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GearBest OzBargain10 Deals - US$10 (~AU$13.63) - Mi Band 2 / Raspberry Pi 3B / Nitecore MT2A / Xiaomi Earphones + More

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GearBest OzBargain10 Deals - US$10 (~AU$13.63) - Mi Band 2 / Raspberry Pi 3B / Nitecore MT2A / Xiaomi Earphones + More
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Store Repgearbest on 19/11/2016 - 19:55 gearbest.com (4603 clicks)
Last edited 26/11/2016 - 14:29 by 6 other users

Happy 10th birthday to Ozbargain ! We Gearbest are very proud to have chance to be a part of that and working hard to win trust with this community.

Hence,we especially prepare these super $10 deals for the community,and more deals will be added to this post during OzB10,for further information or question,pls just comment below this post,I will check here and reply you.

I know there may still some ozbargainers that have unhappy experience with us and afraid of trusting us again,I am here not only dedicated in providing ozbargainers best deals,but offer ozbargainers better service.Pls feel free to pm Gearbest store rep on ozbargain or email [email protected]
for priority support.

Since there is one post for the whole event, you may want to use the reminder feature on OzBargain, this can be found just below the table, and you can set this to remind you each day.
To make sure OzBargainers have the best chance to ge these deals, we will only revealing the coupon codes each day. During our 11/11 event, most coupons were used by Russian and some other customers, so we need do this to avoid that.

Steps to ensure you only get the item at the promotional price (Credit to prxy):

Step 1) Add Item to your cart
Step 2) Apply the coupon code
Step 3) If coupon successfully applies discount ONLY click on the PROCEED TO CHECKOUT button
IMPORTANT!!!! Do NOT click on the CHECK OUT WITH PAYPAL BUTTON
Step 4) On the next page CHOOSE YOUR SHIPPING OPTIONS and click the PLACE YOUR ORDER button
Step 5) If Paypal is your payment method you will be taken to a Paypal Login.

Step 6) After Login, MAKE SURE the DISCOUNT is STILL APPLIED!!!

Step 7) If the discount is not still applied YOU have missed out DO NOT PROCEED further with the transaction!
Step 8) If the discount still applies, then place your order (BE WARY BEFORE YOU PRESS THE FINAL SUBMIT ORDER BUTTON)
Step 9) Go Back into your Gearbest login Account Click on your orders Tab
Step 10) You will see an order waiting for payment either cancel it now or it will auto cancel after 24 hours.

Codes day 2
Day 1 - 21/11/16

AEDT Time Item Quantity Price Coupon
21/11 12pm Raspberry Pi Model 3B - Chinese Version 20 US$10.00 sold out
21/11 12pm Megir M2011 Male Quartz Watch - Grey 100 US$10.00 sold out
21/11 12pm SQ8 Mini DV Camera 1080P Full HD Car DVR 50 US$10.00 sold out
21/11 12pm Nitecore MT2A - LED Flashlight 20 US$10.00 sold out
21/11 12pm Scishion V88 TV Box 20 US$10.00 sold out
21/11 12pm Elephone P9000 4G Phablet 1 US$10.00 sold out
21/11 4pm Asus Zenfone2 Deluxe 1 US$10.00 sold out
21/11 4pm Xiaomi In-ear Hybrid Earphones Pro 30 US$10.00 sold out
21/11 8pm Vernee Apollo Lite 4G+ Phablet - Black 2 US$10.00 sold out
21/11 8pm Samsung UHS-1 64GB Micro SDXC Memory Card 50 US$10.00 sold out
21/11 10pm Blackview R7 4G Phablet 2 US$10.00 sold out
21/11 10pm Zanflare F1 LED Flashlight - 6000-6500K 10 US$10.00 sold out

