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As per the title really, as I don't, and if you do can you explain it?
Ive used AliExpress a few times and they can be very cheap. If I find something I want, it's the cheapest, and i can wait 3-4 weeks for it to ship from China, I use it.
I've come to realise the various different ways they discount stuff means I am frequently paying less than the advertised price... seller discount AliExpress vouchers, coins discount blah blah blah. Sometimes it's just a pound or so less than i expect, sometimes the savings seem quite a bit.
I bought a couple of bits a week ago, totalling about £150 and realised I could buy an AliExpress saver voucher package for £3.61 and instantly save £13 with a voucher.... so I did.
All fine and dandy but it's so unnecessarily complicated, I know i don't maximise my savings. Does anyone here think they get close?
It does seem bonkers.
Some stuff also seems to appear at a different price in my basket than it did on the shop page. Sometimes higher, sometimes lower. Especially if you add it from the bookmarks, I suspect there's some demand pricing at work
All the discounts are odd though, if I've got halfway through checking out a £4 Garmin mount, why reduce it? They already know I would have paid £4, why knock another few pence off?
I haven't even worked out how properly to search for stuff there, let alone understand pricing
... and the way each photo on an item's entry is actually a different variant took me a go or two to realise 😳
Some stuff also seems to appear at a different price in my basket than it did on the shop page. Sometimes higher, sometimes lower. Especially if you add it from the bookmarks, I suspect there's some demand pricing at work
All the discounts are odd though, if I've got halfway through checking out a £4 Garmin mount, why reduce it? They already know I would have paid £4, why knock another few pence off?
I believe that's caused by fluctuations in the exchange rate.
To get the actual price I add it to the basket and go to checkout, making sure I apply any vouchers shown. Doesn't mean I have to buy. Doesn't mean I understand the pricing! Mostly things arrive 1-2 weeks.