Alli Express

[detec52]

Has anyone purchased from the said shop, seems very cheap for batteries ect I take it this place is in China? So would there be tax ect to add. Anyone?

 

[Woosh]

Taxes are added at the checkout stage.

 

[thelarkbox]

Yeah, caution and skepticism are best practiced when shopping via aliexpress. you will get charged vat etc but its unlikely to find its way into hmrc hands. but you can save a few quid .
The sellers can be in china, russia, and other places you may not want to send money too.
And if its priced like a fake it IS A FAKE, and dont trust batteries from there even rechargable cycle lights will probably run out of juice half way down the rd, mine do.. tho the £2.31 pannier bags are still going strong not even a zip failure (yet)
for example if an aliexpress ad for a kt controller fails to state its a sine wave controller you can virtually guarantee its a cheaper square wave controller while more local suppliers may not even stock the square wave variety

 

[Az.]

False economy.

Battery I bought was dead on arrival. I bought from seller based in UK and it was replaced at no extra cost. Good luck with that if you buy directly from China.

I don't think AliExpress is a shop. It looks to me more like Amazon Marketplace.

 

[Nealh]

Aliexpress is a giant market place , it is the retail site of the Alibaba group.
Post a link to any battery one is considering to get the low down and views from the forum.

 

[saneagle]

Generally, it's OK and a good source of cheap stuff. I buy loads of things from there. The listing says if taxes are included if they are, which is now many of the items. If it says shipped from China and no mention of taxes, then you might get a bill when it arrives in the UK, but generally only if you paid something like more than £100. Small items, like controllers never get taxed. batteries often do, but not always.

Use Aliexpress if you can't get the item from Ebay. Often the Ebay price is the same, but taxes are already paid, so no hassle.

 

[Peter.Bridge]

Bought a few things off AliExpress - battery mount, hydraulic brakes, tools, Bafang rear hub kit (came from Poland but was significantly cheaper than ebay)- all been fine so far - no duty to pay so far. Try to use trusted retailers, topbikekit, greenergy etc where I can

 

[guerney]

75% of my AliExpress purchases arrived not as described

This is 12-24V, not 12-80V. I failed to get refunded by Paypal.

Auxiliary Motorcycle Headlights 12Chips 12-80V Flasher Front Additional Spotlights Led Lights Faros Moto Farol Fog Light Lenses - AliExpress 201355758

Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com

www.aliexpress.com

Instead of leather earpads, I received velour. No response from the seller.

Replacement Ear Pads For Sennheiser RS130 RS140 HDR 130 140 Headphone Headset EarPads Cushion - AliExpress 44

Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com

www.aliexpress.com

They sent me the wrong switch:

LMoDri Waterproof Motorcycle ATV 22mm Handlebar Double Control On-Off-On Button Switch Headlight Hazard Brake Fog Light CNC - AliExpress 201355758

Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com

www.aliexpress.com

This is ok.

Linkbest Headlight LED Bicycle Light StVZO Approved Cree Led 70 Lux Near Range Beam Mountainbike Ebike Lamp Running Light - AliExpress

Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com

www.aliexpress.com

I'm awaiting two more items, ordered because they're unavailable on ebay. With it's 75% failure rate thus far, I will probably never buy something as important as a battery from AliExpress.

 

[Nealh]

One can get some quite good prices on Ali Exp, though one may have to hunt for them amongst the many 10's of sellers.
I was after an eyepiece for my telescope , the UK price was £89 from most of the usual optical sellers. I procurred a new one for £57 delivered via Ali Exp.

 

[detec52]

Thank-you for all your replies think I will stick with UK ect.

 

[portals]

AliExpress is OK for some things IMHO, for example I have bought quite a few spares for my CR6-SE 3D printer, most recently full hotend spares for £25, crazy cheap (bought two), at least 50% cheaper than most other sources.

 

[guerney]

I recall @billyboya's AliExpress bought battery, which may well have coped for a longer period of time on a less demanding bike... but his eRider moped killed it quite quickly, and he never got a refund.

https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/bad-battery-from-aliexpress-com.43913/

 

[portals]

Like I said AliExpress is OK for some things.

I would buy a hub kit after researching but never a battery.