Aliexpress has become a Jungle
I purchased some items from a seller recommended by Aliexpress, and since the listings were low, I bought about ten items. Since the seller wasn't responding and hadn't shipped anything after five days, I checked the seller's profile, which revealed he had 100,000 sales in about 15 days. At this point, I contacted Aliexpress support and pointed out that the seller was most likely a scammer. They told me not to worry because my sales were safe. So I did some research and discovered that Aliexpress sellers receive a portion of the sales immediately, while the platform keeps a portion, this way they can scam a lot of buyers, conscious that mostly of them maybe don't request even a refund because of the low amount or maybe because they forget to do it so it's a win win for both the seller and Aliexpress. This behavior by some scammers leads them to steal a lot of money and then close the store. How does Aliexpress reacts to those behaviours? Doing nothing... Over a month ago, I bought a sewing machine, and after 12 days, nothing had been shipped. I reported it, the deadline expired, and so I was refunded because of my request. Despite this, the seller continues to "sell" without Aliexpress having taken any action. Reports that they make you believe they will be successful, they HAVE NO EFFECT instead, so altruistic buyers are forced to write that the seller is dishonest by simply writing in the "QUESTIONS" section of the listing. For now, it's something that can be useful, but who knows when AliExpress will remove this option. In short, I recommend being very, very careful about what you buy and where.
Reply from AliExpress