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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.


aliexpress.com
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.

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service
1,648
value
1,550
shipping
1,591
returns
1,429
quality
1,489
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New Jersey
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Be Careful!
April 18, 2017

Careful when shopping on this site. The goods are Chinese. VERY VERY cheap quality. I ordered some 40pc souvenirs for my wedding ($126) they came rusted and stained. Only three were in acceptable condition.

I opened a dispute to return them and hopefully receive a refund. They didn't refuse the refund yet they expect me to pay the shipping fees ($336- from New Jersey to China).

Good LUCK!

Date of experience: April 18, 2017
Utah
1 review
1 helpful vote
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This is my first time purchasing items this AliExpress. I ordered bust cream on the jar for $14.00 cream made from Pueraria Mirica but not received, I ordered a butt lift, but received a hips lift. The bust Bella Cream bust enchancement they sent me was not effective use it for a week. This is a false advertisement and warned all women who order from this company to be careful. This company takes 17 days to received your order and they dont sent your order but a wrong product they sent me. The product is from China - What a rip off. I am not I did not sign up a a member because my visa warned me about this site. I should have declined ordering from this AliExpress.

Date of experience: April 18, 2017
New Zealand
1 review
3 helpful votes
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PLEASE BE CAREFUL ON ALIEXPRESS! I'VE BEEN A MEMBER FOR 2 YEARS AND MADE OVER 100 ORDERS AND I TRUSTED IT BUT RECENTLY MY ACCOUNT GOT TERMINATED FOR "ABUSING THE BUYER PROTECTION PROGRAM" WHICH IS COMPLETE BULL$#*!. WITHIN MY 100 PLUS ORDERS I ONLY OPENED 5 DISPUTES WHICH WERE SO NECESSARY TO OPEN BECAUSE I HAD BEEN SCAMMED BY THE SELLERS SO I GOT REFUNDED. AND WHEN ALIEXPRESS CLOSED MY ACCOUNT I STILL HAD 20 ORDERS TO COME WORTH AROUND $400 AND NOW MY ORDERS HAVE BEEN WIPED OFF MY ACCOUNT SO BASICALLY THEY TOOK MY MONEY, TERMINATED MY ACCOUNT AND I CANT EVEN REACH CUSTOMER SERVICE AND MY ADDRESS AND CARD HAVE BEEN BLOCKED FROM ALIEXPRESS SO I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO PURCHASE AGAIN. NOT THAT I WANT TO. YEAH THERE'S LOADS OF COOL $#*! ON ALIEXPRESS FOR CHEAP ALTHOUGH THERE ARE ALSO LOADS OF SCAM SELLERS THAT PRETEND TO BE WOMEN BUT ARE ACTUALLY HORRIBLE CHINESE MEN WAITING TO SCAM YOU. IF YOU STILL CHOOSE TO BUY OFF ALIEXPRESS AFTER READING THIS... GOOD LUCK. AND NEVER DO BIG TRANSACTIONS BECAUSE THEY DO "RANDOM SECURITY CHECKS" ON YOUR ACCOUNT...

Date of experience: April 17, 2017
TZ
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Hopeless!
April 17, 2017

I'd give zero if there was an option to do so!
I spent so many weeks obeying a Cranky seller on aliexpress. I was given the same to same statement each time that,"normal time please be patient."
My experience with other sources has never been like this. Sellera offer a refund or we negotiate and come to an agreement without opening disputes. I opened a dispute, aliexpress took a week to just INTERVENE. When intervention happened, they emailed saying they're looking at my case. Seriously? Almost TWO MONTHS I keep calling the post in accordance with the seller's request but he took it way too far today. He refused to negotiate, he did not inform me that items don't ship to my type of address but kept quiet. I sent solid evidence of the tracking clearly stating the item has been unsuccessfully delivered but he ignored and sent me the same damn thing in Chinese and told me,"wait till 16 days of protection are over."
Heh? Then we argued he told me no now wait for seniors to close dispute ThankYou.
I asked him to refund(with two solid evidences, but he ignored).
I asked for half refund even though it's unfair on me, he refused and called me a malicious buyer and said that he won't keep calm since I'm constantly following up on refund and that he is not at fault even a bit.
Thief he is. I uninstalled the app and told him to stop being so rude. My first and last purchase.

