Aliexpress 11.11 sales - which tools you grabbing? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: LeonR
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2021, 02:17:45 pm
content: I'm interested in a Uni-T UT207B (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002049047084.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.233a3c009NHhff&mp=1) clamp meter. The large display and features seem nice for the price. I have a UT210e, but the small display and very short backlight timer had me in a pinch the other day when I used it. The UT207B inrush function is a nice, I can use it check how much amps the stuff I have medium-powered motors chug to get a proper circuit breaker.

author: Andrew_Debbie
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2021, 03:35:20 pm
content: In my AliExpress cart:Cleqee fixed x10 300MHz 'scope probe.Uni-T laser range finderUni-T 611Uni-T 612Uni-T 681LDiligent Ant brand wireMeh. In past years, I put a ton of "bargains" in my cart and bought nothing.

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 10, 2021, 12:11:12 pm
content: NothingWhen you see the annual long pricing you will notice they inflate their selling prices to make you believe you're getting a good dealSame for Amazon and others ....Many price(s) have gone nuts, paid 250$ usd for an TNM-5000 programmer when they got out on the market, and now, check their pricing, made a huge mistake to sell it .............. crazy, wanted to buy a second one for my job

author: pcprogrammer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 10, 2021, 12:25:47 pm
content: You are right not to buy at the moment.Since the summer the prices went up like crazy. Going to wait until they drop to some more normal levelGot a nice stock of the little mcu boards and other stuff to keep me busy for a while

author: Adrian_Arg.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 10, 2021, 02:29:53 pm
content: Unit UT61E plus

author: TheBay
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 10, 2021, 06:46:57 pm
content: All the 11.11 prices are already on there, if you search for something you are interested in the price it will be on the 11.11 is displayed.I'm tempted by an Owon HDS272 to play with.

author: YurkshireLad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 10, 2021, 08:18:32 pm
content: I only need a signal generator, but even then, that's not a necessity at the moment. I could use a bigger selection of resistors and capacitors though. I haven't bought from aliexpress before, so I'm a bit wary.

author: Andrew_Debbie
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 11:44:36 am
content: I actually bought something. Yikes.Uni-T 622A for $138 + VAT or $165 including all taxes and shipping to the UK. 11.11 price and $20 in coupons.The 622A is a 99,999 count LCR meter with an advertised 0.1% accuracy. 100Hz to 10kHz test frequency. Does not have DC Resistance.If you need 100kHz, the 622C is $204.The 622C adds DCR and 100kHz for $279. Too expensive for an impulse buy.Flyer -->https://www.uni-trend.com/uploadfile/2021/0531/20210531085742370.pdf

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 11:47:20 am
content: Aliexpress 11.11 prices in most cases have a <5% discount from regular price. Regular price shown at the time is inflated.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 11:58:00 am
content: Quote from: LeonR on November 09, 2021, 02:17:45 pmThere is no real discount whatsoever.https://www.pricearchive.org/aliexpress.com/item/1005002049047084(price is tracked for the cheapest item listed)

author: TheBay
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 12:01:20 pm
content: This really annoys me, Amazon sellers do it on Black Friday or Prime day.Then eBay stores do it when there is a percentage off certain sellers day, they just hike their prices to work out the same when you add the discount.

author: Andrew_Debbie
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 01:06:46 pm
content: Quote from: wraper on November 11, 2021, 11:58:00 amLooking at Pricegrabber, the UT-161A I just bought was $162 before 11.11 and I paid $138 with the coupons.Unlike most 11.11 prices this is a real discount.The $138 price appears to be gone now. "Uni-T Official Store" had a limited number at that price.Most "Official Stores" on AE are just a brand name. The Uni-T onemaybe factory direct. It used to be linked from their web page.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 01:30:50 pm
content: Quote from: Andrew_Debbie on November 11, 2021, 01:06:46 pmUT161 what? 161A does not exist AFAIK. Or was it 622A? Which listing?

author: Andrew_Debbie
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 01:38:41 pm
content: Sorry 622A LCR meter --- The one that 'only' goes to 10kHz.

author: Andrew_Debbie
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 01:39:53 pm
content: This one -- >https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001616261167.html

author: Andrew_Debbie
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 01:42:47 pm
content: It was $158.50 - $10 AE coupon - $10 store coupon --$138.50 + VAT (UK tax)

