Can’t go wrong with Simon or RMM. I’ve had good luck with FastTech Convoy C8’s so far but otherwise I tend to be wary of GB and BG etal; all it takes is one bad deal and you’ve lost what little you thought you were saving by buying from them.
Phil
Send GB a PM on this site and they will send you a real S2+. I went through the same thing back in August and they took good care of me.
Just did (for resending a real one). I hope they get this roght. The fake one’s spring is so poor I am sure it will ‘melt’ or suffer some kind of failure on medium setting (400—500 lumens)
Thanks all for posting. I figured it was only a matter of time. I agree with all the people who’ve said to buy either directly from Simon’s Ali store or from Richard at Mountain Electronics. Those are my go-to guys every time. I’m reporting all this to Simon. Gearbest should be cutoff IMHO but it’s not up to me.
+1 and don’t forget that Simon offers a 15% discount to BLF members on this light in his store.
I ordered one red and one blue Convoy S2+ from Gearbest on December 31, 2015 and received them both today.
Based upon your images above both are authentic.
First message this morning from CSGearbest:
_Hi MountainKing,
Thanks for contacting us about this issue.
We are sorry for the inconvenience this may have been caused.
We are arranging the reshipment of a convoy s2+ to you and exceptionally with tracking number.
It will be shipped within 3-5 business and will be delivered to you within 10-25 business days after dispatch.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
If there are any additional problems or further queries, please feel free to contact us and we will do our very best to assist you.
Best Regards
Gearbest Customer Service
http://www.gearbest.com/\_
Pretty impressed and happy. Hope they follow up fast with it 
This thread can serve as information between a real and fake convoy.
Just got a PM from csgearbest. They have shipped me a replacement (with tracking) Waiting for it to appear. Hopefully, it is a legit one. Happy with the outcome although annoyed with having to wait 1 more month.
I’m fairly certain that the next one you receive from them will be real. They have far too much bad press to risk botching this. A month delivery time though? You could just demand a refund and Simon would get you one in half the time. That’s just my opinion of course…
I think this is a prime case of where a Supplier (not the storefront) caught cheating should be held more accountable.
They should not just ship a replacement, but TWO replacements.
That way they will eventually learn that honesty IS the best policy.
So the whining really helped
Why is it whining?
Looked like a legit complaint with (yet another) counterfeit Convoy from Gearbest….
Just wondering if GB would have send a replacement had he not complained here.
Yes, they would have. The employees do not know one flashlight from another but the last time that happened they did not give anybody any grief.
No idea what Gearbest would have done, but the posts, pictures and follow up on what Gearbest CS puts it past “whining” in my book. There has been little trust in Gearbest here lately, for good reason…
Look dude, I would have taken pictures and a video independent of me posting here. Why? They normally require proofs with images and video. I had it taken and uploaded to my dropbox already. I am not here to post this information for people like you who have no need for it but to the other forum users that might find such information useful. This can help users to see 1) what is a real convoy. 2) what gearbest is still doing 3) what their CS is doing and ultimately 4) the outcome of it.
Trust me, only PMing csgearbest or paypal PROBABLY would have been faster. Maybe my thread helped; maybe it did not.
Feel free to block me if my ‘whining’ posts disturbs you.
Here is an ‘extra’ whining pic just for you…Hope you like it.
Lol that’s not what I said. Try reading up a little… dude.
Sorry man. Got my quotes wrong. Edited it out. LOL
Lol gearbest will do that to you. Hope you get a real light this time, and shop smart next time.