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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.

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
This company responds to reviews on average within 1 day

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Ukraine
1 review
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Generally you need ALIEXPRESS when something goes WRONG!. If the Supplier is GOOD and the goods are corresponding to the description then you are HAPPY and you do not need any ASSISTANCE of ALIEXPRESS.

But you are expecting HELP and PROTECTION from ALIEXPRESS when your Supplier refuses cooperate with you. Unfortunately that happens more often then it must be if the Suppliers would be under REAL CONTROL of ALIEXRESS but that is not the case.

As I used to do lots of buying at ALIEXPRES.COM so soon or later I‘ve came across of BAD SUPPLIERs and in those situations I must seek promised POTECTION from ALIEXPRESS. BUT NO HELP at all! No one at ALIEXPRESS responds my emails with the evidences attached to support my REFUND CLAIMS. In obvious cases I can get the refund by ALIEXPRESS but when you require more attention to your claim and to your evidences your mails are just ignored!

I would gladly change my opinion to positive one PROVIDING that ALIEXPRESS changes its attitude towards dispute situation and responds to buyers' emails.

My the very last emails to *******@aliexpress.com; *******@aliexpress.com; *******@aliexpress.com; *******@aliexpress.com; *******@service.alibaba.com
Were not answered:

1. Regarding the Dispute Case Number: ******* Order Number: **************‏
2. Regarding the Dispute Order Number: **************

Date of experience: November 19, 2013
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Be very careful using sellers on Aliexpress. I have found some sellers I trust but many cannot be trusted and Aliexpress does not offer the level of customer service you should expect. It is even hard to find a way to get Aliexpress a message. I have made many purchases as I source from China but also have lost a lot of money through SOME of the sellers on this site.
Also, to those buyers who complained that they did not get authentic goods? NOTHING is authentic goods! These are factories making inexpensive or copy items only. Why would Mont Blanc let some little ALIEXPRESS Store in China be a distributor of their items that they spend millions advertising for to achieve an upscale name?
Nothing is wrong with purchasing non name brand affordable modest items but just know that is what you are getting! Nothing more!

Date of experience: November 19, 2013
Turkiye
1 review
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I and one of my friend had bought a usb powerbank from a normal ranking seller in aliexpress. 2 months passed, but when i check tracking information, there are only one movement,"Receive item from customer China".
I tried to contact with seller for couple times, but no answer. I tried to contact with Aliexpress Team, finally they had answered, but they didnt solve the problem. They kinda tell me trust god, god will help you...
Here is the product I had bought

Date of experience: November 19, 2013
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I was trying to place a order. It said order was complete and then 2 minutes later i got another email stating order has been canceled and they need additional information. I am a big online shopping but when i got this i was shocked. Please take hed to what i am about to tell you. LISTEN. This company wanted PHOTOS of my ID, CREDIT CARD and BANK STATEMENTS. Out of all the shopping i do i have never heard of this! I had to contact my credit card company and they let me know this is not normal behavior please be aware of what your doing on this site... good luck... by the way i canceled my orders and will NOT be returning to this site ever again

Date of experience: November 18, 2013
Japan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Communicating with the seller was very prompt and efficient, however, getting someone from Aliexpress was impossible. Aliexpress debited my credit card, THEN cancelled the order! They then direct the buyer to a site which asks for, GET THIS: copies of my credit card, PASSPORT, and credit card statement in order to continue with the transaction. ARE THEY KIDDING! All in the name of "risk controlling". Firstly, it's a huge identity theft risk for us buyers, as well as being highly illegal to ask for such information. Unfortunately, I dropped ALL business with the seller, explaining I would never, and neither should they, go through a company like this.

Date of experience: November 18, 2013
Pakistan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Aliexpress is a mall where many stores are selling their many items prices are good n attractive i ordered many time some stores are good but some stores are not at all reliable like http://www.aliexpress.com/store/******* Shenzhen Top 1 Trading Co., Ltd. Store No. ******* i ordered a shirt they never dispatch and never gave me refund and to add oil to fire the are blackmailing me that u give us good feedback then we will give u refund and they are cheater n fraud they never returned me my money most unreliable fraud people.

Date of experience: November 18, 2013
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Stay away from these people Frauds, put in a order didnt even get a comfirmation, nothing recorded my order, so i cant even follow up on then.

STAY AWAY!

Date of experience: November 17, 2013
Switzerland
1 review
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I ordered mainly LED bulbs. Both 12V/DC and 220V/AC. Low power bulbs up to 4W were OK for both volatges. Then I ordered 15W LED bulbs. I received 4W instead and I am just now trying to recover my money. I never had to do with liars so cheeky and so tough. Nevertheless they keep addressing me as "Dear friend". It seems that we have to do with a different world.

