Re. product quality: And yet the service still makes a difference - or the entire difference perhaps. Recently two items were botched by Aliexpress for me. Talk

Re. product quality: And yet the service still makes a difference - or the entire difference perhaps. Recently two items were botched by Aliexpress for me. Talking to the vendors, the shippers and then Aliexpress was absurdly horrible. These were not expensive products but all of them fought every step of the way to deliver the shittiest experience possible (irrelevant of the products themselves). And 6 months later I still don't have functional parts. It was entirely up to Aliexpress to lose my business and they did with gusto. Amazon probably sells the same item, just for more money, but they were reinforced as the right balance of price and assurance that I will end up with the item reasonably fast and low-hassle.