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About to order something from AliExpress for the first time.

Posted by sycor Dec 4 '23, 10:32

Why does this make me nervous? Why do I feel like my identity is about to be stolen?

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ID won't be stolen you'll just confirm what they already know...but as mop noted, their concept sizes is incompatible with western society -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 10:58 8
- Clothing sizes are for the Asian market so you need to check the size guide and likely go up two sizes. It's hit or miss with - Krusty Dec 4, 11:00 3
  - I'm a 6XL. -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 11:02 2
    - Haha! At that size I'd still bet things come up short like sleeve length. I feel like bigger people can't really get much - Krusty Dec 4, 11:05
    - you're ginormous!! -- nm - decline Dec 4, 11:03
- Luckily it's just a silver ion cartridge for my robo vac. I have issues ordering clothes from Amazon after past fails. - sycor Dec 4, 11:00 3
  - Get clothes you own that you know fit you well and lay them flat and measure them. Use those measurements to buy clothes online. - Krusty Dec 4, 11:03 2
    - Not so much the sizing, but the poor quality. GF did order a sweater one time on Amazon and one arm was longer than the other. - sycor Dec 4, 11:05 1
      - There's a lot of cheap, poorly made Chinese clothing sold on there. You can find some decent things but often the - Krusty Dec 4, 11:08
How are you paying? I would suggest PayPal and to not use a credit or debit card. -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 10:45 2
- Chase virtual card that I will lock tomorrow or when the charge goes through. -- nm - sycor Dec 4, 10:47 1
  - Good call. -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 10:57
I've ordered stuff from there before. It is a bit weird but haven't had any issues -- nm - oblique Dec 4, 10:40 1
- Agree with the oblique. Aside from shipping/handling times and a funky looking package with weird labels "inspected by / pass thru customs". DHL or similar should be ok -- nm* - budice Dec 4, 10:44
*knock knock knock* -- nm - The FBI Dec 4, 10:33

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