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Ali Express
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 9:12 pm
by percy1510
Evening guys.
Just wondering if anyone on here has ever ordered from AliExpress they have insane prices. Is it too good to be true?
They are offering a tk6 main board with remote and full set of wiring for £6
Re: Ali Express
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 9:35 pm
by Jimster
I’ve ordered from them and I don’t remember any unpleasant experiences.
Re: Ali Express
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 10:03 pm
by percy1510
Just ordered a tk6.1 controller/ main board/wiring/speaker and smoke unit for less than a fiver. Thought I’d give it a go. Sounds too good to be true but if it is it’s only cost me a fiver so got to be worth a go
Re: Ali Express
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 10:58 pm
by ColemanCollector
Can you post a link to the sale?
I use Aliexpress all of the time, but they have a habit of using ads where there's a selection of items for sale and the picture they use isn't the same as the price they show. Check this ad out:

- Screenshot_20240909_175250_AliExpress.jpg (566.41 KiB) Viewed 1226 times
Looks like metal tracks for $12.58. Score! Nope. Click on the "color" section in the ad and a bunch of rc tank items come up. The 12.58 is for a bb shooting plastic part, the metal tracks are $82!
Mike.
Re: Ali Express
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 10:59 pm
by Model Builder 4
Hi Percy,
Aliexpress is a reputable market place and like jimster I've never had a bad experience with them.
I believe that what you have ordered is only part of the tk6.1 set though, the main sales picture may show the whole set but there are multiple boxes below that which show the parts individually, I have just checked on there for similar items and the price that you paid may be for one of the auxiliary cables or the like, if you click on the box with the full setup it jumps to like £90

confusing I know but when you use them regularly you get used to it, sorry to burst your bubble but I would still be interested in what you actually receive, if you look at your purchased items it should show a little picture of what you actually ordered
Ps, Mike beat me to it with a similar explanation while I was typing my response
Cheers, Lee.
Re: Ali Express
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 11:06 pm
by ColemanCollector
Aliexpress is great with refunds and cancelling recently placed orders if needed.
Mike.
Re: Ali Express
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 11:15 pm
by Jofaur86

Hello, Jimster, has very well summarized the principle of sales at "Aliexpress", personally, I place quite a few orders from them without problems, and you have 90 days to return the item if you don't agree? it is true that you have to be wary, because the price displayed is always the cheapest of a set, but you can view it in the basket, before the pay box, there are also for certain items, several proposals, take a good look , and click each photo in the description, in order to avoid errors.
Re: Ali Express
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 11:17 pm
by Jofaur86

Sorry, I cited Jimster instead of Model-Builder4, and I apologize for that

Re: Ali Express
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 11:39 pm
by Jimster
Hell, I felt like a hero for a moment.
Re: Ali Express
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2024 12:41 am
by Son of a gun-ner
Jimster wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09, 2024 11:39 pm
Hell, I felt like a hero for a moment.
Was you wearing your underpants outside tights again?