Date of experience: November 15, 2013
Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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This website is sweet
November 15, 2013

This website is sweet. You can get cheap NFL, NBA, NHL, Soccer jerseys for cheap. The site is based in China and takes a while to arrive. You need to be AWARE. This is a hit or miss if you are not careful. Read the feedback on the item, and seller before adding to cart. Do not buy from no feedback sellers. Make sure the sellers have at LEAST a 94.99% rating. If that. These are ways to tell if it is most likely legit, or a scam

Date of experience: November 14, 2013
Costa Rica
1 review
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I requested a bunch of stuff from the site and the service from the stores were amazing... yes it takes a while to receive the items but come on! You have to inform yourself, on every page you can see the company name, the delivery period, the reviews, the amount of buyers, everything and if you want something contact them first to make sure they are a legit business. I WILL KEEP BUYING STUFF... JUST BE SMART AND USE YOUR BRAIN!

Date of experience: November 14, 2013
Wisconsin
2 reviews
9 helpful votes
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I'm not sure what's up with all the negative reviews because these guys were great for me! The shoes are fantastic-- they make me look much taller, the prices are good, shipping was fast, and customer service was very helpful. Recommended!

Date of experience: November 13, 2013
New Zealand
1 review
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At first I was surprised with their low priced products and flexibility to deliver worldwide. But be warned this online store is TIME WASTER! In my case I ordered 3 different products after waiting for more than a 30 DAYS my ordered was just cancelled without any reason though the products was already paid. I just wasted my time and just charged with SERVICE CHARGED for no delivered products.

SERVICE SUCKS, no customer service to call for complaint. BE WARNED, don't waste your hard-earned money and time for this BULL$#*! online store.

Date of experience: November 13, 2013
Nebraska
1 review
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I ordered from Mr. Jack
November 13, 2013

I ordered from Mr. Jack. He is a JERK. I ordered 5 or 6 adidas dog shirts in size XL. I also ordered one XXL. The 5 OR 6 XL'S do look like size small and won't fit any of my dog's bodies. Mr. Jack refuses to give me a refund and wants me to spend money shipping their HUGE mistake back to China! These people are $#*!ed, as I have pictures of the XXl vs their XL. In the United States their Xl shirt for a dog would fit an 5 to 10 lb dog! These people are ignorant and do not appreciate keeping a customer. I now have to dispute with pay pal, I refuse to have to pay for this. I officially will never order from ali express again.

Date of experience: November 12, 2013
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This website is garbage
November 13, 2013

This website is garbage. I was so excited, seeing all the stuff I can get for cheaper than eBay prices. Howeve, when I ordered from "trusted" sellers, I was completely disappointed. The measurements they provide are off, and opening a dispute is bsically a joke. They just have the dispute button there to make you feel like you are protected as a buyer, when really, it's just a false sense of security. I opened adispute and 2 weeks later, still no response from anyone. Absolute junk! I would stick to ebay or Amazon.

Date of experience: November 12, 2013
California
1 review
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HORRIBLE $#*!ING WEBSITE!
November 13, 2013

HORRIBLE $#*!ING WEBSITE! They basically stole $200 from me and did nothing to help my situation even though me and the seller had come to a solution. I left over 8 emails and noone responded to help and the stupid robotic help center is $#*!ing useless... horrible website! Stick to Amazon.com dont wast your time. Money or patience dealing with this stupid $#*! website.

Date of experience: November 12, 2013
Virginia
1 review
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I received my order with two broken items. I ask the seller for the refund because of his lack packing poor condition. He offer me a partial refund which I don't want it. Open a claim but nothing more I lost my money. PLEASE! Never buy anything from this site. This is a scam.

Date of experience: November 11, 2013
Serbia
1 review
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There are problems with refund. I had 3 orders for which seller didn't sent product at all. After 100 days no refund at all. Support is lying that it is sent but my bank don't have any details. After few emails aliexpress start to ignore my emails. Also on all orders there is guaranteed money back after x days. In few orders that day passed and they refused to refund. A lot more for compliant and it ts really bad experience.

Date of experience: November 11, 2013
California
1 review
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I had a good experience with AliExpress, but in order to have a good experience you need to do some research on who you are buying from! Look at the feedback, how many reviews they have and their ratings, also look at their return policy! When you order, make sure to write notes if they need to know any info.

I ordered accessories from here and received all of them within two weeks to California. For now, I only order with ePacket shipping (which usually is a few bucks extra) because it gives me a tracking number and sends me an email when my package has been delivered.

Anyways, my items were received in a timely manner and the items were in good condition, except I got the wrong size of an item and the seller quickly refunded my money.

Date of experience: November 11, 2013
Sweden
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Package arrived after 2 months, containing junk instead of what I had ordered. No possibility for refund either, since the dealer supplied tracking. Will never buy from this or any other alibaba.com-related company.

Date of experience: November 10, 2013
Spain
1 review
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Bought a GPS, after 65 days still hadn't received, tried to open dispute, but Aliexpress said we had reached an agreement. No way you can contact Aliexpress and opening a dispute is totally useless. Most of the sellers are complete frauds and Aliexpress is there to work with your money for 60 days or more, that is, in case you ever get it back. Never buy anithinG in Aliexpress. FRAUD, FRAUD.

Date of experience: November 8, 2013