Apparently AliExpress are doing an almost month-long series of sales:
1 Nov - 7 Nov: Choice Day sales
11 Nov - 17 Nov: Singles Day sales
end of Nov: Black Friday / Cyber Monday sales
I've read on reddit that the Singles Day sales are supposed to be the biggest of the year, i.e. bigger than Black Friday / Cyber Monday, or Boxing Day. Good timing for me, as I have a bunch of parts to buy and for a range of them they seem to be already much cheaper from Ali Express, without the further sale discounts.
Any Ozbargainers take advantage of these sales last year for pc components? Got any tips? Warnings?
I've already noticed there's some odd behaviour with the way they charge GST - currently you're charged GST on the full price, even if you actually pay much less due to discounts / coupons. Apparently they have an Australian team looking into it, but very skeptical of anything changing this side of the sales. At least the commercial entity you pay as an Australian is a Melbourne-based ABN so can always chase them directly for any GST overcharge refund.
AliExpress for PC components, hard pass.