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Georgia
1 review
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Scam
September 18, 2021

I bought 150 of books last year. I never received them or refund. Instead, I got automated response from their robot chat. The seller said that they could issue me refund, because it was handled by Aliexpress, and they used their shipping. Aliexpress didn't bother to respond with.

Date of experience: September 18, 2021
Netherlands
1 review
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Very nice things for a very nice price
May 31, 2019

I love to shop on Ali Express. I started out with a hair bun maker and since I have been shopping for everything you can imagine. From jewelry to fountains and doggy diapers to shoes. I can always find what I'm looking for and for the best price too. If you don't fancy waiting for 1 or 2 months, just spring for Ali Express Standard shipping. Some sellers do it for free, some charge $2 or $3 for that service (some way more, but they are the ones you want to steer clear of).

Date of experience: May 31, 2019
Brazil
3 reviews
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Middle
December 23, 2017

Shop with varied products and vendors. We must beware of false products and dubious quality. Look for sellers with good reputations and friends. I bought cell phones, games, covers and electronics in general. Post selling leaves a little to be desired and the dispute system is too complicated.

Date of experience: December 21, 2017
Canada
3 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Buyer beware
August 5, 2019

Shopped here for a long time its really hit or miss, some times the stuff is crap some times it good and some times your stuff never even shows up(a lot actually)Never had a problem really until today... Canada post lost my 100.00 shoes. Canada post a whole other story really they are useless anyway because I cant prove I never got them I have to still pay for them. You would think these people would ship with some kind of insurance to protect you and them but they dont so if you want to gamble with your money go ahead and use them but good luck

Date of experience: August 5, 2019
Ohio
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Prices get raised at checkout. Be aware of seller Shop******* Store or best known as Kids&toy store, they normally are on AliExpress CHOICE specials items are shown at $1.99 but during checkout they will raise them to the original price of $3.50. I placed a second order to verify that prices are increased during checkout. Contacted AliExpress customer service and was told to contact the seller which didn't care. This seller has around 10% 1-star reviews but in reality, it is worse than that. I cancelled both orders and requested refund, because I was given a refund i was not allowed to review the seller.

Date of experience: October 25, 2023
Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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More money?
April 6, 2016

I have been waiting for an order since December 2015. The seller keeps asking me to cancel the dispute, to change the review from 1 star to 5 stars and to buy more from him. Is there anything wrong with this picture? I suggested I'd simply send them more money without ordering products to help the Chinese economy. What do you say?
My idea would be to stop ordering from them going forward.

Date of experience: April 6, 2016
Illinois
1 review
5 helpful votes
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What a joke
February 25, 2022

Stay away from Retro Classic Game Store

So stupid me bought a n64 game from them and I had problems from day one with it, it keeps turning on and off after 20 to 40 minutes of playing. They did offer a refund but it would've costed me over $20 to send back. Why should I pay anything out of pocket for a defective product? Never again will I trust them or aliexpress.

Date of experience: February 25, 2022
Singapore
1 review
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Looks Good
June 3, 2019

Very prompt delivery. Reasonably price. Item looks good and have a nice feel. Dont need to assemble much and works out of the box. Best purchase made so far in terms of delivery, product quality and description. Thank you.

Date of experience: June 1, 2019
Virginia
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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I began shopping from aliexpress last year and from that point I have continued doing business with them. I find that they offer quality products, free shipping when orders are over a certain amount and fast. I travel a lot and received compliments every time. Because I'm known in my hometown to be a very classy and sophisticated lady they assume that what I am wearing they probably can't afford but I share with them this website when I tell them how much I paid for it. I also tell them that how the rich stay rich by being smart shoppers.

Date of experience: November 15, 2015
New York
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Received order as described but found error in my understanding. Logged dispute and contact supplier who agreed to exchange. I returned and supplied tracking information including signed receipt on supplier. Dispute period ended as did any more information from supplier. Alibaba has no additional means to resolve, they just shelter the thieves. America, avoid Alibaba.

Date of experience: June 13, 2015
New York
1 review
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Not happy
June 12, 2020

I don't even know how to express myself. There is no law in China that prevents fake advertising that they do. My products were supposed to be delivered in 13 days. They even gave me a delivery date. But I'm still waiting after 3 weeks. Please do yourself a favor and buy US products only

Date of experience: April 29, 2020
Missouri
1 review
5 helpful votes
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At al l costs stay away from aliexpress. I ordered 2 guitars from 2 different sellers and did not receive either one. I was lucky and my gm mastercard covered the fraud.
After 8 months master card got the money back. What a nightmare.if it were not for mastercard I would have lost 525.00 usd.

