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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
3,482
value
3,458
shipping
3,490
returns
2,584
quality
3,437

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Hungary
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I see that this site gets its ups and downs from the reviewers here. For me, everything went really smoothly. I was really happy that I could order from a store that has a warehouse in the EU - customs is a pain in the... other cheeks in my country, with a 33% fee usually. My order arrived in a few days (it was a registered package, of course, I always pay for registered if possible). Since trust is a hard-to-gain currency, I've checked the authenticity of everything that I ordered, but both items passed it. Since I didn't need their customer service for anything, I can't say anything about it.

Date of experience: November 2, 2015
France
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Never received the item, Gearbest sent the item via unregistered post (not registered) without my consultation. Other items took over a month to arrive, their postal time estimates are false advertising. I was ignored when asking for my money back. Fraudulent company who stole my money.

Date of experience: November 1, 2015
Lily L. — Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear Ry,

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

Texas
1 review
6 helpful votes
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You got to watch these people, what they don't tell you is that they ship from China, even though it says ships within 3 day, Lie, it took them 9 days to ship and another month to go though customs to get to the U. S and to ad insult to injury they sent a EU model to a United States customer, they do not respond to e-mail requests for return, I had to go though paypal to get refund, but even then they want me to ship back to China, cost more then the product is worth, guess they know how to work the system. STATY AWAY FROM GREARBEST.

Date of experience: November 1, 2015
Lily L. — Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear Nicolas,

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

We very much regret that the issue has occurred and are fully committed to resolving it to your satisfaction.

We have reached out to this customer to personally apologize for what happened. 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. For this customer we were neither quick nor efficient and for that reason, we are retracing what exactly went so wrong so we can avoid such inefficiencies in the future.

While the customer left a negative review, we are always happy to look closely at the feedback and implement improvements for the best customer experience possible.

We value your patronage and wish to continue serving you in the best way possible.

Best Regards,
Gearbest.com

Canada
1 review
7 helpful votes
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These idiots took 4 months to refund a 4$ item that never arrived, only because I kept insisting after ticket has been ignored for two weeks straight, writing a new ticket, and filling a complaint with Paypal.

Their crap is alright, but if it doesnt reach your doorstep say goodbye to your money or your time, because it will take a whole lot of it getting a refund from these idiots.

A big 0/100 for customer service, just make sure you pay with Paypal or risk saying goodbye forever to your money.

To Gearbest Rep: before you ask, order number was WW**************. You fully deserve 0 star 0/100 rating on that one. Ticket T*******025 was ignored and DELETED before resolution, and ticket T*******624 was ignore for 14 days before I filled a complaint with Paypal.

You are scums.

To everyone fighting over a lost order that they for some reason don't want to re-ship or refund: they are just wasting your time through their ticket time-wasting machine. Call your credit card company and tell them you've been scammed by a no-service chinese website, or fill a complaint with Paypal directly. Only then will they wake up and set things straight, otherwise they are counting on the fact that you will either forget or get exhausted from this $#*!, and they get to keep your money.

Date of experience: November 1, 2015
Portugal
1 review
1 helpful vote
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"I ordered the chuwi vi8 tablet from Gearbest and i just cannot be more happy with my purchase.
The tablet came well packaged and with a screen protector pre-applied.
Overall the tablet works very well.
Thanks the intel hd graphics and the quad-core processor, the tablet is very fluid and fast even on windows 8.1 (Yes! This tablet has a full windows 8.1 version!)
This model is the cheapest 8 inch windows 8.1 tablet (87 us dolares).
The big point is Gearbest has a Warehouse in Europe so people from Europe can order tablets, smartphones with no custom tax!
Gearbest has a great customer service so if you have any question about the stock of any item, shipment detail or another question you would like to ask, you will be answered very fast (my experience!)"

Date of experience: November 1, 2015
Croatia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Gearbest is my favorite online shop. I love it because their prices are the lowest, they have original genuine products, and they know how to pack items safely! I sure will order a lot of items on gearbest!

I highly recommend this store! :)

Date of experience: November 1, 2015
Cayman Islands
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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The item I ordered sat in processing for about a week. Asked gear best when it would be shipping and said I was worried because of the terrible reviews on sitejabber. They responded asking if I wanted to wait "just a few days more" or find some other product I liked (nice try) or if I wanted a refund. I said I wanted a refund and they gave it to me within minutes

Date of experience: November 1, 2015
Sweden
1 review
4 helpful votes
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VERY BAD
November 1, 2015

Why so many bad reviews man that really sucks, that you dont understand service. Now aFTER SEING THEM I WILL NOT BUY FROM YOU

Date of experience: November 1, 2015
Belgium
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I am very satisfied with the service of Gearbest. Why? Well, first of all the site is very accessible. I don't have to spend a long time before finding that goods where I am looking for. Up to now, everything I ordered has been delivered in an acceptable time and in good condition. All packages were well packed and protected.And last but not least, the customer service is doing a great job. Once I had a question, and within 12 hours I had a satisfying answer (take in account that there is a huge time difference between Belgium and China.
Will I buy more products from Gearbest? Absolutely

Date of experience: November 1, 2015
Germany
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Gearbest - good products for a good price.
Friendly personal and a great customer support.
The shipping costs are o. K (free shipping to germany is possible).
Fast shipping.
The packetches reached me undamaged.