Day 2 - 22/11/16

AEDT Time Item Quantity Price Coupon
22/11 10am Alfawise A6 Smart Robotic Vacuum Cleaner 2 US$10.00 sold out
22/11 10am Mr Bean Teddy Bear Stuffed Doll 100 US$1.00 sold out
22/11 10am Cube iwork1x 2 in 1 Tablet PC 2 US$10.00 sold out
22/11 10am Mifree MIP3 Smartwatch Phone - GUN METAL 5 US$10.00 sold out
22/11 12pm NeeCoo Bluetooth V4.0 Dual SIM Card Adapter 10 US$10.00 sold out
22/11 12pm JXD 509G Quadcopter 5 US$10.00 sold out
22/11 4pm Oukitel U15 Pro 3 US$10.00 sold out
22/11 4pm Christmas LED String Light 50 US$10.00 OZBString (40 left)
22/11 4pm Jumper Ezbook 2 Ultrabook Laptop 2 US$10.00 sold out
22/11 4pm Mifree MIP4 Smartwatch Phone 5 US$10.00 sold out
22/11 4pm 5pcs POFAN 8 Pin Micro USB Data Sync Charging Cable 500 US$10.00 OZBPOFAN (478 left)
22/11 9pm JJRC JJ - 1000 RC QuadcopterNo battery or remote included 50 US$9.99 BJJ1000 (30 left)
22/11 9pm Water Stream Faucet Tap for Bathroom Kitchen 100 US$0.99 F04A (65 left)
22/11 9pm Liitokala Lii - 500 LCD Battery Charger 100 US$18.99 Loka
22/11 9pm Practical Stainless Steel Fruit Pineapple Slicer Peeler Creative Kitchen Tool 500 US$1.99 Pract
22/11 10pm Elephone S7 1 US$10.00 sold out
22/11 10pm Xiaomi Mi Band 2 30 US$10.00 sold out

Day 3 - 23/11/16

AEDT Time Item Quantity Price Coupon
23/11 10am Asus ZenFone 2 1 US$10.00 sold Out
23/11 10am Alfawise S92 TV Box 5 US$10.00 sold Out

25/11/16 and 26/11/16

AEDT Time Item Quantity Price Coupon
25/11 Xiaomi Mi5s 4G Smartphone 10 US$285.99 sold out
26/11 1am Xiaomi Redmi 4 4G Smartphone 10 US$129.99 Redmi4GB
26/11 2am XiaoMi Mi5 International Edition 4G Smartphone 10 US$229.99 MI5NA
26/11 1.5am OnePlus 3 4G Smartphone 10 US$299.99 PlusGB
26/11 0.5am Umi Max 4G Phablet 10 US$119.99 MaxGB
26/11 2.5am Xiaomi Redmi Pro MIUI 8 4G Phablet 10 US$199.99 PROGB
26/11 Sunlu SL - 400 Smart 3D Printing Pen 100 US$9.99 GBDSWD
26/11 MAIKOU T18 USB 2.0 Micro SD Card Reader 50 US$0.11 MaikouF

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  • [Deactivated] on 19/11/2016 - 23:13
    +5

    By the time I wake up tomorrow I'm wondering if I see more than 50+ negs

  • eegos on 19/11/2016 - 23:17
    +4

    Jeez. So much hatred here
    Personally I never had any problem with Gearbest

    I would say their Customer Service is one of the best
    Bought a Smart Tracker which was a faulty. And send them 1 email. They asked pictures for proof. Sent it. And they send a replacement. No hassle at all

    Good on you Sunny and Gearbest team by participating in OzBargain 10

    And for all who neg. Mod has responded to your concern. No need to full this thread with the all same reason

  • b1ackmai1er on 19/11/2016 - 23:23
    +3

    Yeah, I'm negging this deal.

    Raspberry Pi 3 currently discounted from $135 to $49. That's a Gearworst.

    • scotty on 19/11/2016 - 23:40
      +2

      No one complained about the RRP when they did a deal for $44.95 last month? Moreover this deal is about 20 of them will be discounted to USD$10 so I don't see how your comment is relevant.

      • Savas on 19/11/2016 - 23:50

        I also understand mentioning RRP is an invalid negative vote

  • infinite on 19/11/2016 - 23:24
    -2

    This is the sot of no-stock/low-stock clickbait garbage shite that should get GearBest banned from here for once and all. Their a complete joke of a company.

  • enzioFirenze on 19/11/2016 - 23:29
    +2

    I don't get it, so given the quantity of 1 is too low, rep has to take it down? come on, taking that down serves no one, at least someone who's lucky enough will get it. Everybody else can buy the other stuff with sufficient quantities. Don't worry about the hatred Sunny, and for those who are on the fence, I've dealt with Sunny and it's as easy as it gets and you definitely get priority treatment as an Ozbargainer.

