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AliExpress

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Launched in April 2010, AliExpress (www.aliexpress.com) is a leading global e-marketplace made up of small business sellers that offer a wide variety of consumer products with good value for money. It is dedicated to bringing unique products in more than 20 major product categories to its millions of registered buyers in more than 220 countries and regions.

AliExpress is a business within Alibaba Group.

For any customer service issues, please visit http://www.aliexpress.com/help/newContactUs.htm.


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San Mateo, CA, United States
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AliExpress Reviews Summary

The overall reputation of the company reflects significant customer dissatisfaction, primarily due to pervasive issues with order fulfillment, delayed deliveries, and inadequate customer service. Many customers report difficulties in receiving refunds and resolving disputes, often feeling ignored or misled by the company's support channels. Positive aspects, such as product variety and competitive pricing, are overshadowed by complaints regarding fraudulent sellers and the lack of buyer protection. This trend indicates a pressing need for the company to enhance its customer service protocols and ensure accountability among its sellers to rebuild trust with consumers.

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service
1,671
value
1,570
shipping
1,614
returns
1,449
quality
1,508
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Nevada
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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I made a purchase online with AliExpress for $109.27 on 6-14-2023 & was supposed to have received 8 Disney shirts (purchased for my Disney Cruise which is on 8-1-2023) by 7-6-2023 and NO Later than 7-11-2023 per their "on-time guarantee" delivery. I have contacted the seller, AliExpress, ACI (shipping partner that claims USPS has it), and USPS (which claims the shipping partner has it) and NO one knows where this pkg is BUT AliExpress claims the carrier is trying to deliver it, and wants me to wait til 8-18-2023 for delivery of these items that I purchased on 6-14-2023 that has been "out for delivery" since 6-26-2023. AliExpress nor the sellers are able or willing to give me any information as to where this package is, what carrier has this package, or an ETA for this package. I only receive daily emails claiming to be "shipping updates"

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Date of experience: July 25, 2023
Switzerland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Yes, yes, I have ordered a swimming suite and got it...but someone got it before me already) Funny? NO! That is nasty!

Date of experience: July 25, 2023
Israel
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Thieves
July 25, 2023

Absolutely scandalous fraud store, send you faulty products and doesn't refund when sending the proofs.
It's like a mafia, the fraud stores are being protected by aliexpress to allow them to steal people without worrying
Particularly scandalous store to avoid: Z-suit Official Store

Date of experience: July 25, 2023
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Order a face mask. Did not receive it. Did not get a refund. Was told to check with the neighbors to see if they received it… say what! Neadles to say this was the last thing I have ordered from aliexpress. It was only $14.00 but still…

Date of experience: July 23, 2023
Utah
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Scam
July 23, 2023

The worst website period they lie and want you to supply evidence communist republican of China dafvvdfgvff

Date of experience: July 22, 2023
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Was told I had received the item. Was even sent a tracking slip
(1) The address is not correct so the item could not have been delivered.
(2) The phone number on the order which was supposed to be mine is wrong.
(3) I approached Australia Post with the tracking order and was told the tracking number of the item they cannot find a copy. It is not in their system. Also, the QR code does not work.
AliExpress just do not want to deal with me on this matter. I feel scammed.

Date of experience: July 22, 2023
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Items
July 22, 2023

Very poorly customer service. Bought items from them. If anything there didn't want to know. People to carful

Date of experience: July 22, 2023
Ohio
1 review
1 helpful vote
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On time package not
July 20, 2023

They not living up to the name aliExpress if it takes my package 15 to 30 days to receive it not good

Date of experience: July 19, 2023
Vermont
4 reviews
7 helpful votes
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The products are cheap but it takes quite a lot of time for the purchased products to reach. As they mostly use USPS for ground handling at USA, there is absolutely no certainty when the products will be delivered.
A case in point is order # xxxxxxxxx*******. This product is moving with USPS since 14.07.23 and is yet to be delivered. Tracking on the USPS website shows that it is in transit and likely to be delivered on 19.07.23 (which was not). Moreover, the tracking has not been updated since 18.07.23. There is no communication from Aliexpress on this. God only knows when my order will be delivered.
These are the reasons why I have stopped purchasing any product from Ali Express. Their customer service is equally non-responsive.

