 days with TNT in Romania in very good conditions. Lukina Shen from Dongguan Hongke Lighting Co., Ltd. helped me a lot to find the products I need. Very professional. Thank you. I recommend anyone who needs LEDs or led drivers etc. My first collaboration with Alibaba was excellent. In the future I will buy from them. With appreciation David M.

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
NL
1 review
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First Impressions
July 4, 2019

I found the platform good. The only issue is the messaging service as I do not see the read and unread messages. This could use improvement.

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
Puerto Rico
1 review
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I'm a retired broker of antique motorcycles. It took me weeks to reject the many poor quality electric mobility scooters. Having decided on the DYU concept, It took me weeks of having my sample order rejected due to my living on an island and the battery (dangerous goods) issue. Finally, I tried Alibaba and was allowed direct contact with the F Wheel Industrial sales correspondent, Ms. Rosy Hen. It took weeks, but her resourcefulness resulted in saving me hundreds of dollars and weeks of shipping time. Steve

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
GB
1 review
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Great
July 4, 2019

Really nice company, good fast service and shipping. Very efficient and friendly. Have ordered again

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
Australia
1 review
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First eCommerce Experience
July 4, 2019

I was amazed at the accountability and delivery of the package. Express freight by air to Papua New Guinea is quite high but I managed to compensate for that in the sales. Alibaba has shown me that logistics from across the world to my door step was so simple. I have shown my customers that they can order through my company and I thank Alibaba for the experience. Awesome job by the sales team. Keep up the good work.

Date of experience: July 4, 2019

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


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Founded in 1999
Hangzhou, ZJ, China
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