  • Miss B on 19/11/2016 - 23:30
    +15

    I like that you're being upfront about the quantities. I think it's right that the items with only a few available were removed from the title.

    However, I think it would have been better to pick up to a few things that people are really interested in, possibly some cheap ones instead of the phones and things, and offer 100 or more of each and not have any of the very limited quantity items.

    For example, the Mi Band 2, the Mr Bean bear, the Xiaomi earphones, The Raspberry Pi all seem pretty popular. I'm not sure about the other items and I don't know about your budget, but picking 2-3 and having an awesome discount (like the ones you have above) on 300 would be awesome. Maybe one per day, posted as a separate deal.

    People would have a much more positive experience. The recent Click Frenzy and past Catch of the Day sales have lead to disappointment for many. You might get more site traffic this way, but I think you'll have more happy customers if you set it up in a way that gives people a chance to get great deals.

    Thanks for your deals anyway. At least they are great prices and by specifying the quantities people can decide for themselves if they want to participate.

    • RNDM on 19/11/2016 - 23:43
      +4

      Agree, a better way would be to offer a more realistic discount with a larger number of stock.

      It would be nicer if you had a larger number of happy customers voicing their joy, rather than a larger number of customers voicing their disappointment. A client experience be it negative or positive will disseminate naturally.

    • jikijiki on 19/11/2016 - 23:54

      I actually logged in to upvote you for one of the most level-headed responses here and not having to resort to cherry picking a couple items here and there to get rid of the entire posting.

  • Xeonelite on 19/11/2016 - 23:30
    +3

    To be honest, you guys act like spoilt brats. I personally haven't had an issue with them, even their quantity seems fine if we can keep it just limited to ozbargain.

  • lyl on 19/11/2016 - 23:34
    +16

    Really don't think there is a need to neg, I've been at the wrong end of these sales before, but some people have scored great bargains from these deals.

    Regarding the 'limited quantity' issue, I agree with scotty that we should consider the phones as a bonus. If only items with >10 quantity were included and the limited quantity items were posted in a competition instead, would this post have got negged? I prefer that they included this here in the deal as I rarely browse the comp section.

    Take a previous deal for Apple TV with 100 available for example, it sold out in 5 minutes, most missed out, but 72 upvotes and 0 negs.

    I also posted a previous Mi Band deal which sold out in 5 minutes since we were competing against over 900 French Bargainers, where are my negs?

    I consider these items bargains in this gearbest deal:
    20x Raspberry Pi
    20x Nitecore MT2A
    20x Scishion Box
    30x xiaomi earphones
    50x samsung SD cards
    and like 20 other items if you add up the limited quantity items
    so total around ~160 bargains

    Unlike the COTD 100 Apple TV deal where it was visible to the general public, or the Mi Band deal where it was posted on various overseas bargain sites, this is an ozbargain exclusive deal, so coupons will be revealed here, in total around 160 people would've scored a real bargain, which I don't think is worth a neg.

      • lyl on 20/11/2016 - 00:00
        +10

        Yeah mob mentality is strong here, usually as soon as the first neg hits many will follow.

        Anyways since I cant edit my post anymore, one suggestion I do have for these ozbargain exclusive limited quantity sales is to post them a 1-2 hours before they start (not 2 days in the case of this deal). In the next two days, I have a feeling that someone from the UK/France/Germany will visit ozbargain and repost it on their respective bargain sites with a link to ozbargain where the coupon codes will become available. Or even make sure the sale is IP-locked to Australia.

    • RNDM on 19/11/2016 - 23:53
      +1

      Competition for the lower stocked items, would also be a preferable approach (they're basically give it away already). The customer is taking a chance, but doesn't have false hopes. In turn not impacting your customer experience, and still promoting the site.

  • spy on 19/11/2016 - 23:34
    +8

    OzBargain and Gearbest in bed together?

    • eatwell365 on 20/11/2016 - 02:20
      +2

      you are supposed to know, SPY.

    • scotty on 20/11/2016 - 08:36
      +2

      Shhhhh. Just don't tell the 70+ others that also want to be in bed with us for OzBargain's 10th birthday celebration tomorrow.

