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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.
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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I recently purchased a pair of shoes from Increasing Shoes and was more than pleased with the selection and service. I want to say first that the website was easy to use and the online catalog provided me with plenty of choices. After I finally settled on one, the checkout was a breeze and my shoes arrived on time as well. The fit was perfect and I’ve been wearing them ever since.
I have made about 8 purchases, including jewellery and clothes, have also recived refunds twice, once for a fake seller, once due ot item being out of stock.
We just need to make sure that the seller we are picking our products have veery good feedback and have been trading for at least 4 months on the site. This can be found on the " visit seller site " on the right hand side of the product page and then " feedback" on the seller"s site...
Free shipping: If you are a consumer, ensure you always pick the option: Free shipping and one pice only and seller rating to get the best results.
Amazing site. Huge discounts and amazing prices..
I have been though a horrible experience with aliexpress.com.
I place an order on Jan 29 2014 with 4 different items.
One of the phone cable dead on arrival ($5.99).
They refused to send me a replacement.
Second, I should get a $5 discount if an order over $25 but they charge me a full amount.
No $5 deduct from this order. Third, one of the item hasn't receive yet but the ignore to issue me the information.
I email them couple time no response. My next step will contact my visa to dispute this charge.
I will continuing to flight until they slove this issue. They don't really care about the customer service.
You will be the next victim if you order from aliexpress.com
I had ordered a wig in which it was supposed to look just like the picture! And it looked nothing like the picture not even remotely close so I disputed the product and now I have escalated the dispute and have yet to hear back from aliexpress even though thy said that they would be in contact. The wig cost me $180! I sent back the wig which has cost me another $36.24 and the guy from Fashion Pretty Hair Kevin Liu wanted me to cancel the dispute! I said NO rrefund my money then I will do that until then I am not cancelling anything! He said he was "Losing Money" I said I have lost money! So far $180 for the wig another $25 to have it sent from vegas to bellevue, wa and then another $36.24! This site is a JOKE! Do not partake in business there unless you want to get scammed! STAY AWAY!
I give this site a big "0" of of 5 stars. I just got scammed for the second time on a order. First one was a block erupter for Bitcoin mining. They froze the order due to the person having what they call unsafe trading activities. It took me 14 days to get my money back! I tried it again 7 days ago. I get another notice on another seller. The order is frozen due to unsafe trading activities. I was buying Bitcoin miners. Here is the big kicker! It makes me look bad on eBay when I have to tell the customer. I have to give them there money back because the supplier left me on hook! So now they have to wait for their money. I look bad! It can cause all kinds of trouble. Reputation is everything when it comes to a seller. Now I got to wait probably another 7 to 10 days to get my money back! PEOPLE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM ALIEXPRESS OR ALIBABA.COM OR ANY OF IT'S ENTITIES EVER! IT'S NOT WORTH YOUR REP AS A SELLER ON EBAY OR ANY SITE!
Boots are great- very cute, correct size. Shipping was extremely slow- over 40days, but this it is far from CHINA, so i'm sure it would be faster if it is near. Cute shoes though.
The wig is so so Beautiful. The hair is soft and good quality. I am in love with my unit. Alex the seller is honest and great on AliExpress. He does his very best to assure 100% customer satisfaction. I highly recommend this seller and will definitely do more business with him. Thank You Alex and all your team!
I ordered one fur outerwear for my wife in this shop. But they never send me the goods.It is a cheater. I lost more than USD1200. Some shops are really very bad. You should be much carefully.And i think the most important things is that before you buy things, you should view the feedback of the store. Then you will know if it is a cheater. Some shops are very good.As a wholesaler I have bought many things from aliexpress. Their price is very good. That is why they attract me. Wish we could share with good and bad things together.
I bought a coat from this site and received it sooner than expected. It was also very cheap considering it was a novelty type coat.
I ordered basketball shoes 1 month ago and still not delivered. I should've done research into this site first. I received a confirmation email on my order but never a tracking # from the seller. THIS IS A SCAM!
I tried on the control pants body shaper. It does appear to provide some shaping and tummy trimming, but not as much as I expected. The material is lighterweight than I expected. But, I really liked the fact that the top of it comes really high above the waist, it stops just below the breast area preventing rolling of the shaper and buldging at the waistline. I'll try to give an update after I actually wear it for a full day.
