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smallerfishyesterday at 7:41 PM3 repliesview on HN

AliExpress is less shady. If only they had customer service and a decent UI.


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OJFordyesterday at 11:34 PM

If only they would sort out their language / shipping country / currency model and make it so I can actually select what I want rather than their wrong assumption.

(And that's me having that problem in English / England / GBP, not a weird combination.)

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jonhohleyesterday at 7:56 PM

I recently dealt with a merchant in Aliexpress who was intentionally selling things well below market price, not to build their storefront reputation, but to collect sales and then ask the customer to cancel. I forced them to cancel the order, which harms their rep.

Literally every unmanaged, user content controlled platform devolves into the basest scams, thuggery, and unpleasantness. This is why we can’t have nice things.

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victorbjorklundyesterday at 8:42 PM

I only had good experiences with the customer service. Do they wanna have long conversations? Nope. But they are quick to just give you a refund.

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