Aliexpress

[voodoo_simon]

Has anyone used them? Looking at road frames and I was directed to the site from a friend who seemed impressed with them.

I get the feeling they are fake (most road frames are about a quarter of the UK RRP), so what's the crack with them?

[benp1]

Chinese - no copyright laws, low labour cost

[RE8ELD0G]

Most things are made in China and other foreign places then shipped to the UK to be sold.
China does not have copyright laws and duly copy item and sell them on.
Aliexpress also sells a lot of suplus stock from manufacturing that didnt get shipped out.
I use them a lot and your money is held in escrow until you click that you have recieved the goods and are happy with them.
your as safe as buying on ebay.
If something goes wrong your getting your money back or a replacement sent out just like using ebay and paypal.
only problem is the extra shipping time........

[Zippy]

only problem is the extra shipping time........

And import duty/tax thing?

[RE8ELD0G]

So far (touch wood) I have never been hit with import tax from China.
I find most of the items are either sent as a gift or has a really low price on the import sticker.