Hi there,
Anyone bought anything from the Wish app ? And get what you were expecting ?
Thanks!
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Like AliExpress, cheap eBay stuff, you generally get what you pay for.
There are many Youtube videos about stuff people get from Wish - as long as you are not expecting a pair of Beats Headphones for $5, then it is OK. Cheap tat usually, but usually in line with what you'v epaid for it.
Yes its legit. A staff member here uses it all the time, but as above, get what you pay for. Apparently they do have a vetting program, where any of the sellers with the "wish tick", are selling the goods exactly as described etc, so should be safe using those ones.
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Seems OK for the ones who crave wasting their money or spending. Most of the stuff that comes is not really as described, there are plenty of youtube videos showing this. I have seen good deals there too and a lot of the advertising for it seems to be listing fake products with fake prices and when you get into the app it is different.
Cool thanks ... just want a few accessories for my car (mud flaps) and they seem to have them cheap.
Mark:
Cool thanks ... just want a few accessories for my car (mud flaps) and they seem to have them cheap.
Honestly avoid car parts from there, Also shipping them will most likely work out more expensive than going to super cheap.
I often find Wish will have an item listed as free, but then charge $5 shipping. Often the same item can be found on Aliexpress for around $2.00 with free shipping. I also ordered a couple of looks too good to be true items just to test it out ($2+shipping android phone etc) which when they came were only cables. But they were refunded quickly. (woohoo free micro USB cable).
Wish can be dodgy with sales designed to suck in gullible people. There is (or was) a lot of "if it is too good to be true, it isn't true" sales on it.
A work colleague ordered a bunch of stuff that was obviously too good to be true just to see what showed up. The examples include a $2 i5 laptop will SSD etc that turned out to be the rubber feet from a laptop. Also a $10 USB3 2Tb ext HDD, which turned out to be just the case. Re-reviewing the pages afterwards reviled no missed fine print etc. If you were actually looking for laptop rubber feet and USB cases you wouldn't have bought the advertised items.
Wish are very good with refunds etc according to our local shopper :) Shes claimed a few and Wish have paid her straight away.
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My elderly dad recently bought a P20 Pro from Wish...needless to say, it's a lookalike that has few features of the actual P20 Pro...but he's happy with it and it works.
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It's like AliExpress with way fewer safeguards and much more scam/fake stuff.
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For things like SD cards https://www.dx.com/ is my goto over ali etc. DX has been around for a long time and there is good product feedback built up on most products. Everything is also free (all be it VERY slow normally) shipping. No good if you are in a hurry, but if you don't mind waiting and want it not to be fake then this is the place to go.
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