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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.


aliexpress.com
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.

This summary is generated by AI, based on text from customer reviews

service
1,672
value
1,571
shipping
1,615
returns
1,450
quality
1,509
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Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Alice Chan
January 10, 2016

If you are looking for CHEAP, FAKE, POORLY MADE, boots then look no further, you have found your vendor. I question the "genuine leather." The Dr. Marten boots I purchased or Dc. Marten as the imprint appears on the boot, or Di Marten which appears on the insole should not be purchased by anyone looking for this type of boot. I would guess that any shoe Alice Chan is trying to sell also has the same type of quality. The stitching on the boot is also poorly done. If anyone would like pictures of what I have said I would gladly provide them to you. Don't make the same mistake that I did by purchasing from this vendor.

Date of experience: January 10, 2016
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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No customer protection
January 10, 2016

I ordered clothing and jewelry from Aliexpress for almost two years. I had some problems from some sellers but, in the past, they were always corrected with a refund. I ordered an item just recently 4 months ago and never received it. I expected the same customer protection from Aliexpress.com but, did'nt receive it. Instead I got the run around and no refund. I would not recommend this site for buyers.

Date of experience: January 10, 2016
Germany
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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First of all, I do check whether sellers have stars or not. Mistakes from sellers should not happen, but do happen, OK. But that is not all. Unfortunately, there are very few honest sellers, yes, but lots of dishonest. It is like playing in the lottery. Customer service is extremely unfair. In the end, you simply loose your temper, time and money. Even if the seller sends something else than bought, you have to dispute a lot and in the end you tops 50% of the money back with AliExpress. The way they deal with customers is unbelievably bizarre. They dare to ask for body pictures and copies of bank statements. I recomment people to avoid buying anything at AliExpress.

Date of experience: January 9, 2016
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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My new faux fur
January 7, 2016

I had to leave this funny review i bought a faux fur from ali express i ordered it on dec27 and i was shocked to get it only eight days later the coat was beautiful and looked like the picture but the funny thing was i was in the lobby were i lived and had the coat over my arm to show my friend a woman came out of the blue started yelling animal killer at me she thought it was a real fur coat and not a faux fur after we started to talk she loved the coat and the style and yes the price i got free shipping and was not charged any hidden fees and again eight days from china im going to order again i got top rate service at a great price

Date of experience: January 7, 2016
Massachusetts
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Big scammers!
January 7, 2016

If you ordered anything from AliExpress and you received the item you have to give thanks, because if you don't just call it a lost, because they will not resend it nor refund but they will lie to you and tell you they will, and you will wait until thy kingdom come and never ever getting anything back, some of them are the biggest scammers do not waste your time and money!

Date of experience: January 7, 2016
GB
2 reviews
18 helpful votes
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Ok, so first off, Ali has a bad reputation. There are lots of bad reviews everywhere, people say things are too small, don't fit, never arrived etc.
First off: Check the sellers rating and how long they've been on Ali. If they have 3 or more Diamonds and have been on there for over a year, and if their items actually have "x amount sold", then usually, it's absolutely safe.
Secondly: Read the descriptions. Most sellers feature measurements which I have always found to be very true to size.
Thirdly: Read the text! They all get the items from factories so it takes 8 days or more for them to ship your item. If you want free shipping, it will take a month to receive your item. This is just how it is, plus it's FREE and the item you are buying is cheaper than elsewhere.
And lastly: TRUST YOUR INSTINCT. Yes, an ihpone 6 for 40 usd will most likely be a scam. But if you want to buy clothes, shoes, accessories and bedding, this website is top class.

I have always received my items, the customer service was reliable and great and I can recommend it.

Date of experience: January 7, 2016
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I ordered a clock and no where did it say that the clock was completely in Chinese. It took forever for them to ship the product and then when it was in Chinese I requested a refund and was told very rudely in an email that they were not giving me a refund... they actually said and I quote... along with a picture of a face crying. "my friend, i don't want to waste your time, but clients want chinese version, and pictures shows it is chinese, so i think you know that, very sorry no refund."

No where in the product description does it say the product is Chinese, so they are also liars!

Extremely rude people and very untrustworthy. DO NOT BUY FROM ALI EXPRESS.

Date of experience: January 6, 2016
Brazil
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Bought a coat supposed to be a size 14 more like a size 10! Went to send it back because they wanted a tracking number it was going to cost £64.70 to send it back the coat was £40.00! Please don't attempt to purchase anything from them it'll be a big mistake!

