Aliexpress 11.11 sales - which tools you grabbing?

[masterx81]

This 11-11 is a big SCAM.  Last week I added several products to my cart, took an screenshot to comparing it to today (11-11). Everything is much more expensive.

They increased the shipping price A LOT, and they are Summing the shipping value (last week multiple items charged just 1 shipping).

Actually only the first item have more shipping costs, the second item have same price, and last idem shipping is chaper.
few days before the total was 8.12
on 11-11 is 7.74

[Fungus]

I got a Xiaomi Mija screwdriver set.

[Andrew_Debbie]

Most likely there are similar store coupons available all of the time. So the only real 11.11 coupon was from Aliexpress itself.

Uni-T "official" store often has coupons but they are normally $3.00.    I think I saved at least $15.00 over what I could have gotten in the past few months.

This was an exception.  Most 11.11 deals are a few cents at best.

[Fungus]

They increased the shipping price A LOT, and they are Summing the shipping value (last week multiple items charged just 1 shipping).

Actually only the first item have more shipping costs, the second item have same price, and last idem shipping is chaper.
few days before the total was 8.12

Aliexpress combines shipping these days. If you order a few things at the same time they put them all in a single bag and ship it really quickly. I've been getting stuff from China in under 10 days lately.

[pcprogrammer]

Aliexpress combines shipping these days. If you order a few things at the same time they put them all in a single bag and ship it really quickly. I've been getting stuff from China in under 10 days lately.

Not all the time. I believe it depends on the total amount of the order and if the different shops support combined shipping. The more expensive items tend to have 10 or 12 day delivery, at least to France.

A friend of mine still lives in the Netherlands and we share our hobby for electronics, so he also buys on Aliexpress, and we have often seen that there is a difference in shipping cost and even item price between the two countries.

Now with the VAT added and shipping costs rising it is no longer, oooeh that is nice and cheap lets buy it

[wraper]

Not all the time. I believe it depends on the total amount of the order and if the different shops support combined shipping. The more expensive items tend to have 10 or 12 day delivery, at least to France.

It depends on sipping type you select. Larger items usually have "Aliexpress standard shipping" by default which is delivered pretty fast.

[floobydust]

This 11-11 is a big SCAM.  Last week I added several products to my cart, took an screenshot to comparing it to today (11-11). Everything is much more expensive.

They increased the shipping price A LOT, and they are Summing the shipping value (last week multiple items charged just 1 shipping).

YES 11.11 is a scam - the week before, the savings were being shown as maybe $0.10 to $0.25 which is laughable. So I ordered goodies that week before, I now see goods prices and shipping went way up for the same items too.
Years before covid I ordered on 11.11 and nothing arrived until 01-02 and a few items never arrived. It seems to compete with the Christmas rush and loses.

[radiolistener]

yes, in most cases 11.11 is a scam, but sometimes (very rare) you can find a good deal.

I remember several years ago I got about 25-30% discount, it includes 11.11 discount + seller discount + seller coupon + aliexpress coupon (all of these was applied simultaneously on the same order and I got a good price). But this happened just once

[Trader]

The last item was Free Shipping, now is 0.96

Last week: (2 × (1.39 + 1.24)) + 0.74 + 1.92 = $7.92

Today: (2 × (0.64 + 1.2)) + 2.47 + 0.74 + 1.73 + 0.96 = $9.58

21% more expensive in the 11-11

[masterx81]

The last item was Free Shipping, now is 0.96

Last week: (2 × (1.39 + 1.24)) + 0.74 + 1.92 = $7.92

Today: (2 × (0.64 + 1.2)) + 2.47 + 0.74 + 1.73 + 0.96 = $9.58

21% more expensive in the 11-11

True, i've not read well the free shipping 🤦‍♂️

[LeonR]

I'm interested in a Uni-T UT207B ( https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002049047084.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.233a3c009NHhff&mp=1 ) clamp meter. The large display and features seem nice for the price. I have a UT210e, but the small display and very short backlight timer had me in a pinch the other day when I used it. The UT207B inrush function is a nice, I can use it check how much amps the stuff I have medium-powered motors chug to get a proper circuit breaker.

There is no real discount whatsoever.
https://www.pricearchive.org/aliexpress.com/item/1005002049047084 (price is tracked for the cheapest item listed)

I've been monitoring this for some time. Actually bought mine from another seller:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10000294858257.html

Aliexpress had a ~10 USD coupon off for some products. Paid a bit less than 50 USD, shipped.

