Emily VelascoFeb 23

I haven't purchased anything from aliexpress from about a year, and boy howdy, have they made the interface much more deliberately confusing.

The listed prices are often sale prices that I'm not qualified for, and are drastically different than the actual price. Items get lumped into these bundle deals and dollar express categories instead of just going into my shopping cart.

What an annoying mess.

Show threadjaseg
@MLE_online yeah they used to be better a few years ago when it looked like they just didn’t have the resources yet to make their website shitty yet.
Feb 23 at 5:26pmWeb
Show threadjasegFeb 23
@MLE_online I find their search function has become particularly bad with an update a while ago. When it used to work as an actual search, now it will just always display irrelevant items when it runs out of actual results. I guess maybe that works for their clothing or home decoration categories, but it definitely doesn’t work for electronic or mechanical parts.
Show threadjasegFeb 23
@MLE_online I’ve noticed LCSC has been building out their electronics module and mechanical hardware product catalogs by a lot recently, and have started being price competitive with aliexpress sellers. Maybe they’ll eventually be a good alternative.