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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
1,449
quality
1,508
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Colombia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Necesitó garantía
August 24, 2015

En días pasados me llegaron unos zapatos de patín la niña se los colocó el día de ayer y se le partió la llanta del zapato por la mitad. Quisiera saber si eso tiene garantía o quien me responde por esos zapatos ya que la niña no lleva ni 8 días de haber podido disfrutar

Date of experience: August 24, 2015
Texas
1 review
4 helpful votes
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http://www.aliexpress.com/store/*******She will constantly spam you! I have asked her multiple times to stop emailing me but she continues to do so. This lady will harass you.

Date of experience: August 24, 2015
Oregon
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I am writing this review in August, 2015. Was very worried about Ali Express after reading many negative reviews, but I'm a maverick and went ahead with a $28 item, anyway. It was a $6 savings over their nearest competitor. I did write to them after making my order to tell them I was very skeptical and even pushed Cancel Order on their site. This may have really helped! They started this weird clock giving them 2 days before order was nixed. Then, within 36-hours they emailed me that the order had shipped... much quicker than expected. Two weeks later, YES, item arrived. It was exactly as advertised, very well packaged and, after charging the battery, worked perfectly. They had said free shipping would take 19-39 days, but came much quicker. Perhaps my skeptical email and order cancellation put me on the fast track with an excellent, working product. If you're worried about Ali Express, they did me right. It may help to try my approach!

Date of experience: August 23, 2015
Canada
4 reviews
10 helpful votes
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Fake reviews
August 22, 2015

I checked the products reviews on ALI EXPRESS and i couldn, t under stand if it, s costumers reviews or them, because all what you see on reviews, GOOD, excellent, PERFECT, FAST, LOVE IT, and all 5 stars, so figure out...

Date of experience: August 21, 2015
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Warning! Do not buy from this seller!
Factory direct adult cartoon mascot costume, xiaoyu zhu

I just checked the rating - aliexpress entered 100% satisfaction! But when you go to the details of calculation of the rating, they use only data for the last 6 month, and don't take into account previous negative ratings. No reviews available for now as seller sold less then 10 items, so future customers can't be even warned!

Got bad quality and impossible to use product with missing parts.
Opened a dispute, but as it was my first time and I didn`t know the details, agreed to ship it back before checking the rate for shipping. The size of the box is quite large, so shipping costs same as I paid - $200, there was no sense to ship it back.
I didn`t have any buttons to change my dispute.
Asked seller to change it, they refused.
Asked support to help - no help, just promises.
Now I lost $200, have product that I can`t even sell as it doesn`t have some details and can`t be used properly due to poor quality.
Where is customer protection? Never aliexpress again!

Date of experience: August 21, 2015
Australia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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JIUAI Apparel Accessory Co., Ltd seems to be a scam! Complete with a charade about giving me a refund. I paid for the product on the 17th of June, was told the same day the order had been shipped and I could follow the progress on a link provided (it was all in Chinese characters). At four weeks the order had not been received, there are instructions not to complain before allowing six weeks for delivery but AliExpress closes the case and lists customers as satisfied after four weeks unless we intervene. I requested an extension and stated I wanted the product I had paid for. AliExpress told me the seller had offered a "partial refund". I wanted to know why I was being offered a partial refund when I never received a product, no explanation has been given.
Now, more than 8 weeks later I have accepted I am never going to get my product. I inspected my bank account to see if I had received a partial refund. I hadn't. I had been given a full refund on the day I ordered my product!

Date of experience: August 20, 2015
Australia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I purchased a number of lower priced household items and mainly they were fine.
But clothing is fraught with disaster unless you are a very small size.
The sizing information is a mishmash. Identical garments sold by various store will have varying size measurements for the same size.
Incorrect sizing is rife often passing one size only as XL and XXL and incorrect dispatch is also a problem such as ordering socks but receiving pantyhose instead.
It is telling that AliExpress have shunned Paypal where the buyer has at least some recourse for dodgy dealings and can it only be viewed with suspicion as to why Paypal is out and Escrow is in.

Date of experience: August 20, 2015
France
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Organized Crookery
August 19, 2015

I bought 5 guitar preamps from a retailer on aliexpress, all 5 were faulty, just useless fakes. Never had replacement nor refund. Aliexpress customers service told me they gonna do something, I sent them evidences of the defects and a letter from Fishman, the brand that had been counterfeited, prooving it all. But nothing ever came. And the shop is still selling the exact same crap to the whole world without any problem while aliexpress perfectly knows it's crookery... so don't trust the rates and reviews on aliexpress plateform, they are obviously fakes.

