Author Topic: Interesting Chat with a vendor  (Read 7311 times)

dancon

Interesting Chat with a vendor
« on: May 31, 2026, 02:10:25 PM »
So. I wanted to send both chains back but Aliexpress proposed a 20€ discount. So i kept the black one and still sent away the oilslick one.
After that i got a beautiful message from the vendor :D

Ada

Re: Interesting Chat with a vendor
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2026, 10:47:36 PM »
Why did he yell at you? Did you have a conflict before this?

Bender87

Re: Interesting Chat with a vendor
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2026, 12:09:58 AM »
The last time I send something back for like 80€, the seller contacted me and begged that I can send it back to him directly and get my money back over PayPal etc. But when I would send it back via the AliX process, the item will be destroyed and he don't get any money from it. Sounds like AliX is forcing the sellers to have always happy customers, otherwise they get shit...

Anyway, private shipping would be 16€ and the seller was very vague about paying for the shipping or not.

crazyravr

Re: Interesting Chat with a vendor
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2026, 08:01:41 AM »
Simple search and also my experience. The items get trashed typically and the seller gets nothing.

When you return an item to AliExpress, it is routed to a local return processing facility or local Cainiao warehouse rather than shipped back to the original seller in China.Once the warehouse receives and verifies the item is in its original, unopened condition, your refund is issued. However, because international return shipping is costly, what happens next to the returned inventory is highly practical:Liquidation Pallets: Many returned items are bundled and sold off in bulk to third-party liquidators. These are often resold in secondary markets, on platforms like eBay, or at local swap meets.Disposal / Destruction: For extremely low-cost items, highly specialized goods, or things that are broken, it is cheaper for the company to discard or destroy the returned inventory rather than process, store, and ship it again.Restocking: Only in specific instances of brand-new, high-value, or easy-to-resell merchandise do items get reintegrated into active warehouse stock.

Serge_K

Re: Interesting Chat with a vendor
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2026, 08:54:46 AM »
"returns" is an entire industry. There's plenty of youtube content of people buying pallets of stuff. Returns is part of the cost of doing business, has always been, physical or digital business.
You should report the guy insulting you, it's unacceptable.
Some people will invariably scam / abuse the return system.
Also, chinese sellers are notorious for quality fade and other scams.
It's why the platform you buy from is important. When you're on AliX, Alibaba looks at you as lifetime customer value. If they piss you off and you never come back, they miss on potentially hundreds of transactions. Meanwhile most of the time, people don't return stuff frivolously. If return terms are too lenient, then people buy more stuff because they know it's super easy to return stuff they don't like. There's a tradeoff somewhere.
Years ago, buying on AliX anything but very cheap garbage didn't make sense because you didn't know what you'd get, and you knew you couldn't return it, so every time you clicked buy, you knew the money was gone, and all you could do is hope for the best. The platform has matured a great deal since then.

I would report that seller, if they dont want to sell to the west, they can stick to taobao.