I thought I’d give them a 2nd chance. Others had good experience, BG frequently ads on BLF and gives coupon… Well, they stay on my personal blacklist.
44 days since order, no package received. In the meantime I got 2x Fasttech, 1x IntlOutdoor and 2x LCK-LED, all ordered after the BG order.
Just filed my first paypal-dispute, ever. Congratulations, Banggood.
My first order from Banggood came incomplete. After I posted my experience here, surprise, I got a message from BG and they asked for the order number - which I gave them together with all the dates of the transaction. Never heard of them again… 45 day period had already been over by then.
I ordered 3 of Natural White/Neutral White SolarStorm SC01 XML-2 T6 T6-3C NW LED Flashlight (SKU129255)
And received WRONG items (all 3 are XM-L)…… |( |( |(
and 1 of the XM-L is Cool White…., |( |( |( |(
and 1 of the XM-L has a faulty switch. |( |( |( |( |(
Sent an email to Neal more than 2 days ago, and have Not yet received Any reply.
Neal answered my email, and in his last email he requested a photo of the XM-L Cool White led….,
…I then sent him an email with the requested photo on the same day more than 4 days ago….,
…and I am Still waiting for his reply More than 4 days later….
“Neal” repeatedly uses that fake stall tactic to try and distract you from the 45 day paypal dispute limitation. Dont fall for it and file your dispute now for the entire amount that you paid. Then send him an email to say that all communications from this point on must be done through the paypal dispute system to protect yourself from his poor customer service bullshit routine, and that you will no longer reply to his emails. Tell him you learned your lesson through flashpilot and that many others will be doing the same every time he pulls his BS. He knows darn well that I kicked his butt every time he tried to rip me off… and I never backed down until he fulfilled his promises. Ignore any further emails from him and reply to him only through paypal. Dont forget to escalate the dispute when directed by paypal. Just tell the truth and paypal will almost always side with you. Under no circumstances should you ever cancel a dispute unless you have the corrected merchandise in your hand and verify that it is exactly what you ordered. If he fails to comply within the time frame, paypal will likely refund the entire amount. Ive been down this road at least 4 or 5 times with the bangdick idiots till I finally stopped buying from them… at least for the time being. Have fun… and please remind Neal (chines for: moron) that flashpilot sent you. Sorry folks, but that was the nice version. :Sp
I bought a neutral swm d40a from BG and they sent a CW d40a…was not please because I don’t use CW lights very often…they refunded me 4$ for the error so that was cool of them…I won’t buy from them again…i’ve avoided chinese vendors for awhile now, but the price was too good to not take a risk…the light arrived quickly and in good condition so they did a good job with that, but I doubt they’ll get another crack with my cash…
In the last year we have bought quite a few torches and batteries from Banggood, ranging from pricey Nitecore TM26 and Nitecore SRT7 (2 off)…
…to many cheapy Ultrafire “zoomies”…
But the last 2 orders have had lots of problems…,
…and in particular the last order has been bad news (all delivered items are the Wrong items, and even some Wrong items are Faulty)….
I then contacted Neal, and after we exchanged a few emails….,
…he requested a photo, which I then sent to him 8 (EIGHT) days ago….,
……and he still has Not even bothered to answer….
Unfortunately, it seems Neal (Banggood) Only does the talk, BUT does NOT Do the walk….
I have now lodged a PayPal dispute for Banggood.
And we will not be buying any more from Banggood, UNLESS they VERY QUICKLY and PROMPTLY fix the screwed up order. |(
I have made a few orders with Banggood now. Not all the orders are flashlight related and not all of them have arrived yet.
Some orders are split into separate packages from different warehouses. Today I just got one from China in just 7 days! Ordered on the 15th, the particular package that has arrived shipped on the 17th and arrived today, the 23rd. This was just standard registered post to Australia.
I have not had any problems with products from BG, but I have not bought the infamous Solarstorm SC0x series from BG or the convoy L4? that got mixed with a C8.
Welll surprisingly they resend my wrongly shipped package (it was their fault) so i would say they are ok even though now i will have to wait like 1 week more i guess. My experience with them has been ok for now, not good not bad i would say.
Got a delivery from BG, with missing parts:
(2 pieces Soshine Ladre, which lacked power adapters and USB cables)
I chose then to not open a paypal dispute, but rather see if BG fixed the problem.
of course it took some time …… with many e-mails to customsuport ….
But then Neal came into play,
Promised me 2 new chargers, better and more expensive, for free
Having now received these, and am very happy.
Conclusion:
Neal is a man of his Word !
thanks