On 15/03/15 17:41, Bob Eager wrote:
On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 17:06:55 +0000, cl wrote:

Andrew Mawson wrote:
Anyone had experience buying through Aliexpress ?

http://www.aliexpress.com/

Do they just act as an agent or actually take responsibility for their
goods themselves?

I use them quite a lot and haven't had any problems. They hold your
payment in escrow (don't know if it's *really* escrow but anyway) until
you confirm that goods have been received. I've bought small items and
things up to Android tablets etc.

How easily is Customs handled?

The usual - aka "it isn't".

So your package goes through China Post and onwards to Royal Mail with
the requisite green form stuck on the side. Whether it gets stopped for
VAT is entirely random.