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Gearbest Reviews Summary

The company's reputation is significantly marred by widespread customer dissatisfaction, primarily stemming from persistent issues with order fulfillment, delays, and inadequate customer support. Many customers report difficulties in receiving refunds, with some waiting over a year without resolution. While a minority of reviews highlight positive experiences regarding product quality and timely delivery, these instances are overshadowed by the overwhelming negative feedback. Overall, the sentiment reflects a lack of reliability and transparency, leading to a recommendation for potential buyers to exercise caution when considering purchases from this company.

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service
3,485
value
3,461
shipping
3,493
returns
2,586
quality
3,440
Ukraine
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Good store
March 29, 2016

A great range of products, reasonable prices!
Coupons presented during registration at the questions are answered quickly, delivery on time
I recommend

Date of experience: March 29, 2016
Arizona
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Where is my order?
March 29, 2016

It's been 3 weeks since I ordered the E iStick 30W ecig box on 3/5/16. The tracking hasn't been updated since 3/11/16 so where is my package? Today is 3/29/16, if I don't receive it by tomorrow I will be contacting PayPal for a refund.

Date of experience: March 29, 2016
Lily L. — Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear susan,

Thank you for taking your time to write your review. We really appreciate the feedback.
First, I want to offer my sincerest apologies to you for the issue.

For your issue, please kindly check, the order was made on 3/5/2016 and sent out on 3/6/2016. The delivery time of flat rate shipping is 10 to 25 working days if there is no other delays. Please kindly check here: http://www.gearbest.com/about/shipping-methods.html.
So your package is in normal transmit. Please reply reply us in the email. We have explained it in detail in the email.

You are a valued customer, and we are committed to providing you with the best service possible.

Best Regards.
Gearbest.com

RU
1 review
0 helpful votes
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All fine
March 29, 2016

Was ordered Original Xiaomi XiaoYi IR Night Vision WiFi IP Camera (Order No.: W**************)
I was all arranged. Goods sent quickly, within a reasonable time delivery!
The camera is new, in excellent condition and works flawlessly for more than 5 months.
B. R. Solax87

Date of experience: March 29, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Price, quality, packaging, delivery speed is at the highest level
I`m very glad that i chose GearBest i had some questions about the product and i got answers rapedly

Date of experience: March 29, 2016
Greece
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Good Shop
March 29, 2016

I made an order in 19/02. One product wasn't in stock so they suggest me if I didn't want to wait to order something else in it's place. I accept and they send my order quickly. The items was exactly like the description, authentic and in descent price. They answer quick in your tickets.

Date of experience: March 29, 2016
New Zealand
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Excellent app for shopping
March 29, 2016

Excellent app for shopping easy to navigate and excellent customer service. I have been ordering android box's for friends and family with excellent service.

Date of experience: March 28, 2016
RU
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Excellent shop
March 29, 2016

I found great RC boat with excellent price at this shop. I bought her. Order was sent on next day. Delivery very fast for my country. Order has good packaging.
RC boat has high quality.
I recommend this shop!

Date of experience: March 28, 2016
NL
1 review
1 helpful vote
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**
Important Update: after an impulsive reaction to accepting the 50% refund, I reconsidered their offer, and requested a full refund, which I got! I thank gearbest for not neglecting contact with me after my impulsive reaction, and I think they deserve credit for their customer service!

Thank you, Gearbest :D!
**

*Old situation*:

I Ordered something 2 months ago through paypal, the information on where to deliver was also token from paypal. I asked them if they knew what went wrong a week earlier, they responded to me that there was a deadline for delivery and after that deadline they would talk to me about how to solve this issue.

I quote: 'We shipped on 25th January. Therefore your delivery deadline will expire on 25th March.
Once we receive all details above, we will offer you the right resolution for your case on this date.
Please note this timeframe is only decided by the carrier to consider the item lost. Some other providers would even use a 180-day deadline after shipment.
As a proof of goodwill, we Gearbest commit to help our customer the best we can, by resolving delivery issues as early as possible.'

Therefor, just a few days earlier, I contacted them again. They responded with the following information:

'As you can see, you have not offered us the state in your original order.

Unfortunately, it seems you have provided us with the wrong address during the checkout.

Therefore, there should be no compensation in such case. Check terms and conditions from http://www.gearbest.com/about/terms-and-conditions.html'

So, I do agree that I did not provide a state, but this was not intentional. I used paypal and I did not notice until recently that I had to option to provide two addresses. One with and one without a state (?). But both contained a zip code and country of destination (which in my eyes would be enough to deliver a package). But this is not really the thing that makes me furious.

They should have warned me about me not providing a state, they also should not go through with orders with incorrect or missing information! They could have prevented this from happening if they had validated my order before going through with it and therefor I want to warn other soon to be customers about this huge flaw this company has.

I do want to give them credit for their quick responses on my tickets, hence two stars instead of one.

Date of experience: March 28, 2016
Lily L. — Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear Eldin,

We are glad to hear that your case is resolved to your satisfaction.
Thank you for updating us on it.
For any issues, you may send emails support.gearbest.com with the title "sitejabber+your order number+forwaring this email to complaint group".
We will continue serving you in the best way possible.

Best regards.
Gearbest.com

Ukraine
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I've bought 2 replacemet straps (yellow and blue) for Mi band fitness bracelet (together with Mi Band in the same order). Original Xiaomi - it's very hard to find an original ones.
Fast shipment, I'm very satisfied

Date of experience: March 28, 2016
KR
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I made three orders. The first of it came perfectly, but the second took a while and the third was lost. After talking to them i received good extra compensation.

