AliExpress Shopping App 12+

Though you are chatting with AI not first… then a real person will take over. With patience, you will be given a list of options, they won’t suggest which option you should take but when you choose a specific option, they will give friendly advice & remind you your statutory rights & help you even refund a defective or wrong information provided by the seller. Remember there are many sellers on this app… not all are honest but in my experience most a good if you do buy devices or things that’s too good to be true… basically some devices are over priced but we are living in 2024 & a world band radio will be costly… if you know how the goods ones(brand wise) in the past(80s&90s) only to be rebrand with Chinese company with good semiconductor & smaller refine pcb boards… I guess they bought the whole manufacturing cast & dies from them at a fractional cost… then they integrate with their refine design… I guess this is what we call reverse engineering but the original brand owner is not operating or manufacturing today this particular device…(world band receiver) I am heavily into ham & radio is my passion. We in the ham are always prepare to operate our own intranet & internet network during emergency… yeah one of needs access to satellite so the we still have a gateway if the government shutdown the all the border gateway routers…

Ali Express is a wonderful site, full of items that are hard to get hold of anywhere else. Their support is excellent, the sellers are diligent and honest and the value is nearly always unbeatable. The app itself is simple to use and the only thing I’d change is the search; whereas the website allows you to search unhindered, the app projects your former searches within your current search, so if you were looking for a Tamagotchi earlier and are now looking for earrings it can get a little confusing! Fixing that would make it a 5⭐️app, imho but in terms of mobile experience it’s probably a lot easier to use the app if you’re searching on a phone. I❤️Ali!🥰
Update: Ali Express is still amazing and…despite those of us now having to pay tax due to Brex5h1t…it’s still way cheaper than Temu and all the copycats springing up. Some good news is that the shipping is way faster than it used to be thanks to Ali’s Global Shipping program which offers exceptionally good AND FREE tracked shipping over £8 from participating stores. I’m still a fan after years of use, the slightest problem has always been dealt with by instant refunds from superb customer service and the products are a tiny percentage of what you’d pay for the exact same thing elsewhere. Highest recommendation from a very happy Ali customer.😊👍

I have purchased several items from this site, and it is in fact now the only place I buy my fountain pens from (I use fountain pens for writing, calligraphy and drawing so I have a large collection of them), as I have purchased pens from UK retailers priced in the £10-£30 range that are out performed by pens from AliExpress that literally cost e £1.31 including shipping (and no that decimal is not in the wrong place!) Literally the only con I can find to using this site is the extended delivery times (on average items take 2-8 weeks to arrive), but shipping is usually free and the item is coming from china. I have no issue waiting for my items to arrive as the wait is worth the money saved and the quality of the items (Please keep in mind I have very little experience buying anything other than fountain pens).
If you are unsure, I would recommend that you purchase a cheap item as a trial run and see how you get on, i did and I have been using the site now for over a year and have many happy transactions under my belt with literally zero issues (so far - touch wood - I don’t want to jinx myself lol). So in short, buy something cheap to try it, with thousands of items for a £1 and under with free shipping what have you got to lose? Apart from a pound of course, but you’ll lose more than that down the back of your sofa!!!