Haven't heard of that site before, pretty nifty. Thanks for sharing!

They increased the shipping price A LOT, and they are Summing the shipping value (last week multiple items charged just 1 shipping).

Actually only the first item have more shipping costs, the second item have same price, and last idem shipping is chaper.
few days before the total was 8.12

Aliexpress combines shipping these days. If you order a few things at the same time they put them all in a single bag and ship it really quickly. I've been getting stuff from China in under 10 days lately.

That works only for Aliexpress Direct items. Those are already at a Aliexpress warehouse instead of being shipped from the supplier/shop warehouse.

[graybeard]

none

[Trader]

The last item was Free Shipping, now is 0.96

After the 11-11 "Promo", the prices are 10% cheaper 

[masterx81]

The things that i've bought are at best a bit higher now. The most expensive before 11.11 was 304eur, i've bought it at 270+10 of coupons at 260 shipped, now it's at 310eur. Another thing on 11.11 bougth at 147e, now more than 160eur. Other things are almost the same. So, on some things there was a true discount.

[floobydust]

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It's like a spammer attacking 

[bffargo]

The biggest problem right now with Ali is their scamming sellers that refuse to ship your product unless you pay more; or flat out refuse to ship at all making up other stories.

I lightly used Ali for the last 5 years, skipping entire 9-12 months between orders; think I ordered 15 things in that time before September of this year.  I started ordering a lot of little 50c-$5 stuff and few $10-$30 stuff, and a couple things in the $80 range to have some winter projects this year.

In the last month it's gotten much worse, but lots worse for 11/11. Over 25% of my 11/11 orders got extortion requests. A couple couldn't even keep their notes straight. One day they'd say because shipping prices went up, then 2 days later saying their supplier had raised their prices because I hadn't replied or already refused. Others blame the virus, others give the "did not pass QC inspection when we were packaging it for you" excuse.

I placed 5 "grouped" orders total across 29 different sellers on 11/11 to 11/12.  8 of them refuse to ship. Dollar value of individual seller orders that got extorted was $1-$4 for 5 of them,  $12-$15 for two, and $28 for the last one. (Though equally I had similar ranges for the remaining 21 that DID ship so it's not any particular price range that triggers it).  Most were asking $2.50 to $4 more per order.  And email addresses to send PayPal to were all over the place, true scammers.

Not one of them actually raised their prices more than a few pennies or dimes in the last week or raised their shipping costs either on.  They just have no intention to ever ship these to anyone, unless perhaps, you buy multiple things from them in a larger order?

And Ali makes it impossible to expose these scammers unless you are willing to risk your account or lose money:
- Sellers want you to go cancel your order as "other". If you do eventually Ali may close your account for abusing it; at least I've seen others say that
- If you chose the better options like "Seller raised price after payment" or "Item not available" then the seller may refuse to honor the cancellation as it dings their account.

However, if you chose either of the above, you CANNOT leave negative feedback for them in any way.

So if you argue and play their games long enough, eventually the seller will enter a fake tracking number into the system and then force you to wait at least 10 days before opening up a dispute. At least here you can include your chat session screen shots and then leave negative feedback for them afterwards.  But again, Ali dings you if you open too many disputes.

The worst case is when you play their game, force them to enter a tracking number before their time runs out, and they enter a tracking number for another person's shipment.  Then you have to wait the full 60+ days and then HOPE there is enough tracking info to show a wrong addresses (vs. just "delivered") to get your money back, sometimes you lose.

Ali has their system set up to enable and virtually support their bad sellers. And there is not much you can do.  Even trying to pick good sellers based on feedback ratings hasn't helped.  Even a 98% / 4.9 rating seller for the $28 item pulled the please pay more scam; when I thought I was safe.

Only once in the last 3 months did I refuse to pay the extortion and the seller actually shipped a $14 item anyway. All the rest just keep saying "Dear friend, please cancel the order so we can refund your money." every day.

[Andrew_Debbie]

I got lucky. Everything shows as shipped with no requests for additional funds.   I won't know for certain until the items arrive.



UNI-T Official Store  3095007    - This store used to be linked from uni-trend.com   Official or not, I've bought from them several times with no problems.

cuiisw module store  221555   - First time, gamble.