      • spy on 20/11/2016 - 08:45
        +1

        The polygamous OzBargain. Many partners but none to be faithful.

        • scotty on 20/11/2016 - 08:49
          +3

          That's an inappropriate insult to many merchants who have been part of this community over the years. Then again, consumers & merchants are the two sides of this relationship, both want to get the most out and ready to jump ship when a more profitable alternate is available. OzBargain is merely the bridge to do so…

  • RNDM on 19/11/2016 - 23:36
    +8

    Ok. So long as an item, in a list of many items has more than 10, then it's all good. Might as well be 100 boxes of tissues then …

    Personally I have no interest in the phones, but just concerned the way they manage the checkout process. Which could result in many unsuspecting customers being charged full price, with no intention to purchase at that price. Stocking 1 across many items across different times is just setting them self up to catch as many as possible.

    Whether it's intended or not, I would doubt. Still that doesn't avoid the circumstances which are being laid out now.

  • Legsweeping on 19/11/2016 - 23:42
    +2

    I'm gonna reserve my vote for now. Can people actually prove that if you don't get the stock in time it will continue the checkout at full price? If that's true then I agree with all the negs, but otherwise this deal is fine IMO.

    People complained about not knowing how many products were available for ClickFrenzy and here it's clearly listed so if you want to participate you can. No retailer is going to list 10 phones for $10 and make a loss because they have no debt to Ozbargain. Personally I'd prefer a competition-like system like this over many of the birthday deals that will be popping up, such as 10% off ridiculous RRP products or an extra .5% Cashrewards.

  • dd101 on 19/11/2016 - 23:43
    +5

    Sorry, got to agree with the others about the quantities.
    At these costs with very little availability, it is more like the store is giving away the goods - so its more of a competition than a deal.

  • n0u on 19/11/2016 - 23:46
    +4

    Neg for me, have had bad experiences with Gearbest in the past

  • timi2fly on 19/11/2016 - 23:54
    +8

    My first ever NEG incoming - the quantities on too many of these items are ridiculous.

    The rationale for allowing it being that the items in the title are of sufficient quantity. So on that basis, it would seem that posters could pretty much put whatever they want in the remainder of the deal as long as the 'deal' title was within requirements.

    What would be moderators opinions if they had posted that there "might be 1 iPhone 7plus 256GB available at $10"? Would this still be acceptable if it wasn't mentioned in the title but was prominent in the body of the post?

    Where do we draw the line. This stinks of bait tactics to me.

  • [Deactivated] on 19/11/2016 - 23:54
    +10

    The title originally had $10 phones in it and that's why it has made it to the front page. Once it gets to the front page gearbest have already achieved what they wanted. If it didn't have $10 phones in the title post would've been buried and no one would've known

    I reckon this deal should be deleted and reposted again as a new deal with the correct title, products and sufficient quantities. This way we'll see if it really deserves to be on the front page.

    • timi2fly on 19/11/2016 - 23:56
      +6

      Agree - delete this offer, provide a warning and suggest a repost without quantities of 1.

    • lyl on 20/11/2016 - 00:05
      +2

      Wow never knew about the original title, but I think gearbest now realises that it was a bad move, and hopefully learn from it in the future.

      If it didn't have $10 phones in the title post would've been buried and no one would've known. I reckon this deal should be deleted and reposted again as a new deal with the correct title, products and sufficient quantities. This way we'll see if it really deserves to be on the front page.

      I still think this post would've easily made the front page easily with '50x $10 64GB Samsung SD cards' as a title instead of the phones. Don't think theres a point in deleting a post now with lots of discussion already, but I do think that mod should issue a warning.

      • Savas on 20/11/2016 - 11:32

        There might have been some confusion, the title literally said "$10 Cellphones" and in the description OP has 11 in total.

    • Neoika on 20/11/2016 - 09:37
      +1

      Agree,the phone quantity must be more than 10 to be in the title description.

      Otherwise,some Reps can always offer one thing great and hundreds of craps to post the deal.

    • infinite on 20/11/2016 - 10:25

      Yep, this is correct unfortunately. Those of us getting downvoted to hell for comments about it being clickbait and no-stock/low-stock obviously had no clue what the original advertised title of the thread was & why this shambles of a bargain post was so heavily criticized.

