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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
1,333
value
1,312
shipping
1,306
returns
770
quality
1,285
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Serbia
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Very happy customer!
June 29, 2019

I did receive the product some days ago but tried it only yesterday and it was great. I dressed the wheel few times and it works beautifully. I am very satisfied with my new Grinding Wheel Dresser and with the whole Alibaba process! And, this wasn't my first Alibaba experience - it's great and very, very professional every time!
Thanks,
Stoyan

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
Canada
1 review
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Excellent Service
June 29, 2019

Excellent service, professional and easy to talk with. They made our first Alibaba experience easy and smooth! We will for sure order from them again!

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
New Zealand
1 review
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Good exprience
June 29, 2019

I am happy to order via Alibaba. A lot of good quality suppliers. And also I can almost find any products i want on Alibaba.

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
Mexico
1 review
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Really nice design.
June 29, 2019

At first there was a kind of misunderstanding, but at the end everything went well. I love the designs I surely will order more

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
California
1 review
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Alibaba review
June 29, 2019

Please with what Alibaba has to offer but the message center needs a little work. For example when looking for suppliers i reach out to a few of them at a time in a search and sometimes its from the same company which has multiple post, there are time i am talking the the same supplier in multiple chat. If you there is a way to flag that Ive already reach out to that particular supplier.

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
Canada
1 review
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It's hard to say "yes" to their manager "qingjie lin"
Their order procedure is a little bit struggle. Once you sent the inquires then you have to add all the items again in your cart which is spending more times than other suppliers.

Each time you asking for a processing update all you got is during processing now, you never get specific answers whether is packaging or shipping, even out of stock.

I've been told there is something out of stock when the package arrived already, and I have to request a refund, But I 've asked the same question about 3 times "do you have any of them out of stock before that.

Finally, when I ask this guy is anything you don't understand or I did not express my question clear, he was losing patience and ask me sending the package back and never wants to deal with me, that's ridiculous.

After all that pain experience, the products themselves are actually not bad, but 10 pairs of earrings are missing the back, so beware of that.

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
Australia
1 review
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Pem Insertion machine
June 28, 2019

No problems other than clarity in communications, apart from that the search function does not drill down well enough. Suppliers put too many false words in their descriptions.

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
Spain
1 review
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My first time
June 28, 2019

Very nice and more organized than Amazon :),
If everything were in Spanish it would also be Good:)
I hope to buy again soon

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
France
1 review
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I am extremely pleased with this service overall. It gives the customer a comfort knowing their funds are being monitored and not released until the order is received. The fact that there is a 30-day refund policy is also excellent. Glad to have this service overall.

Thanks!

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
France
1 review
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Excellent produit
June 28, 2019

Une première commande sur Alibaba et franchement je ne suis pas déçu. Mon interlocutrice à été plus que disponible pour moi.
Merci d'être si professionnelle.

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
Canada
1 review
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Very Friendly and professional
June 28, 2019

Andrea is always responsive to my questions and concern promptly.
Very professional. She goes extra miles to bring satisfactory to my concern and try to resolve them as quickly as possible.
Treat job done

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
Canada
1 review
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GM
June 28, 2019

Excellent service. Beautiful finish. I would recommend to anyone. I will also try some of their other products. Bob

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
Viet Nam
1 review
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First buy in Alibaba
June 28, 2019

This is the first time I have ordered on Alibaba.
It is great to find various products to choose with quick quotation.
However, there are some problems need to improve:
1. I couldn't type text on the support chat box. I even had to take photos of the text to chat with Alibaba customer service staff.
2.The seller deliver the quantity less than the quantity we agreed in the contract and have not provided any reasonable explanation and solutions yet.

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
Germany
1 review
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The first time I bought something on Alibaba. Really personal and individual chat and communication by mail and whats app from the seller (Coco). I appreciate this professional handling.
I recommend this vendor to my friends.

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
Australia
1 review
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EXCELLENT ALL ROUND
June 28, 2019

- User friendly
- Filters are great to distinguish great traders from ones that maybe potentially harmful
- Suppliers I have work with are great.
- Love it how alibaba suggests hot selling items within my business category.

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
Poland
1 review
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I live in Poland and i was afraid of that when i will pay i loose money it was risk for me because i do that first time.
But Everytink was OK.
When the seller ask me to close order (because of mistake) the refund back to my bank account, and than i open order (good one) once again.
And then I trusted in Alibaba.
After delivery of the package in Alibaba system i was able to confirm delivery witch means if the package will not be delivered then i could have a support in that case, and it is fine.
I give only 4 star for Alibaba because when after the refund the return amount was reduced about 20$

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
Hong Kong
1 review
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The experience was good! It is very easy to find a lot of suppliers and browse through their services, so it is very convenient to find the right kind of supplier of my choice.

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
Norway
1 review
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Excellent Service
June 28, 2019

Exactly what I wanted to order. Excellent Quality. Fast Shipping, I thought it would take many months to receive order but to my surprise it went very fast.

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
NL
1 review
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Second Order
June 28, 2019

This is my second order via Alibaba. After good communication with a handful suppliers I've again gotten a very decent product and am very satisfied so far.

Date of experience: June 28, 2019
Philippines
1 review
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Led
June 28, 2019

Very good quality On led lamp that i Order to alibaba thankyou so much i will order again more bulk orders

Date of experience: June 27, 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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