OT: Pitfalls of online purchases (Was Re: Mouse single click handling?)

From	"Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com>
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Subject	OT: Pitfalls of online purchases (Was Re: Mouse single click handling?)
Date	2023-12-20 08:50 +0100
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On 19.12.2023 23:48, Felix Miata wrote:
>
> Can you suggest any particular online source in North America that sells those
> switches? I had no success trying to refurb one in my invaluable Logitech Trackman
> Marble FX PS/2 trackball. It took 2 hours to get that tiny switch back together
> after disassembly and cleaning. :( A Kensington Orbit I had much better luck with
> cleaning, so didn't need a new switch.
I can't unfortunately.

> AliExpress is reputable? That's news to me. I ordered something from it 20 months
> ago. There was a lot of back and forth email between us before I actually got
> something a month later that turned out to be used rather than new, and just as
> broken as the original part I was trying to replace. My credit card company
> eventually issued a refund after I explained all that happened. That particular
> card I rarely used, and hadn't for a number of months before that online purchase
> or for several months after. 3 months or so after the refund, there were 4 cash
> advances issued on it totaling around $8,000 on the other side of an ocean I had
> never crossed. Those got reversed, but my credit rating dropped 100 points and
> hasn't come near recovering.
I share information only about my own experiences with AliExpress.
It might be very hard to find a good and reliable store there, but at 
least their official support and "dispute-system" are working fine.
The important part is that you have to keep all transactions, 
communications, chats within AliExpress platform.
Never agree to switch to email or any other resource for conversations 
with sellers. It's just asking to be scammed and AliExpress official 
customer service will be unable to help you.
I had to open disputes a few times and usually AliExpress officials 
step-in and resolve the dispute in customer's favor, unless the dispute 
is unreasonable and there is no evidence.
The whole shopping experience there could be daunting, there is simply 
too much stores and wares to choose from and their site is not helping, 
by being difficult and slow.
IMO it is too much of a risk to buy anything expensive there, given that 
postal service might smash the package during delivery, but ordering 
something like electronic components, hand tools, repair equipment, 
spare parts, etc, should be fine.
I had to order spare LCD screens and fragile repair equipment from 
reputable shops a few times. All delivered without damages.
Sometimes shops send items with a wrong part number, I had to start 
disputes explaining the problems and return items back. All returns were 
refunded back to my debit card.
I've never encountered any problems with payments or refunds, and their 
Escrow-account protection ensures that money will be released to the 
seller only after customer has received what they ordered.
I've heard there is a frequent "carder" and "skimmer" problem in the 
United States [1], so those issued card advances you had might be 
nothing to do with AliExpress, if you paid using their platform.
Anyway, I've used many cards throughout the years to pay for goods on 
AliExpress and never encountered any suspicious activities.
I also extra careful when I have to reveal my card information online 
and when I use ATMs.


[1] https://krebsonsecurity.com/?s=carder+skimmer
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            [SOLVED] Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-20 19:30 +0100
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    Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-19 17:40 +0100
  Re: Mouse single click handling? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2023-12-19 17:40 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-19 17:50 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2023-12-19 18:10 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2023-12-19 19:50 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2023-12-20 02:10 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2023-12-20 03:20 +0100
      OT: Pitfalls of online purchases (Was Re: Mouse single click  handling?) "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2023-12-20 08:50 +0100
        Re: OT: Pitfalls of online purchases (Was Re: Mouse single  clickhandling?) gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-20 12:30 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2023-12-20 13:50 +0100
  Re: Mouse single click handling? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-19 18:10 +0100
  Re: Mouse single click handling? Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-12-20 16:20 +0100
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    Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-20 19:30 +0100

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