WAITING 6 MONTHS FOR 10 BATTIERES. They said delivery was delayed so I waited and the told me to give it 2-3 weeks more I waited then they said wait 2 more weeks I waited. Then after three more weeks I asked for a valid tracking number. The they ask me if I confiscated the product. Really I said they could not give me a valid tracking number and they accused me of stealing and now its to late to have the credit card company to dispute it. LESSON LEARND don't wait and don't be patient.
I order off this site a solar hot water heater got the shipping number but come to find out the number was for some else I went on live chat to get some help they told me that the company is being investaged for fraud and there was nothing they could do I am 1600. 00 and now there not answering my calls I have the chat record if anyone would like to see it/They say this is a save site all over but if you don't get you goods your not getting your money back
I ordered an item with a specified 3-7 day shipping time. The company sent me an email saying because of a holiday the shipment would be delayed. I gave my OK because doing the math this would only put me behind by a week. I received the item just shy of 5 weeks after I placed the order and just shy of 3 weeks after the "new" shipping date because of the holiday. DESPITE multiple emails requesting shipping notification, NONE could be given. So finally I asked to cancel the order when I found it on another website but the Aliexpress company told me it could not be cancelled. Ironically the other company's item arrived the same day as my first order (even though the second order was placed 30 days after the first). Now the company is threatening me with lawyers. AND YOU CAN"T GET ANYONE ON ALIEXPRESS to whom to complain to. This website is a TOTAL SHAM and should be avoided at all costs.
I ordered 2 Desigual coats, one was fake-still waiting(1months 79dollars) for sellers adress to send it back, no customer service... yes ok one ir genuie, but still... it is gambling and 70 % is fake... I also ordered racoon parkas jacket and received junk-uneployeds in usa and eu wears better, i sent it back but still no refund(1month 58 dollars)... one leopard jacket too small, but thank god not expensive, seller did not agreed refund... not with sadness I am waiting my canadian goose jacket. For 94 dollars... i I am so afraid... discusting... I could better send this money to africa, to people who really needs it... but I think this site needs to be forbidden to EU and USA by law!
Bought a product based on great feedback - it had 525 five start "reviews". It appears that all these reviews are fake. The product was extremely low quality. When I looked back at these reviews again - they were all very similar - normally just said "Excellent" or "Great" and they were all from Russian buyers. It really looks like they paid a Russian company to write these reviews.
I ordered from this website and hoping that our items will be here before my husband comes home from deployment. I was wrong. I ordered 9 items and yet to get any. No one will answer my emails. I spent over $160 to make my husband homecoming special and well it wasn't. If I'm not getting my items I would like the money that was wasted..
PLEASE be aware of Queen Fashion Hair Co., LTD aka Grace Wang. I purhcased a heavy or 180% density unprocessed brazilian virgin hair lace front wig. I received a 130% density wig, I'm not sure what type of hair. Grace assured me she would take care of my concern if I returned the unit. When I asked for mailing instructing she decided instead of me mailing the unit she would send additional hair bundles if I gave her site a good rating, which I did before gettng the bundles. What a ruse. I received the unit in Dec. 2013, I have not received the bundles as promised. Grace Wang will not reply to my emails. The unit I received was a waste of money. I have order from another supplier Bliss Wig, no complaints. Stay away for Grace Wang aka Queen Fashion Hair Co LTD.
I bought a Xiaomi smartphone from ALIEXPRESS.com, as a first time buyer I felt very happy, received the phone yesterday, the shipment almost took a month, and turn out to be a fake one. It is functioning but the specifications are way below the original (bad AnTuTu Benchmark score, app crash, can't download nothing, bad camera, etc). I hope that I can get my refund. This is my first time experience buying from ALIEXPRESS.com and I got scammed.
The link is here: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/In-Stock-Original-Xiaomi-Red-Rice-WCDMA-Quad-Core-MTK6589T-1-5GHz-MIUI-V5-Xiaomi-Hongmi/*******119.html
And my order is here: http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/*******.html
I don't know what to do but to expect having my refund (I am still waiting the reply from the seller). And spreading the word, tell people about this ali express site so that what happened to me will not happen to other people.
