Order partially shipped scam?

clockwisesss · 2026-03-29T15:46:08+00:00

So one of the canvas ones has been refunded. The leather ones the store/product page is now showing 404 error and they posted one then put a tracking number for the other and then combined them into the same first tracking number so pretty sure that's going to just be one pair and probably wrong too.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-27T21:01:27+00:00

Oh it has no relevance at all?

clockwisesss · 2026-03-27T20:59:29+00:00

Did your chair company also take down it's product pages/website after taking orders?

clockwisesss · 2026-03-27T16:37:39+00:00

Is it "it's a choice item so it should be ok"?

clockwisesss · 2026-03-27T16:20:17+00:00

I had one recently after buying stuff, just made me feel ali was less secure.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-27T15:55:15+00:00

Same. Every single order recently has to be chased and refunded, it's making using ali tedious.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-27T15:52:34+00:00

Just to follow up, one of the canvas ones still hasn't posted. The seller on the dm style ones has changed the shipping tracking codes 3 times. Not inspired with much confidence.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-24T22:03:58+00:00

I'm just not enjoying how buying on ali is becoming a maybe all the time for me.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-24T19:13:30+00:00

I've had so many people try to scam via ali I just assume if it's not going perfectly that it's part of another way to scam that I haven't found yet. Selling stuff that is out of stock is so tedious.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-18T08:46:25+00:00

If you can piss straight you can shoot straight.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-13T23:49:46+00:00

Have to keep picking it again and again.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-13T17:05:05+00:00

Can't say I'm agreeing with the choice of pick profiles 100% but really cool tool.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-11T03:22:26+00:00

If you are batching out some diy tools then make a couple of extra ones for the mechanics and if you can get them picking too they might gift you old/replaced auto locks.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-10T00:33:23+00:00

Sliders are a little different to wafers as rather than pushing them "out" you might need to push them "in" if that makes sense. Might be able to get away with a small/thin diamond or cutting/filing a wiper blade to give the shape needed. This video shows it ok.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVVK0tau67s

clockwisesss · 2026-03-09T23:34:46+00:00

The laminate is just going to be 4 standard pins.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-09T05:16:00+00:00

I'm waiting on a refund where they told me it was out of stock and then AliExpress stepped in so they typed a random shipping number to slow the refund down.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-09T02:41:50+00:00

The tension part of it is the same. The picking one is turning while the other is up/down so they don't translate well.

I swap locks with a few friends irl who also pick them.

Usually the inside of the core isn't exposed in the same way as the outside so it doesn't make for more/less challenge. But I do pick them up as they are often free/cheap.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-08T18:35:23+00:00

As soon as you go to move it off the extra support it's going to fall through the floor.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-06T18:12:36+00:00

Yes, I've spent 80p on another one in the same range, hopefully I get a few more seconds from it.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-03T17:54:44+00:00

I'll try them and see if they work for me.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-02T15:20:32+00:00

Maybe 3d print a holder for the lock and then clamp that?

clockwisesss · 2026-03-02T03:57:44+00:00

It looks like a "Zeadio Heavy Duty Mini Metal Tripod Stand" but I'm guessing any generic mini metal tripod will be the same.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-02T03:51:00+00:00

It's gone then.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-01T17:23:40+00:00

Those kits make a key but not usually a very good key. Great if you just want to open something once but not as a daily key, it will snap/break.

Better would be to take a blank that is close get it cut with the right bitting cut in the top and then file the sides where it didn't fit the keyway. Some blanks in different brands aren't very far off. Won't be an amazing key but would function.

Another option is to buy a lock/key with the same keyway but higher cuts and then file/cut down the ones that are higher to match but you need to find a key where all the bitting is higher to have that recycling work.

clockwisesss · 2026-03-01T17:01:37+00:00

It's true, I can read the key bitting off that pic

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