Date of experience: January 3, 2015
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Seller is a thief.
March 4, 2018

First of all, after charging my credit card seller sen me a notification that there is no black color of smartphone anymore (which I bought). Once I agreed to get a blue color instead, they tell me to wait for the delivery, but I never received it. Now, when I tried open a dispute and sent several message - no reaction / no answers for two months. Moreover, now it's written: "you cannot open the dispute, car it's too late" I am very disappointed as this seller is thief

Date of experience: March 4, 2018
Ukraine
5 reviews
4 helpful votes
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It's fine
September 22, 2016

I'm surprised to see so many negative reviews, it's just a platform, so you should be a little bit more careful, need to look at the reputation of a given store, when it was registered, read reviews. So far I have excellent experience and started to do 90% of my shopping in Chinese stores, because who wants to pay more? When you're a level 3, you can escalate disputes quicker.

Date of experience: September 22, 2016
RU
1 review
1 helpful vote
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You can count on the buyer protection only in one case: the goods are not delivered and it's is confirmed by the delivery service. No other "guarantees" (send date, color, size) are respected and the administration does not monitor their implementation. No one will go into details of your order. If you received something, it is believed that the seller has fulfilled his part of the obligations... I don't know what it is: low culture of service, or Chinese solidarity...

Date of experience: November 24, 2019
Canada
1 review
7 helpful votes
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You have to follow their ambiguous rules "to the letter" or they will disallow your claim. All dispute messages between the customer and the seller are ignored, they'll only accept what goes into their "dispute detail", but good luck finding it on their Web site. Further, they sent me an email demanding provide a single photo showing all 10 items in my dispute - they didn't accept the photo of the single item, even though all 10 were the same. Providing the photo in the required 3 day time frame was pretty much impossible as I was traveling at the time, and they ignored my response about needing an additional day. So, even though the dispute had been going on for weeks, they decided in favour of the seller rather than give me another 24 hours.

Like I said, biased in favour of the sellers. Their dispute resolution system is unfair to the point of fraudulent.

Date of experience: June 1, 2016
Arizona
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Avoid this AliExpress.com, other seller will send you wrong item, if you have any issue with your purchased you will wait 3 months to escalate the dispute process (on top of waiting 1-3 months tracking status delivery). Return for refund accepted. But take note: You will shoulder the return shipping cost (not free) a lot of $$$ What a waste of time and waste of money. Most of all No customer service phone number you can call to assist you.

Date of experience: May 13, 2021
Virginia
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Some Sellers are Cheaters
February 9, 2022

Never issued refund. Be aware of "Waiting For U Store" seller. Totally scam and fake. Seller knows that customer can't do anything. If you buy more than one product they will only mail out one and the cheapest one. Keep the money for expensive ones and never refund you your money back. Ali Express will close the dispute without refunding you. And there is no way to re-apply for dispute. I read reviews about other buyers too who got scammed.

Date of experience: February 9, 2022
Australia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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They are scammers. I made a purchase, but they were never delivered. After a few days of talking to the site's support, nothing changed. Only they express regret. They took my time and my money.

Date of experience: July 7, 2024
AliExpress C. AliExpress Rep
11 months ago

Dear Customer,
Thanks for taking the time to bring this issue to our attention. Please accept our deepest apologies for any inconvenience you've faced.
If you need further assistance or have any additional questions, please don't hesitate to consult our Help Center at AliExpress.
We're sorry for the unpleasant experience for our loyal customer and will be continuously improving our service and be grateful for the opportunity to regain your confidence.
Sincerely,
AliExpress Customer Service Team

Washington
2 reviews
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I order from various of online shopping platforms, by far this is the worst of them all. After 12 months of going back and forth with them I simply gave up. But yet they were quick to take my money. I do not recommend anyone using this platform. If I could give them no stars I would. Unfortunately I have to give them at least one star to post this.

Date of experience: March 13, 2024
AliExpress C. AliExpress Rep
over a year old

Dear Customer,
Thanks for taking the time to bring this issue to our attention. Please accept our deepest apologies for any inconvenience you've faced. Your complete satisfaction is our ultimate goal, and we want to assure you that we are taking your concerns very seriously.
Based on the problems you reported, we recommend that if you need further assistance or have any additional questions, please don't hesitate to consult our Help Center at AliExpress.
We're sorry for the unpleasant experience for our loyal customer and will be continuously improving our service and be grateful for the opportunity to regain your confidence.
Sincerely,
AliExpress Customer Service Team

Overview

AliExpress has a rating of 2 stars from 8,021 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with AliExpress most frequently mention customer service, tracking number and credit card. AliExpress ranks 21st among Wholesale sites.

service
1,622
value
1,524
shipping
1,565
returns
1,404
quality
1,464
This company responds to reviews on average within 3 days
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