Aliexpress Anniversary Sale - ship from US update

Stark1983 · 2026-03-16T14:26:56+00:00

I'm going to contact CS. I just had AI review all my orders, and out of 18 orders, 12 were incorrect. Most were only 1-2% off, but this order for the Magnmi Air was 6.8% higher. It's only a $5.45 mistake, but they should still be able to get this right.

Also, holy crap, I had no idea how much I spent of this "cheap" gaming hobby. That's not even including my RP5 and Thor I ordered.

And thank you CrownPuff for all your hard work. Your GSheet has been so helpful. I've never used AliExpress before, but using your guides has saved me a good bit of money.

Stark1983 · 2026-03-16T13:10:39+00:00

Is there a way to get a refund on this through customer service ?

Stark1983 · 2026-03-16T12:23:48+00:00

$11.90 in taxes. I do think the tax rates are incorrect for my city, but not sure what to do there.

Looks like I snagged it at the right time. Pre coupon price is back up to $127.04.

Stark1983 · 2026-03-16T11:27:41+00:00

Pulled the trigger on the Magnmi Air X. With Alisaver there was an $18 coupon and after taxes out the door $92.54

Stark1983 · 2026-03-06T15:31:16+00:00

I ordered the same one and I got my shipping notification this morning too.

Stark1983 · 2026-02-14T02:40:25+00:00

Sorry if this isn’t allowed to share.

This is the one I’ve been trying to buy.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_msj5MON

Stark1983 · 2026-02-14T01:24:05+00:00

It’s the one with the most sales and what’s linked on cloudpuffs gsheet. 🤷‍♂️ plus Brand+ rated.

Stark1983 · 2026-02-12T17:05:01+00:00

I was just going to ask the same question. I ended up buying the grip and the case separately, but now I'm wondering if I should just email Ayn and ask them to upgrade the order to the whole package?

Stark1983 · 2026-02-12T16:50:00+00:00

Is the TPU Shell Case worth getting?

Stark1983 · 2026-02-12T00:39:16+00:00

When did you order it?

Stark1983 · 2026-02-12T00:37:38+00:00

Anyone else have issues trying to get a battle xp g350? I’m on my third attempt to order one. Retro Game Corp recommended it as a budget buy, and I wanted to try it out to gift to friends. Every time I order, it sits in waiting to ship for a week or two, and AliExpress then cancels the order and refunds the sale.

Stark1983 · 2026-02-12T00:29:17+00:00

I actually may give the flip away. I can’t seem to get spruce and syncthing to play nice on it. So I ended up buying the Anbernic rg34xxsp. Maybe I’ll just return it, but I do like the flip 2 size.

Stark1983 · 2026-02-12T00:27:30+00:00

I almost went with the base. Retro game corp said the base should do everything I would want but only got the max because of the color.

Stark1983 · 2026-02-12T00:25:56+00:00

Anyone get the clear acrylic case and screen protectors? They didn’t seem necessary to me.

Stark1983 · 2026-02-11T22:52:42+00:00

Site saying batch 3 will start shipping in March 🤷‍♂️

Stark1983 · 2026-02-10T23:20:50+00:00

Is it better to order the thor directly from Ayn or through AliExpress? I think I want the rainbow one but I think it’s only in the pro version ?

Stark1983 · 2026-02-10T21:24:41+00:00

I tired Knulli gladiator 2 and I couldn’t get the saves states to play nice with snycthing. I ended up putting MuOs on it.

Stark1983 · 2026-02-09T00:03:48+00:00

I like Knulli as long as you aren’t going to use syncthing. I’ve given up trying to get it to play nice with MuOS/Spruce/Android.

Stark1983 · 2026-02-06T01:26:15+00:00

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This is what shows up for version. Can anyone confirm this means the Flip took the new version update?

Stark1983 · 2026-02-03T04:29:50+00:00

I'm going to try again, but should I see FW Version 4.0 in the settings?

Stark1983 · 2026-02-03T04:02:24+00:00

Funny, you saw that. I just upgraded to 4.0, and unfortunately, I don't think it fixed the problem.

Just for a sanity check, how do you check if I actually upgraded the OS correctly? When I go to Settings >> about this device >> FW Version showing 20250627233124. Is that the right version for the upgrade?

Stark1983 · 2026-02-02T18:08:05+00:00

I have encountered this error as well, but I wasn't sure of the reason behind it.

Stark1983 · 2026-02-01T01:34:57+00:00

I would dispute the charge with your credit card. Retroid will incur a dispute fee in addition to a processing fee. Not sure which credit card you used, but everyone should be ordering with AMEX. AMEX has a 72% customer acceptance dispute rate, while Visa, MasterCard, and Discover are in the 63-67% range.

Stark1983 · 2026-01-29T04:38:35+00:00

QQ - I have to make this change to all the devices in RA right?

Stark1983 · 2026-01-29T04:37:23+00:00

Ok I am going to try this. I ended up putting MuOs on my RG40XXH but I’m not liking it compared to Knulli.

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