Date of experience: August 19, 2015
Brazil
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Arrependimento
August 19, 2015

Paguei e não recebi, nem produto e nem o dinheiro de volta.

Date of experience: August 18, 2015
RU
3 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Read the feedback
August 18, 2015

I went here only to buy a pillow case and it came out pretty well, quality was as described and shipping process was also done at a reasonable time. I wouldn't know any real problems about anything else unless I do plan to buy them, reading the ratings is probably a factor.

Date of experience: August 18, 2015
Slovakia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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*******@gmail.com why costumer service do not know more information about seller? For 2 months they sending emails to seller, but he is ignoring them. Really, they have only sellers email? Who has got all information about seller?

Date of experience: August 18, 2015
New Zealand
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Ripoffs
August 18, 2015

Ive had several items not delivered to me. Then I find out the seller is getting done for fraud.

Date of experience: August 17, 2015
Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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HOW TO SAVE MONEY!
August 18, 2015

If you really want to save money beware & stay away from Aliexpress a. K. a. Alibaba's fraudulent online scamming business site & partners. Doesn't get any worse than this $#@! Stay away. You're taking a huge chance with your money! The FBI should investigate Aliexpress a. K. a. Alibaba. I placed an ordered about a year ago online & Aliexpress a. K. a. Alibaba confirmed they received my payment & I still haven't receive my order from them and they refuse to refund my money! No transparency! NO ACCOUNTABILITY! No direct contact information! Don't expect to speak to anyone at all! The FBI & the IRS should investigate Aliexpress a. K. a. Alibaba & all of their partners.

Date of experience: August 17, 2015
Norway
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have ca 200 orders with sellers represented through this site. You can find almost anything for good prices, usually free shipping. Excellent customer care. A handful of orders have gone sour and AliExpress has provided refunds. Product quality must be assessed through reviews and a good study of description and photos - like everywhere else. It's a safe, orderly, deal based shopping place that I highly recommend.

Date of experience: August 16, 2015
Italy
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Avoid Aliexpress or you will lose your money. They think just about their commissions they take from sellers that's why they are always on their sides. I did an order of an iptv box for 99.52 Euros from their worst Chinese seller GREAT BEE TECH, the product arrived after 10 days with just 10% of the channels shown in their description on Aliexpress, When I asked the seller to resolve the problem he didn't want and said it's not possible to resolve the problem or even to guarantee the 10% already working, so I asked refund, they refunded back just 50 Euros, after 3 days actually this bad seller blocked the 10% of the channels I got before, so I paid about 50 Euros for a piece of plastic, when I went back to Aliexpress to ask them the rest of my money, their answer was no you can't, we are with the seller against you, very very bad customer service. Anyway I'm gonna to accuse both of them, Aliexpress and the bad Chinese seller GREAT BEE TECH"

Date of experience: August 15, 2015
Finland
2 reviews
12 helpful votes
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I made an order this summer 2015, and the goods never arrived in Finland! They just took the money 135 USD, do not reply on my emails... so typical Far East Business!

BE AWARE... NEVER USE ALIEXPRESS!

Date of experience: August 13, 2015
California
3 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Qi yan this person kept buying time and then said no refund. I would stay away from this seller and always file dispute immediately when you have a problem with product before time pass on opening dispute.

Date of experience: August 12, 2015
GB
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Stolen art images.
August 11, 2015

Art images stolen from Andrea Joseph, an artist living and working in Derbyshire UK. Don't trust this site.

Date of experience: August 11, 2015
Slovakia
1 review
9 helpful votes
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NO BYER PROTECTION
August 11, 2015

DO NOT TRUST THIS SITE... NO BUYER PROTECTION... YOU LOSE YOUR MONEY IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE ITEM OR RECEIVE A FAULTY ONE... THEY ARE WITH THE SELLERS SIDE... BEWARE DO NOT USE THIS SITE...

I DID NOT RECEIVE MY ITEMS AND THEY DID NOT GIVE MONEY BACK DISPUTE CLOSE IN FAVOR OF SELLER...

Date of experience: August 10, 2015
Norfolk Island
1 review
7 helpful votes
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This flash deal of yours is a scam. I stayed all night to get the elephone7000 after missing the first time, but immediately it started I was told sold out. Come on, it's all a scam.

Date of experience: August 10, 2015