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Alibaba

3.5

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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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Viet Nam
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Chat window
May 6, 2019

The chat window was not bring me good experience. I want it more easy to use. I have done more manipulation than usual to type my answers to suppliers.

Date of experience: May 6, 2019
Philippines
1 review
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Perfect Shop!
May 6, 2019

Best Online Shopping Experience Ever! Seller is very accommodating. Not a waste of money. Items shipped on time. Best quality items. Will order again soon.

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
Malaysia
1 review
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Good and very professional portal. The whole process is fully tracked and I received the goods on time.

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
Cambodia
1 review
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Trust and reliable.
May 6, 2019

Product is nice and seller is friendly and always keep follow up with buyer. It so nice to have contact with.

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
Sweden
1 review
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Love it
May 6, 2019

Great service. Love this and so happy for all. Easy, trustworthy. Fast response. A little long production time but otherwise it's perfect

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
Australia
1 review
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Happy with the suppliers l made contact with on the platform. They were professional in all our dealings. I will continue using the Alibaba platform in the future.

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
New Zealand
1 review
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Excellent!
May 6, 2019

Thank you Alibaba, the people we have dealt with through Alibaba is honest. We receive what we ordered, just one more arriving soon and this time learnt a lesson for next time, but all good. Feel safer going through Alibaba.

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
Michigan
1 review
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Good experience
May 6, 2019

I like that my purchase was protected and that the site sent me reminders and tracked my order. I had good experience.

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
Australia
1 review
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Ultrasonic Homogenizer 1500
May 6, 2019

Payment was easy and straight forward. Once payment was verified by seller, Ultrasonic Homogenizer was immediately manufactured and sent to Australia within a few days. Device was packed thoroughly and neither I have found any scratch nor something broken. Manual was provided as print out and as a pdf-file. Device is easy to handle and is fully operated in English. Seller's service was excellent since I was continuously provided, without any further requests, with information about product (documents, videos, demonstrations via web), shipping details, custom clearance (AWB, etc) and freight forwarder. In summary, I felt quite happy about about seller's support and service and strongly recommend the company "Nanjing Safer Biotech".

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
Fiji
1 review
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Transport cost
May 5, 2019

Transport cost appear to be very hight and we had to pay an extra 35 $ for delivery from port of entry to our place even though shipping cost have been payed fully in advance.

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
Japan
1 review
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For the first time, I was able to make a satisfactory purchase using Alibaba.
We will concentrate on dealing with Alibaba-certified top suppliers only.
This time, I am satisfied with the very beautiful finish no different from the picture.

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
VE
1 review
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Excelente fabricante
May 6, 2019

Excelente, me gusta y es un producto de calidad, atencion vip y con gusto seguiremos comprando mas. Gracias

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
California
1 review
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Coin slabs nice
May 6, 2019

Came early coin slabs look good nice size look awesome... happy with these but my other order has trouble. Over all good seller

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
Germany
1 review
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Customer Satisfaction
May 6, 2019

Alibaba.com is a user friendly site that allowed us to do trading and networking with suppliers all over the world. We highly recommend Alibaba to anyone looking to do business globally or buy products from all over.

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
South Africa
1 review
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Wow and thankyou!
May 6, 2019

It was easy to communicate and very helpfull with all my questions about the product. Safe and fast delivery thankyou

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
Mauritius
1 review
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Good service
May 6, 2019

Mrs Bella Lin is very friendly and helpful.

Wish we could get more discount.

The shipping fee is very expensive and is not good for the business.

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
Togo
1 review
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Mais j'ai de sérieuse difficultés à être contacté par les grand fournisseurs surtout d'ordinateurs portatifs d'occasion. J'ai laissé plusieurs fois de messages au fournisseurs mais sans réponse pendant plusieurs jours.

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
Hong Kong
1 review
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Shenzhen Danrel Machine
May 6, 2019

Thank you very much for the goods and the delivery as acceptable manner. I would like to give special thanks to Ryan who arranged this shipment and for keeping continues track on it by communicating with me throughout. About the product quality, it looks good so far after used for a month. The supplier sent us detailed instruction manual book and videos to guide the installation and operation, it was really helpful. Looking forward to continue the business with you.

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
Australia
1 review
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Satisfied
May 6, 2019

Your service was excellent. Thank you for your prompt and reliable service. I will certainly be using Alibaba again.

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
Germany
1 review
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Very good site but sometime confusing.
Some (messagepanel) is very confusing, what message is unanswered and what message is pending

Date of experience: May 5, 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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