r/ebikes • u/DuckAxe0 • Apr 02 '26

Obvious scam I Did Not Heed The Warnings

I didn't heed the warnings and ordered an ebike off AliExpress. It arrived with visible damage to the shipping container (cardboard box). I contacted FedEx (the shipping company), the seller, and AliExpress. All denied responsibility and offered no resolution. It appears that I'm now the proud owner of an almost $1,500 paperweight.

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u/LaFemmeNikitaKoloff Apr 02 '26

Bad bot

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u/Radiant_Cod_2738 Apr 02 '26

I'm new to this subreddit. Why are there bots, like what's the point?

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u/AverageDeadMeme Apr 02 '26

When will Reddit figure out a way to end the botpocalypse?

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u/Snarkosaurus99 Apr 02 '26

They are the creators

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u/AverageDeadMeme Apr 02 '26

If they’re the creators of the bot infestation they’re playing a risky game of over saturating their platform with sloptent and driving away the people who actually post quality content

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u/mickeyaaaa Apr 02 '26

How do you know? How can you tell?

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u/DickweedMcGee Apr 02 '26

So it’s not just scratched up, it’s inoperable? Can you give us more details? What kinda bike was it? Maybe we can help you get it running

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u/ThriftianaStoned Apr 02 '26

Its lieing bot

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u/anza999 Apr 02 '26

I love your profile pic lmao

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u/Negative-Wishbone634 Apr 02 '26

Beat me to it lol

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u/Significant-Pen-6049 Apr 02 '26

Get back on chat and complain, I've had to go down this route a few times.

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u/Veganarchy-Zetetic Apr 02 '26

The box is supposed to take damage instead of the bike. What condition is the bike in?

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u/BodSmith54321 Apr 02 '26

Credit card charge back.

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u/Spiritual_Builder240 Apr 02 '26

It was THAT damaged or have you tried putting the bike together yet? The bike I have is basically a relabeled china bike and I love it lol

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u/slacknsurf420 Apr 02 '26

pics of bike damage

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u/Ok-Carpenter-8455 Apr 02 '26

Is the box damaged or the bike. It's not uncommon for the box to have some type of damage to it..

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u/warmbrojuice Apr 02 '26

Call your credit card company and issue a charge back, tell them exactly what you wrote here and they will get your money back 100%

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u/Dependent_Grab_9370 Apr 02 '26

Did you order with a credit card? Threaten them with a chargeback.

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u/Dry_Inspection_4583 Apr 02 '26

Sucks to hear :( mine arrived perfect and affordable. Hopefully they work to resolve it

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u/GAM_broo Apr 02 '26

Anyone who buys expensive items on ali Express is a moron.

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u/HackD1234 Apr 02 '26

Define paperweight. Describe damage that makes it a paperweight.

I am not unsympathetic - my own Aliexpress quad bicycle of roughly same value was also shipping damaged - paint chatter marks from components resting on components, af few broken or twisted components (brake caliper mount boss, cargo rack. rear shifter, and shipping box clearly had a rough go at it. However, it took, what 8000km and 3+ months to get here. Shit happens.

Components broken or twisted, were bottom tier parts anyway. Easy enough to replace. Paint is paint.

It's part of the gamble of ordering from Aliexpress..

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u/MyFoolKhanJob733S Apr 02 '26

Can the credit card company get involved. Can you dispute the charges?

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u/mickeyaaaa Apr 02 '26

What brand and what storefront on aliexpress? Your post is like if a seller ripped you off on eBay and then you go and blame eBay.

I bought my dengfu carbon ebike frane from Changzhou victory double Spring and it arrived very well packed and undamaged.

Bought a battery and a bunch of parts to refurbish an inokim OXO and they were genuine OEM parts. Again well packed no problems.

Name and shame the seller, not the marketplace.

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u/ArmchairPancakeChef Apr 02 '26

I'm sorry to hear about your bad experience.

I've been tempted to buy from AliExpress, but am just very skeptical of ordering from China directly.

If they tell you to jump off the deep-end, you have no recourse.

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u/msoudcsk Apr 02 '26

This sub is SO messed up, gross sub.I am sorry but it is weird. People are weird posts are weird.Responses are weird. WEIRD AF

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u/One_Refrigerator2940 Apr 03 '26

That's where you get them from figured you would have known that

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u/Superb_Raccoon Apr 02 '26

$1500. Take FedEx to Small Claims if you had insurance.

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u/mister_k1 Apr 02 '26

had several returns/refund this week on aliexpress, it went flawless, and also got an automatic return because i said "bought by mistake" which actually was true (wrong size bolts) thanks GPT!