wish.com - Who uses it?

[dionbee93]

Thinking of buying a few bits off here - is it a trusted website?

I know most of the things on it are Chinese tat but a few bits and bobs could be useful.

Wanting to order some nuts/bolts/washers, Car trim clips etc. and have no rush for postage.

Seems to good to be true - Is it?

Cheers

[Cheeky Jim]

Apart from the app being a bit rubbish, I've used it a couple of times and both items have turned up! Although they were fairly low value items.

[shakotan]

I've bought a bunch of stuff. Always turns up (eventually), but quality can be questionable.

[Dave.]

Driftland did a video series of stuff they've bought from there....

A wouldn't be buying anything safety critical, that's for sure.

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1GqXi7QiG66Z...

[devnull]

its just another portal like aliexpress for cheap imported tat.

You know how the UK has the advertising standards agency to minimise a vendor selling one thing and sending you someting inferior? Wish.com is basically a marketplace with little to no standards - most stuff is photoshopped and exaggerated claims. Even just looking at it briefly I was presented with ads for diet tea and pills with hugely exaggerated before and after pics.

As mentioned above, fine for novelty value, but I wouldn't be putting buying anything of importance from there.

[chopper602]

Like others have said, I've bought a few things but they have been in the sub £20 bracket. Everything turned up eventually and some things have been better than expected quality.

[bobbo89]

Do they still do a really good new user promo code where you can get like 50% off your first order? I'd always check ebay for stuff after you've found it on there too as i regularly find it cheaper.

Also, some of the stuff on there is just bizarre!

[Lagom]

The app is huge here in Scandinavia (TV and pop up ads), it’s been going years but as others have said it’s all Chinese tat.

[Gareth79]

devnull said:

its just another portal like aliexpress for cheap imported tat.

You know how the UK has the advertising standards agency to minimise a vendor selling one thing and sending you someting inferior? Wish.com is basically a marketplace with little to no standards - most stuff is photoshopped and exaggerated claims. Even just looking at it briefly I was presented with ads for diet tea and pills with hugely exaggerated before and after pics.

As mentioned above, fine for novelty value, but I wouldn't be putting buying anything of importance from there.

AliExpress (or DHGate) is FAR better to purchase said tat from. The main reason is that the shipping cost is displayed up-front, so it's easy to find the cheapest seller. The descriptions are usually better, you can sort by price and the number of sales, and then view reviews and photos from people who have bought the tat. Depending on what you are looking for, you can save an absolute fortune by buying from either of those, if you don't need it for a few weeks of course.

Wish basically pretties it all up into a friendly app, and as you say, targets with some very questionable products.

[Salmonofdoubt]

I've used it for some stickers, plectrums and have bought a few cheap watches to wear every day.

The stuff seems to turn up and be as described. And while the watch on my wrist is a fake it looks fine and tells the time well for £6

[dionbee93]

Thanks everyone! Was ordering 10 aluminium M6 washers for a £1 with £1 postage so I thought to make it worth the posting I bought 10 sets but they charged a £1 postage for each item.. back to ebay I think

[Monkeylegend]

dionbee93 said:

Thanks everyone! Was ordering 10 aluminium M6 washers for a £1 with £1 postage so I thought to make it worth the posting I bought 10 sets but they charged a £1 postage for each item.. back to ebay I think

Or a quick trip to Homebase

[8Ace]

Not used Wish but have used Ali Express lots of times and it's always been pretty good.

Advice is, just like eBay, buy the seller not the product.

If it doesn't turn up you get a refund, this can be a couple of months down the line so don't get anything from there if you need it urgently. Stuff usually turns up in less than 2 weeks for me.

[dionbee93]

Monkeylegend said:

Or a quick trip to Homebase

No high street shops sell them really - They're the Anodized cone load spreading washers that take a cap bolt. Quite hard to get!

[Monkeylegend]

dionbee93 said:

Monkeylegend said:

Or a quick trip to Homebase

No high street shops sell them really - They're the Anodized cone load spreading washers that take a cap bolt. Quite hard to get!

I am lucky where I live, we still have one of the old style specialist ironmongers who can wholesale supply you with almost anything you want, and will even sell you a single nut or bolt, metric or imperial, any size.

[bucksmanuk]

dionbee93 said:

No high street shops sell them really - They're the Anodized cone load spreading washers that take a cap bolt. Quite hard to get!

https://www.pro-bolt.com/aluminium-washer-m6-15.ht...
https://www.gwr-fasteners.co.uk/m6-x-12-flat-washe...
http://www.teknipart.co.uk/en/catalog/alloys/alumi...
https://www.altiplas.co.uk/Products/ALTIPLAS_ALUMI...

[Shuvi McTupya]

I agree with what others have already said with regards to Alieexpress and another similar site fasttech if you want Chinese 'goods'. Most of the time you don't even pay for delivery, which I still don't understand!

[nitrodave]

Shuvi McTupya said:

I agree with what others have already said with regards to Alieexpress and another similar site fasttech if you want Chinese 'goods'. Most of the time you don't even pay for delivery, which I still don't understand!

Small businesses in China have subsidised global shipping, hence us being able to by things so cheaply shipped to our door from half way round the world.

[boyse7en]

I've had the Wish app on my phone for a while but never bought anything off i yet as I found that stuff is about the same price on eBay when you take the postage costs into account. And eBay generally has better pics and descriptions.

[Shuvi McTupya]

nitrodave said:

Small businesses in China have subsidised global shipping, hence us being able to by things so cheaply shipped to our door from half way round the world.

Yeah, i understand that it is subsidized on the china end, but our post office still has to sort it and deliver it and i assume they are not getting paid?