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 01:48:04 pm
content: Quote from: Andrew_Debbie on November 11, 2021, 01:39:53 pmPrice remained the same for a few months. The only discount you got was from the coupon. So -36% shown in the listing is a complete BS.

author: TheBay
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 01:54:25 pm
content: On everything I try to buy "This item is not available, because the seller doesn't provide delivery to the shipping address you selected." It's a nightmare since they changed how VAT works.

author: AlexTee
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 01:56:16 pm
content: UT161E (certified version of UT61E plus) is on sale at:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003223302877.html?spm=a2g0o.placeorder.0.0.811c321e5QM90U&mp=1If you select shipping to USA with PayPal method, it comes down to about 58.50 USD with free shipping. Not a bad price for a certified meter.

author: Andrew_Debbie
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 02:18:31 pm
content: Quote from: wraper on November 11, 2021, 01:48:04 pmYes. The discount from the normal price was about 15%. This is with the coupons and the $4 off that was for a limited number of units.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 02:21:26 pm
content: Quote from: Andrew_Debbie on November 11, 2021, 02:18:31 pmMost likely there are similar store coupons available all of the time. So the only real 11.11 coupon was from Aliexpress itself.

author: TheBay
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 02:22:51 pm
content: Ended up ordering a OWON HDS272S for £130 delivered, did check price history and this seems an okay price inc VAT and Delivery.Here is a list of all the applicable promo codes for the "Tools and Meter" and "Project Tool Factory Store" Stores:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003482817780.html?

author: masterx81
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 03:01:30 pm
content: I'm pretty sure that the few days before 11/11 the prices were a bit higher on the things that i've checked. One thing that i'm sure (that today i've bought) was aroud 300eur (if i had bought it immediately that day), while today was at 270eur, plus 2 coupons arrived at 260eur. The full price shown today is totally off (more than 400eur!).Maybe the days before 11/11 they made the prices a bit higher?

author: pcprogrammer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 03:08:01 pm
content: On November the fifth, I bought this SD card for euro 2.58, today it costs euro 2.60, so what on salehttps://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005002798499198.html

author: Trader
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 04:30:26 pm
content: This 11-11 is a big SCAM. Last week I added several products to my cart, took a screenshot to comparing to today (11-11). Everything is much more expensive.They increased the shipping price A LOT, and they are Summing the shipping value (last week multiple items charged only 1 shipping).

author: masterx81
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 05:41:15 pm
content: Quote from: Trader on November 11, 2021, 04:30:26 pmActually only the first item have more shipping costs, the second item have same price, and last idem shipping is chaper.few days before the total was 8.12on 11-11 is 7.74

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 06:10:55 pm
content: I got a Xiaomi Mija screwdriver set.

author: Andrew_Debbie
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 06:29:40 pm
content: Quote from: wraper on November 11, 2021, 02:21:26 pmUni-T "official" store often has coupons but they are normally $3.00. I think I saved at least $15.00 over what I could have gotten in the past few months.This was an exception. Most 11.11 deals are a few cents at best.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 06:55:07 pm
content: Quote from: masterx81 on November 11, 2021, 05:41:15 pmAliexpress combines shipping these days. If you order a few things at the same time they put them all in a single bag and ship it really quickly. I've been getting stuff from China in under 10 days lately.

author: pcprogrammer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 07:37:01 pm
content: Quote from: Fungus on November 11, 2021, 06:55:07 pmNot all the time. I believe it depends on the total amount of the order and if the different shops support combined shipping. The more expensive items tend to have 10 or 12 day delivery, at least to France.A friend of mine still lives in the Netherlands and we share our hobby for electronics, so he also buys on Aliexpress, and we have often seen that there is a difference in shipping cost and even item price between the two countries.Now with the VAT added and shipping costs rising it is no longer, oooeh that is nice and cheap lets buy it

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 07:49:20 pm
content: Quote from: pcprogrammer on November 11, 2021, 07:37:01 pmIt depends on sipping type you select. Larger items usually have "Aliexpress standard shipping" by default which is delivered pretty fast.

