I just checked original but now discarded bearings from ICAN wheelset - they are Fushi branded too.

Those Choice Day sales are getting better too. After my LTwoo ER9 order was botched, the next day Choice sale started and after coupons it was only $20 or something more than Anniversary sale price.

The rim brake version is back on with free shipping to USA. Rates have increased though. Not sure what's going on there.

Has anyone written the 2 sellers and asked why they can't/wont sell to customers in the USA?  Since one of them sold one to me, perhaps they can be convinced to ship to the USA.

I did to one, they didn't say why they cannot ship but if one really wants it they will send it. The reply from seller:

If you need it? We can send it to you via a special link.

I have asked for that special link but yet to hear back. Something tells me its not going to be Aliexpress product link, lets see.

Personally, using PayPal I almost never had a problem. Just got a bunch of orders in yesterday as well as quite a few during Anniversary sale. Smooth sailing every time.

Only time I had issue was sometime in 2022 when an item went out of stock as soon as the page went to PayPal. Payment kept failing without proper message. After a few minutes I refreshed the cart and one of the items moved down to "unavailable" section in the cart. I think back then the app wasn't handling such cases particularly well. Once the item moved out of its way, payment went through.

Pink Coomas https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803239934707.html

I think gold are better though.

They work like any other wheel to be honest. I wouldn't buy them again as they do not provide any benefit okz there is one, spoke breakage is unlikely on the road, and no need to true the wheels). With these in particular (beskardi), there are two minor annoying things:

The pawls are very very small and the spring system so weak it is not up to the task, to the point that they require regular cleaning, relubing and re-tensioning, otherwise they start to slip. And second, both wheels came with a very annoying and noticeable play, and had to install two shims to remove it. Costing me something around 800€, I classify this as a very poorly chosen design a low performance/cost ratio, so I would not recommend them.

Thanks for honest review. Elite has similar model but don't think it sells well (or sells at all?). Other advantage that I can see is easier to clean but not that it matters much.

I wouldn’t lose sleep over this. Maybe the parcel got damaged or wasn’t properly packed. Good thing it happened in China still. Shouldn’t be too hard for the seller to sort it out. Did you order it with batteries? Customs issue maybe?

Yes, without box and without battery version from their own official store. After reading boxof13's reply I got curious and started a chat with customer care. Their response -

unfortunately it has been returned back to sender and on further inspection it seems the reason is "non-permitted items - batteries".

So I asked if sender can resend the package, reply -

"No. Again, unfortunately Aliexpress has no system for reshipment of a package. I am buyer of Aliexpress too and this has happened with me before. The only option is to request for refund. Since you cannot request a refund I will start a refund dispute on your behalf"

. Not wanting to let go I asked if I should ask the seller directly, reply

"You can try but best option would be refund as any reshipment process will be outside of Aliexpress if the seller agrees".

So yeah that's it. They have started refund. To be frank I am pleasantly surprised at this particular service rep's responses.

Did you buy the eR9 from LTWOO Official Store and you're in the US? I had this issue twice and ended up not getting the eR9 (my third). I was told it was because restricted item (battery), even though I ordered one without battery, so customs don't allow for shipment. It's a bummer. I was recommended to buy from other sellers to avoid this issue. It's kind of odd, since my first eR9 was from this store, though it was before they became AE Choice seller. Being shipped by Choice may have something to do with it.

You are right. This is exactly what happened and I am in US, ordered it from LTW official store the no battery or box version. My guess at this point is that they forgot to remove those CR2032 batteries from the shifters? Sent multiple messages to LTW but they don't reply. I should have known because they have never replied to any of my messages earlier too.
Man this is surely is a bummer. I didn't even need the group and now I am unreasonably mad.