Kapton tape

[Zambam]

I bought a 50 mm wide x 30 m long roll of Kapton tape from Aliexpress for $6.39 https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256...t_main.29.282a1802pWi9Ha&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

Just gave it a soldering iron test (25 W iron) and it melted immediately upon touching the tip to it. That's fake Kapton! I have a roll of 10 mm wide Kapton that I've had for a long time for electronics work. I can keep the iron tip on it for 30 seconds and it didn't melt or shrivel. If you have Kapton tape from Aliexpress, can you give it a test with an iron and report back your results? I am going to write the seller, send a video and ask for a refund.

 

[docw009]

Don't write the seller. They'll just stall you til the dispute window closes, Start a dispute. Provide the video, You'll have the refund within a day or two,

 

[Zambam]

Don't write the seller. They'll just stall you til the dispute window closes, Start a dispute. Provide the video, You'll have the refund within a day or two,

Yes, good point. I did just file a dispute with a video. My last order had 8 items (Kapton was one of them) ordered on Dec 1. All arrived yesterday (took 7 days total) in one package except 1 item which will be late. I think the late item is on purpose so they can tempt me with the $1 late coupon to entice me to place another order (same thing happened in 2 previous orders and it worked! I'm a sucker).

The last mile carrier is no longer USPS but Unitruck, which delivers 7 days a week, sometimes as late as 9 pm.

 

[Zambam]

Another item that I filed a dispute was these cell holders https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256...t_main.11.38391802dcBYrA&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

This is my first experience with using cell holders. I'd thought that the 4 x 4's and 1x 3's will mate to each other but that's not true! The 1 x 3's do mate to each other to build bigger packs, but the 4 x 4's do not even mate to itself.

They sent me a printable USPS free return label. This will be my 1st Aliexpress return. Any gotchas's I should know? Do I need to include a note or the order number or is all the info they need on the return label?