EQV official store 1948124 - Another first time gamble

Vapcell Store  1084158   Well known supplier of LiIon batteries that I've ordered from several times.  Never had a problem.

[isometrik]

I placed over 140 orders on Aliexpress over the years. I had a few parcel getting lost, but received a full reimbursement in all cases. I never had a scam attempt.

Maybe I have been lucky... but maybe the following technique has helped me avoid the scammers: I typically don't go for the cheapest item (item price + shipping is considered). I tend to buy from the sellers that sold the largest number of the item I want to purchase (sort by "Orders", and pick the best price from the top few). Finally, I tend to avoid the sellers that only have sold a handful of the item.

Maybe my technique helped avoiding scammers, but then, maybe I have simply been lucky. 

[Fungus]

Yep. Always check the store rating and how long the store has been around.

If a store with a good rating costs $1 more than the cheapest one then so what?

[TheBay]

I ordered a Owon HDS272S with the 11/11 and another discount from "Project Tool Factory Store" on the 11th of November, it arrived arrived yesterday.

[pcprogrammer]

Sure I guess everybody who buys on Ali has issues, but for the majority of the issues I had, even one that was beyond the 15 days you have to dispute, were closed in favor to me

It does take effort at times, like making video's and give good reasons as to why. And persistence also helps. Succeeded in raising the payback for my defective FNIRSI 1013D from first offer euro 12,50 to 75 euros

[bffargo]

Make that 9 orders out of 29. Just got another refusal to ship.

On the $28 item (and a few others) I actually did pick the much higher feedback seller and paid $2 more than the lower one to ensure I got a better seller.   It was about 5-10% issues before 11/11.  Now it's surpassed 30%.

Here's the variances in the text many like to send. You can find the "alternate store fronts" when the messages are literally copy and paste too.

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dear friend
for this product,some customers tell us there is some quality problem
we need to find new supplier
to ensure your money,we contact you to cancel the order
could you first choose the reason"other" to cancel the order?
after we get quality product,we will contact you again to buy,ok?


Please change the reason to cancel this order, you could choose the reason for cancellation:
 Buyer do not want this order or the other reason. Thank you.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear friend,
Thank you for purchasing item from my aliexpress shop and sorry to bother you.
But we are very sorry for the sharply increased shipping fee in the market.
How about pay for the extra 2.5 dollars for the increased shipping fee?
If you agree, you can pay to our account
###@hotmail.com
After payment please tell us the paypal transaction id
If you don’t agree, pls help to cancel this order with “other reasons”
Thank you.
                          ------------------------------------
(Same seller as above, new excuses 2 days later)

Dear friend, Thank you for purchasing item from my Aliexpress shop. We noticed the cost of the product
 you ordered has gone up And the price increase of our shipping channels
Do you agree to pay 2.5 dollars for the shipping fee? If you agree, you can pay to our Pay-Pal account :
####@hotmail.com, After payment, please tell us the Pay-pal transaction ID, and send a screenshot of the payment details here,

If you don’t agree to pay, pls help to cancel this order with “other reasons” ,we will full refund soon,Thank you.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear customer ,
The system shows that the item not pass the quality check .
Could you please kindly cancel the order and choose the reason "other "?
We will value our customer to cancel the order if the item not pass the quality testing .Please rest assured,
we won’t ship the item that not pass the quality testing.
Could you please understand ? The payment will back to you in 7-20 days.
We are sorry for this issue.
We have contacted our supplier for this issue.
Thank you for your understanding.
Hope you have a nice day.
Best Wishes
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Dear, the product you ordered is a loss order, you need to pay 1.3 USD to deliver the goods, please check
whether you pay the freight or cancel the order
Make up for this
Dear, we got the lowest price for the Double 11 event, so we will lose money
If you are not willing to pay the freight, you can cancel the order, because it cannot be sent out without paying the freight.
You can cancel the order.
Dear, because it is a loss order, you can't deliver the goods if you are not willing to pay the freight
You can cancel the order.
If you are not willing to pay the freight, you can cancel the order.
We will refund you immediately
Dear, you can't send the goods without paying the freight
Dear, if you do not pay the freight, the goods cannot be sent out and you cannot receive the goods.
You can choose to cancel the order and go to other stores to have a look.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello, dear friend,
Thank you for your orders and support on the store, we are happy work for you.
Due to the COVID-19 situation, many international shipping lines were closed. We have to exchange other
 available shipping lines, but unfortunately the shipping fee increased at present. In this case, we are totally
 lose much money and even the shipping cost higher than goods.
So would you like to pay extra 3 USD shipping fee for this goods?
Please open this link to pay shipping fee
[url]https://www.aliexpress.com/item/########################.html[/url]
if you want to cancel the order,could you please cancel this order and choose the reason "other reason " or
 “the buyer don't want it ",it is easier to get the refund，this means a lot to us. sorry again for the
 inconvenience. thank you in advance and waiting for your reply. Best regards.
could you reply to me ASAP? Our current inventory is sufficient. I can ship it to you ASAP. You can also receive
 the package as soon as possible. Pay attention to safety during the epidemic.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear friend, we are very sorry, we have received a notice, this batch of goods will not be delivered on time
I can't deliver the goods, I can only ask you to cancel the order, and I will pay you back soon