author: floobydust
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 08:20:26 pm
content: Quote from: Trader on November 11, 2021, 04:30:26 pmYES 11.11 is a scam - the week before, the savings were being shown as maybe $0.10 to $0.25 which is laughable. So I ordered goodies that week before, I now see goods prices and shipping went way up for the same items too.Years before covid I ordered on 11.11 and nothing arrived until 01-02 and a few items never arrived. It seems to compete with the Christmas rush and loses.

author: radiolistener
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 08:31:42 pm
content: yes, in most cases 11.11 is a scam, but sometimes (very rare) you can find a good deal.I remember several years ago I got about 25-30% discount, it includes 11.11 discount + seller discount + seller coupon + aliexpress coupon (all of these was applied simultaneously on the same order and I got a good price). But this happened just once

author: Trader
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 08:36:59 pm
content: The last item was Free Shipping, now is 0.96Last week: (2 × (1.39 + 1.24)) + 0.74 + 1.92 = $7.92Today: (2 × (0.64 + 1.2)) + 2.47 + 0.74 + 1.73 + 0.96 = $9.5821% more expensive in the 11-11

author: masterx81
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 08:42:52 pm
content: Quote from: Trader on November 11, 2021, 08:36:59 pmTrue, i've not read well the free shipping 🤦‍♂️

author: LeonR
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 11:49:08 pm
content: Quote from: wraper on November 11, 2021, 11:58:00 amI've been monitoring this for some time. Actually bought mine from another seller:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10000294858257.htmlAliexpress had a ~10 USD coupon off for some products. Paid a bit less than 50 USD, shipped.Haven't heard of that site before, pretty nifty. Thanks for sharing!Quote from: Fungus on November 11, 2021, 06:55:07 pmThat works only forAliexpress Directitems. Those are already at a Aliexpress warehouse instead of being shipped from the supplier/shop warehouse.

author: graybeard
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2021, 10:11:41 pm
content: none

author: Trader
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 13, 2021, 07:40:11 pm
content: Quote from: Trader on November 11, 2021, 08:36:59 pmAfter the 11-11 "Promo", the prices are 10% cheaper

author: masterx81
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2021, 12:26:21 am
content: The things that i've bought are at best a bit higher now. The most expensive before 11.11 was 304eur, i've bought it at 270+10 of coupons at 260 shipped, now it's at 310eur. Another thing on 11.11 bougth at 147e, now more than 160eur. Other things are almost the same. So, on some things there was a true discount.

author: floobydust
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2021, 07:32:21 pm
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author: bffargo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2021, 04:03:05 pm
content: The biggest problem right now with Ali is their scamming sellers that refuse to ship your product unless you pay more; or flat out refuse to ship at all making up other stories.I lightly used Ali for the last 5 years, skipping entire 9-12 months between orders; think I ordered 15 things in that time before September of this year. I started ordering a lot of little 50c-$5 stuff and few $10-$30 stuff, and a couple things in the $80 range to have some winter projects this year.In the last month it's gotten much worse, but lots worse for 11/11. Over 25% of my 11/11 orders got extortion requests. A couple couldn't even keep their notes straight. One day they'd say because shipping prices went up, then 2 days later saying their supplier had raised their prices because I hadn't replied or already refused. Others blame the virus, others give the "did not pass QC inspection when we were packaging it for you" excuse.I placed 5 "grouped" orders total across 29 different sellers on 11/11 to 11/12. 8 of them refuse to ship. Dollar value of individual seller orders that got extorted was $1-$4 for 5 of them, $12-$15 for two, and $28 for the last one. (Though equally I had similar ranges for the remaining 21 that DID ship so it's not any particular price range that triggers it). Most were asking $2.50 to $4 more per order. And email addresses to send PayPal to were all over the place, true scammers.Not one of them actually raised their prices more than a few pennies or dimes in the last week or raised their shipping costs either on. They just have no intention to ever ship these to anyone, unless perhaps, you buy multiple things from them in a larger order?And Ali makes it impossible to expose these scammers unless you are willing to risk your account or lose money:- Sellers want you to go cancel your order as "other". If you do eventually Ali may close your account for abusing it; at least I've seen others say that- If you chose the better options like "Seller raised price after payment" or "Item not available" then the seller may refuse to honor the cancellation as it dings their account.However, if you chose either of the above, you CANNOT leave negative feedback for them in any way.So if you argue and play their games long enough, eventually the seller will enter a fake tracking number into the system and then force you to wait at least 10 days before opening up a dispute. At least here you can include your chat session screen shots and then leave negative feedback for them afterwards. But again, Ali dings you if you open too many disputes.The worst case is when you play their game, force them to enter a tracking number before their time runs out, and they enter a tracking number for another person's shipment. Then you have to wait the full 60+ days and then HOPE there is enough tracking info to show a wrong addresses (vs. just "delivered") to get your money back, sometimes you lose.Ali has their system set up to enable and virtually support their bad sellers. And there is not much you can do. Even trying to pick good sellers based on feedback ratings hasn't helped. Even a 98% / 4.9 rating seller for the $28 item pulled the please pay more scam; when I thought I was safe.Only once in the last 3 months did I refuse to pay the extortion and the seller actually shipped a $14 item anyway. All the rest just keep saying "Dear friend, please cancel the order so we can refund your money." every day.

