General Aliexpress discussions

[Vixien]

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.

[essanym]

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."

[madjack]

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

[unicast]

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.

[unicast]

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.

[Max515]

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.