From: theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk   
      
   Andy Burns  wrote:   
   > I'm logged in, with name/address/currency/payment methods all shown from   
   > my account and the 2x RP2040 in my cart, showing the 76p total.   
   >   
   > It just says "Order unsuccessful, There may be an internet issue. Close   
   > the app and restart to try again."   
   >   
   > It's not the first time I had issues with aliexpress, my firefox used to   
   > hate their "slidy thing" on the logon dialogue.   
      
   They get really antsy if you don't run all their spying scripts - ublock   
   origin blocks 53 on just the front page, and if you scroll the spying   
   count climbs - 126, 174, ...   
      
   Sometimes they just go in a sulk and do the slidy thing and/or lock me out,   
   or force a login just to browse products.  The current annoyance is I click   
   on something that's in a 'bundle deal' and it shows me a full page of bundle   
   deals but no details about the product I was interested in.[1]   
      
   It's a hellhole, but it's a cheap hellhole with often stuff that can't be   
   got elsewhere...   
      
   Theo   
      
      
   [1] Workaround, I get a bundle deal link like:   
      
   https://www.aliexpress.com/ssr/300000512/BundleDeals2?spm=   
     &a2g0o.home.pcJustForYou.14.[hex-id]   
     &productIds=1005007476886364:[16 digit decimal number]   
     &pha_manifest=ssr&_immersiveMode=true&disableNav=YES   
     &sourceName=RECOMMENDProduct&utparam-url=scene%3ApcJustForYou%7Cquery_from%3A   
      
   If I extract the productId and convert it to a URL   
      
   https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007476886364.html   
      
   then I can see the item I clicked on.   
      
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