https://global.alipay.com/ospay/home.htm sign up here and see if you are able to add your debit card, if you can add it here successfully just fire up aliexpress app and choose pay via alipay. I'm using my credit card for transactions but had used a mastercard debit card in past. i think that time we had to enable international limit in HDFC.
Not working for me.
A bit difficult to state the actual amount that will be levied since the assessed value (on which the duty will be calculated) may very well be different from the amount paid. Now, I don't have 1st hand information/experience about this, nor can I quote the relevant legal provisions. Rather, I'm simply summarizing whatever I've read on the topic over the course of research on this very thread, & on various blogs and such. So don't take this as the gospel truth.
My debit card is an 'international debit card' according to bank of baroda. But somehow, doesn't work on aliexpress as well as on entropay. (both need payments in $)
thanks, i will let you know if i am charged with custom duty, iphone 4s for 6.7k looks sweet deal.
you'll get your money back. Don't worry. Contact your bank after few days. There's absolutely no chance of you losing that money. be sure of thatI am facing a new issue now.
I had made a purchase worth 1.2$ just to test my friend's citibank debit card, payment completed, aliexpress took 24 hours to verify payment and seller shipped the item.
Next purchase i made was worth $105 (Rs.7100). But when i paid, even though payment was showed as successful at aliexpress and money got deducted from bank account. Aliexpress closed my order (for security reasons) and asked my ID proof, photo of debit card (with first 12 digits concealed) and bank statement to validate my account.
I provided these documents to them and they validated those details and told me that i can now start placing orders again.
When i contacted CC about my order that i paid $105 for, they said its permanently closed and aliexpress didn't deduct the amount, its being held by my bank and i should contact my bank to get a refund.
I contacted my bank and they asked for 2 working days to verify if the payment failed or succeeded.
Anyone faced similar issue with aliexpress before?
They also said they can't guarantee that my future orders will not be closed for security reasons even after i have submitted those documents they had asked for, since verification of each order is independent.
Glad to hear that. Congratulations! You must be on cloud 9,
. Nothing more satisfying than snagging a good deal.. I've also been lucky to not have any customs charged yet for the items (albeit not too expensive) that I've ordered from aliexpress so far. My cousin, on the other hand, who regularly gets DIY stuff has been charged every single time. 