Great Seller - Great Support - I will buy again and again

Date of experience: October 31, 2015
Poland
114 reviews
1650 helpful votes
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Purchased xiaomi powerbank, MI bracelet, selfie stick. Everything was delivered as expected.
However their support is slow in responses sometimes.

Date of experience: October 31, 2015
GB
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I order an iteam about two months ago and it hasnt arrive yet. I try to contact the support centre 5 times and they just told me to wait and wait without no solution.
It is shameful. I WANT MY MONEY BACK.

Date of experience: October 31, 2015
Lily L. — Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear Cris ,

Thank you so much for your important feedback. We are always very grateful to hear from our customers.

Could you please tell us your order number so that we can offer a better solution here?

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

Gearbest.com

GB
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Don't bother... I placed two orders with them. They say they have stock, but all of a sudden you get sorry no stock. Replies to tickets all say sorry, then I see on Facebook the amount of people having the same problem. I think I will cut my losses, and accept that nothing will come. I will contact PayPal to get my money back, and suggest that they remove themselves from Gearbest.

Date of experience: October 30, 2015
Lily L. — Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear Peter,

Thank you, we always welcome feedback from our valued customers.

We apologize for any inconvenience and hope that we will have another opportunity to ship you one of our fine products.
Could you please tell us your order number so that we can offer you a better solution?

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

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New York
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Scammers!
October 30, 2015

Have made purchases from them, I received email it has shipped, but when you try to track item with tracking number provided, it doesn't even exist!
Have sent multiple emails, and get no response
WP************** order number... would really like to know where it is

Date of experience: October 30, 2015
Lily L. — Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear stella,

I want to start by apologizing unreservedly to you for what has happened; it is never our intention to upset any customer.

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.

We have sent you an email to ****[email protected] with a top solution. Could you please check and give us a confirmation back?

Thank you for your time.

Gearbest.com

Tennessee
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Wow I'm so disappointed that people put up a website &take your money... I order 2 Webcam so we can monitor my 85 year old mother, while we at work. Order it on October 4, got a tracking number on my email... I need a phone number to speak to these people so they can refund our money back... I guess it time to teach this company a lesson & we all that order from this company needs to put them on spot so the world would know about what they are doing to people... so sad that we shop from this sorry $#*! company!

Date of experience: October 30, 2015
Lily L. — Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear Jacqueline,

Thank you so much for your important feedback. We are always very grateful to hear from our customers.

Could you please tell us your order number so that we can offer a better solution here?

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

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GB
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Ordered a Mouse for laptop, didn't arrive on due date, painful customer support service, told me to wait 60 days for mouse, then said sorry late leaving for postage 80 days after order agreed refund, that didn't come for weeks. Worst company by miles I have ever dealt with on Internet. Stay away find any other place to buy what you want. Whole process took 5 months and about 20 emails..

Date of experience: October 30, 2015
Lily L. — Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear chris,

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
1 helpful vote
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Hello! I want to share my buying experience on the website gearbest.com. The site is satisfied, there were no obvious problems. And that their support was quickly resolved. What can not but rejoice. As for the purchased watches, I can say that they are very good for their price. The charge holds 20 days. Some have more. Steps thinks the heart rate monitor is working fine. In general, I am pleased with the store and order in particular.

Date of experience: October 29, 2015
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Find Another Source
October 30, 2015

I ordered a little bag over 2 months ago and still haven't received.

Date of experience: October 29, 2015
Lily L. — Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear Bruce,

I want to offer my sincerest apologies to you for the delay of the shipment.

Firstly, we should have had this set-up correctly, and secondly, we should have responded in a much more timely fashion. For both lapses, we take full responsibility and want to restate our sincere apologies to the customer.

Could you please tell us your order number or tracking number so that we can offer a better solution?

Thank you for your time.

Gearbest.com

Finland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have bought a lot of things from Gearbest, for instance a quadcopter Tarantura X6 and spare parts to the same. The quality of the goods has so far been flawless. The pricing is almost always the best compared to other shops on the net. Since I live in Aland Islands a Swedish part of Finland the shipping costs is an important part for me. When Gearbest offer free shipping on their products the deals are fantastic for me. I have also had some questions regarding my purchases and their customer service has always been quick in response and really helpful. The website itself is easy to find what I am looking for, good search functions and information about if the product is in stock or not. So far I have only had good experiences buying from gearbest.
Best regards
Joel

Date of experience: October 29, 2015
Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Very lame
October 29, 2015

Very bad experience with Gearbest...

Received my order with a defective item (shirt that needed repair), 3 options were gived to me, I chose the one that I keep the shirt and pay for repair and gearbest put money (half of the shirt worth) in my GB wallet, they never did it... It's been more than a month and half... (They fixed that problem)

Still waiting for my other order made the 22 of september, still not arrived and we are the 2 of november... 19 nov (almost 2 month) package still didn't delivered... (But they refunded me)

They offering me a gift of 500 points = 10$, but the catch is, the points can only been used for 30% of the item value... So you cannot order only with points, so you have to pay the rest with your money... AND they asking me to give a better review on this site...

I started with 1 star, I gave 2 now, for the refund...

Come back to 1 Star becase I've never received my order made the 22 of september.

This site is the worst ever compared to Amazon.

Date of experience: October 29, 2015
Lily L. — Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear Jonathan,

We are so grateful for this feedback. It means a lot to us.

We do in fact inspect all items before we ship them. Unfortunately, from time to time items get damaged during shipping. We stand behind every item we sell.
Could you please tell us your order number or ticket number so that we can offer you a better solution?

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

Gearbest.com

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