Aliexpress 11.11 sale (Nov 11) - 27% discount on a DPH3205  - but wait - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 10, 2017, 10:44:26 pm
content: Looking today at thishttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/RD-DPH3205-Buck-boost-converter-Constant-Voltage-current-Programmable-digital-control-Power-Supply-color-LCD-voltmeter/32762131242.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.GUkY3uThe RD-DPH3205 is $43.19 and will be on sale in a few hours at 27% discount for $32.53 (their math not mine). Holy cow what a discount, $10.66 but wait.I bought one a couple of weeks ago for $34.55 (got it yesterday)So it is a $2.00 discount not $10.66. So do not get excited by the 11.11 saleThey raised their prices so they can have a sale.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 10, 2017, 10:45:27 pm
content: Not only have they got inflated starting prices, but nearly everything is already ON sale! 31% off on 11/11! ... but 30% off on 10/11 and 12/11.It's a whole lot of noise for nothing. None of the stuff I looked at was more than 5% cheaper than buying it locally - and it'll take a week to arrive, if not more, vs a day or two.

author: maukka
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 11, 2017, 06:02:13 am
content: I just checked my Aliexpress purchase history and about half the stuff vendors claim as the 11.11. discount is just their normal prices (+- a couple of percent).

author: sleemanj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2017, 09:24:03 am
content: Just cleared out my Ali cart, I figured I might as well take advantage of the 11.11 pricing and do it all today, even if it only saves a small amount.Protip - be sure to use the seller coupons and any aliexpress "Select" coupons you can get, in addition to the sale price itself you can also get all of these, at the same time.The seller discount if any, this is automaticThe seller coupon if you get one - get the coupon (by clicking the drop-down in the cart and hitting the button to get the appropriate coupon) and when you proceed to check out it should apply the best one, you can apply only one seller coupon for each seller, you get both the :seller discount" if any and the coupon discountThe select coupon if you get one/some - get the coupon by clicking the Get Select Coupons link in the cart, when you checkout they will be totalled and shown applied to the entire order (not individual sellers), however they will actually each be allocated to a specific order (you can see this in My Coupons, look at the used coupons and it will link to the order it was applied to, click the "Financial" details tab to show the discount and coupon application and total you paid.

author: amspire
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2017, 12:04:46 pm
content: There were some genuine discounts but you always have to check to make sure it is a real discount. I got about $200 worth of items on the 11.11 sale with real discounts between 1% and 50%. Might have averaged about 20% discount.As an example, I ordered an AN8008 multimeter for A$19.83 (about US$15.20) with free postage. The best price I can see for the AN8008 today is A$28.55 which is a good price for this meter. That is a genuine 30% discount.I have to admit one item I ordered (a 2MP USB microscope camera and stand) got $1 cheaper after the 11.11 sale for another 24 hours:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2MP-usb-Microscope-500X-8LED-Digital-Microscope-Otoscope-PCB-Inspection-Camera-Endoscope-Loupe-Webcam/32778168959.htmlEdit: The AN8008 is still on sale at A$21.20 for another 7 hours:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/ANENG-AN8008-True-RMS-Digital-Multimeter-9999-counts-Backlight-AC-DC-Ammeter-Voltage-Ohm-Current-Square/32830860374.html

author: DG41WV
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2017, 12:35:21 pm
content: I got some discounts on a couple of glass frames I wanted to buy. I was going to buy them earlier but waited till 11.11 to buy them. got around $10 total off.

author: TheDane
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2017, 02:05:56 pm
content: I had a few items in my basket, which were LOTS cheaper before the 11.11 sale.They said the price on the 11.11 sale would be a little bit cheaper, than the already 'cheap price'/discount.Then, on 11.11 - the price went back to the original price, without any discount.Yeah... Saved some money yesterday

author: Peabody
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2017, 02:28:33 pm
content: I still don't see Paypal as a payment option. Does anybody use Alipay with success?

author: kulla
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 12, 2017, 04:23:42 pm
content: They don't use it, just Alipay. Alipay is as good, no issues at all with it, got money back few times without hassle.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2017, 05:44:07 pm
content: Quote from: sleemanj on November 11, 2017, 09:24:03 amsleemanj seems you know Ali well. I came across a problem yesterday that I came across a few months ago. I bought some cable adapters with free shipping for one. But when I add more there is a shipping charge and for the adapters it was a lot. So I had to buy 8 of them one by one which in Ali takes a long time. All 8 came in the same box.Yesterday I wanted 4 resistor decade boxes with free shipping but when I added 4 there was an extra shipping charge. I got tired ordering one by one and stopped at 3.I did notice in this last buy that the shipping company was different between one and several. I did not try and change the shipper.Have you come across this problem?

author: sleemanj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2017, 08:43:49 pm
content: Yes the shipping going up when you hit 3-5 items quantity is common these days (started about, mmm, 9-12 months back), they get super cheap rates only for small packages and more requirements from ali for tracking and stuff for larger ones I believe.Usually I either buy the free-shipped limit, buy enough that the extra couple bucks for shipping amortises to an acceptable amount per piece, or look for a seller selling in larger unit quantity, eg 10 or 20 pcs per unit. (Just be careful that it's not one of those sellers who counts eg the nut, washer, and potentiometer as 3 pieces When most count it as 1)Ali used to have a search option for number of pieces, which helped find the third option above, but took it away officially. I wrote a tampermonkey (chrome greasemonkey) script that puts them back (they only removed the interface, it still works if you can feed in the numbers), although not perfect. I'll post it later.

author: sleemanj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2017, 10:24:30 pm
content: Here is my tampermonkey for chrome (maybe works in greasemonkey for firefox too, untested in that)https://gist.githubusercontent.com/sleemanj/95035bf2c0141ac72420/raw/aliexpress-qty-search-fix.jsIt does two things.First it gives you back the Quantity search fields, bear in mind this only will find where the seller is using the "XX pieces / lot" properly, some sellers just put "XX pcs" or something like that and don't put in the pieces/lot properly, that won't register for a quantity search.Second for listings that have x pieces per lot, or have "XX pcs" type of text in the title, it will add in the price per piece, including shipping if that is charged (based on the shipping amount shown), if it is a "XX pcs" type listing without a pieces/lot properly entered then this will get a question mark to remind you this might not be correct

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2017, 11:39:03 pm
content: Quote from: sleemanj on November 12, 2017, 10:24:30 pmI suggest that you include this in a new post. Now that the 11th has past, this one will die quickly. Power Ali buyers might be able to use this.

author: flyfpga84
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: November 13, 2017, 12:48:07 am
content: Thanks for the tampermonkey script. It is great to see the piece price again, and as a bonus the shipping included. I remember back a few years ago you could sort on piece price but that disappeared for me on Aliexpress. This script saves time. Thanks again.Mick

author: sleemanj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 13, 2017, 02:03:22 am
content: > 1500 RMB off on all orders above 9000 RMB for selected (high activity) customersTo save people the conversion, 1500 RMB is about 220 USD, and 9000 RMB is about 1350 USD

author: edavid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 13, 2017, 02:56:14 am
content: Quote from: sleemanj on November 12, 2017, 10:24:30 pmIt seems to work fine in Firefox... thanks!