Sticking to Amazon and eBay.

Date of experience: April 17, 2017
Canada
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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There is not ever a transaction that goes smoothly in there. They lie, give fake tracking numbers, ship to the wrong addresses, take forever to ship, they advertise products they do not have in stock and refuse to refund you unless you choose *other reason* rather than *out of stock*... I think this pretty much sums it up. Like I said, just about every transaction I have made in Aliexpress has been a nightmare. Yet these people get away with it because nobody there cares.

Date of experience: April 17, 2017
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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WARNING YOU IN ADVANCE, DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS SITE! It is a scam and it steals people's money and then tricks them out of a refund by deleting their order history and not letting you send a complaint! Don't let yourself be fooled out of your money like I was!

Date of experience: April 16, 2017
New Zealand
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Banjolele Kmise
April 15, 2017

Ordered Off the AliExpress Webb site, one Kmise Banjolele with bag and tuner, the order was accepted, and delivery notification emailed to my address with instruction to contact the sender for tracking information, it didn't matter how I tried the AliEpress site would not accept my password, even when asking for a lost password to be re-issued back to me. Then the Banjolele arrived to my address, opened the box to find a different neck on the Banjolele to the one we agreed to buy on the AliExpress Webb site very roughly put together with miss matched parts very poor built quality and very poor quality strings fitted.
No set up instruction's just looks like a cheap copy Banjolele and a very poor site to deal with

Date of experience: April 15, 2017
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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This has been my experience so far:

I don't buy expensive things from this site. I bought a computer cable with EU plug, which I needed for a trip. Couldn't find it anywhere in North America and I didn't want to go looking for it in Europe. Ordered it for under $ 8 through Aliexpress and it arrived in 35 days time and used it during my trip without any troubles.
Bought a home décor item and it arrived in about sixty days (which is what was stated on the website, so it did not arrive late) and in good condition and it was super cheap.
Purchased a leather watch band, which after 60 days had not arrived. I opened a dispute. Aliexpress told me to wait another 10 days. After 10 days, went back in and reopened dispute. Was told to wait another 10 days. After 10 days, still no watch band. Opened dispute again and this time Aliexpress refunded the money to my credit card, no further questions asked. Pretty much the same scenario took place when I ordered some light strings. They didn't arrive and I got my money back after being asked to wait approximately an additional 4 weeks for the package to arrive, which it did not. Funny thing is that after I received my refund, the watch band arrived about 3 weeks later. The light strings arrived about 4 months after I placed my order, even though the site said delivery would take 2 months. The thing is: They had already refunded me because the items had not arrived in due time, so I essentially got my orders for free!
Conclusion: I think they're pretty good. You have to buy from sellers with a high rating and you have to be patient. If you're looking for fast shipping, go elsewhere. If a package doesn't arrive, my experience has been that my money has been refunded (and them maybe later the package arrives anyway!). I wouldn't buy anything expensive from them, but for items you might have a hard time finding elsewhere and that you don't mind waiting for, I give them a thumbs up.

Date of experience: April 14, 2017
California
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I ordered a very hard-to-find item from these guys and I couldn't believe how great the price was! Then when I received it, it was great quality! I will definitely order from them again.

Date of experience: April 13, 2017
New Jersey
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Aliexpress rip off!
April 12, 2017

I gave it a try and ordered one item. I waited over two months and nothing show up at the door. Its a hit or miss. Aliexpress claims to be the middleman. But all they do is host scams. They will not help you settle anything. In the long run, you will be wasting money. There buyer protection plan sucks. It only benefits the seller. I lost all my money on my purchase and didn't received my item. Stay away from AliExpress.

Date of experience: April 12, 2017
Canada
5 reviews
14 helpful votes
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I don't do much shopping but I've ordered hair from aliexpress before and every time it was the same thing! The hair was absolutely disgusting it isn't "
Human " hair like they say it is. It sheds and gets dry within a couple of days no matter what you do to it, people only give positive reviews because the shipping is fast but once they install their hair it's a whole different story aliexpress won't get another dime from me.