Date of experience: March 27, 2016
Louisiana
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Don't do it
March 27, 2016

Recieved defective product trying to return site says to ship back to them at my cost but there is no address listed on site. So far thier not sending me the address to send it back I think I just paid 50.00 for a paperweight. Just hear back from them they want to give me back 1/5 credit or ship back to them at my expense and pay them for half the product cost for them to ship new one to me. Please don't use them they are a shaddy company who do not back up there products.

Date of experience: March 27, 2016
Lily L. — Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear Michael,

Thank you for notifying us of your complaint. We are sorry for any inconvenience in this matter.

For the quality issue, we have detail warranty and return policy. Please kindly refer here:
http://www.gearbest.com/about/warranty-and-return.html Please kindly check AT16******042 and answer to us. We look forward to helping you and resolving this to your satisfaction.

Your patronage is important to us, and we hope that you’ll continue to give us opportunities to serve you.

Best Regards,
Gearbest.com

District of Columbia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Very good shop
March 27, 2016

I bought headphones Xiaomi Hybrid Dual Drivers the Earphones and Xiaomi USB LED Light (order No. W**************).
This was my first purchase on Gearbest. Shipping time takes about 20 days and I'd recieve this item. Products is original, its quality is good, shipping fast and nice service.
I think this store is good seller. Now I know I can trust this store. Will buy again! I recommend the store for shopping!

Date of experience: March 27, 2016
California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I ordered a case and it has been two whole months that I haven't received it! Don't order anything from this site if you don't want to receive your order in a long time maybe even months or a year.

Date of experience: March 27, 2016
Lily L. — Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear Laile,
Thank you for your important feedback and for letting us about your experience with us.

From time to time with thousands of shipments there will be an occasional issue with shipping. We have followed your issue now, please rest assured we will resolve it to your satisfaction.

We are looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Best Regards,
Gearbest.com

Italy
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Great experience
March 27, 2016

The first experience was really great. Seller is hardly suggested, becuse is serious and accurate. I'm waiting for the next one.
Cyrus

Date of experience: March 27, 2016
Belarus
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The other day I received a very necessary thing - Xiaomi power bank *******mah. I ordered in the shop Gearbest. Great price, very fast shipping and prompt delivery. I am delighted with this purchase in this store. Definitely I will buy there also advise everyone to do there shopping! Gearbest best of the best!

Date of experience: March 26, 2016
Canada
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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I ordered some small items such as mobile covers and screen protectors from Gearbest.

It took the company 45 days to send a small package to Canada. Finally the package arrived and not only an item was missing, but another item was incorrectly sent!

The Gearbest complaint service was unresponsive and did not care about neither the missing or wrongly-sent item, and of course the long delay did not matter to them.

It's been 10 days since I have filed the complaint and they are just referring the message around without taking any responsibility for their lack of accuracy and clarity.

Never do business with this company.

Update on April 12th 2016:
After sending a formal complaint to Gearbest and posting on SiteJabber, I was contacted with Gearbest and got a refund on the items I was complaining about. They also offered me some extra Gearbest Wallet points to make up for the inconvenience they have caused.
Due to their follow up and good manners, I am updating my overall rating from 1 star to 2 stars.

Date of experience: March 26, 2016
Lily L. — Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear Amir,

We are glad to hear that your case is resolved to your satisfaction. Thank you for updating us on it.

For any issues, you could feel free to contact us on site: support.gearbest.com adding the title: sitejabber complaint + order number + forwarding this email to complaint group.
We will be always at your service.

Thank you for your kind understanding and support.

Gearbest.com

RU
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Nov 10,2015 I ordered the store gearbest batteries for your electronic cigarette (evic vtc mini) (Order No.: W**************). It was the lowest price. Cheaper is not found. Parcel well packaged and quickly shipped. Product delivered in 30 days. Product of excellent quality. And it works well to this day. I am very glad. Thank you store Gearbest.

Date of experience: March 26, 2016
Turkiye
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Best chinese site I've ever used!
March 27, 2016

I've been using chinese sites for years as they are much cheaper than my country. I had experiences with many websites and I have to admit that gearbest is one of the best if not the best site I've ever used.

They set flash-sale or flash-deal or whatever its called sometimes and you can really grab things much cheaper than other chinese sites. I had a couple of orders that way and they didnt let me down. I got my orders in time an they were pretty good for their price. Once I bought a tablet out of flash-sale and a day later it went into flash-sale. I asked them to cancel my order quickly so I can rebuy it cheaper, they did it in just 1 day so I didnt miss flashsale which was there for 2 days.

In conclusion, I'm pretty satisfied with their services and I hope it continues that way.

Date of experience: March 25, 2016
Portugal
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Good Store
March 24, 2016

I do an order in this shop and the support is great, the shippment is realy fast and the prices are the best. I recomend this store to everyone.

Date of experience: March 24, 2016
Ukraine
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ordered this store 2 phone(W**************) sent within 2 days.the parcel was mail in the Netherlands, came in 12 days.the phones were very well Packed and packing is very pleased. I have 2 years buying in China and the store Gearbest it is the best option in terms of price, quality and speed of order processing. I am very pleased with Gearbest and now I will only order from this store!

Date of experience: March 24, 2016

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