Sad times are near  - Chinese New Year  - Aliexpress is closing down - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 03:07:40 am
content: Some Aliexpress sellers are warning they are closing down for New Year, I think on the 11th for about a week. My guess in reality it is probably 2 weeks delay.Trying to get all my electronic parts orders in by tonight.

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 04:11:20 am
content: So they're closed for a couple weeks, is that really worth worrying about? Surely you have other projects to work on?

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 05:18:07 am
content: Quote from: james_s on February 08, 2018, 04:11:20 amYes - staying alive

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 06:27:23 am
content: Lol you got me worried. I have not bought anything off there yet but was actually planing to trying it out, lot of interesting stuff on there. I just hate that freaking modal popup for every single page so it always drives me off the site out of frustration. I need to figure out a way to block that. Noscript is not really an option as it's just going to make the rest of the site not work either. It's too bad you can't selectively block specific types of scripts instead of by domain. I hate that so many sites have those now, but that one is worse because it comes back for each page load.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 06:39:22 am
content: Crap - I noticed they already have stopped shippingI have 19 orders awaiting shipmentThey have never heard of overtime. Oh well, time for a break.

author: NivagSwerdna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 10:42:55 am
content: I was planning a PCB order with Elecrow but am now deferring it until after New Year.... but looking on the bright side the design might actually be correct by the time I submit it!

author: imidis
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 10:52:27 am
content: Look at it as a good time for planning.

author: sleemanj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 11:54:41 am
content: Always best to get your last orders in about 2 weeks before CNY at the latest to be sure it can make it out of the country before the annual migration starts!

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 05:32:06 pm
content: Quote from: sleemanj on February 08, 2018, 11:54:41 amGood advice - thanks

author: nes999
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 08:24:41 pm
content: I placed my order on January 30 trying to beat CNY and even then I felt like I was cutting it close.Sent from my VS988 using Tapatalk

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 10, 2018, 02:58:44 am
content: Chinese New Year is not a problem for me this year, because...A couple of days ago I ordered something via Aliexpress. Go to checkout, Aliexpress says my credit card is expired.It actually expires at the end of March, well over a month away. The bank say they won't issue a new card till the end of March.I think what's happening here, is Aliexpress must want more than a month's card expiry margin, so cards don't expire between when goods are shipped, and when the buyer reports it has arrived - which is when the seller gets paid.Great. So I can't buy anything via Aliexpress till the end of March.

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 10, 2018, 03:08:28 am
content: Chinese people need their holidays. They work really hard the rest of the year.

author: theleakydiode
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2018, 02:52:23 am
content: Quote from: cdev on February 10, 2018, 03:08:28 amThis place needs an upvote function for posts like this.

author: BradC
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2018, 03:33:55 am
content: Quote from: TerraHertz on February 10, 2018, 02:58:44 amI got caught with that while living in Dubai. Their banking systems processed the expiry at the start of the month and the Aussie bank at the end of the month.Highly inconvenient when you don't know about it and have just taken your whole family out for an expensive meal to find you can't pay for it.

author: ConKbot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 16, 2018, 05:02:51 am
content: Quote from: TerraHertz on February 10, 2018, 02:58:44 am"Yes hello bank? My credit card stopped reading, no I didn't lose it, can I get a replacement?" Problem solved.