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.
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.
Sorry to hear this.
But thanks for letting us know.
What bench power supply did you order? I've been in the market for one for a while.
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.
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.
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
just buy 1 item at time, your vulnerable to being scammed when u spend lots of money.
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.
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.
Thanks to all - I had my doubts about the site. Better to eat the $20 difference and get it off Amazon.
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?
Would the Charger forum be the right place? If not there, where?
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.
Do people even have problems with gold suppliers? eg Gold Supplier 4th year - is that a good indication you wont be robbed?
I don’t ever use a debit card for ANYTHING except withdrawing cash from MY bank’s ATM.
So have any of you folks lost money when paying with a credit card?
The trouble with a lot of Chinese vendors is that they think they’re more clever than you are, but if you file a dispute with your cc company, it takes AliExpress’s dispute process out of the loop…AliExpress has no authority to decide who wins. I file a claim on both just to be covered either way.
My cc company ATT Master Card has a very favorable buyer oriented online dispute process and with my last issue recently, I received a permanent credit after only 2 days…done deal!
It wasn’t the vendor’s problem, USPS lost the package. And you do have to be careful to file the dispute within the time limits…I think my cc is 45 days, but I’d file the dispute within 30 days just to be on the safe side.
Anyway, a CC seems pretty bullet proof, I’ve never lost money using one…cc companies can vary with their policies, but they are regulated by federal consumer protection laws.
+1, to buy online, always use a credit card, especially on random sites and on ebay, even with paypal (that last one is hard to remember I know, I forget sometimes with paypal). It adds the best layer of protection for disputes and fraud on online purchases, IF you take care of it within 30 or 45 or 60 days (whatever your credit card’s rules state).
Hi guys, sorry to bump this old thread.
Due to restrictions in stores, i found PF cells on Aliexpress.
But, one thing is looking bad, its says 15-60 days delivery time….thats too much.
Also i got option to pick Singpost, Chinapost, or Swedenpost, what should i chose, are they really that slow with shipping? anyone got some info? thanks.