  • boretentsu on 19/11/2016 - 23:57
    +4

    At these quantities, it looks more like a competition than a sale.

  • MisterQ on 20/11/2016 - 00:03

    WHat is the difference between a Chinese and an English Raspberry Pi?

    • koalafied on 20/11/2016 - 00:50

      Just made in different factories

    • tassieeagle on 20/11/2016 - 07:13
      +2

      The Chinese raspberries have been sprayed with any number of banned chemicals

  • BargainCowboy on 20/11/2016 - 00:04
    +3

    Insufficient quantities, and good luck on getting your stuff even if you're one of the lucky ones.

  • paperkut on 20/11/2016 - 00:04
    +5

    well I hope all these neggers don't try to buy anything so more stock is available for the rest. I agree that I would prefer to have these things at higher price that would still make them a profit, and have more available (say 300+). I can't muck around with these stuff during work hours so I won't be trying to buy anything, but it is definitely a deal for those who can get them.

  • Hiphopopotamus on 20/11/2016 - 00:26

    Take a plus for the effort.

    Should I bother trying to get one of the Samsung 64GB microSD cards?

  • Bnjam3 on 20/11/2016 - 00:44
    +5

    Gearbest! No thanks.

  • spackbace on 20/11/2016 - 00:54
    +12

    Woah, holy dividing deal post Batman!

    If only GB had approached the singular items on a competition basis or some such, rather than just a case of: let's see who has the fastest connection, or is the best at script writing.

    I think if those single $10 bargains were sold in a different way, we'd have a different outcome on the vote count on here. With Click Frenzy and the recent COTD sale in everyone's mind though, it was never gonna end well.

    GB have 2 days to change the sale if they want to. Let's see what happens.

    • lyl on 20/11/2016 - 01:03
      +11

      Yeah agree fully, it's not a good idea to make a $200 loss on a phone just to make 1 person happy, while wasting the time of the other 41240 people who were trying also to get in first. They could have just sold 50 phones at around a break even price, and made many more people happy.

      • spackbace on 20/11/2016 - 01:12
        +5

        Or even some form of give away - based on member number, or guess a number from 1-500, etc etc.

        If you're gonna have such a loss on the phones, may as well give them away and make friends, than limit it to such a minority and make enemies of the rest.

  • AussieDaddy on 20/11/2016 - 01:42
    +1

    Wouldn't it be better if the deal had reasonable discount + sufficient quantity, than this impossible bait "deal"? I am sure GB could come up with a better, win/win deal where they don't lose money, and OzBargainers will score bargain at reasonable prices.

  • bargainist on 20/11/2016 - 01:43

    The big issue is the delivery time. You'll be lucky to get it under 1 month.

  • rodinthink on 20/11/2016 - 02:17
    +2

    Dont know why so many neg.
    So I will impulsively just mindlessly follow others like a sheep by negging the deal as well

  • rodinthink on 20/11/2016 - 02:24

    Chinese version of CatchOfTheday

    • eatwell365 on 20/11/2016 - 02:36
      +1

      lol. thought it was Chinese version of late Dick Smith electronics.

  • eatwell365 on 20/11/2016 - 02:32

    how does It work in terms of "first in best dress"?
    first to basket, or first to checkout.
    .

    • stemcell on 20/11/2016 - 02:52
      +4

      Having gearbest skirt around the rules with the blessing of Scotty is quite disconcerting, it's obviously damaging the forum and being stubborn posting the same "it's within the rules" quote is not helping.

      • PainToad on 20/11/2016 - 07:05
        +2

        I agree 100%. Not a good look mods.

      • lyl on 20/11/2016 - 15:13

        Yes, gearbest originally skirted around the rules by putting '$10 phones' in the title, but mods ended up editing it out of the title. Maybe mods should've removed the post instead and requested for gearbest to repost it with without a clickbait title, but there was already lots of discussion about the deal/gearbest as a retailer, so I don't think there was a point removing it.

  • CH on 20/11/2016 - 02:47
    +5

    OP has admitted it's a competition.