Please kindly use "other reasons" to cancel the order, please
Sorry again
Best regards
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thank you for ordering from our store. Due to the high cost of international logistics and transportation,
This week, the price of each logistics has risen, by 3-4 US dollars. The logistics cost we can bear has
exceeded the range. We hope you can pay us 2 dollar more for shipping so that we can afford its
 international shipping costs. If you are willing to pay the excess freight, we are happy to deliver high-quality
 goods to your hands, but if we can't reach an agreement, please cancel the order as soon as possible, we
 will return the original amount, hope you can understand and trust us. (Note: I am a human customer
service, not a liar. We will send the same replenishment message to customers who have exceeded the
shipping fee every day. If you have any questions, please contact us) If you need to make up the payment,
 please pay the additional shipping cost through the following link:   
[url]https://www.aliexpress.com/item/##############.html?spm=5261.ProductManageOnline.0.0.2ef44edfcouBgB------------------------[/url]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear friend
really sorry  for the inconvenience caused
since the  freight to your country has  raised, we have a  big loss for this order
dear if you don't want to pay the extra fee, you can  apply to cancel the  order with the reason to ""the other reasons""
then we  can  accept it at once and full refund you
thank you
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


[TheBay]

Make that 9 orders out of 29. Just got another refusal to ship.

On the $28 item (and a few others) I actually did pick the much higher feedback seller and paid $2 more than the lower one to ensure I got a better seller.   It was about 5-10% issues before 11/11.  Now it's surpassed 30%.

Here's the variances in the text many like to send. You can find the "alternate store fronts" when the messages are literally copy and paste too.

Code: [Select]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
dear friend
for this product,some customers tell us there is some quality problem
we need to find new supplier
to ensure your money,we contact you to cancel the order
could you first choose the reason"other" to cancel the order?
after we get quality product,we will contact you again to buy,ok?


Please change the reason to cancel this order, you could choose the reason for cancellation:
 Buyer do not want this order or the other reason. Thank you.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear friend,
Thank you for purchasing item from my aliexpress shop and sorry to bother you.
But we are very sorry for the sharply increased shipping fee in the market.
How about pay for the extra 2.5 dollars for the increased shipping fee?
If you agree, you can pay to our account
###@hotmail.com
After payment please tell us the paypal transaction id
If you don’t agree, pls help to cancel this order with “other reasons”
Thank you.
                          ------------------------------------
(Same seller as above, new excuses 2 days later)

Dear friend, Thank you for purchasing item from my Aliexpress shop. We noticed the cost of the product
 you ordered has gone up And the price increase of our shipping channels
Do you agree to pay 2.5 dollars for the shipping fee? If you agree, you can pay to our Pay-Pal account :
####@hotmail.com, After payment, please tell us the Pay-pal transaction ID, and send a screenshot of the payment details here,

