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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.

This summary is generated by AI, based on text from customer reviews

service
3,481
value
3,457
shipping
3,489
returns
2,583
quality
3,436

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Thailand
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I am satisfied with it
November 21, 2015

Goods is perfect condition and very cheap in my country it's very expensive, and took only 11 days to ship since the order date(im' live in thailand). And the product it's great wrap

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
Canada
3 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Thanks for Gearbest customer service to solve the problems I had with my orders. I am good with the solutions. Keep up good work. They are always there for you. I will order from them again.

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
BO
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Buen servicio
November 21, 2015

Una de mis primeras compras en esta tienda, y la verdad quede satisfecho, buen tiempo de entrega (envĂ­o a Bolivia) y buen trato.

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
Illinois
14 reviews
14 helpful votes
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I THOUGHT THIS COMPANY WAS LEGIT BUT SEE ITS NOT. I STILL WAITING FOR MY MERCHANDISE FROM THEM. ITS BEEN PASSED 7DAYS. THAT IS NOT COOL AT ALL. I DONT UNDERSTAND IF THEY TAKE OF THE CONSUMER THEN YOU HAVE GREAT REVIEWS PERIOD. YOU LOST ME NOW. IM DONE. LATER!

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
Lily L. — Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear mellodie,

I want to start by extending our thanks to you for providing your extremely valuable feedback to us.

From time to time with thousands of shipments there will be an occasional issue with shipping. Our procedure is designed to handle situations like this one quickly and efficiently.
Could you please tell us your order number so that we can offer a better solution?

We want to say thank you for providing us with important information about your situation.

Gearbest.com

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ordered my first G1W car DVR from Gearbest. Test it out on my first car. Works solid after a few months daily recording.

Then I ordered another car dvr for my wife's car and more from items from Gearbest.

One of the item has some small issue; I contact their customer service and get response quickly with three option for the solution. I choose to get refund to Gearbest wallet since I would like to order more from them.

I feel worry free to order and get support from Gear best

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Excellent communication
November 20, 2015

Excellent communication and fast response.
They don't hesitate to help you

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Hello, I'm new to the Chinese Online Gadget Store's so I decided to place some small orders at different sites(under 50$ per site). I placed 3 orders at GearBest. The first one on Oct. 23 every item was stated to ship in 3 days. I eventually wrote a ticket after 12 days and they responded that they won't be in stock, so after 14 days I got refunded my $ to my GearBest Wallet. On Nov. 4th I ordered a KSD 25w Vamo Box, which was in stock and ships in 3 days. I wrote them a ticket on the 8th if it was going to ship soon and I was told that they needed 5 - 7 days to quality check it. It is now the 20th and its still processing. During this time I've received six orders from other Chinese online stores including ******* efest batteries and a charger for the vamo box.

So what I have learned from my experience is if u can wait months for what you order shop at GearBest if not shop somewhere else.

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
RU
1 review
0 helpful votes
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GearBest
November 20, 2015

Good afternoon! Good shop, a large selection of products, excellent support, quality products at a high level.

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Was a bit dubious at first, bought some cheap stuff from GB and no problems but this was a bit more money. Ordered a Doogee F5 on pre-order, thinking I would be one of the first few to get it. But had to wait 6 weeks after release date, I think this was mainly down to Doogee not gearbest, but a bit of information would be nice from GB. Sent and email asking what was going on, nice concise replies, just a bit slow to actually reply. Would use again and recommend

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
MD
1 review
0 helpful votes
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All products are Original
November 20, 2015

I am recommend this shop to all my friends. Because it is thery rich store with more items. I am buy more xiaomi items. But it is oroginal items, I trust in products from this store

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
Utah
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Thought I'd try gearbest because they had an item I have been wanting for a decent price. Only to find out they never had they product and can't get it. Tried calling and emailing several times just to be told that my item wasn't ready yet 2 weeks after order. Knowing now i would have gladly paid the 5 extra dollars to get it from a reputable store that delivers! Then they told me i could have in store credit or a refund but that would take 30 days and is out of there control. Bs. Don't shop with gearbest! I'll post another review when i finally get my money back. Really messed up a trip in taking to? Isn't it illegal to post and sell things you don't actually have?