author: Andrew_Debbie
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2021, 04:21:32 pm
content: I got lucky. Everything shows as shipped with no requests for additional funds. I won't know for certain until the items arrive.UNI-T Official Store 3095007 - This store used to be linked from uni-trend.com Official or not, I've bought from them several times with no problems.cuiisw module store 221555 - First time, gamble.EQV official store 1948124 - Another first time gambleVapcell Store 1084158 Well known supplier of LiIon batteries that I've ordered from several times. Never had a problem.

author: isometrik
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2021, 04:23:15 pm
content: I placed over 140 orders on Aliexpress over the years. I had a few parcel getting lost, but received a full reimbursement in all cases. I never had a scam attempt.Maybe I have been lucky... but maybe the following technique has helped me avoid the scammers: I typically don't go for the cheapest item (item price + shipping is considered). I tend to buy from the sellers that sold the largest number of the item I want to purchase (sort by "Orders", and pick the best price from the top few). Finally, I tend to avoid the sellers that only have sold a handful of the item.Maybe my technique helped avoiding scammers, but then, maybe I have simply been lucky.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2021, 04:34:08 pm
content: Yep. Always check the store rating and how long the store has been around.If a store with a good rating costs $1 more than the cheapest one then so what?

author: TheBay
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 17, 2021, 04:40:44 pm
content: I ordered a Owon HDS272S with the 11/11 and another discount from "Project Tool Factory Store" on the 11th of November, it arrived arrived yesterday.

author: pcprogrammer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2021, 04:45:58 pm
content: Sure I guess everybody who buys on Ali has issues, but for the majority of the issues I had, even one that was beyond the 15 days you have to dispute, were closed in favor to meIt does take effort at times, like making video's and give good reasons as to why. And persistence also helps. Succeeded in raising the payback for my defective FNIRSI 1013D from first offer euro 12,50 to 75 euros

