Online shopping excludes an opportunity to look and evaluate goods live, and buyers need only to watch photos and to hope for quality. As to guess with the choice and not to get on ""pig in a poke""?
Important preface: it is not necessary to leave goods in a basket if you are not going to buy it
For these purposes there is a special list ""My Desires"". If you placed goods in a basket, it obliges the seller to reserve it for you. However if you plan to pay it within a week, then there is nothing terrible in it.
Expansions
There is a set of expansions for the browsers helping buyers to minimize risks. It will be reasonable to install one of them, it will allow to find important information about which the speech will go further.
Rating of the seller
Definitely, the crucial role is played by the rating of the seller, namely:
- Date of opening of shop and entry into the market
It is obvious that the seller is more experienced, the simpler to interact with him. It is extremely recommended to select sellers who are on this platform already at least year.
- Number of the positive and negative feedback
Kind of it is not trivial sounded, but the more at the seller of responses, the better.
Price
Expansion allows to learn everything about the price of desirable goods. Here so usually dynamics of the price looks. ""Having caught"" for right time it is always possible to buy goods more favourably.
Communication with the seller
If you have doubts concerning goods, nobody prevents to write to the seller and to ask it about it. Before each purchase write the seller to obtain more detailed information.
You do not look at good reviews
On wide experience it is possible to tell that most of people leave good reviews only for receiving goods, without having tested it in business. And then, if something happens, supplement it with the dissatisfied comment. You look only at bad reviews, namely at 1, 2 and 3 stars. Exactly here you will be told what problems can wait for you with acquisition.
Payment
In case of payment by the card, do not save it at all. At accidental access to your account the swindlers will be able easily to use it. You are not lazy every time to enter these cards.
Receiving
Examine a parcel by mail. Only having made sure of integrity of goods it is possible to sign the notification.
Unpacking
The moment about which many forget. If you want to secure yourself against surprises, always write unpacking on video. Very important when unpacking not to take away goods from a view. Examine and test goods at once. If it is phone or other electronics, show the code or the serial number on the imei camera.
Dispute
If with goods everything is all right, there is no occasion to worry. However if some problems were found, there is no occasion to worry still. On the site of AliExpress there is an opportunity to open a dispute with support of arbitration. If you are dissatisfied with quality of goods, it is always possible to open a dispute and to load the video proof to that. Video is the most powerful proof of your correctness.
Do not open a dispute over trifles
If you ordered goods with a logo, and it came without logo, you should not open a dispute. You receive a part of money undoubtedly, however it will negatively affect your rating as buyer. If to you the goods with real problems come, the rating can not be enough, and AliExpress will side with the seller.