Bert W.

Let's get real and talk about a transaction that occurred with me recently. Through Ebay I sold an item. Ebay provided me with the buyer's address. I mailed out the package. After the tracking number said the package was delivered, the buyer contacts me and tells me I've sent his package to the wrong town. It turns out this used to be his address a couple of years ago. He changed his address years ago, yet Ebay displayed the "wrong address". How would I have known this was the buyer's previous address - and knowing that would have sent it there? It was a computer malfunction, Ebay won't admit to it and Paypal is trying to stick me with the bill. I won't have it - there's no reason I should pay for Ebay's error. Paypal colludes with Ebay, now claiming I owe them the $69.81 (by corresponding with the buyer, he sounds like a nice guy, and I'm glad he's been reimbursed). As it is today, Paypal cannot reach their hand into my account and remove that money; but if new legislation were to prevail: that could happen. Paypal engages in dishonest practices, and as I've said, collusion. Make no mistake about it. Beware, and I'd advise against providing Paypal with any of your information. In closing, if you like handling cyanide, you're going to love the way Paypal handles you.

There was a day when their prices were fair, and the quality was excellent. These were the days when they built their impressive reputation - today they're cashing-out on that with every naive customer that gives them the money to do so.
This is another company that has their products made outside the United States with materials from outside the United States, then uses the United States as a market to sell their wares.
Don't be taken in by the yes-men and shills with which the company's owner surrounds himself to bolster the company's (and his personal) reputation, often at the aggressive repression of those who would express their honest opinions. Take a look at what his employees say on Glassdoor.

If something goes wrong, Right now I'm rolling my eyes

Let me put it this way: Some sellers are great, they are decent people and good, honest businessmen. I've done business with this one guy - many transactions - and everything has gone very well, and I would and will do business with him again.
BUT, if something goes wrong - and 2 other transactions from 2 other sellers did - The resolution process takes a long time, and there doesn't seem to be any way to contact Ali Express yourself. Yes, you can contact the dishonest sellers, but that doesn't do any good.
Ali Express's resolution process takes a long time - so long that your ability to put the charge into dispute with your Credit Card would expire if you were to wait.
This is what has happened to me. I put the charge into dispute with my Credit Card Company because the process was taking such a long time. Now I am told by Ali Express that "my order has been frozen due to you claim a chargeback to cardholder bank". Again, this is an "automated response" with no way to respond to them.
So thank goodness I did what I did, and I hope my Credit Card Company decides in my favor.
Out of 3 sellers I have bought things from: 1 seller is good, and the other 2 were not.
Proceed at your own risk. I will continue to do business with the 1 good seller.