author: bffargo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2021, 04:50:26 pm
content: Make that 9 orders out of 29. Just got another refusal to ship.On the $28 item (and a few others) I actually did pick the much higher feedback seller and paid $2 more than the lower one to ensure I got a better seller. It was about 5-10% issues before 11/11. Now it's surpassed 30%.Here's the variances in the text many like to send. You can find the "alternate store fronts" when the messages are literally copy and paste too.Code:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------dear friendfor this product,some customers tell us there is some quality problemwe need to find new supplierto ensure your money,we contact you to cancel the ordercould you first choose the reason"other" to cancel the order?after we get quality product,we will contact you again to buy,ok?Please change the reason to cancel this order, you could choose the reason for cancellation:Buyer do not want this order or the other reason. Thank you.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dear friend,Thank you for purchasing item from my aliexpress shop and sorry to bother you.But we are very sorry for the sharply increased shipping fee in the market.How about pay for the extra 2.5 dollars for the increased shipping fee?If you agree, you can pay to our account###@hotmail.comAfter payment please tell us the paypal transaction idIf you don’t agree, pls help to cancel this order with “other reasons”Thank you.------------------------------------(Same seller as above, new excuses 2 days later)Dear friend, Thank you for purchasing item from my Aliexpress shop. We noticed the cost of the productyou ordered has gone up And the price increase of our shipping channelsDo you agree to pay 2.5 dollars for the shipping fee? If you agree, you can pay to our Pay-Pal account :####@hotmail.com, After payment, please tell us the Pay-pal transaction ID, and send a screenshot of the payment details here,If you don’t agree to pay, pls help to cancel this order with “other reasons” ,we will full refund soon,Thank you.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dear customer ,The system shows that the item not pass the quality check .Could you please kindly cancel the order and choose the reason "other "?We will value our customer to cancel the order if the item not pass the quality testing .Please rest assured,we won’t ship the item that not pass the quality testing.Could you please understand ? The payment will back to you in 7-20 days.We are sorry for this issue.We have contacted our supplier for this issue.Thank you for your understanding.Hope you have a nice day.Best Wishes--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dear, the product you ordered is a loss order, you need to pay 1.3 USD to deliver the goods, please checkwhether you pay the freight or cancel the orderMake up for thisDear, we got the lowest price for the Double 11 event, so we will lose moneyIf you are not willing to pay the freight, you can cancel the order, because it cannot be sent out without paying the freight.You can cancel the order.Dear, because it is a loss order, you can't deliver the goods if you are not willing to pay the freightYou can cancel the order.If you are not willing to pay the freight, you can cancel the order.We will refund you immediatelyDear, you can't send the goods without paying the freightDear, if you do not pay the freight, the goods cannot be sent out and you cannot receive the goods.You can choose to cancel the order and go to other stores to have a look.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hello, dear friend,Thank you for your orders and support on the store, we are happy work for you.Due to the COVID-19 situation, many international shipping lines were closed. We have to exchange otheravailable shipping lines, but unfortunately the shipping fee increased at present. In this case, we are totallylose much money and even the shipping cost higher than goods.So would you like to pay extra 3 USD shipping fee for this goods?Please open this link to pay shipping feehttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/########################.htmlif you want to cancel the order,could you please cancel this order and choose the reason "other reason " or“the buyer don't want it ",it is easier to get the refund，this means a lot to us. sorry again for theinconvenience. thank you in advance and waiting for your reply. Best regards.could you reply to me ASAP? Our current inventory is sufficient. I can ship it to you ASAP. You can also receivethe package as soon as possible. Pay attention to safety during the epidemic.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dear friend, we are very sorry, we have received a notice, this batch of goods will not be delivered on timeI can't deliver the goods, I can only ask you to cancel the order, and I will pay you back soonPlease kindly use "other reasons" to cancel the order, pleaseSorry againBest regards--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you for ordering from our store. Due to the high cost of international logistics and transportation,This week, the price of each logistics has risen, by 3-4 US dollars. The logistics cost we can bear hasexceeded the range. We hope you can pay us 2 dollar more for shipping so that we can afford itsinternational shipping costs. If you are willing to pay the excess freight, we are happy to deliver high-qualitygoods to your hands, but if we can't reach an agreement, please cancel the order as soon as possible, wewill return the original amount, hope you can understand and trust us. (Note: I am a human customerservice, not a liar. We will send the same replenishment message to customers who have exceeded theshipping fee every day. If you have any questions, please contact us) If you need to make up the payment,please pay the additional shipping cost through the following link:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/##############.html?spm=5261.ProductManageOnline.0.0.2ef44edfcouBgB--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dear friendreally sorry for the inconvenience causedsince the freight to your country has raised, we have a big loss for this orderdear if you don't want to pay the extra fee, you can apply to cancel the order with the reason to ""the other reasons""then we can accept it at once and full refund youthank you--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

author: TheBay
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 17, 2021, 05:08:30 pm
content: Quote from: bffargo on November 17, 2021, 04:50:26 pmWow that's crazy!

author: mc172
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2021, 05:09:58 pm
content: Quote from: wraper on November 11, 2021, 11:58:00 amI went and had a look out of curiosity.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2021, 10:22:47 pm
content: Quote from: bffargo on November 17, 2021, 04:50:26 pmAre you able to link the item in question? What shipping method are you selecting?I've never had this issue, but, it definitely does happen a lot.https://www.reddit.com/r/Aliexpress/comments/hlk157/common_scams_on_aliexpress_and_how_to_avoid_them/"Just wait anddon’t communicate with the seller."