Ruby A.

Everything about B&H Photo screams PRO.
I normally purchase most of my consumer electronics on Amazon but when it comes to professional Audio, Video and Photography equipment, B&H is my go-to one-stop-shop site.
If you really want to get blown away, next time you're in NYC, go visit their mega store on 34th St. Every sales person is a professional expert and can answer any questions about the items they sell.
Pricing is normally the same as Amazon, however there are deals that can be had for savvy consumers. For example, I recently purchased a ZTE Axon 7 smartphone through B&H. Not only was it cheaper than Amazon, B&H threw in a FREE pair of JBL Bluetooth headphones worth $60.
Bottom line: Highly recommended.

So, what's the 'but'?
Well, many of the items I received are of inferior quality. When I open a package from Gearbest, I always invertantly ask myself 'Am I feeling lucky today?' Some items I received where outright non-functioning while others did not meet the advertised claims of the item's description.
In many cases, this is more of the fault of the Chinese manufacturer inferior quality than anything else. It's gotten a lot better though. Three years ago, about one in five items I ordered had some kind of issue. Now, it's much less - a sign that Chinese attention to quality is improving. For these reasons, I would normally rate a company a 1 or 2 star rating. However, the reason I'm giving Gearbest 4 Stars is because they have always addressed a quality or non-delivery problem professionally and compensated or refunded me without any issue. As a company, I feel a can rely on them and they are getting better all the time.
Price wise, Gearbest is usually the cheapest I can find. If you don't mind waiting the 3-4 weeks it takes to ship from China, you can save some serious money by shopping with Gearbest.
Bottom line: Recommended with some reservations regarding quality of products and time it takes to deliver from China.

Don't be fooled by what looks like a professional run business/Web site!
I ordered an Elephone P8 smartphone on April 19,2014. BIG MISTAKE. 5 weeks latter, I was told by Banggood CS that the item was returned to them without any explanation and that they would refund my money in 4-5 days. Never happened. The tracking site now shows the product is on it's way ('Destination') to Singapore - I don't live in Singapore. I opened a dispute/claim via PayPal and hope they'll follow up.

I ordered a $130 GSM phone from Focalprice earlier this year. Luckily, I had proof that the product never arrived and I got my money back from PayPal.
Here is the email I got from Focalprice:
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Greetings from FocalPrice.com!

We are the CS Team, and we'd like to first thank you for your purchase. We just got word from our shipping company that your order (Deleted for privacy) (order ID) was successfully delivered to you we think. Because the package still does not return to us.

However, we've noticed our records show that we refunded to you for this order. Could you please confirm whether you have received the order? If yes, we kindly ask you resend the refund amount of $129.99 to our PayPal account (*******@gmail.com).
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I hope PayPal is doing a statistical monitoring of Chinese resellers and will drop them after reaching a critical number of dissatisfied customers.