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Got slightly overexcited over some of the deals on aliexpress and bought a radio. It was only about $30 cheaper, and more with coupons. I was a little apprehensive but the seller marked it as sent very quickly. Usually when ive had problems they say the item is not in stock and I knew that was a possibility.
I kept checking tracking, it was sent with fedex and was moving very fast. Then last night it shows as delivered, to a completely differtrent state, at first thought a different country as I'd never heard of ACACIA RIDGE AU.
Seller won't reply, and now I see countless new feedback saying the same thing. Its also hard to get money back, as aliexpress give only the option to show screenshots, not any text.The parcel should have been under about 300g, but this one is 3.4kg.
The scam appears to be from reading online, relying on the fact people forget about what they buy, and it will time out and hard to do anything about. Aliexpress seems to side with sellers in this case and they show fake information. Sellers can offer a resolution, and you can accidentally click accept, and its for less money, so can see why this would be worthwile.
Has anyone got any experience with cases like this and fighting it? Its the first time, ive had a few items arrive a little damaged, or wrong item but never sent to a wrong address and that was cheap items. I hope if it fails with aliexpress, I still have credit card company, and paypal, and found the card company to be good. Ive copied all evidence I could.
Its a pity because Aliexpress is a great site, just has so many drawbacks, which is making me wonder about ordering again. Ive been buying since 2013 with few issues.
AliExpress and Temu. I wouldn't trust either.