Date of experience: July 19, 2023
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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The staff are good and professional. But the policy is only good and great for show. It takes a lot of time to write and feedback to them on what supposed to be. Write many times and at the end give me some craps. Do not want to waste any more time communicating. I will never buy anything from Ali Express anymore. FULL STOP and GOODBYE. There are many other online retails.

Date of experience: July 17, 2023
Australia
2 reviews
15 helpful votes
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Is AliExpress.com safe? Look at the statistics here, Trust Pilot and on Product Review. The question is answered.
On 20th June 2023 I purchased a set of Chinese Textbooks advertised as:
"2021 Newest Hot HSK Standard Course."
What I got is the old textbooks printed in 2016, a set of which I have on my bookshelve. I paid $350.37 for these so-called "Newest" textbooks. I paid for them by PayPal. They were less than no help. So I cancelled my PayPal account.
This is very deceptive advertising that AliExpress.com should not permit on its platform.
There is nothing Newest and Hot about these textbooks. And why did the advertisement state the year as being 2021? That is the year the New HSK Textbooks were announced by the Ministry of Education.
AliExpress.com can keep my money. I now know they permit deceptive buyers to advertise on their platform

Date of experience: July 17, 2023
District of Columbia
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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First order
July 17, 2023

I was told 12 day gaurantee! And on time delivery! False! It's been almost a month and still nothing! That is definitely false advertising. And they won't give me a refund because it's in protection mode or whatever that means! I'm supposed to just be patient! This place is a rip off and a joke! I'm trying to sue their fake asses!

Date of experience: July 17, 2023
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Purchased garden water timer, vendor does a bait and switch, got useless plastic figures that were discretely mentioned in the ad. Launched a complaint with the seller and with AliExpress, cryptic process, with little feedback. Ended up $5 out of pocket and a huge waste of time.

Date of experience: July 17, 2023
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have ordered several times from AliExpress and it's products and services are so bad that I have decided no more buys with this bad company. My purchase items came to me as damaged, missing part, defective, used item and broken sent to me as new, late late arrival, etc. the time has come no more no more AliExpress. The last encounter was defective item was refused to refund. See the picture as attached here. I buy no more from AliExpress and that is my recommendation. Btw. The AliExpress seller is Smart 3C Storage store, I have warn them that I will tell this seller to the world.

Date of experience: July 17, 2023
Luxembourg
1 review
1 helpful vote
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They decided in favour of the seller even though we have sent the item back with the prove. I lost my money and they didn't reimburse me. Totally scam.

Date of experience: July 17, 2023
Nevada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I never received my order. It was scheduled then delayed then they claimed it was delivered and I never received it. Very disappointing. Finding customer service on their site is really a hide and seek game. This is a scam I suspect.

Date of experience: July 16, 2023
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Aliexpress the worst
July 15, 2023

I order 3 items and never received them. It took a month in transit! And when finally the package seem to be out for delivery it never arrived. I contacted USPS and they said that the package had the address incomplete and they had to return it. The application is freezing all the time and it took me hours to be able to report the trouble. They denied me the reimbursement! And after wasting hours trying to contact customer service they said that they were going to "help" me with the reimbursement finally. I have not received any yet! Worst experience ever

Date of experience: July 15, 2023
GB
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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They are a nightmare to deal with.
The sign in process is unreliable. My log in identity and password were absolutely correct but it took ten attempts to get in. During that time I had to have a code sent to me a number of times. Each time the code took longer to reach my email address before their system cancelled the code and sent me another one. I was "forced" to link my facebook account and my google account to their site in an attempt to log in. This didnt work either. Their help bot was absolutely useless. It did not understand anything I said to it and kept asking me about product complaints. There was nothing about log in difficulty. I have absolutely no confidence in them.

Date of experience: July 14, 2023
Pakistan
1 review
4 helpful votes
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A very bad experience with them. They have been charged lot of money from my account without notify me, besides product cost. They did not written anywhere that they will charged International fee, WH tax, FED Tax etc...

For sure, will not order anything from them in future.

Sumera

Date of experience: July 14, 2023
Algeria
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Poor
July 12, 2023

Try to buy from This Platform If u Want to Lose ur Time, Money, and more than this the fake Is wake there, there's a lot choices better Like eBay Or amazon

Date of experience: July 12, 2023