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Gearbest has three warehouses. One in China, one in the States, and one in the Netherlands.
Where do you see their warehouses? Their website says everything is shipped from China in their FAQs.

They had really bad ratings and reviews last year but I thought I'd try them since so many have been ordering from them. So if they have a warehouse in NL, why did it take 2 weeks to ship when it was marked "in stock"? I already ordered a couple more Serpent Minis from a US vendor. I'll probably get them before this one. Same reason I don't order from FT much anymore.
 

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Where do you see their warehouses? Their website says everything is shipped from China in their FAQs.

They had really bad ratings and reviews last year but I thought I'd try them since so many have been ordering from them. So if they have a warehouse in NL, why did it take 2 weeks to ship when it was marked "in stock"? I already ordered a couple more Serpent Minis from a US vendor. I'll probably get them before this one. Same reason I don't order from FT much anymore.
Most items, you don't get a choice where it ships from. But if an item is available in more than one warehouse, they do give you a choice. Here is one item that is stocked in all three. Notice you can select from what warehouse and notice the price changes.

10pcs Non - skid Mod Silicone Ring Electronic Cigarette Silicon Vape Ring for Mechanical Mod

I didn't hear anything bad about Gearbest when I started ordering from them back in December. I only heard about the horror stories later. But they where all about Gearbest in the early days. They got into some serious trouble for some super poor customer support. Then they turned it all around by the time I started ordering from them and they really take customer support seriously. They will answer any question you have about an order.
 

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I wouldn't order from Gearbest if they were the only supplier left in the world. I ordered, and paid for, an item that was on sale. Later that day I got an email telling me they made a mistake canceling the order. I know of at least ten others that had the same thing happen in that particular case. The explanation was "we can't get the price past accounting", then why did you publish and advertise that price on your website? Burned once is enough for me.
 

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I wouldn't order from Gearbest if they were the only supplier left in the world. I ordered, and paid for, an item that was on sale. Later that day I got an email telling me they made a mistake canceling the order. I know of at least ten others that had the same thing happen in that particular case. The explanation was "we can't get the price past accounting", then why did you publish and advertise that price on your website? Burned once is enough for me.

They did the same thing to me, they offered me a "deal" at a higher price, I told them to close my account.
 

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Most items, you don't get a choice where it ships from. But if an item is available in more than one warehouse, they do give you a choice. Here is one item that is stocked in all three. Notice you can select from what warehouse and notice the price changes.

10pcs Non - skid Mod Silicone Ring Electronic Cigarette Silicon Vape Ring for Mechanical Mod

I didn't hear anything bad about Gearbest when I started ordering from them back in December. I only heard about the horror stories later. But they where all about Gearbest in the early days. They got into some serious trouble for some super poor customer support. Then they turned it all around by the time I started ordering from them and they really take customer support seriously. They will answer any question you have about an order.

Original Wotofo Serpent Mini RTA Atomizer
In stock only in China. Shipped to NL and there it sits for a week now.
 

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I wouldn't order from Gearbest if they were the only supplier left in the world. I ordered, and paid for, an item that was on sale. Later that day I got an email telling me they made a mistake canceling the order. I know of at least ten others that had the same thing happen in that particular case. The explanation was "we can't get the price past accounting", then why did you publish and advertise that price on your website? Burned once is enough for me.
That works for me, since that means I can have more stuff. :)
 
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I dunno, maybe everything shipped with Netherlands Post goes to Holland first. Like everything shipped by FedEx goes to Memphis, TN first. Or is it everything from UPS goes to Memphis first, I forget? :confused:
UPS is KY. My friend is a pilot for them.
 

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This is not smutty, but who can tell me what the perfectly accurate meaning of "c0ck up, head down and hips" is?

lol didn't get past the smut filter the first word is c0ck

It is the three most importing things to remember doing an Eskimo roll in a kayak.

C0ck the paddle blade up, keep you head down low and a strong hip flick.

Told you it went smutty ;)
 

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How's this?

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Thanks :) Thats Nice & Small :) All the power of a DNA & versatility of E-Scribe in a Tiny package, Sweet!
Now I want one :)
 

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Gearbest has a flash sale on DX200 1300mah lipos for $30.62 for the next 13 hours. They had 9 until I ordered and now it is down to 7.

Original Hotcig DX200 E-Cig Li-po Battery
That's a deal, but all these Gear best stories are scary. And batteries from china take a long time always... Some law about how they HAVE to send them. May not be here until Christmas.
 

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That's a deal, but all these Gear best stories are scary. And batteries from china take a long time always... Some law about how they HAVE to send them. May not be here until Christmas.

Yes, they have to ship them a special way and it's not cheap. I had a conversation with Doris at focalecig in China. They wait until they have enough battery's to fill a shipping container because just one battery in that container causes an additional expense. So how long does it take to sell enough battery's to fill a shipping container.....

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Yes, they have to ship them a special way and it's not cheap. I had a conversation with Doris at focalecig in China. They wait until they have enough battery's to fill a shipping container because just one battery in that container causes an additional expense. So how long does it take to sell enough battery's to fill a shipping container.....

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Really!? F that!
 
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