I was told to place TWO orders, so i could use both codes… as i could only use one code per order… so i did… i placed 2 orders, like, 5 minutes apart… maybe 10 minutes apart, tops.
i chose “standard” like this thread suggested. I am east coast united states…
one package? went out DHL… my tracking number on my GB account page worked on a tracking site… i was amazed i have been waiting a matter of several DAYS, and was amazed to see a phone text saying “delivery expected tomorrow”… 5 remote switches and three hosts (sivern’s “worthy zoomie” group buy) arrived without my signing (awesome) wrapped in a knotted shut plastic bag, tied securely to my mailbox post. i LIKE DHL now, lol… (UPS throws packages like a football over the hill, into the weeds, to be found weeks later sitting in the jagger bushes in rain)
the other package? went out “royal mail”… tracking number is “unknown” to royal mail tracking page, though it is in the correct format of their numbers… i have no way to track it, and dont know when, or even “if” it will arrive.
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2 orders, 10 minutes apart… one here from china in record time, a matter of DAYS (not even a whole week i dont think)… and the other? i really have no idea.
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oh well… if i could use this DHL every time? i would obviously be pretty dang excited to use gearbest for all future flashlight purchases…
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the “mystery royal mail” package? naturally thats the one with the two complete flashlights, so i can actually take them to work and PLAY with them, lol… trust me here, i have well over TWELVE 18650s sitting and waiting to put in it to play with it, lol
I thought Singpost was the slowest, then I got a package via SP in under 3 weeks (fastest ever). Now I believe any can be fast or slow, just depends on who’s container gets filled first. I have always gone with auto/no track. Tracking can only slow a package since it’s an extra processing step or two at every ‘tracked’ location. I’m currently waiting for my first package shipped via SwedenPost (coming up on 1 month).
Packages often spend up to a week, sometimes even more(in case of unregistered mail) in sorting/departing hubs waiting for their batch to be arranged and shipped.
Ive seen this happening with SWE post registered, where packages will spend up to a week in sorting/outward departing hub and then get shipped to me.
They probably collect all packages that go the same route and then ship them in bulk which makes sense because it saves money to send say full cargo of packages to single destination hub rather than each and every package individually, unless you pay for UPS or DHL courrier delivery which gets processed the same day and shipped out of country either the same or early next day.
It depends on the type of item ordered. For example, batteries and knives are restricted items that a lot of shippers won’t ship. For shipping to Canada shippers have to go a roundabout route through Swedish or Nord Post. Often they have to fudge the item description. Transporting lithium cells on airplanes is dangerous stuff.
I placed an order March 7th, and the shipping number doesn’t work. So i contacted customer service via email and they keep saying don’t worry it’s coming, but also there is no shipping number for my package so there’s is no way to track it, AT ALL. I stressed to them that I need one because it’s crazy how it’s about to be APRIL and I still have not gotten it, I really want what I paid for. I really hate this. They said 10-15 business days, I’ve waited basically this whole month, where is it? I feel like I’ve been ripped off! What do I do because I still want the product….
Same here, I ordered a S2+ on Feb 14, no sign of yet and they’re telling me to wait until April 15th. Meanwhile I got a bunch of Banggood stuff in 3 weeks.
Yup, I learned my lession with gearbest - with anyone else free shipping is fast enough, but with them I pay the extra $2 for the faster shipping option.
I’ve had NL post take close to two months before. Product went on a sight seeing trip through Europe and Turkey of all places, on it’s way to Michigan. Of course it had to stop and rest in NY for two weeks before finally making it to Michigan.
I did pay for tracking and expedited shipping before, only to learn that shipping didn’t work out. At some, random point after delivery the ID showed up on the system. To me this appeared like an insurance for the shipper rather than the buyer.
Afterwards I only used free international flat rate shipping and everything showed up within 21-29 days.
However from tracking several items I can say that sky56 tracking is basically estimated/fabricated. When they say the item arrived in US they are just guessing that it takes 8 days.