I had issues with Banggood shipping. If you have a second line in your address (i.e. an apartment number or anything...) it will get left off the shipping address. If that is crucial to receiving it, you will not receive the package.
Good luck!
Interesting, I live in an apartment and I’ve ordered from Banggood many times and never had any issues. Always used their free shipping and received my packages within 2 weeks. Very pleased with Banggood. I’ll happily pay a few dollars more to order from them over Gearbest.
We all do realize that “Business Days” are working days… M-F right? 5 of the 7 days in a week in other words.
So in the shipping times mentioned in the copy and paste below… I have put the actual time in weeks .
Available Shipping Methods……Estimated Shipping Time……Shipping Cost (weight:0.34 kg)
- Unregistered Air Mail……….15 - 35 business days = 3.0 - 7.0 weeks ………….$0.00
- Registered Air Mail………….15 - 25 business days = 3.0 - 5.0 weeks ………….$0.67
- Priority Line……………………7 - 12 business days = 1.4 - 2.4 weeks ………….$1.78
………USA Express……………7 - 12 business days = 1.4 - 2.4 weeks ………….$1.78 - Expedited Shipping…………… 3 - 10 business days = 0.6 - 2.0 weeks ……………$9.03
If “Free Shipping” is chosen, it of course takes the longest; 3 to 7 weeks. Go the “Expedited Shipping” route and you should get it in less than a week up to 2 weeks. While the other choices are in between the two mentioned. <span class=“week. a than longer been never has it “Expedited”, by me to sent been have that things few the on Personally”>
Whether it be Banggood, GearBest, AliExpress, FastTech, or whomever…… Once they have shipped the package, it is out of their hands.
They have done all they can do at that point to insure the timely delivery of said package.
While most likely the vast majority of us usually get our packages in a fairly timely manner… considering for us in the USA they are coming from half way around the world…… sometime “stuff” just happens.
Again, whether it be Banggood, FastTech, GearBest, etc., etc……… once they have shipped it there is nothing they can do to fix it when “stuff happens”. All they can do at that point is refer to and follow the policies they have in place for dealing with packages that may never show up.
If it is my package that the “stuff happened” to… I may be irritated or whatever. But that is just the breaks of the game and I will have to “wait it out”.
No use me getting mad at the ‘vendor’ if they shipped my package out in a timely manner and I have not received it yet.
No use me getting mad at the ‘vendor’ when they adhere to their policies on how to deal with a package that has not arrived yet and will not make an exception for “me”.
It might be good if we all rethought this whole matter and made some adjustments to our attitudes if they need it. I know I sure have as of late. :+1:
I mean like someone so aptly said in a prior post……. it is only a flashlight.
My .02
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- Please note, the above commentary is “my opinion” only about this subject. (that along with a couple of bucks will get you a cup of coffee… maybe.
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IF it happens to not be the way you see or look at it or your opinion, no big deal at all. This is only “my” view point., nothing more.
OK, lets keep track and see how this order of mine from GearBest plays out.
Order placed Mar 20, 2017 17:26:08 PM. Shipping is Priority/USA Express
Here is the latest Tracking Info……… (updates to follow, for anyone interested. … )
I do notice it took this one 5 days to leave the “warehouse” in China… we shall see what the end result will be though.
Date……………………………Status…………………………Location
April 4, 2017, 11:05 am Delivered, In/At Mailbox GADSDEN, AL 35903
April 4, 2017, 8:07 am Out for Delivery GADSDEN, AL 35903
April 4, 2017, 7:57 am Sorting Complete GADSDEN, AL 35903
April 4, 2017, 7:01 am Arrived at Post Office GADSDEN, AL 35903
April 4, 2017, 5:31 am Departed USPS Facility BIRMINGHAM, AL 35222
April 3, 2017, 8:32 pm Arrived at USPS Facility BIRMINGHAM, AL 35222
April 3, 2017, 7:17 pm Accepted at USPS Origin Facility HUNTSVILLE, AL 35805
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2017-03-30 10:09:28 Departed warehouse HUNSTVILLE AL 35824
2017-03-29 11:10:06 Received at warehouse HUNSTVILLE AL 35824
2017-03-29 10:57:00 Received at warehouse HUNSTVILLE AL 35824
2017-03-29 10:00:00 Arrived at Customs
2017-03-29 07:05:00 Arrived into the US
2017-03-26 21:04:00 Awaiting International flight-Airline Inspection
2017-03-25 18:19:12 Departed warehouse SHENZHEN GUANGDONG 518048
2017-03-24 07:40:12 Order Information Received SHENZHEN GUANGDONG 518057
2017-03-24 07:40:12 Received data SHENZHEN GUANGDONG 518057
2017-03-20 17:26:08 Order placed
Received my latest GB shipment via IB on Saturday. It got here quickly, the only thing is IB changed the USPS number once it got out of their facility. myib.com showed the correct information the entire time, though.