    • Blitzfx on 20/11/2016 - 03:20
      +3

      Competition on who can click through the fastest and send payment.
      I can't imagine the items with qty > 10 draw people into this promo.
      It's only the < 10 which brings visitors to gearbest, all the other items are somewhat meh

      Should separate the < 10 and mark it as a competition.

      • lyl on 20/11/2016 - 15:16

        I can't imagine the items with qty > 10 draw people into this promo.

        50x 64GB Samsung SD card for $10 certainly draws me in, as well as the 30x Mi Band 2, 20x Raspberri Pi, 30x Piston Hybrids and many other items.

  • Fire Chicken on 20/11/2016 - 03:16
    +5

    Low quants = not really a bargain

    • lyl on 20/11/2016 - 15:19

      I consider the 50x 64GB Samsung SD cards, 30x Mi Band 2, 20x Raspberri Pi, 30x Piston Hybrids all bargains, will probably sell out quickly, but enough quantity to post as a deal.

  • danteshope on 20/11/2016 - 04:20
    +7

    This isn't a bargain, its baiting with minimum stock. Some items have a quantity of 1, really? -.-

  • [Deactivated] on 20/11/2016 - 04:22

    reminds me of the "snap up deals" banggood has..

    you get nothing

  • Pluto88 on 20/11/2016 - 06:28

    Will it be one per customer? Other then the 4 phones..

  • eggboi on 20/11/2016 - 07:17
    +4

    This is the most pointless "deal" I''ve ever seen on the front page. I agree with others that only the watch and Mr Bean bear come close to being anything other than a competition.

  • Mstenchavez on 20/11/2016 - 07:47
    +3

    Hey OP, this $10 deal on smartphones with only one stock up for grabs is ridiculous!. Instead, why don't you just give it away for free as a some sort of a raffle draw all exclusive for ozbargain members only or perhaps may be put up a one off special event discount code (similar to clickfrenzy event) like 10% or 10 USD off or something for these phones.

  • bargain_finder on 20/11/2016 - 08:30
    +7

    Dear Gearbest rep, this is ozbargain. We are based in Australia. Make your prices $10 AUD

    • rvsure on 20/11/2016 - 12:46

      I think it is because they sell in USD. Setting price to A$10 may not be possible as the price is calculated based on conversion rate at the time of checkout which varies. Just guessing.

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 20/11/2016 - 08:31
    +2

    I'm reserving my neg. When I miss out on every item, which I very much assume will happen, then prepare for my neg fury.

  • Vestaul on 20/11/2016 - 08:37

    Does 21/11 12pm means 21/11 midnight (21/11 00:00)? There is 24-hour system in my country, so I do not know.

    • rvsure on 20/11/2016 - 12:49
      +1

      If only the world could have agreed on a single standard for simple things like time, metrics, power sockets etc.

      To answer your question it is 12 midday, not in the midnight.

  • Shiny Mew on 20/11/2016 - 09:00

    As Scotty mentioned, this deal is not dissimilar to a post regarding clearance items in that while there are some amazing prices to be had quantity may be extremely low. However, as members have suggested, this deal is like a competition in that the quantity attaches to the deal price instead of the actual number of units left.

  • KOBH on 20/11/2016 - 09:20
    +3

    @Rep, make sure all orders are shipped within 24 hours and not after 24 days or 24 weeks.

  • BrainWaves on 20/11/2016 - 09:28
    +6

    This has to be one of the worst deals on OzBargain 2k16.

  • bghunter on 20/11/2016 - 09:33
    +2

    Negging due to bad experience from past purchase. They sent me to my previous address although I clearly gave them the new address while purchasing. When I didn't get the item after 2 months, I contacted them. After going back and forth few times, they decided to refund me the amount minus postage which was almost half the amount.
    Also, I really think this deal is a competition according to the available quantities.

  • CI on 20/11/2016 - 09:35
    +1

    Op please confirm what will happen when you have hundred people going for the $10 phone added to cart and proceed to check out, what price will the other 99 people be charged at and will they be able to see this in the checkout?

  • [Deactivated] on 20/11/2016 - 09:43

    Redeem yourself GearBest, throw in some some legitimate high-stock Xiaomi deals! :)

    I would recommend Mi Band 2 for US$23-24, alongside a few power bank deals.

