I was notified about this, and I deleted the senderās account. It wasnāt GearBest as far as I can tell.
On an unrelated note
A while back got this gimmickly little light for $.01ā¦ended up paying $3.00, 1.99 for shipping and $1.00 for insurance on a $0.01 item (yeahā¦always always always double double check before you hit the pay buttonā¦doh!)
Commodity price : 0.01 + Insurance: 1.00 + Tracking Number: 1.99
Just got a conformation in my paypal they refunded the $1.99ā¦I never asked for it or even filed a complainā¦interesting
Definitely earned a few kudo points for that
Got one of these inbound for Commodity price : 3.22
Letās see how well it holds up
Would definitely like to find out the āmoddabilityā of this āpoliceā lightā¦the other ones you canāt disassemble
http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_23496.html
Yeah, if they want the flashlight folks here to stay around, they need pictures of the other end of the flashlights.
Most show the tailcap open, none I noticed show the emitter or driver ā nor tell anything about them.
I only did 1 trx with them for multipurpose saber card promo.
order on 6 apr, ship out on 8 apr with unrecognized tracking number.
now, in middle of nowhere.
will just wait since it is almost free item.
Iām just curious if this is a common practice. :~
The lowermost picture in Gearbestās ad for the Jacob A60: http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_15296.html is exactly the same as my A60 beam shot in my post here (6th photo from the top) in BLF: Beamshot Comparison of my Throwers and Dedomed Flashlights
I think it would be safe to say that they copied from my post because I took that picture just outside my home.
Haha lol, you are now famous person
I ordered two items lately (have not received them yet) and today I got an email from them, a very very very annoying one, and there is no link in the mail to unsubscribe from their mails, and in my account on their website there is also no option to unsubscribe such annoying emails. This is the horrid email (without lay-out, it ended with a clickable button to something on their website I did not want to click):
My Dearest Friend
We also want to say a huge thank you for your tolerance and patience. You have made the journey together an incredible one. But we also want to say how very sorry we are to you.
Why? For the times when you perhaps did not receive your products as fast as you had hoped. Maybe we made a rare mistake and you did not receive your expected products. Or sometimes, our tireless customer service team did not fully resolve your problem in time. You might even feel that you have suffered unfairly.
We are so sorry
From everyone here at Gearbest, please accept our sincere apologies if we have ever disappointed you
...but that's not all
We understand
that sometimes words
are not enough.
So we asked all of our colleagues at Gearbest for their best ideas: we're delighted to offer this modest thank you gift to you.
Yes, the GB staff contributed but deep down we know that we would not still be here today after all this time were it not for each and every one of you.
You're not simply valuable, or even invaluable:
You're amazing
Yours Sincerely
The Gearbest Team
Yeah, I got that same āDearest Friendā email too (twice)
Iām getting to think a lot of these supposedly different sites are all run from the same desk, just one guy somewhere testing all sorts of different approaches to selling stuff. Heās probably got an account or six here as well ā¦
There was an āunsubscribeā link at the bottom of the email.
Iām testing that out now.
Yea I got that email and all it did was advertise a saleā¦.
i got that email too :)
and my Fenix ordered 1 week ago didn't get shipped yet :)
i luv Gearbest already :)
Gearbest puts up a sale of a flashlight with 93% off, than 2 days later says it was only for 5 pieces and that their site could not show this error over the weekend. Pretty scumbaggy of them. AVOID
My opinion is the same.
Haha! A thought that has crossed my mind too!
Like the various ebay stores that send āmr. Pigeonā out to deliver your stuffā¦
Big Brother is Chinese, and he sells cheap goodies!
yep ive ordered one of old lumens lights from the group buy, it certainly will be my one and only order
So who else is in favor of AVOID? :)
I'd never buy anything from them after this INTENTIONAL scam. Mistake??? My ass!!!
Regarding the Olight H15, I wont be avoiding them. I think people are judging way to harshly. Its standard practice to use loss leaders. Its not dishonest or underhanded. If they never sold any lights at all, ie: the 5 Russians are non existent, then that is underhanded bait and switch. But we have no proof of that.
IMO, they engaged in standard business practices. No one even thinks twice about it when other sites offer 5 of something big, and insane prices just to get the web talking about the sale. I see it often, X company will sell 2 or something at 3pm on X date. One local company runs sales where every hour there are a set amount of an item offered each hour over a 24 hour period. Admittedly they inform people how many are on offer, usually.
Bricks and mortar stores offer crazy sales where people line up and swarm in when the doors are opened for the limited number of certain items. People get injured in these things. The only difference i see here, they didnt say up front there were only 5 available. The fact the deal still appears is part of the campaign to get the site out in the minds of buyers. Its why they do it.
Apparently 5 people got a stunning deal. Im not pissed that i missed out.
AVOID.
They made a pricing error, by accident, or worse: intentional to gain publicity, and then they do not admit the error. They stated it was a limited clearance and still allow more than 5 people buy the item. It is annoying, either because they do not admit a mistake, or because they are not able to act as a proper and reliable webshop.
They lost me as a customer.
Enjoy my first and last order, gearbest
When I ordered I already knew that this is not possible. Use common senseā¦ Sh!t happens.
Iām not saying that this is not their fault but you guys are too harsh on them. Probably some poor Chinese worker will get in huge trouble because of this. Believe me or not they are people too and you canāt imagine their life qualityā¦ You knowā¦ suicides are pretty common there.