Online purchase through AliExpress Dedicated Thread

[hash506]

mailing service is china post registered air mail
seller rating is good.
any idea about customs part?

[s15]

I don't know about other cards, but MCB Lite built in netbanking is awesome. Only Rs. 20/- for IBFT transfer and one can send excess money back from card to mcb bank account free of cost, for safety.

Ubl Wiz does not have netbanking on card.

[lazers]

My latest purchase from Ali Express. Received in just a little over 2 weeks

It is car air freshner.

[leopard411]

HBL credit card charged 113.5 (109.8 plus whatever charges) Rs on transaction carried out on 11-12-17. If MCB lite charging what you told and there arent any hidden charges then thats awsome.

[leopard411]

Be ready to pay Rs 2000/- approx on tax. Lamps of heavy weight are taxed. However, light weight solar lamps described as external.lights arent taxed. Its weight of your shipment that will make you pay tax in this case

[s15]

Weight and size of shipment attracts custom in general cases. If above two are reasonable, there is less chance of a general item being caught by customs.

[talha.nadeem1400]

i have placed an order on inkbox in USA and it is being shipped via Globegistics By USPS, the tracking shows its been in transit to country on date 2-10-17 but its not updated after that. The seller said you should wait for few days or contact local post office, but i think it should be updated on pakpost website? Any of you ordered product from USA? and how much time it is required to ship from usa to pakistan?

[s15]

Description would have been appreciated.

It is car air freshener.

[nifiii]

Be ready to pay Rs 2000/- approx on tax. Lamps of heavy weight are taxed. However, light weight solar lamps described as external.lights arent taxed. Its weight of your shipment that will make you pay tax in this case

I recently got 2 sets of LEDs in a single package. They were not heavy. So I doubt there will be any problem with 4

[aliadnan1984]

link please ? i would like to get it

[lazers]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/YIKA-Vogue-Car-Air-Freshener-Outlet-Propeller-Vent-Clip-Auto-Aromatherapy-Dispel-Peculiar-Smell-Car-Styling/32818461152.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.u9DfcG

[Khurramchauhdary]

HBL is worst from the consumer point of view in anyways.

[hash506]

thankyou so much

[hash506]

i hope mine passes too.
thankyou so much

[faizanahmad]

Though this thread is about Aliexpress, I want to tell you guys about my horrible experience with daraz.pk
I placed an order with them on 25th October for PS4 Dual Shock Controller and used a 1000Rs discount code. Total order price was Rs 4760. For my convenience I paid in advance via credit card (which was my biggest mistake).
Tracking started working the same day and it was supposed to arrive in 5 to 7 working days. According to tracking package arrived on 27th Oct (Friday) in Lahore. I thought it will arrive on Monday 30th Oct but it didn't.
So I called them on Tuesday 31st and inquired. They said they are contacting courier company and i'll get it tomorrow. The tomorrow never arrived. I called them everyday for update on my order but they kept on delaying. I asked them to cancel my order and refund my money but they refused to cancel by saying that order can't be canceled because it is with shipping company. On 7th Nov I told them that I'm going to send them legal notice. They instantly cancelled my order.
I called them again for refund on Nov 8th and told them to refund it back in my credit card. They said it will take 10 working days to process refund.
After 10 working days and not receiving refund. I called them again to asked for refund receipt. They said they don't give refund receipts and told me to contact my bank. I called my bank, they said there is no reversal request from EasyPay (daraz.pk's payment gateway) and told me to call daraz again and if they don't cooperate then call them back and initiate a dispute. I finally initiated a dispute on original transaction, bank said it will take 120 to 180 days to resolve this dispute. As of today there are not signs of refund.
I would advice everyone to avoid shopping on daraz.pk via Credit Card at all costs. There are hundreds of similar stories on youtube and other forums.

[farhanoops]

I totally agree with your story and can understand what they are doing.
It is a biggest platform in Pakistan to buy online shopping.
I purchased 2 mobiles with (one year warranty) for the first time from them 2 years back.
After some days one of my mobile started maulfunctioning and called them to claim warranty but they refuse to do it as the required parts for this Mobile is not available yet. They said we'll call you if it is available and I could not get any call from them even after several emails.

The second blunder happened some months ago and bought one S7 edge screen protector (Tempered Glass) but when we recieved it was just a garbage sticker which spread the bubbles while putting on mobile screen.
Every one must use cash on delivery service while order online.
Daraz.pk is a garbage in terms of after sales services.

[sarmadraheem]

Every online retail website in Pakistan is pathetic in terms of After Sales Service.

[ch.talal]

It's the mentality of Pakistani nation that online shopping on local ecommerce stores is a trouble for both seller and buyer. They both scam each other. Seller will send low quality or fake products while buyer will demand refund even though he got the product and it is as described.

Another big issue is the address of people. People living in mohallas of cities do not even have proper house and street numbers. And delivery to villages is almost impossible by private courier because in villages houses do not have numbering at all.

[farhanoops]

I am using Aliexpress since 2011 and at that time it was not as secure as today for buyers. At that time I used to send money via Western Union or by Bank account or exchange bcause card were not supported at that time. I had genuine issues with some sellers and got refunded but I did not ever opened dispute for minor problem.
In Pakistan I have shopped online on several sites but the experience was average.
The Address is not a problem now a days because phone number is there and everywhere delivery is possible.
I agree with you that a lot of people open disputes and give negative comments due to minor issues with product.
Online shopping is blind for both Buyer and seller But overall in Pakistan buyer is not secure for online shopping due to bad after sale services.

[faizanahmad]

True! Daraz.pk customer service is total trash. once their representative literally asked me to "kuch dair or sabar kar lain jahan itnay din sabar kia hai" I was like WTH.