Recent content by josh-ct

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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    @Jet-Fighter7700 AliExpress Standard Shipping these days means that they'll air-freight it and then a logistics company will do the customs processing and delivery to your door. I just got scammed by Meili Logistics again. Bought some RAM for R750 (+R96 shipping) and have now been charged 52%...
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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    Thanks bud. Not looking good on 17-track. After I posted above yesterday I contacted AliExpress Live support. Asked to speak to a human. Asked them to escallate. Received escallated response email: Surprise surprise, their only solution ever it seems, they asked me to submit a request for...
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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    My last 2 parcels I ordered ages ago on Nov 27th. And they've been stuck in hell. So it's made me hold off ordering any more stuff until they arrive. I pray for the day that China takes over our government.
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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    My motherboards arrived safely. They're new and as described. (not tested yet) Once I've tested them, assuming that they work, I'll do a bank chargeback for the incorrect charges. According to Grok, requesting a chargeback should be low risk. #### Will a Chargeback Impact Future Meili/SpeedAF...
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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    Grok said many people had success with bank chargeback. But AI makes stuff up. So we will see. Dad jokes incoming I was going to say that South Africans have PTSD over this stuff. Then I thought it's not Post Traumatic Stress Disorder because Post means the trauma is finished. Unless post just...
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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    Considering the SAPO used one of my AE motherboards as a trampoline... things could be worse. https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/current-state-of-the-south-african-post-office.1316286/
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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    💀 After seeing @Pegging's experience I decided it's time to take a different approach. This is not the end. Worst case scenario they successfully scammed me for the last time and I'll use Aramex Global Shopper going forward. Best case I get my money back. But it's not worth losing my package...
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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    Yes I was able to rationalize it that way. I recently bought some computer parts for R1350 or whatever with Free shipping using AliExpress standard. And I paid SpeedFL|CK around R425 or whatever. And I was able to rationalize it because it was around 30% of the price that I paid. So I was like...
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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    Their consistently wildly inflated billing, is the reason why their billing is deceptive. If it was only vague and mostly accurate you could say it's just sloppy. But the pattern is undeniable. Where there's smoke, there's fire. No bro. I'd say it's best to use Aramex Global Shopper, who are...
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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    I think the long-term solution is to use Aramex global shopper. When I tried installing their Android app years ago, their app was totally broken. You deliver stuff to Aramex facility in whatever country you shop online in. Aramex clears stuff through customs and they are not scammers.
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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    They are in my opinion committing fraud: * Defrauding the customer with false inflated tax liabilitity * Defrauding the customer, no proper invoice * Defrauding SARS, they are not paying all the "VAT and import duties" to SARS
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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    The VAT and import duties that they want to charge is is more than 5X the correct amount. This has been a huge waste of time. If it doesn't work out I'm not going to buy anything from AliExpress again if I can get it anywhere else. Even if it costs a lot more elsewhere. I'd rather some seller...
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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    None of their bullsh|t makes any sense. Even if it wasn't all an absolute lie. They said `The supplier has provided the necessary details for customs clearance, and we have based the clearance process on this information.` FL|CK these lying scum.
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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    I got a reply from SpeedAF I replied Even if their nonsense story was true. (what a crock of sh|t) they should only be charging VAT and that would be less than 1/3 of what they have attempted to charge me. So their explanation doesn't make sense. I have made another attempt at reasoning...
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    Ordering off Aliexpress? Advice?

    Since contacting AliExpress Last night: SpeedAF sent me whatsapp messages last night from a new WhatsApp number. Old SpeedAF WhatsApp from: +27-66-456-2613 (I sent them info) New SpeedAF WhatsApp from: +27-63-647-3850 (I sent them info) Latest WhatsApp in email: +27-71-875-2397 (I sent them...
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