Date of experience: April 12, 2017
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I purchased a product after 2 months of waiting I made a complaint. Ali express asked that i wait 10 days. I waited the 10 days and still nothing, opened a dispute, and was asked to wait another 10 days. This went on for over a month and still nothing. I sent emails and complaints, and guess what they did to fix the situation with the seller, they closed my account, and no refund, no product, they are nothing but thieves.

Date of experience: April 11, 2017
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Hit or miss
April 11, 2017

You never know with these overseas companies. I gave it a try and ordered a few items. I got a couple and lost the rest. Its a hit or miss. Aliexpress claims to be the middleman. But all they do is host scams. They will not help you settle anything. In the long run, you will be wasting money.

Date of experience: April 11, 2017
New Mexico
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Do not order on Ali. If you get a bad product, it's a scam when you try to return. I lost money on the broken item, and lost more shipping it back. Never again. It's a scam!

Date of experience: April 9, 2017
France
4 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Bien
April 9, 2017

J'ai commandé des bricoles et tout est arrivé dans les temps. Le prix était très bas et la livraison gratuite.
Je n'essaierais pas d'acheter les vêtements car les tailles sont différentes en Asie mais pour le reste, c'est bien.

Date of experience: April 9, 2017
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Well...
April 8, 2017

Shipping is long, most of the products are cheap but if you read carefully de reviews, measure yourself carefully if you're buying clothing, and order with at least 3 months delay before the day you need the item, everything should be fine.

On about a hundred orders, 4 or 5 of them were not refunded after a 3 months delay. Most of the time I receive the goods after the refund... I was never disappointed of any of my orders. Just read and be careful;-)

Date of experience: April 8, 2017
GB
3 reviews
15 helpful votes
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Avoid they will take your money before or even if ever the seller dispatches your goods, and you will struggle to claim funds back, Well just claim it back from your card provider, because they should not be taking funds before they seller despatches goods `? Online chat is a disgrace, they will keep transferring you from one operator to another ENGLISH is very very poor, And are totally incompetent.~TRUST me avoid this company.

Date of experience: April 8, 2017
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Very Hit & Miss
April 8, 2017

The prices are so alluring with this online shopping centre and really there is an avalanche of products to be found here. BUT---while some items are delivered quickly and are as advertised, many take more than 3 months to arrive from China and are much flimsier to the touch than they appear online. Some sellers will extend your Buyer's Protection repeatedly to cover the shipping delay, but others will close and "finish" your transaction before your order has arrived, and others will not even agree to extend it at all, saying the item "is in your country, my friend, please be patient". Global Tracking is useless once the items are in your country; the tracking code is relevant only while the order is in China, or is in transit to Canada. The online chat customer service offered by Aliexpress appears to be a computer. Only file questions are allowed and the answers do not reflect your actual typed question. I have opened and successfully received a refund (adjudicated by AliExpress) in one dispute. I only disputed the fact the seller closed the transaction prior to delivery and did not even respond to my last request for an extension of their buyer's protection. Of course, the item in question arrived after the refund was filed (some 4 months after placing the order) and now I can't get an answer about how to pay for the item again. If you have months to spare waiting for your order and you don't mind that your Buyer's Protection may run out weeks before your item is delivered, AND you're ok with cumbersome and incomplete customer service communication then you may be happy with this online shopping experience.

Date of experience: April 8, 2017
California
2 reviews
9 helpful votes
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Very bad company

Very bad company! This company doesn't care about customer and has been lying to customers. There are a lot of bad sellers making bad dresses and lying to customers. Please don't waste your time and money on them. Not worth!

Date of experience: April 7, 2017
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Their should be a minus on the stars, I order items from AliExpress and I got some, but did not get other items after I placing a complaint and waiting over two 2 month
There resolution is a scam, now I know how the owner is a billionaire he is scamming us from our money.
Below is their resolution blocking my account and basically saying I am lying.

We have noticed irregular activities being carried out by your account which violate the AliExpress Buyer Protection Program rules.

Accordingly, we regret to inform you that we have terminated your account. You will still be able to access your account and ongoing order will stay remain, however the buying, dispute, feedback privileges has been taken out.

So basically thanks for your money, and good by. I feel like an idiot for trusting AliExpress

Date of experience: April 7, 2017