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What do these AliExpress/Wish buyers expect exactly ? I don't understand why some people keep using these crap platforms. Also this is not a curious case at al

What do these AliExpress/Wish buyers expect exactly ? I don't understand why some people keep using these crap platforms. Also this is not a curious case at all, routine stuff on chinese crap resellers..

sudosysgen 6y ago
They have pretty good dispute resolution, and after ~70 transactions on AliExpress I never had such a thing happen
theshrike79 6y ago
Using Aliexpress is a skill, you need to figure out which sellers are full of crap and which are actually reputable. Wish is 100% scam preying on those without the skills to use Aliexpress. Wish translates the UI for multiple languages along with the product names/descriptions and provides direct payment without credit cards (Klarna).
Nextgrid 6y ago
The AliExpress listings could very well be for the scammers themselves. One company makes the similar-looking bag that's intended to be used in the scams. Another company actually dropships said bags for orders from their scam websites.
Krisjohn 6y ago
It depends heavily on what you're buying; Parts for projects, or cables - mostly great. Pet toys - usually fine. Small household tools and other utilitarian bits - good as long as it can't get bent or dented en route. (Western) Name-brand products - don't go there, they're more expensive or fake. I've bought around 400 things on AliExpress, with an average value of, guessing, about A$7.50. I'd say just under 10% had a problem that needed a full refund -- mostly just not arriving or arriving beaten up. I only had to complain bitterly when a surface-mount component fell off a PCIe card and I refused to accept their recommendation to fix it myself. Fewer than 2% of goods had a disappointingly short life span. Meanwhile, the price is at most a third of what I'd pay to get the same (or seriously similar) product locally. Doing the math very roughly, I've probably paid about A$3k for stuff that would have cost A$10k. And all I had to do was wait 1-3 months for everything.
- toss1 6y ago
  Serious question: Why do you feel the need to pay a few bucks less for an item and wait 1-3 months for an unreliable vendor and questionable quality vs buying from a local and reliable maker or merchant?

sudosysgen 6y ago

They have pretty good dispute resolution, and after ~70 transactions on AliExpress I never had such a thing happen

theshrike79 6y ago

Using Aliexpress is a skill, you need to figure out which sellers are full of crap and which are actually reputable. Wish is 100% scam preying on those without the skills to use Aliexpress. Wish translates the UI for multiple languages along with the product names/descriptions and provides direct payment without credit cards (Klarna).

Nextgrid 6y ago

The AliExpress listings could very well be for the scammers themselves. One company makes the similar-looking bag that's intended to be used in the scams. Another company actually dropships said bags for orders from their scam websites.

Krisjohn 6y ago

It depends heavily on what you're buying; Parts for projects, or cables - mostly great. Pet toys - usually fine. Small household tools and other utilitarian bits - good as long as it can't get bent or dented en route. (Western) Name-brand products - don't go there, they're more expensive or fake. I've bought around 400 things on AliExpress, with an average value of, guessing, about A$7.50. I'd say just under 10% had a problem that needed a full refund -- mostly just not arriving or arriving beaten up. I only had to complain bitterly when a surface-mount component fell off a PCIe card and I refused to accept their recommendation to fix it myself. Fewer than 2% of goods had a disappointingly short life span. Meanwhile, the price is at most a third of what I'd pay to get the same (or seriously similar) product locally. Doing the math very roughly, I've probably paid about A$3k for stuff that would have cost A$10k. And all I had to do was wait 1-3 months for everything.

toss1 6y ago
Serious question: Why do you feel the need to pay a few bucks less for an item and wait 1-3 months for an unreliable vendor and questionable quality vs buying from a local and reliable maker or merchant?