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@MadCowCrazy2 said the saving has to be substantial, 100 dollars off is not enough savings. You need about 70% off to take that risk if you ask me. Sadly Aliexpress isn’t anywhere near as cheap as before.
I believe the reason they aren't as cheap as they used to be is because of their great refund policy. Now businesses have to make sure you receive a product and that it's actually what you ordered. Before they had rules like you had to have sold 10 items to open a business account so people sold $0.10 bracelets to themselves to open "business accounts" to try and scam people.
They also made it so the seller doesn't get the money until the buyer has clicked the "item received" button or 100 days (or is it 90 days?) have passed since the item was sold.
I'm guessing Aliexpress didn't want to become known as a site full of scammers so cracked down on it and basically made it so the customer is always right.
This forces sellers to actually provide a product and if it's garbage they can demand a refund. So basically scammers have a harder time on Aliexpress so probably try to sell on other websites with less buyer protections.
Here is another tip:
If the deadline for auto confirmation is getting close then open a ticket that you haven't received the item. There are 2 ways the seller will generally respond, either by giving a refund or try to scam you. Keep a close look at the tracking as all products (in my experience) sold on Aliexpress come with tracking.
If the sellers tells you to confirm the receipt of the item and that they will then solve the problem just between the two of you don't fall for this.
I've had 2 sellers ask me to confirm the receipt of the item and that they will then give me a refund once I do that. Was told they get a mark for undelivered item if I don't and close my ticket. Just keep the ticket open and they will eventually refund you or Aliexpress will force them to do so.
NEVER confirm delivery if you haven't actually received the item, it will just cause problems and if it's a scam you might get the money back by showing the messages where the seller tells you to confirm it but it also means the seller has received the money and is long gone with it.
Many manufacturers have their own official pages on Aliexpress, prices are normally more expensive than other sellers of the same item but you get to buy from a more reputable seller.
www.airgunnation.com 
