How to import from GearBest and more

airborne

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Sorry if I missed this but I haven't been following the thread - is anybody running into issues with the 3 imports per year limit?
I also want to know this, anyone else been asked for their importers code after 3 deliveries with buffulo and Gearbest?
 

Bundu

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That is new. All of mine has been R10 so far. Have another one incoming that has not been hit as of yet, so will see...

I expected it to climb a bit since R10 is crazy - not that I want them to know that. With the amount of parcels I suspect that they do they can pocket quite a bit by simply increasing their fees like this.

had to pay for two more incoming Buffalo parcels today - both R30 admin fee....... and the one parcel was only valued at $4.05....... getting a bit pricey for small parcels
 

Bundu

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I also want to know this, anyone else been asked for their importers code after 3 deliveries with buffulo and Gearbest?
Buffalo asked for an importers code when they delivered my 3rd parcel - 1st parcel, they just asked for ID no.
 

SlowInternet

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Sorry if I missed this but I haven't been following the thread - is anybody running into issues with the 3 imports per year limit?
I also want to know this, anyone else been asked for their importers code after 3 deliveries with buffulo and Gearbest?

I just give them my ID no every time they ask. So far no problems. Last year I had about 20 parcels delivered in 6 months.
 

Dan C

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I just give them my ID no every time they ask. So far no problems. Last year I had about 20 parcels delivered in 6 months.
I've imported quite a lot of parcels with buffalo and they never asked me for my ID. Maybe it's because they don't and my cell number :unsure:
 

xbmcfan

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Anyone's Buffalo parcels got stuck with
'Stopped by CBCU'?
It seems it's a regular thing now, that parcels get stopped by Customs Border Control Unit for weeks even those under R500.
Also got no reply from Buffalo, so I'll probably just have to be patient for another couple of weeks.
 

xrapidx

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Be careful of banggood.

Decided to try them again on 4 Feb - items were out of stock. They kept delaying my refund until I said I'd buy something else. Specifically chose items in stock - processing 24 hours - only for them to be out of stock.

Requested a refund again - was told it'd be done in 24 hours - nothing - then told it would now be 7 days - again nothing. I've opened a case with paypal. (end of this week is two weeks)

And refunded by Paypal....
 

SlowInternet

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I ordered 2 items from Dealextreme on 10 January 2019. Paid something like $7 or $8 for shipping for each item. I took their standard delivery option which said delivery within 7-10 days. I was under the impression it was also going to be Buffalo or similar delivering the item. Oh boy was I wrong ! They send it by ordinary mail with tracking number. The one item I only received last week. Other item is who knows where. Last tracking details were on 19 January 2019 in Germany. Since then nothing. And they are very slow to respond to queries. Took them more than 3 weeks to reply to my query. This was the first and last time I will order from them. Will stay with Gearbest for my orders.
 

RVR

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Lol got worried here but luckily see it was an system error.

Also any idea when the item would arrive? I think it's in my city (Durban).

No customs, item was $22 Screenshot_2019-03-07-14-28-49-486_com.android.chrome.jpeg
 

swaggermaestro

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Shipping tracking status still at "6"
Don't know how long I will have to wait - Buffalo dont mess up a lot right ?
 

Tman*

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I've imported quite a lot of parcels with buffalo and they never asked me for my ID. Maybe it's because they don't and my cell number :unsure:
Same here, I actually got a parcel today. No ID request, just cell number.
 

Dan C

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Shipping tracking status still at "6"
Don't know how long I will have to wait - Buffalo dont mess up a lot right ?
Got all my parcels without a fuss. At least 10 in the last 6 months. They are a bit slow, but a hell of a lot better than SAPO.
 

Bundu

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Shipping tracking status still at "6"
Don't know how long I will have to wait - Buffalo dont mess up a lot right ?

2019-03-07 07:30(GMT+2) Thursday
At the Destination
2019-03-07 00:30(GMT+8) Thursday
Air shipping...()
2019-03-06 11:00(GMT+8) Wednesday
Flight cancel 6 March

2019-03-05 10:00(GMT+8) Tuesday
Clearance(CN)
2019-03-04 17:07(GMT+8) Monday
Out of warehouse
2019-03-04 15:33(GMT+8) Monday
Enter warehouse[]
2019-02-26 06:56(GMT+8) Tuesday
Order Confirmed
 

swaggermaestro

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2019-03-07 07:30(GMT+2) Thursday
At the Destination
2019-03-07 00:30(GMT+8) Thursday
Air shipping...()
2019-03-06 11:00(GMT+8) Wednesday
Flight cancel 6 March

2019-03-05 10:00(GMT+8) Tuesday
Clearance(CN)
2019-03-04 17:07(GMT+8) Monday
Out of warehouse
2019-03-04 15:33(GMT+8) Monday
Enter warehouse[]
2019-02-26 06:56(GMT+8) Tuesday
Order Confirmed
Man you're lucky. Been waiting over a month for the package to be sent and now this...
Wish my luck
 

ld13

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Shipping tracking status still at "6"
Don't know how long I will have to wait - Buffalo dont mess up a lot right ?

Patience. My tracking has updated and is moving at speed. :)

2019-03-07 13:55:00 Inbound Manifest to hub
2019-03-07 09:30:00 Tax Paid
2019-03-07 09:00:00 Send the tax noticewaiting for payment 1 time
2019-03-07 08:30:00 cleared
2019-03-07 08:00:00 clearing
2019-03-07 07:30:00 At the Destination
2019-03-07 07:30:00 At the Destination
2019-03-07 00:30:00 Air shipping...()
2019-03-06 11:00:00 Flight cancel 6 March
 
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