If you don’t agree to pay, pls help to cancel this order with “other reasons” ,we will full refund soon,Thank you.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear customer ,
The system shows that the item not pass the quality check .
Could you please kindly cancel the order and choose the reason "other "?
We will value our customer to cancel the order if the item not pass the quality testing .Please rest assured,
we won’t ship the item that not pass the quality testing.
Could you please understand ? The payment will back to you in 7-20 days.
We are sorry for this issue.
We have contacted our supplier for this issue.
Thank you for your understanding.
Hope you have a nice day.
Best Wishes
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear, the product you ordered is a loss order, you need to pay 1.3 USD to deliver the goods, please check
whether you pay the freight or cancel the order
Make up for this
Dear, we got the lowest price for the Double 11 event, so we will lose money
If you are not willing to pay the freight, you can cancel the order, because it cannot be sent out without paying the freight.
You can cancel the order.
Dear, because it is a loss order, you can't deliver the goods if you are not willing to pay the freight
You can cancel the order.
If you are not willing to pay the freight, you can cancel the order.
We will refund you immediately
Dear, you can't send the goods without paying the freight
Dear, if you do not pay the freight, the goods cannot be sent out and you cannot receive the goods.
You can choose to cancel the order and go to other stores to have a look.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello, dear friend,
Thank you for your orders and support on the store, we are happy work for you.
Due to the COVID-19 situation, many international shipping lines were closed. We have to exchange other
 available shipping lines, but unfortunately the shipping fee increased at present. In this case, we are totally
 lose much money and even the shipping cost higher than goods.
So would you like to pay extra 3 USD shipping fee for this goods?
Please open this link to pay shipping fee
[url]https://www.aliexpress.com/item/########################.html[/url]
if you want to cancel the order,could you please cancel this order and choose the reason "other reason " or
 “the buyer don't want it ",it is easier to get the refund，this means a lot to us. sorry again for the
 inconvenience. thank you in advance and waiting for your reply. Best regards.
could you reply to me ASAP? Our current inventory is sufficient. I can ship it to you ASAP. You can also receive
 the package as soon as possible. Pay attention to safety during the epidemic.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear friend, we are very sorry, we have received a notice, this batch of goods will not be delivered on time
I can't deliver the goods, I can only ask you to cancel the order, and I will pay you back soon

Please kindly use "other reasons" to cancel the order, please
Sorry again
Best regards
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thank you for ordering from our store. Due to the high cost of international logistics and transportation,
This week, the price of each logistics has risen, by 3-4 US dollars. The logistics cost we can bear has
exceeded the range. We hope you can pay us 2 dollar more for shipping so that we can afford its
 international shipping costs. If you are willing to pay the excess freight, we are happy to deliver high-quality
 goods to your hands, but if we can't reach an agreement, please cancel the order as soon as possible, we
 will return the original amount, hope you can understand and trust us. (Note: I am a human customer
service, not a liar. We will send the same replenishment message to customers who have exceeded the
shipping fee every day. If you have any questions, please contact us) If you need to make up the payment,
 please pay the additional shipping cost through the following link:   
[url]https://www.aliexpress.com/item/##############.html?spm=5261.ProductManageOnline.0.0.2ef44edfcouBgB------------------------[/url]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear friend
really sorry  for the inconvenience caused
since the  freight to your country has  raised, we have a  big loss for this order
dear if you don't want to pay the extra fee, you can  apply to cancel the  order with the reason to ""the other reasons""
then we  can  accept it at once and full refund you
thank you
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Wow that's crazy!

[mc172]

I'm interested in a Uni-T UT207B ( https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002049047084.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.233a3c009NHhff&mp=1 ) clamp meter. The large display and features seem nice for the price. I have a UT210e, but the small display and very short backlight timer had me in a pinch the other day when I used it. The UT207B inrush function is a nice, I can use it check how much amps the stuff I have medium-powered motors chug to get a proper circuit breaker.

There is no real discount whatsoever.
https://www.pricearchive.org/aliexpress.com/item/1005002049047084 (price is tracked for the cheapest item listed)

I went and had a look out of curiosity. 

[thm_w]

Make that 9 orders out of 29. Just got another refusal to ship.

On the $28 item (and a few others) I actually did pick the much higher feedback seller and paid $2 more than the lower one to ensure I got a better seller.   It was about 5-10% issues before 11/11.  Now it's surpassed 30%.

Here's the variances in the text many like to send. You can find the "alternate store fronts" when the messages are literally copy and paste too.

Are you able to link the item in question? What shipping method are you selecting?
I've never had this issue, but, it definitely does happen a lot.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Aliexpress/comments/hlk157/common_scams_on_aliexpress_and_how_to_avoid_them/
"Just wait and don’t communicate with the seller."