How to cheat on AliExpress.com ?
Ramesh Kumar
Here to expose fake influencers and educate vulnerable people. Some one called me Influslayer! Fighting plagiarism. Believer of 'Nothing is impossible'. What I express here is personal & nothing to do with my Company.
You are a vendor. You can make money on Aliexpress very easily. Believe me.
You start selling some item. First use your skills and pricing policy to attract buyers. May be you can sell at lowest margin or even at some loss. Ask each one of them to leave positive feed back.
Now you are ready for the GAME.
If you have 100 orders, you can start cheating 5-6% people by either sending empty package or defective material to buyers outside your country.
Sending some junk material or non-working material or factory reject is better as the buyer can not say that he has not received material. And the buyer needs to pay for shipping to you, which makes it unviable for any buyer to send that useless material back to your country. Even by chance if he sends back, you may send a replacement either working or non-working material.
If you have guts, go ahead and send empty box like one supplier ( Store: LUCK STARE"S STORE, Store No.1680290 ) did to me.
Either way, many buyers who are cheated may do the following
# They lost money. They cry once and forget.
# Curse you and your family. But, it does not matter as you got your money!
#No one will return material as they are sure that you may send another inferior quality material.
# The buyer may file Dispute with aliexpress. Don't worry the redressal team may favour you as the buyer may not have any evidence to prove that the package is empty. No user will know how to provide evidence if cheated.
# Buyer will be so furious, they ignore to save evidence.
Now let me give suggestions to buyers of AliExpress.com
# Do not go by feedback rating of the supplier. It is not reliable. Many Chinese vendors ask/request/force you to give 5 * feedback. I will not be surprised if the supplier gives discount to make you give 5*.
# Don't forget to check all the feedback of 1 & 2. And even if one person 'cried' saying that he got empty package, avoid that vendor.
#Don't buy high value items unless you REALLY TRUST the supplier
# Once the package comes, strictly follow the below.
- Preferably open the package in the presence of the courier/postman, though I am not sure if any of these courier guys take any responsibility even to accept that the package is empty.
- Anyway, open the package and do not throw any part of the package.
- Keep all the packing material separately
- If you find material inside and not an empty box, scream once with happiness
- If there is material inside the package check if it is working that time. Scream and celebrate that you are not cheated, though sometimes this happiness is short-lived as this item may work just for few days to few months.
- If package is empty or material not working, follow Aliexpress comments ( which is sent to me by rejecting my appeal)
As you claimed that the parcel received is empty and the following evidence would be requested,
1. Please provide the picture(s) of the outer package if it is damaged or unsealed when it's delivered. Alternatively, you can also provide official damage report from the post office.
2. Picture of all the package or product received showing the exact weight(Including the outer package)
3. Clear photos of the shipping label on the parcel, which includes the tracking number and parcal weight.
4. Unpacking video would be preferred.
Notices:
Do not forge or modify the required evidence.
7. Contact the seller and leave a message, though you don't expect him to accept and refund. Never ask for a replacement. In my case, the supplier agreed to refund by mistake and I uploaded that as evidence to Aliexpress now and again praying that they will realise that the vendor does cheat.
8. Launch a dispute with Aliexpress and upload all the 'evidence'.
9. And pray that you get justice ( though your Gods may not have say with Chinese Gods).
10. For all practical purposes, write of that money. If you get it back, you are the luckiest person!
Conclusion:
Aliexpress now may be is like a casino. You can play the game. If you get your material, you enjoy. If you lose, think that you have learnt something on e-commerce and latest frauds, though you are a victim. Preferably do not buy.
If you buy, when opening every package received from aliexpress, have a Video recording on from opening to testing the items received ( if received). And Do not throw away any packing material. Preserve it !
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6 年I have also received an empty box of Amazefit pace watch ordered from Aliexpress. I have launched a dispute but I dont think I would be having so many proofs .... Feeling cheated. :((
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6 年Can anyone suggest me? I ordered RC toy on AliExpress few days ago. After some days I noticed in the add by seller there is descripency in the item description. At table form description it says toy with remote control & in descriptive package does not contain any electric hardware. I confirmed by sending message to seller the info & he says it is only toy model.while I am expecting it is remote control toy. I also contacted customer service. They assured me to extend all help.Also the open dispute option is not working in Mobile app. What should I do now?
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7 年I think you have been having bad luck with Aliexpress. I have been purchasing a lot there and if I had a problem, I have always gotten my money back. But, it is good to take precaution though.
Here to expose fake influencers and educate vulnerable people. Some one called me Influslayer! Fighting plagiarism. Believer of 'Nothing is impossible'. What I express here is personal & nothing to do with my Company.
7 年I am glad that you are benefitting most . All the best I too bought many times and had no issues. I can understand mistakes. But , nit cheating. The supplier called me a cheat! It is not acceptable. And Aliexpress first rejected as i did not show video proof of opening the package and to prove that there was no item in the packet. Are we supposed to video record every time we get something. I never did. If the vendor said it is a mistake and he apologised, I would not have bother. I would have simply thought i donated to some chinese. Cheating is not accepted.
I think you just had some bad luck and that you are too hard on AliExpress. I'm already at about 500 orders, ranging from $0,50 to up to $500 and only about 9-10 times had an annoying experience. I say "annoying" and not "bad", because even though some times there might be an issue, like a missing or broken item, in the end I ALWAYS (!) end up satisfied, on top of that, sometimes I order e.g. 5 pairs of socks and get one free, occasionally, I order 3500 electronic resistors or capacitors (for, let's say $7) and only get e.g. 3498 or 3503, but oh well, that's hardly worth mentioning. Errors and accidents can happen, wether it is the fault of the seller or not, but then I just open a conversation with the seller and explain the issue, we come to an agreement and I get refunded or they send me the missing item. If you cannot come to an agreement with the seller, you open a dispute and AliExpress staff will look at your case and decide on a refund, partial refund, etc. They eventually also see that you have e.g. 50 good orders and only 1 or 2 disputes, so they know you are not a fraud. I also use the AliPay service, a service similar to PayPal. They register the payment transaction, but only transfer the money from your card to the seller when you confirmed reception of the item or after a timeout of about 30-60 days for people who are too lazy to confirm. This, of course motivates the seller to get you satisfied as quick as possible. If after all that, you still feel ripped off, then you can just refuse the specific payment on your credit card (I never had to do that) with your banking instance, so your risk is as good as 0 !