GearBest Shipping methods?

Yes I also think NP takes longest time. instead you can go for AUTO or else visit the site.

NP is a hit and miss that Gearbest cannot control. Even their tracking is a PITA. I have always done better with SP.

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).

I wonder sometimes how it can take 3 week’s as I assume most item’s would be sent by air, maybe a few days held up in customs at either end.

I hate waiting for thing’s to come, you would think they would give better shipping options to get more business.

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….

Don’t feel bad, I’m still waiting for my order from Feb 14th and they say I have to wait until April 14th

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.

Same here … waiting for a Convoy S2+ UV ordered 2/17/17.

Gearbest stated that it might take up to 35 working days to receive my order.

Great deals to be had … trade off is the wait.

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.

Same here as well.

Still waiting for the order I placed on Feb 13th. Lesson learned here.

Bob

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.

Wow, that is taking the long way home. :person_facepalming: . I guess it needed rest after all that, thus the layover in NY……… :wink:

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.

I’m not lucky like that, 3 of my orders still some where nearly 2 months after shipped . Gearbest gave me some untraceable numbers such as:

MYAMCJ: Feb 28, 2017 00:29:23 AM PST
Tracking Number: GEGMY00039207

Tried to contact with CS but no help because I think they don’t know about this tracking number too.

:person_facepalming:

No joke, I GOT THE EXACT SAME NUMBERS!???
And hey don’t work for any shipping numbers at all!
They are squat, why the hell do they send them at all??

Your tracking number says this on sky56.cn

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.

Thanks, Varbos. Now I narrowed them down to somewhere in US!!! :smiley:

They are not necessarily in the US. Sky56 tracking appears to be just a guess. They assume it will take 8 days to go from China to US, so they just add on exactly 8 days (note the identical time 2:29PM). Unfortunately it is not reliable.