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Drunkard #1 said:
I bought something from them a few months ago.


Had to pay for a tracking number, which they didn't send to me.

Contacting them was a pain in the arse since the only place I could find a support email was on their PayPal receipt.

Their reply was on some web form that self-destructs after a day.

When I did get the tracking number, it was some odd swedish post order number, which has to be input into some hidden swedish post website to get a working tracking number.

The goods never arrived, and tracking just stopped.

Getting a refund was (you guessed it) a pain in the arse - they're really difficult to deal with, taking about 6 emails for them to offer me a partial refund.

Eventually, after opening a PayPal dispute, I got my money back.


I will not deal with gearbest again.
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I dealt with gearbest a few times, plus have a delivery on its way and had no issues.
 
Drunkard #1 said:
I bought something from them a few months ago.


Had to pay for a tracking number, which they didn't send to me.

Contacting them was a pain in the arse since the only place I could find a support email was on their PayPal receipt.

Their reply was on some web form that self-destructs after a day.

When I did get the tracking number, it was some odd swedish post order number, which has to be input into some hidden swedish post website to get a working tracking number.

The goods never arrived, and tracking just stopped.

Getting a refund was (you guessed it) a pain in the arse - they're really difficult to deal with, taking about 6 emails for them to offer me a partial refund.

Eventually, after opening a PayPal dispute, I got my money back.


I will not deal with gearbest again.
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I had a similar experience but the post office has sped up intl parcels significantly recently so I did a R400 order with them last week, it's a well put together site, nice stuff, good prices and they generally have a very good reputation. Whatever happens you won't lose your money, just use PayPal.
 
airborne said:
I had a similar experience but the post office has sped up intl parcels significantly recently so I did a R400 order with them last week, it's a well put together site, nice stuff, good prices and they generally have a very good reputation. Whatever happens you won't lose your money, just use PayPal.
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I have no problem using the post office - I've just received a multimeter from Singapore, and have a book on route from Scotland at the moment. I don't blame the SA post office, (although I'm not exactly impressed with the swedish post office). I have no problem buying from strangers using PayPal, either.

What gets to me is the run-around they gave me, and wasting 2 months waiting for something, only to have to order it again, and wait another 2 months.
 
bar1 said:
I dealt with gearbest a few times, plus have a delivery on its way and had no issues.
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Just bought from them twice in the last 2 weeks. First item is in customs here (shipped from NL) and I cancelled the second shipment yesterday as it had a long lead time, and my refund was processed immediately. Can't complain.
 
Decent tab for the price. Paid 1200 for mine a year ago or two :cry:

Gooi Windows 10 if you do buy it. Much better at touch screen than Win8
 
Pho3nix said:
Decent tab for the price. Paid 1200 for mine a year ago or two :cry:

Gooi Windows 10 if you do buy it. Much better at touch screen than Win8
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Is it suitable for an elderly person to use? They tried android and didn't succeed.
 
This is actually a very good price, not sure if people realize this, but the tablet comes with a Office 365 Licence, this licence alone cost R900.
Bought one.
 
Lament said:
This is actually a very good price, not sure if people realize this, but the tablet comes with a Office 365 Licence, this licence alone cost R900.
Bought one.
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Does that give you one year of office?
 
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