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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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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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Morocco
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Top brand
August 8, 2020

The clock as in the description, I wear 3 days while they walk, why a small dial with a right and how to activate it until I understood. The strap is harsh and Brown loops strongly paint the hand, can be seen in the photo. As will show myself further add. On the hand look good and large. I did not communicate with the seller. Went to ekb for a very long time, more than a month, this is with the fact that I bought with the sign plus type fast delivery from Russia, at the same time paid almost 1700 rubles., instead of 1250 R.! And sent from China and went longer than usual, usually 3 weeks. The question arose-what I paid and what this fraud with Plus, the fraud is pure, do not go on this, will carry goods longer than with a simple purchase!

Date of experience: August 8, 2020
Cyprus
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Scammed
September 7, 2020

After i did a purchase it didnt appear in my orders list. The seller is asking for the order nr. But there isnt any order, only payment. Spent hours trying to figure out what is going on, no result. There also zero communication. The risk buing there is great, i suggest dont spend more than 2-3 dollars per buy. Any issue is extremely difficult to be resolved. Don't be fooled of any cheap stuff or good service you ve had in the past (like i did) sooner or later you 'll get scammed!

Date of experience: August 7, 2020
Switzerland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ali express has sometimes very poor quality vendors like Loecktty Official Storer. Shoes destroyed after a short period and not waterproof has promissed
Nº de commande: **************;

Date of experience: August 7, 2020
South Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Order No: ************** never left your country after 6 months. Your shipping information proves that. The Team "stepped in to help" I did not get my refund, Not only will I leave bad reviews for you but will tell as many buyers about your bad service as possible and never stop. It's best for you and your reputation to send the refund. Rick Mariner

Date of experience: August 7, 2020
NL
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Great online shopping
August 8, 2020

Ali express is such a guaranteed online platform to buy all sorts of goods including electronics of your choice.
They have great customer services and if your package get lost your money will be refund

Date of experience: August 7, 2020
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I had order a items since 2020-01-13 in Canada But Hasn't received yet and no-one responsible for this this is F. Order No is **************

Date of experience: August 6, 2020
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Non received orders
September 4, 2020

Don't spend one dime with this rip-off company. Total scam. I never received my order after 8 weeks.

Date of experience: August 5, 2020
Portugal
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I purchased a couple of grow lights and the products were nothing like the given specifications on the website. The footprint was much smaller, over 50%, and the led's were only running at 20% efficiency. The vendor sells nothing but fake lights and after confrontation wanted to give me a coupon for a discount on a new light, which of course is also fake. The vendor is Zhixin Trading Co., Ltd. and the lights are the BESTVA Series. If you are looking for quality, stay away from this vendor and light series.

Date of experience: August 5, 2020
Arkansas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Takes them 30 days to give back refund. And they let the seller get the item first. Use paypal only.

Date of experience: August 5, 2020
Nigeria
3 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Great community
August 5, 2020

I've completed lots of orders in AliExpress and I can assure you they are one of the best shopping sites in the world

Date of experience: August 4, 2020
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Ordered a capture card for $69.42 US, waited nearly 2 months to receive it. The capture card is faulty - tried to communicate with the seller and didn't get anywhere as the seller"YiBao Trading Ltd Store" pretends don't understand what I was saying, even though I sent them two video clips showing that do everything as per seller instruction, I still didn't get anywhere. I finally decided to open a dispute and leave everything in AliExpress customer service & guess what? Wasted another 7 days, Sending 3 videos and more than 10 postings to explain the issue, but it was like they don't want to hear me. The last feedback I got from the seller "YiBao Trading Ltd Store" was a photo with Chinese writing which was meaningless "Check the attached photo", Anyhow I got no where with AliExpress& at the end they ask me to send the item back and I have to pay for the shipping. It cost me about $50 to send this garbage with register post and wait 2 months to get my money. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THESE WEBSITE AND THIS SELLER "YiBao Trading Ltd Store" - just buy the goods from your local store in your country and save yourself money and time. Cheap price comes with cheap quality. UNHAPPY CUSTOMER :(

Date of experience: August 4, 2020
Thailand
1 review
18 helpful votes
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BE CAREFUL
September 3, 2020

I orderd a yoga mat with a hole in it. Clearly defective item so I open a dispute. AliExpress says it's still useable and only offers me a $6 refund instead of my full $34. Is that ridiculous or what!? They even told me to return it if I wanted to get my full refund. They also said they already paid the seller and that I should contact the seller for a full refund. Good luck with their customer service, they are basically worthless and almost impossible to get ahold of by chat. BE CAREFUL

Date of experience: August 4, 2020
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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ZERO CUSTOMER SUPPORT
September 2, 2020

I ordered a watch band with the exact type of watch it was supposed to fit for in the description. After waiting about 2 months the band I received was ground down on one side and still did not fit the watch it was described to fit. I never received a response from the seller and the AliExpress website will not let me submit a request for a refund or a dispute. DO NOT BUY FROM THESE JUNK DEALERS!

Date of experience: August 3, 2020
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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No delivery no refund
September 1, 2020

I ordered a product mid June and it's Aug 2nd. I haven't received the product and am unable to receive a refund as system keeps erroring out "system busy" wasted over a month on this. I'm reporting this to my credit card company for refund

Date of experience: August 2, 2020
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Never again
August 30, 2020

I got the product on time but it was wrong. It was very stressful and complicated to return the product. It was easier to eat the loss than deal with the haste. Never buy from there again.

Date of experience: July 30, 2020
Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Wig order
July 31, 2020

Have ordered all my wigs from Ali express. Good products. They have always stood by their products. I have turned all of my family members on to them

Date of experience: July 29, 2020
Italy
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Sono deluso dal vostro comportamento aspettavo un manubrio bici in carbonio, ma non solo ho aspettato quasi due mesi x la consegna ma x la data prefissata non e arrivato nulla e non ho ne ricevuto rimborso ne una mail di scuse avrei voluto acquistare anche dei cerchi in carbonio di un certo valore ma x fortuna non lo fatto, rivoglio i miei soldi

Date of experience: July 29, 2020
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Hello
August 27, 2020

They began to fight for delivery very expensive. There is no point in buying on AliExpress. Prices began to be very high for delivery. There are now other sites with much lower prices.

Date of experience: July 27, 2020
Philippines
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Worse than ebay
August 25, 2020

Obviously the largest problem is the sellers, but AliExpress does very little to keep its sellers honest.
For instance, there is an automated refund system in place for orders that don't ship in a timely manor, however many sellers circumvent this by issuing a false/misleading tracking number to prevent refunds. Worse yet many sellers will demand additional payment after the issuance of this false tracking number. The AliExpress automated customer service will not allow the opening of any dispute until the package tracking shows as delivered (which of course will never happen unless you pay the extortion fee). If you are fortunate enough to get in contact with a real consumer support agent they do very little other than send an email to the seller and advise you to open a dispute next month (even if you provide all correspondence with the seller that clearly shows the intentional fraud). AliExpress customer service has no authority/ability to issue a refund directly or sanction the seller in any way, so they essentially encourage this behavior (not the agents fault but clearly how AliExpress wishes to conduct business).
In short AliExpress itself does not ensure (or even encourage) honest seller practices while trying to stand in the position that they have no responsibility. At-least eBay/Paypal can issue a refund when a seller is fraudulent.

Date of experience: July 26, 2020
Nigeria
6 reviews
10 helpful votes
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This e-commerce site has got lots of quality and cheap products. The shipping fee, especially when you sign up for the free shipping, can be so insane; like getting 5x more than the products you are ordering for!

Date of experience: July 26, 2020