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

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Sweden
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Great website
May 24, 2019

Quality items for cheap price, will definitely use again. I bought android box for my TV for very cheap, probably $20 and it's best thing I bought this year. With apps on my phone I could use miracast so i didnt have to buy expensive chromecast :)

Date of experience: May 22, 2019
Lithuania
1 review
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Trusted shop
May 26, 2019

My orders always arrived in due time and undamaged. Besides you can get a very good price with promotions.

Date of experience: May 22, 2019
Brazil
1 review
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I bought at GearBest for more than 5 years, the store has great products, good prices, and until now was fair when I needed support for product problems.

I always recommend the GearBest to friends.

Date of experience: May 22, 2019
Brazil
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Fantastic
May 24, 2019

Buy at Gearbest is an amazing experience. The product selection is very good, the quality is very nice, as well as the processo. The goods are shipped on time, and well packed. The customer services answers to any question só quickly.

Date of experience: May 21, 2019
Morocco
1 review
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It is probably the site with which I had the best experience since I ordered articles on the internet.
All my orders arrived safely, I never had a bad surprise, the quality has always been faithful to the promise.
Even if sometimes the price is two or three dollars higher compared to other sites, it is more reassuring to order on gearbest, at least we are certain that the customer service will never let us down.
This is really the site that I recommend in first place to all the people who ask me for advice.

Date of experience: May 21, 2019
Brazil
1 review
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I would like to share my experience so that I can help other people, especially those who are afraid to import, since in my country (Brazil) import is seen by the eyes of the government, which favors the very high national products:(No wonder no, GearBest is all that your new logo/branding say's, a SMILE of a HAPPY person.The purchase as far as I am from her happens with a support as if it were a local merchant (Brazil). My order was divided into two parts for inventory, the first one arrived within the deadline after the posting, but the second took a little longer than the standard, not because of GB, but the postal agency of my country that took in the customs process. But GB has kept me updated and I guarantee that any situation I will be getting the best possible way. The products always come perfectly packaged, in good condition and kept.And best of all, there are always offers and Brazil is not excluded from these offers, we also have promotions that give us discounts and products, I myself have already won a lot of GB Points that have earned me a beautiful one of a discount^^I really like this store, and its service, both ticket and live messenger are exceptional! I recommend for Brazilians.

Date of experience: May 21, 2019
Ukraine
1 review
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Gearbest
May 24, 2019

Hi! I recommend this shop. Nice prices. Flash sales. Point bonuses. Great customer service. Join telegram channel.

Date of experience: May 21, 2019
Belarus
1 review
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It was a very good experience for shopping with Gearbest. Very good prices, coupons, flash sales each day all time. I monitored the prices for my favorite items and bought them with the lowest price in the internet. The delivery was within 1 month to Belarus. The app is a very simple and convenient for using. Recommend all my friends.

Date of experience: May 21, 2019
Portugal
1 review
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Gearbest is my top choice
May 24, 2019

I've been using Gearbest almost since it's beginning and it's my first choice when it comes to electronics and lightning for my DIY projects. Their customer support is one the best, I have no complaints about any of my orders and their products

Date of experience: May 21, 2019
Brazil
1 review
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Scammers
May 23, 2019

On more than one occasion, I've been lured into giving money in advance to this company, when they didn't even have the item in stock (although their webpage *always* lists items as purchasable, never giving users any warnings as to stock status, etc...)

I had opened a ticket in their system, and they replied by saying my item was "backordered" - upon my questioning about it never been advertised as such in its page, they replied:
"Stock and availability shown on our site is for your reference only." - THIS IS BULL$#*!!
You either place ACTUAL stock availability info or you REMOVE IT. You are scammers who use the lowest techniques to lure customers into giving you money.

I am fed up with this bad practice. On top of this BS, these are the options they offered me:
- "Option 1: Wait a little longer." (SERIOUSLY?)
- "Option 2: Exchange for another item of my choice." - now, if I had wanted another item, would I have not picked... erm... ANOTHER ITEM? And what if that item was also in "backorder"?

None of the options were satisfying, I wanted my money back, and to get them to do it, I had to exchange "a few" more messages with them until they finally bulged and refunded me.

Gearbest, from this moment on, you are in my $#*!list. You are among the worst scamming websites I have ever seen. Good bye.
Welcome Aliexpress, Banggood, DX, etc, etc. You do not deserve to be a marketplace. I hope you go out of business soon.

Date of experience: May 20, 2019
Lily L. Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear Renrew,

Thank you for your comment.
Gearbest items have varying processing times based on their warehouse location and stock availability.
The total time it will take to receive your order will be the dispatch time plus the shipping time.
Kindly review our terms and conditions here: http://www.gearbest.com/about/terms-and-conditions.html
We have contacted you via our Support Center about your order.
Please reply to us there.
Gearbest.com

Brazil
1 review
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Best customer service
May 23, 2019

They gave me the best support they could to solve an issue I had with the local post office service of my country. I could count on them in everything about my order and the issue I had. My order came as I expected.

Date of experience: May 20, 2019
Greece
1 review
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Remarkable and reliable store.
May 23, 2019

Remarkable and reliable store.
I live in Greece and parcels come in 15-20 days (FREE SHIPPING)
They were almost always in their time.
I've bought lots of parcels from Gearbest many times.
There has never been a problem with parcels that is responsible for the store.
You can also insure the bumper for damage during transport.
The quality of the products is priced according to the money.
As many times as customer service was very good and informative.

