Are these laptops a scam?

[HandsomeJack]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007607055673.html

 

[Veho]

Yes. While it's not impossible to get insane discounts on AliExpress, this is sketch as fuuuuck.

 

[shaunj66]

AliExpress? Engrish descriptions? A ridiculously low price that would barely justify shipping costs?

Yes. Yes it's a scam.

 

[BeniBel]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007607055673.html

Yes. They will most likely send you a toy laptop at best. Luckily, aliexpress has great buyers protection, so you would get a refund.

Keep in mind, while Aliexpress is cheap, everything has a minimum price.

 

[Blythe93]

The most expensive thing I've ever bought on AliExpress was my EZ Flash Omega DE and I've made that purchase from a trusted seller with lots of positive customer reviews.
This one has 0 reviews. Definitely avoid.
I chuckle every time I see those Xiaomi 2TB USB flash drives selling for really cheap prices. I would love to see what kind of laptop would a person get if they ordered one of those. ^^

 

[BeniBel]

The most expensive thing I've ever bought on AliExpress was my EZ Flash Omega DE and I've made that purchase from a trusted seller with lots of positive customer reviews.
This one has 0 reviews. Definitely avoid.
I chuckle every time I see those Xiaomi 2TB USB flash drives selling for really cheap prices. I would love to see what kind of laptop would a person get if they ordered one of those. ^^

I actually saw a youtube vid on it a while ago, can't find it now. But a guy bought from a couple of obvious scams. In most cases, the order was cancelled and refunded after a few days, because aliexpress closed the store. Also once a fake shipping number was provided. In all instances he was refunded. In another video, a crappy thing was send, like a toy laptop or something else, just so they could provide a tracking number.

It's sad how many people see those cheap 2tb (or even up to 64tb) usb drives for a few bucks, and are shocked they don't work. It's as I said, everything has a minimum price. Bought an ssd for my steamdeck 2 years ago on aliexpress, it was only half the price of the stores here, but still around 90€ back then. But it's still working fantastic.

It's just a shame aliexpress has a bad reputation, just because people buy the obvious crap.

 

[Latiodile]

yes, even if they send you a real laptop, you'll probably get like a 6 year old celeron piece of garbage and a 64/128gb SSD that's been hacked to show 2TB and no more than 4gb ram

 

[HandsomeJack]

yes, even if they send you a real laptop, you'll probably get like a 6 year old celeron piece of garbage and a 64/128gb SSD that's been hacked to show 2TB and no more than 4gb ram

That's what I was thinking.

 

[Veho]

yes, even if they send you a real laptop, you'll probably get like a 6 year old celeron piece of garbage and a 64/128gb SSD that's been hacked to show 2TB and no more than 4gb ram

To be quite honest, I would buy a laptop like that for that price (€30 shipped to my location), provided it works.

 

[JustABadger]

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