Contacted gearbest about this order today since it still hasn’t arrived. They said to wait until April 14th.
Mine hasn’t moved either. Arrived in the US February 23rd.
Bob
That is just downright crazy. Both arrived on 2-23 somewhere in the USA. Makes me wonder if they might have been on the same truck, plane, or whatever and something happened to it??
Probably.
We placed our orders on the same day.
Bob
The only consolation I can offer you is that my UT01 arrived and I think you’re going to love yours when it arrives - amazing light for a 1xAA.
That’s great news. I am glad that you got yours and that you are happy with it. Hopefully mine isn’t far behind. I had written it off long ago.
Bob
I used IB shipping on my latest order, and it seems to be making good progress. Today it’s in Cincinnati!
That said, IB shipping still seems to be only on par with Banggood’s free shipping.
This package is screaming toward it’s destination…………. me. … :innocent:
I hope the address label does not burn off from the scorching pace here in the home stretch………
(knock on wood too…. . )
Funny that you mentioned Banggood yesterday (thank you ). I had forgot to check on an order the last few days because the Tracking Number never worked. I checked and it said “Delivered”. When I got home, sure enough it had been.
But the Tracking Number never worked one time until the package was delivered… yesterday.
Tracking was by http://www.yuntrack.com/
The shipping was Priority Direct so I paid a little. Very little. :+1:
But the way I count it, that is 14 days for paid shipping from Banggood .
But in all likelihood, if all continues on schedule; I will have the package Referenced Here from GearBest in 11 days.
It was paid Priority Shipping also.
So while that may be your experience with GearBest & Banggood… it is certainly not mine with Priority Shipping.
And certainly not “Banggood Free” beating or “being on par” with “GearBest Priority”.
It has never happened “for me”.
And my findings are not based on one or two random orders.
They are based on many orders from both vendors covering the last several months.
Below is the Banggood order that was delivered yesterday.
Not to shabby in delivery time either… but not on par with GearBest. <span class=“experience” “my”>
Ref #………Track #………………Order #…Transportation…Origin/Destination……Events…………….Status
xxxx…61299991206453274002….xxx……中美专线(特惠)………CN/US…………2017/3/29 11:49:00……Delivered
Shipped Date:2017-03-21 08:31:17
Order Placed Date:2017-03-15 15:11:41
@teacher - Interesting, your paid shipping experience with Banggood doesn’t seem any faster than my free shipping with them.
Still waiting on my Eagle Eye E2R from gearbest ordered on 2/14 with free shipping.
Anyways, on a brighter note my Lumintop EDC25 arrived today! I had to mod it with a little slip of paper to work with protected cells, but now it works great! In my opinion 5 brightness levels is too many for this light though. Also, the tactical mode group isn’t useful to me.
@mrstealyourgains - Yeah, that is interesting for sure. :+1: - Looks like I lost on that deal. 
Glad you got your EDC25!!!
What did you have to do “with a little slip of paper” to make it work with protected cells??
Used a small slip of paper to cover the copper plate in the base so the battery wouldn’t contact it, connecting the spring and the plate, bypassing the switch:
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Well, in the interest of honesty and full disclosure………… tracking has “gone dark” since This Last Update
This did happen once before when IB handed it off to the USPS and they seem to have never enter it in their tracking system. But in that case it was delivered anyway without delay.
Soooooooo, if I don’t get it today; it may well be summed up in the words of Apollo 13 to Ground Control: “Houston, we have a problem”. … 
Oh well, some days you are the windshield and some days the bug.
Some days are diamonds and some days are stone.
Sunset today may well tell the story if my package is indeed on track or getting a free paid travel extravaganza to who know where???
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Stay tuned for breaking news………….