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
Lily L. — Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear Brett,

We're extremely grateful for your constructive feedback.

We apologize for any inconvenience and hope that we will have another opportunity to ship you one of our fine products.

Thank you again for bringing these matters to our attention.
We will also contact the customer to apologize for the delay and offer an accommodation for their troubles and inconvenience. We feel that this is the least we can do in the circumstances.

Gearbest.com

Nigeria
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I bought an Oukitel U8 phone. The product matched every specification listed on the site. And surprisingly the order arrived on time in very good condition. Gearbest is definitely a site worth buying on.

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
GB
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Placed order with gearbest back in September, order no. WWP************** which I received in good condition and for cheap. Happy Customer

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
Indiana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ordered a 5 pack of. 5 ohm OCC coils from GearBest. They were nearly half the price of other paces I looked. They arrived quickly and work great. I was very pleased with the service I received and will continue to shop at GearBest.

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
Hong Kong
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Fast shipping and great prices. I bought the Xiaomi Yi and accessories like monopod and case.

Very happy with them and were the genuine article!

Easy to use website and great range. Would buy from them again.

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
Hungary
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great overall experiences
November 20, 2015

Really satisfied by they service, good prices, good quality, and excellent and customer friendly customer service. Also they have a european warehouse, which speeds up the delivery time for me, but the orders delivers also fast from their chinese warehouse. The products are original, haven't had to return a thing to them. Recommended site by me. Dusi

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great site for ecigs
November 20, 2015

After reading some of the reviews on here i can only assume I'm one of the lucky ones.
I've ordered a few items over the last few months from Gearbest (mostly ecig related) and had no problems at all with their service.
Delivery to the UK been around 6-7 business days and all items I've had have been authentic.

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
RU
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Good quality shop
November 20, 2015

My name is Igor. Many times I have bought in the store. The product is great quality and original. Shipping is free, Payment paypal allows you not to worry.

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
Germany
1 review
0 helpful votes
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1. Costs:
Gearbest has unbeatable prices - the items I ordered were at about half the normal retail prices in germany, and no shipping costs added!

2. Am I going to shop again at gearbest?
I already did it, and I will surely do it again!

3. Support:
I wrote a aftersales support Ticket to find out which carrier would deliver my parcel, and received an answer within 12 hours which informed me about that in avery friendly way.

4. Ordering / Delivery:
I ordered an XCube 2 and a Nitecore Charger from gearbest's EU warehouse on 11/01/2015.
It arrived 11/04/2015. Considering that I ordered those items on a sunday, the delivery time was 3 working days - that's extremely fast! All packages in perfect state and nothing broken

5. Quality of products:
Both ordered items were flawless - genuine products, everything in perfect working order and nothing to complain.

My order number was WW**************

Date of experience: November 20, 2015
Sweden
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Gearbest has after more than 2 months told me that they have not sent the goods! They were out of stock. SO they say that can pay me back 160 USD of the 203 USD!
IT IS A SCAM!
And now Trustpilot.com is also warning for fake reviews of this company

They have lied for 2,5 months now. Her is short summary and what I see I am not alone.
My order was placed 2 september.
- Express delivery 7 days, took one month. I got two batteries instead of my products!
-Then the excused that the shipment was returned because of safety check.
-Then that they write they will send my products again
-Then that they will return all the money.
-Then trying to get more money for shipment! Another 80 USD.
-Then that they write again. That they will send my products.
-And today (11/19/2015) they say the reason why they did not sent the order because it is not available!

So a big warning for this company, because they can spend months of lying for you. Just so you do not get your products and get tired. I paid with Paypal, but it has been more than 4 weeks trying to get a refund from Paypal.

Date of experience: November 20, 2015

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Coventry, WMID, United Kingdom