Trouble with Aliexpress.

[Steviedean]

I don't know where this question belongs BUT;
Has anyone in the USA noticed that Aliexpress webpage is/has more Chinese than English verbage? I ordered a few things on January 30th, 2025 that have not been delivered and I can't navigate the page to find the info I'm looking for. I also ordered a few items in early February - all those items arrived two days ago.
Something changed on their site about two weeks ago, has anyone else noticed this or had problems with the site??
The saving grace is I paid through PayPal and ill pursue the issue with them.
Just wondering.
Steve

 

[seadeep]

Nope.... not seeing that at all. Do you have an account on the site you log into, or do you do all your purchases as "guest"?

In the attached image, the arrow points to the section where you define your language preferences. If you use an account that choice is retained. If you use "guest" it may get lost or reset. I'm wondering if that's what you're experiencing?

 

[Joone1]

Hy Steviedien,
Ali Express is the Chinese eBay!
there are often delivery delays, no problem to recover the parcels in the end. You have to be patient, so especially pay with Paypal in case of problem, it's better.
Once, I placed an order for the HMS Enterprise 1/48 and the Bellona 1/48, the seller never delivered to me, after going to report the problem to Paypal, the 2 boats were fully refunded.
Good luck for event

 

[Bob sav]

Ali Express is the motherland for any tiny bits and pieces for model building. The problem is it's impossible to do a intelligent search for any thing. These suppliers are the one that most " kits" get their fittings from. I've found the exact same search phase will bring up totally random results from day to day. Even when you try to save a page, you come back the next day and it's gone. Shipping is slow but deals can be had.

 

[Dematosdg]

Guys, remember that all these Chinese companies can't use USPS now. My wife bought some art supplies from Temu. The shipment had an USPS tracking # but at some point was transferred to UPS and a new tracking # was provided. With Temu, my wife's order went all fine, but others, like Aliexpress, etc, could have issues. Just guessing.

Cheers
Daniel

 

[Alan Smith]

The language problem is not uncommon with AliExpress - even though I have signed in and set my language preferences (more than once) the site seems to think I am a Dutchman.

 

[Steviedean]

Yeah,
I found that country/ language thingy last night. Funny how I got it back to English and another $48 plus left me....
Thank you!

 

[Bob sav]

Ali Express is the motherland for any tiny bits and pieces for model building. The problem is it's impossible to do a intelligent search for any thing. These suppliers are the one that most " kits" get their fittings from. I've found the exact same search phase will bring up totally random results from day to day. Even when you try to save a page, you come back the next day and it's gone. Shipping is slow but deals can

Guys, remember that all these Chinese companies can't use USPS now. My wife bought some art supplies from Temu. The shipment had an USPS tracking # but at some point was transferred to UPS and a new tracking # was provided. With Temu, my wife's order went all fine, but others, like Aliexpress, etc, could have issues. Just guessing.

Cheers
Daniel

My Aliexpress never came USPS. It's has always been delivered by someone in a private auto. This is to both Mid-Florida and the Boston area.