I was reading that Aliexpress and Alibaba are quite different. Alibaba is more of a B2B site, not an ecommerce site. Apparently it is more or less expected to communicate with the seller to get pricing etc.
On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM Brad Grier <[email protected]> wrote: > The mrs. just received some craft/ink stuff from Temu -- ordered Feb. > 9th and arrived today. Was shipped from Vancouver (warehouse? > Importer??) to Edmonton in 8 days. Pricing much better than other online. > > I used to shy away from them due to the App-only purchase experience was > bad, but they've made the web order better. > > What John said below about the image and SKU switching. AliExpress does > the same thing. In the search results you'll see a thing with a > silly-cheap price. Click it, then check the size/colour/quantity when it > loads and then the actual item shows with it's actual price. > > --Brad > > On 2025-02-17 14:25, John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > > I've had excellent experiences with Aliexpress, Banggood, Temu. Temu > > stuff can be a little too cheap. > > Most of the stuff I've bought has been 3d printer stuff and woodworking > > tools. > > > > Most of the stuff I've bought I didn't have to work out any deal. I > > guess it depends on what you're > > getting and if you can buy in quantity. I'm only buying one of things. > > Sometimes they have stuff not > > on the site and talking to them helps me find it. Like I wanted a > > license plate fender mount for my > > motorcycle and the seller had it but wasn't advertising it. It can take > > some back and forth > > to figure out due to language barrier. > > > > You have to be careful about the "colors" / SKU. When you click on an ad > > the price can look > > low versus the picture. But the ads seem to mix a picture of a higher > > SKU with price for the lowest > > SKU. It's deceptive but once you're aware of it it's not a big deal. > > > > I don't know about shipping to Canada. It's been fabulous to USA/ > > California as these > > low dollar items through USPS avoid tariff, but it looks like that's > > about to change completely, and > > that's all I think we should say here about that. > > > > I've never sent anything back and it's probably a hassle. Most of the > > stuff is cheap enough that if I don't like > > it I would probably just throw it in the trash. > > > > -- John. > > > >
