Yesterday I received my 30g of tadalafil from (archive link:) http://www.alie xpress.com/snap … 6982590744.html which is now gone (orig link: http://www.alie xpress.com/item … 2491535996.html )
What I got is exactly what’s in the photos and so far I think I got the real thing. Visually it looks legit. I don’t have my scale yet and haven’t tested it (the tadalafil came faster than expected.) It’ll be a few days to a week before I do test it. I don’t suspect I got scammed (yet) and I’m cautiously optimistic, but we’ll see. It was always a $43 gamble for me.
Aliexpress has a "buyer’s protection" so I guess if I got bogus product I can dispute it and possibly get my money back. So I do need to test it ASAP.
One thing that bugs me about these aliexpress stores is that they seem to all either steal or re-cycle each other’s photos for their ads. Different sellers can appear to be nearly identical sometimes and you never know who is just stole some photos or are there really multiple sellers with nearly identical product. In this case what’s in the archived ad looks identical to what’s in my box so at least it’s not completely plagiarized.
One reason I picked this seller is that they had several confirmed sales and positive feedback (as opposed to many others.) It’s odd that it’s suddenly gone and I can’t find their other store. If you look at the ad and scroll down you’ll see:
"this is the old store ,because Malicious Report by bad guys that stroe will open in 2015.10.14.that time you can order in old store ."
I take that to mean their store was pulled offline by allegedly fake/malicious scam reports and they opened a new store in the mean time. They say their old (and returning store) is which doesn’t seem to make sense as it’s just a "junk" megastore.
Plot thickens….
If you check out this ad: http://www.alie xpress.com/item … 2482053985.html
They have one thing in common, which is that screenshot of the terms and conditions along with the same store URL from the "honestyshop 2014" that I bought from and same shipping screen shot photo. Also the photo of the foil bag is also borrowed from the honestyshop ad. So is this just a copy cat that stole screenshots or is it a similar seller? I remember this specific ad from a few weeks ago when I placed my order and they are apparently still in business.
The whole thing makes my head hurt a bit. All of the other tadalafil ads are pretty expensive, and this one is both interesting and suspect at the same time.
You could wait a week or two and see if any new ads pop up soon. They seem to come and go regularly.
I’ll report back after I test my product. With any luck I can somehow get a hold of the seller and find out if they’re selling under a different ad.