Date of experience: May 20, 2019
Poland
1 review
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Just great to buy in China / EU
May 23, 2019

It's my number one shop from more then 2 years :) all is okay especially customer service because for me it's the most important when something happen for example with carrier. They help and i always add to my orders shipping insurance to sleep calm.
Made about 100+ orders during this 2 years and i'm happy with them :) (mostly from China but some of them was from EU warehouses) for sure i can recommend Gearbest (especially with shipping time and COST - always look when buying in China on shippingcost because on many site'sitem price is low but shipping cost couple times more!)

Date of experience: May 20, 2019
Slovakia
1 review
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From my experience, Gearbest offers perfect customer protection. Sometimes it happens that the goods is damaged or wrong, but they always refunded without needing me to return the goods back. That's appreciated, you don't have that in many other stores. Variety of items is very nice, I have spent much money there and I will again. With Gearbest I am sure I get what I pay for my money (and more). I totally recommend this shop

Date of experience: May 19, 2019
Brazil
1 review
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My shopping experience on Gearbest.com is very positive.
The products have always been as indicated on the site, the products are packaged very well and also the shipping time is very good.
In summary Gearbest.com is a serious and a trusted seller

Date of experience: May 19, 2019
GB
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09/12/2018 order
May 22, 2019

09/12/2018 - Paid the order.
09/12/2018 - Order sent. ($ 89.99)
Around 02/13/2018 - the phone was unboxed, non-working.
02/14/2019 - I wrote in support.
02/25/2019 - I was offered $ 20.
03/04/2019 - I sent the phone back.
03/12/2019 - the phone was received by the store.
12/03/2019 - Store said that they can not fix it, they will return the money.
Very long correspondence.
12/04/2019 - there is still no money, but the store said they made a refund 2019-04-08 (lying).
04/13/2019 - the store says: Return to your account takes 7-14 business days.
Very long correspondence.
04/27/2019 - Please wait 2-3 days.
05/08/2019 - Please wait 3-5 days.
09/05/2019 - Please wait 3-5 days.
10/05/2019 - Please wait 3-5 days
05/14/2019 - Please wait patiently for 2 days, then contact us.
05/17/2019 - Please wait patiently for 5-7 days.
05/18/2019 - Please wait patiently for 5-7 days.
No money, no phone, more than 4 months have passed.

09/12/2018 - Оплатил заказ.
09/12/2018 - Заказ отправлен. ($89,99)
около 02/13/2018 - телефон был распечатан, оказался сломан.
02/14/2019 - я написал в поддержку.
02/25/2019 - мне предложили $20.
03/04/2019 - я отправил телефон обратно.
03/12/2019 - телефон получен магазином.
03/12/2019 - мне ответили что починить не могут, вернут деньги.
Очень длинная переписка.
04/12/2019 - денег все еще нету, но магазин говорит что вернул еще 2019-04-08 (обманывает).
04/13/2019 - магазин говорит: Возврат на свой счет занимает 7-14 рабочих дней.
Очень длинная переписка.
04/27/2019 - Пожалуйста, подождите 2-3 дня.
05/08/2019 - Пожалуйста, подождите 3-5 дней.
05/09/2019 - Пожалуйста, подождите 3-5 дней.
05/10/2019 - Пожалуйста, подождите 3-5 дней
05/14/2019 - Пожалуйста, терпеливо подождите 2 дня, затем свяжитесь с нами.\
05/17/2019 - Пожалуйста, терпеливо ждать 5-7 дней.
05/18/2019 - Пожалуйста, терпеливо ждать 5-7 дней.
Денег нет, телефона нет, прошло более 4 месяцев.

Date of experience: May 19, 2019
Lily L. Gearbest Rep
over a year old

Dear Timoha,
Thank you for placing an order with us.
We are sorry to hear that your product isn't working to your satisfaction.
Please see here for more details: http://www.gearbest.com/about/warranty-and-return.html#item2.
In some cases, we need customers' assistance to provide refund account.
We will deal with your issue in ticket T190****2089.
Please kindly reply to us there.
Gearbest.com

RU
1 review
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О магазине
May 22, 2019

Заказ на площадке более 6 раз, товары всегда приходили, поддержка отвечала оперативно, магазин однозначно рекомендовал. PS А еще у них недавно обновился сайт, стало намного красивее!

Date of experience: May 19, 2019
Ukraine
1 review
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Great shop!
May 22, 2019

I use Gearbest a long time and never meet any problems or defects with order. All always in good condition, always originals. Sometimes prices is highter that on Aliexpress, but on Ali I met sometimes fake items, or damaged. But not on Gearbest. That's way I use Gearbest for shopping. My advise: look for sales, use coupons and join to gearbest associations in facebook and VK to find better prices for items you need.

Date of experience: May 19, 2019
Wisconsin
1 review
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Always great
May 21, 2019

This is a great site to get hot items of all type well below the typical price your would see in other please. Check them out and give them a try.

Date of experience: May 19, 2019
Norway
1 review
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Excellent store
May 20, 2019

I've ordered plenty of items from this store, and I've had nothing but good experiences. They package their items well, deliver in a timely manner, and the customer service is very helpful and often reply within a day or two.

Date of experience: May 18, 2019

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