Date of experience: January 6, 2016
GB
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Clothing rip off
January 5, 2016

I will never buy clothing from Ali Express again their so called xl sizes are really extra small
I have kept them and given the tops to my nieces who are 8 snd 10 yrs old. Beware unless you sre size 8 to 10 don't expect their clothes to fit. They are also poor quality.

Date of experience: January 4, 2016
GB
2 reviews
9 helpful votes
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CHEAP AND CHEERFUL
January 5, 2016

I buy lots of stuffs from china whether its clothes to small electronic devices. I recomend highly to use aliexpress if you want to buy cheap electronic goods such as earphones, usb cable, powerbanks... etc. You need to read the reviews of the seller when before buying it off them. I would try to buy items from sellers who have 98% positives upwards. Delivery is usually takes 2-4 weeks therefore please understand its from china not from you local PC WORLD (if you live in the UK) its thousand miles away! If you dnt want to wait at least a month this website is not for you.

Date of experience: January 4, 2016
Belgium
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Bought 5 items, 2 never arrived after more then 2 months. Started buyers protection and dispute. Aliexpress promised refund within 5 days, never got anything.
Next time will be trough Ebay and Paypal. They take there buyers protection seriously.

Date of experience: January 3, 2016
Canada
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Zero quality, you buy it, you own it for life, forget about refund, dispute, customer service are all BS

Date of experience: January 3, 2016
Florida
83 reviews
176 helpful votes
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Stay the hell out of AliExpress. I ordered 18/10 stainless steel dishes with 2.5 inch depth and what I received after over 2 months of waiting are VERY ugly, poorly made dishes that stain and rust with the first drop of water. The material of the dishes is very flimsy, certainly not 18/10 stainless steel. I guess it's made of recycled sheet metal from a junk yard. Never gonna buy from Ali"Express" (I guess the "express" stands for the speed of fraud and theft and not for the speed of order deliveries).

Also check out my picture. I ordered dishes 4 cm (1.575 inches) deep, looks like AliExpress uses different rulers, it's less than half what I wanted!

AliExpress, have my dishes shrunk during transport? I ordered 4 cm deep, not 1.5 cm!
Date of experience: December 30, 2015
GB
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Claims process favours the seller. Bought two phones, one faulty and one never arrived. Contacted seller who said to send back, did not offer to pay postage and AliExpress released my payment to them. 2nd one cancelled as it had not been sent yet seller claims to have sent it yet it has not arrive 6 weeks early and again AliExpress sided with the seller. Used the live customer assistance and was told that my payments would not be released till problems resolved! Clearly this did not happen and the seller stopped responding as soon as his payment was received. If like me you live in the UK stick to Amazon and avoid AliExpress at all costs

Date of experience: December 30, 2015
Belgium
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Good
December 31, 2015

Wel over de tijd van levering maar zippo is heel goed

Date of experience: December 30, 2015
India
1 review
5 helpful votes
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What is this?
December 31, 2015

I couldn't register myself in Ali register to buy products... Why? It is telling me tat my email I'd has already been registered... How come this is possible some one pls help me

Date of experience: December 29, 2015
Australia
1 review
11 helpful votes
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I'm still doing battle with them. I ordered (and paid for with visa) a $100 bracelet.
It wasn't shipped and they say (very politely) sorry, but too late.
You can't even open a dispute unless it's between 45 and 60 days,
Every time I use their chat they tell me they will give me a coupon but it will take another 18 days to process. And of course it never happens.
They just want you to go away. I recommend not to take a chance with them.
Update. Another broken promise to give me a credit for the lost money.
This is probably the only major Chinese online shop to stay away from. They don't allow payment using PayPal so no protection. Many reports of the owners setting up bogus suppliers to scam money.

Date of experience: December 28, 2015
Nigeria
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Aliexpress is amazing
December 29, 2015

Great place to shope but more effort will be put to for great quality product and for the logistic it should be more faster to deliver

Date of experience: December 28, 2015
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Aliexpress company
December 28, 2015

Could you please tell us what was purchased for $55.47 from aliexpress.Com London GBR, as I did not think England was part of this. Money taken of our card. Have been happy with services but not sure about the above purchase, hope you can assist us. Thank you

Date of experience: December 27, 2015
Australia
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Save yourself
December 27, 2015

I initially bought few cheap items with no probs, then bought 2 tops that never arrived valued $25. Aliexpress did nothing, never replied to my emails! Lucky i never bought anything more expensive! Dnt like being taken for a ride

Date of experience: December 27, 2015