General Aliexpress discussions

I tried to order off of Aliexpress once and they wanted me to send them photos of my ID or my bank cards so I canceled and never tried again.  I often find things I would like to have there but I would prefer not to have to send my ID to China.  Has anyone else, here, been asked to show ID?  Is it safe?

I am going to look at the sale, however.

Never happend happend to me. However I have a  "good record". 
I'm not saying yours is not good.

I tried to order off of Aliexpress once and they wanted me to send them photos of my ID or my bank cards so I canceled and never tried again.

What???? Ah... I think I saw this warning once when tried to pay for too many items at once. 1,2 or 3 by one is OK until you have a good history record. Also, now you can pay with Paypal.

I tried to buy 2 items.  I had never bought anything through this site before so no history.  I did not see the paypal link that day but I will try again and look for it.  Thanks

[Like Ra]

I really hate when Chinese sites advertise non-latex items as latex.  Who do they think they're fooling, lol

They are not fooling anyone, they simply do not care. I read quite a few funny stories about it. E.g. the famous one about the terracotta warriors - instead of the really ancient warriors they sent freshly made ones to a German museum. When the Germans discovered that, the Chinese said: "how come they are not genuine? They are made here, using the same technology like thousands of years ago, and they look the same."

Ohhh…. much excitement!

Both my purchases have aeady arrived and look great, I've even had a very quick play with one of them and it feels very nice.

They arrived very quickly (within 2 weeks) which for the price I payed is very impressive.

Stand by for some in-depth reviews when I get time 'home alone' to properly test out my new items

MJ

But it is too late now. European VAT & fees for custom declarations starting 1st July, in less than six weeks. If you lucky you can get it but maybe also not.

[Like Ra]

European VAT & fees for custom declarations starting 1st July

What will be changed?

And you can ask the sellers to declare a lower value.

European VAT & fees for custom declarations starting 1st July

What will be changed?

And you can ask the sellers to declare a lower value.

Any VAT exeption will be waived and everything should be declared, which is usualy a paid service. So if you order anything for $1 you pay few cents VAT and from 3 to 8 euros for declaration to the spedition or post provider.

[Like Ra]

For which country? In NL you do not have to pay or declare anything, if the value is lower than 20 euros.

Applies to all EU countries.

But I read somewhere that there is a new option for marketplaces (such as Ebay, Aliexpress) to include the VAT in the price paid by the buyer and pay it back to the country of the buyer.

[Like Ra]

Again, there is a non-taxable amount. Or you can buy from a warehouse in Spain, France, Germany, etc. No taxes.