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I've bought a couple things from Aliexpress, and payment processing is such a hassle[1], I don't know why you would use it to buy things that are easily found f
by toast0 2y ago
I've bought a couple things from Aliexpress, and payment processing is such a hassle[1], I don't know why you would use it to buy things that are easily found from domestic sources? Especially SD cards which are widely counterfeited.
[1] This was a couple years ago, maybe things got streamlined? Of my cards that don't have a foreign transaction fee, Aliexpress wants the phone number off the back of one, which is sketchy; no thanks. The second one, charges don't go through, and the issuer customer service can't even see the attempts; I have to ask them to disable security on my card for ~ 30 minutes, and then the charges go through. Billing showed from England, IIRC. Doesn't (edit: Didn't! thanks) support any intermediates I do (paypal/amazon pay) which is usually my goto for low trust transactions.
- gambiting 2y agoThey do support PayPal nowadays. Paying on AliExpress is as easy as on Amazon, and a lot of things do have a 5 day delivery guarantee and it does actually work. I've been using it quite a lot personally(I'm in the UK).
- akvadrako 2y agoThat sounds like issues with your bank, not AliExpress. I entered my card number with them years ago and it just works. What I hate is their login and search - both horribly broken. But as to why, it's a better selection than Amazon for many things (for example components) and usually cheaper.