AliExpress/Alibaba, 3 of 3 orders all suck.

[veer (vēer)]

Sorry to say this, but buying flash memory from china is a no go, its big NO.

EDIT. As Sashix already said in a post below, flash memory nowadays is drit cheap and there is no reason to buy from dubious chinese sellers and risk your money.

[SashiX]

@vēer

Sorry to say this, but buying flash memory from china is a no go, its big NO.

+1

99.9% will be fake!
Now a days, at least here in Spain, you can buy in computer shop a true, 32 GB flash (Kingston, Sandisk, Patriot… and not chinese crap) for about 17-19 Euros ($21-24). They are quite slow, 5-10 Mb/s write speed and about 20 Mb/s read speed. Very cheap, IMHO.

Whatever, shame on those sellers! |(

[cainn]

@ezarc

My first order was for my brothers work. They wanted 20 XM-L T6 flashlights, so I looked around for a good deal and bought them from AliExpress. $243 for 20 x TrustFire C8’s with XM-L’s. A few days after I bought them the description was changed to Q5 LEDs and the price was changed to about half price. I messaged the seller about it and asked if the ones he sent me were Q5 or XM-L and he said they were all Q5 LEDs (I had previously mailed asking if he was sure they were XM-L T6 LEDs and he confirmed they were). Then I had to refuse delivery when it arrived and wait around 2 months for a refund that was minus the escrow fee.

I bought an XM-L T6 C8 off ebay not so long ago, but when it arrived it was actually a XR-E Q5. I contacted the seller who offered me either a 50% discount to keep it, or to pay for return postage in advance of a full refund. He actually seemed genuinely sorry, and asked me some questions about how to tell the difference. I obliged with some detailed information, at which point he vowed to contact his supplier for clarification. I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of people (included eBay sellers) have ultimately been scammed by the same Alibaba supplier.

[aliexpresssucks]

I bought what I thought was “BRAND NEW” Microsoft mouse from aliexpress and got jacked. The mouse had hand turd inside the grooves and was beat to hell. See the pics below.

Also bought a ASUS video card and it ended up being totally bootleg fake version. Im tired of being ripped off by these people, never again aliexpress/alibaba.
Not to mention I asked the seller to send as gift before buying it, later found out the seller didnt, had to pay another $60 dollars in tax to customs for their mistake.
Could of got a real ASUS card after all the costs.

Here is the item I got:

Here is the ad from aliexpress:

[Tumbleweed48]

Ali Baba (Arabic: علي بابا‎ ʿAlī Bābā ) is a character from medieval Arabic literature. He is described in the adventure tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (علي بابا والأربعين حرامي).

Some concepts seem to have made the transition from fantasy tale to business model.

I’d use a candle in a jam can before I’d buy a flashlight from AliBaba/Express.

[iron_potato]

I’d tried a few sellers, maybe I’m lucky so far, all items been good & correct.

Alibaba
some 10AWG R/C use power cables, okay.

Aliexpress
A123 26650, 18650, Li-ion 18650 batteries, all from same seller, all good
bench power supply, adjustable temp soldering + hot air gun repair station (Baku 878L), so far so good.
led signal relay, also so far so good
2-3 multitools, 3-4 foldable knives, also fine.

[ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS]

Sorry to hear this.

But thanks for letting us know.

[scaru]

@iron potato

I’d tried a few sellers, maybe I’m lucky so far, all items been good & correct. Alibaba some 10AWG R/C use power cables, okay. Aliexpress A123 26650, 18650, Li-ion 18650 batteries, all from same “seller”:http://www.aliexpress.com/store/105089, all good bench power supply, adjustable temp soldering + hot air gun repair station (Baku 878L), so far so good. led signal relay, also so far so good 2-3 multitools, 3-4 foldable knives, also fine.

What bench power supply did you order? I've been in the market for one for a while.

[m111 (m)]

@aliexpresssucks

Not to mention I asked the seller to send as gift before buying it, later found out the seller didnt, had to pay another $60 dollars in tax to customs for their mistake.

I think the days of “sending gifts” are gone: a bunch of sellers I’ve seen on ebay recently say in their ads they won’t do this anymore.

@aliexpresssucks

Here is the item I got:
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Here is the ad from aliexpress:
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[fyesilova]

I have also given up Aliexpress,

My first order come with wrong item, but similar shaped, mp3 player speaker.
Got refund about half of the price, and gifted the speaker to my sister.

Second order was a solar charger. it was stated 11000mah, but inside there is 4x2200mah battery.
Solar charging was not working, and it melted on the sun when trying to charge it.

If you can find same product on ebay, don’t try Aliexpress.

[dorpmuller]

And what pisses me off is when I do a search for something on Google and all that comes up is Aliexpress. I have to do a -aliexpress -alibaba to keep sane.

Rich

[attitude]

just buy 1 item at time, your vulnerable to being scammed when u spend lots of money.

[SashiX]

Howly mowly, that mouse looks 10 times worse than my 8 years old wireless Logitec I had to retire a few years ago B*tches
On the other hand, who pays 25 bucks for a wired optical (not laser) mouse? :bigsmile: You have plenty of them at Amazon, for example.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_n_feature_keywords_2?rh=n%3A172282%2Cn%3A!493964%2Cn%3A541966%2Cn%3A172456%2Cn%3A172493%2Cn%3A11036491%2Ck%3Amicrosoft+mouse%2Cp_4%3AMicrosoft%2Cp_n_condition-type%3A2224371011%2Cp_36%3A1253503011%2Cp_n_feature_keywords_browse-bin%3A3354537011&bbn=11036491&sort=price&keywords=microsoft+mouse&ie=UTF8&qid=1355464971&rnid=3354530011

[iron_potato]

Sorry for late reply Scaru.

Been using for awhile back, I also forgotten which seller I bought from :~

I bought a ZhaoXin 兆信 DC Power Supply PS-202D (0-20V, 2A)

Mainly for test those small 5mm leds & 4 pins Superflux led project.

[Papa_Bear]

Thanks to all - I had my doubts about the site. Better to eat the $20 difference and get it off Amazon.

[Papa_Bear]

@scaru

What bench power supply did you order? I've been in the market for one for a while.

How about a DIY power supply? I'm in the process of making one. If the results are acceptable, would you like to hear more?

[scaru]

@Papa Bear

@scaru

What bench power supply did you order? I've been in the market for one for a while.

How about a DIY power supply? I'm in the process of making one. If the results are acceptable, would you like to hear more?

Sure, why not start up a new thread?

[Papa_Bear]

@scaru

Sure, why not start up a new thread?

Would the Charger forum be the right place? If not there, where?

[scaru]

@Papa Bear

@scaru

Sure, why not start up a new thread?

Would the Charger forum be the right place? If not there, where?

Either there or here.

http://budgetlightforum.com/forum/otherlights/mods

[sylent1]

I ordered a hoodie and a winter coat through aliexpress and using the measurements they gave on a garment of mine apparently I wear a 4X. Well, the measurements were bogus and apparently in china an individual wearing a 4X is three feet tall and weighs 100 pounds. Chinese products SUCK. Doubt I’ll ever see my money again OR the other order. And of course there is no way to actually CONTACT aliexpress to cancel the order you have to go through some hokey dispute process. BTW Chinese land mail is so slow it’s like they throw it in the street and expect it to deliver itself.