Has anyone else any recent experiences? I have been using aliexpress for components and items for various different projects for many years. Very rarely an issue, but since the import tax changes, I seem to have issues all the time. One time - Flash turned up with a consolidated package, and claimed it was COD - we make a rule, no COD, no matter what - my wife and I worked out it was an aliexpress delivery but the guy had no invoice, the amount was just handwritten on the parcel. I found a receipt from some company beginning Ali on my flash app. My wife explained that we dont do COD and that if he came back again, we needed a tax invoice or receipt. The online invoice wasn't itemized, and it appeared a little expensive - like I had 3 items to get the choice option, maybe total 100B and the duty was almost the same. I had a subsequent order of 3 items totaling 1000B - enter the country and then vanish. Refund came, but I had to apply on three different occasions and wait for investigation, refund was instantly to my bank card. I don't feel like making any more orders, it's the uncertainty rather than any financial loss - I have always used Ali to get stock, often cheaper to buy 5 of the same component that one in Thailand.
