AliExpress

[PaulWarning]

ordered a Lekato WS-70 wireless unit from AliExpress, under £16, what had I got to lose? I got to the checkout and the price was £8.30, I thought I'd got a new customer discount.

The unit arrived today and its a HOHIYO A8, very flimsy but it works, but very dodgy practices, the original picture shows a Lekato but the check out picture (I've just checked) shows the Hohiyo, I shall complain but I'm not holding my breath

[tauzero]

13 hours ago, PaulWarning said:

ordered a Lekato WS-70 wireless unit from AliExpress, under £16, what had I got to lose? I got to the checkout and the price was £8.30, I thought I'd got a new customer discount.

The unit arrived today and its a HOHIYO A8, very flimsy but it works, but very dodgy practices, the original picture shows a Lekato but the check out picture (I've just checked) shows the Hohiyo, I shall complain but I'm not holding my breath

 

You have to watch out for that. If you go back to the original item, you'll probably find there's a selection of wirelesses and the most attractive is shown as the default but the cheapest is the one autoselected for you. I fell foul of this when I finished up with a couple of Amplug type things when I wanted something else.

[PaulWarning]

5 minutes ago, tauzero said:

 

You have to watch out for that. If you go back to the original item, you'll probably find there's a selection of wirelesses and the most attractive is shown as the default but the cheapest is the one autoselected for you. I fell foul of this when I finished up with a couple of Amplug type things when I wanted something else.

When I checked, in the basket,the unit was still described as a Lekato WS-70 but the picture had changed to the Honiyo unit, I really can't be bothered to send it back for the sake of 8 quid, that's probably what they rely on, and it does work, haven't really tested out the quality yet, might be ok for home use

[Wombat]

Aye, I was trying to buy a M-VAVE chocolate midi foot controller- just to have a bit of (cheap) fun seeing how midi works. But I ended up with just the wireless midi bit! Going back in I saw what they did - give you a pick of the foot controller with several options, with the cheapest being ‘not what you thought you bought’ (the wireless dongle on its own in this case). I did think I was going to have a fight over it and have the hassle of returning it but they just refunded my £10. Turns out if I want the foot pedal that’s another £27. And now I have a wireless midi dongle and no way to use it 🤷‍♀️😂.

Edited 1 hour ago by Wombat