aliexpress is largely a bait and switch site.
most of the prices change during checkout in the most frustrating ways. one u ready to check out, and provide ur payment into, and click to pay... they interrupt this fake checkout with a popover, inform u the price is actually much higher, and dangle a button which is one click to accept the new higher price.
this is total scam behaviour and probably illegal in most US states.
I did not have that experience at all, ordered there dozens of times.