Re: RP2040 zero

Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> 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.