Be careful again if you want to buy stuffs online. I just wanna say NEVER BUY ANYTHING FROM ALIEXPRESS.com.
It cost me USD 210. Not that much, but I just feel so sad that I didn't get my original favorite phone.
I hope no more people get scammed by ALIEXPRESS.com.
It's just sad.
É um bom site. Agora tem que saber com quem comprar, o problema do Aliexpress é em relação ao serviço de atendimento ao cliente.
Answer: No customer service. Some sellers are dishonest. No way to recoup your money for items never sent. Bogus tracking information since no custom number unavailable. Sellers asking for your your PayPal account to make a refund when they are suppose tp use Alipay. Clean up dishonest sellers like co-co fashion store. I have ordered tother items thru Aliexpress without a problem but you should get rid of the bad ones. I am reluctant to use Aliexpress again after this bad experience.
Answer: In my opinion. NO. I had to jump through hoops and make reports and threaten to make reports, it didn't help. I got my order, but couldve gotten the same thing from ebay faster and easier.
Answer: You are taking a very big chance by ordering anything from them... you will never get your money back and chances are you won't even receive the item you want. BUYER BEWARE
Answer: I purchased 3 pair of van's brand shoes via different companies on aliexppress and all were true to size. The off brands are not, so you need larger than you wear. But, ask and ali will usually provide a size comparison chart for you to use.
Answer: There is no customer service what so ever so be very careful when buying on AliExpress. Buyer protection is a load of BS and if problems arise with your order they will always side with the seller. I would suggest using a shop that someone that you know has already used to purchase hair.
Answer: Omigod, they're not just knockoffs, they're knockoffs that are produced in someone's ill-lit basement by captive chimpanzees that are blind, malnourished, and suffering closed head injuries. Seriously, you'd get better value from your money if you used it to wipe your bum. Don't buy from this group of criminals and ripoff artists!
Answer: I had this issue several times. The issue is that they only allow a certain number of characters ( Letters and numbers) in the description of the problem. So you will need shorten the number of words in the description and re-send until it goes through.
Answer: From my experience, there are as responsible sellers and is not responsible sellers. Second worse then have to raise a dispute. If this does not help, then raise a dispute above, and then as they say it all depends on You. As far as your arguments are strong. Almost always get a refund in the amount of shipping cost or part cost of the goods, if the goods were not received appropriate quality. Less full price. The full value is returned when the order didn't come at all. Also when you have paid but you did not send an order for a certain time. But again, it all depends on your arguments and facts provided by the seller or, to the Commission on the proceedings of the claims. But it is also necessary to take into account all the items from the seller, this is what guarantees he gives, product reviews buyers. And his overall rating. Never be lazy to write a review about the product from a particular seller, you will be the same customers as You. There is also an important factor, which I would say is pretty negative. It if the product was defective and not as described on the website. The seller has the punkt Returns accepted if product not as described, buyer pays return shipping; or keep the product & agree refund with seller.) 1. If the seller accepts returns, and the buyer also wants to return their purchase, simply follow the seller's sets of Returns on who will pay the return shipping fee. If the seller will pay the fee, communicate with them in advance about the payment method and the logistics service. 2. If a seller sets no return necessary or you want to keep the product, simply agree the refund amount directly and ignore the return shipping fee. It turns out that if you decide to return, it will often more expensive than the product itself and the meaning of no turning back, because when you return the money, only for the goods excluding the cost of shipping there and back. Therefore, I can not sell brand quality products, and will only return part of the money for the goods. That financial will have a negative impact but only You. Which means be careful, cock all the "pros" and "cons". You are not forced to buy it personally, Your decision. The more You provide facts that you have been deceived, the more chances and money You have spent, You will return. For all the time of purchase, the money is returned in full or in part. The Commission for the analysis of complex situations works, but is considering the case for a long time, so don't despair if You didn't reply, just "keep abreast" and you will not lose anything Sorry my bad English :)
Answer: Do not buy from aliexpress the quality is terrible and lots of sellers never send the items. Also they sell counterfeit designs too which is illegal to purchase.