  • mutanti on 20/11/2016 - 10:02
    +3

    Quantities are not enough. Not even going to waste my time trying to put stuff into shopping cart.. 1 x phone should not even be mentoned.. not enough to Qualify as a deal..

  • storeyv34 on 20/11/2016 - 10:12
    +6

    Recently I started receiving spam email on an email address only used at gearbest

    For example
    https://i.imgur.com/zhtmPOI.png

    • jackary on 20/11/2016 - 10:45
      +3

      Woah what the hell! This should have gotten more upvotes than it has.

    • Chef-Johnson on 20/11/2016 - 10:46
      -8

      Congrats. What has that got to do with anything?

      • storeyv34 on 20/11/2016 - 11:22
        +4

        That Gearbest have been relaxed with their security and their subscription list (at a minimum) made it into the hands or spammers. Or they are selling/giving the details to spammer or partners that are then passing it on.

        Some people care about these things, some don't. take of it what you will.

        • timi2fly on 20/11/2016 - 12:42
          +2

          I'm assuming that you would also need to provide your email address to even have a chance to purchase one of these deals as well I guess.

          It might be a safe option to use a disposable or certainly non-primary email if you want to enter the lottery to have a chance to possibly buy one of these items at what might be a low price when you finally receive the receipt.

          Better safe than sorry.

      • infinite on 20/11/2016 - 11:44
        -1

        It means GearScam are selling our personal information to third parties without our consent or knowledge. But that's apparently OK, because Scotty got paid enough under the table to ignore that & all the other dodgy business practices from these shiesters.

  • MadMaxBargainRoad on 20/11/2016 - 10:25
    +6

    Wow, I negged the deal pointing out it's like a give-away competition. 30secs later mod removed my comment and revoked my neg. Is this the beginning of the community sell out?

    The mod who did it, at least show youself and state a valid reason?

    • ModeratorShaw on 20/11/2016 - 10:46

      No, I'm actually subscribed to this thread, so am getting alerted to comments, hence seeing it quickly. Your comment was only removed because the negative vote was against the community guidelines. If the vote had not been placed, with the comment purely for discussion, then there would have been no issue with the comment. Equally, if you had provided reasoning within said guidelines, there would have been no issue with the negative vote.

      Please familiarise yourself with the voting guidelines.

      On the other hand, I will be making contact with GearBest on Monday to suggest they come up with a solution addressing users concerns regarding this deal. It is not a good look for OzBargain as a whole. There are some simple changes that could be made on their part to remedy a number of issues.

      Also of note is that there are simply no throwbacks for OzBargain from this, and to suggest so is ludicrous. There is no selling out of the community going on here, we are simply attempting to enforce the same guidelines that users, moderators, and store reps are bound by.

      • MadMaxBargainRoad on 20/11/2016 - 12:53
        +5

        Lol, look at the comment session. My neg is no difference than all the others'. We all know how stupid this so call "deal" looks. However, you can twist it the way you like. You are destroying the trust that took long time to build. It's something that I can't control nor would I waste time trying to.

        • Shaw on 20/11/2016 - 16:13
          +2

          Not going to argue about it mate, it's not worth it. I agree, the deal may not look great (Especially with how GB is perceived, and they only have themselves to blame for that), however without the 1 or 2 quantity items could have been really one sided positive. That is on GearBest. The ball is in their court as to how they want to proceed and whether they want to change anything or not.

  • mikeed666 on 20/11/2016 - 10:34
    +2

    Terrible idea, this is not what made oz margin great.

    • PainToad on 20/11/2016 - 10:49
      +1

      The margain for error in this comment was high ;)

  • Baebs on 20/11/2016 - 10:44

    Calling it now, there'll be more than one user claiming to have gotten the Asus Zenphone.

    • timi2fly on 20/11/2016 - 12:44
      +2

      Calling it now …. possibly with a OzB signup date in November 2016 and claiming it as their first post?

  • jackary on 20/11/2016 - 10:45
    +4

    Why is this even still on the front page?

    • stemcell on 20/11/2016 - 10:49

      Because Scotty and Neil say this whole gearbest saga is within the rules, read the thread ;)

      • jackary on 20/11/2016 - 11:48
        +2

        Sigh.

    • Shaw on 20/11/2016 - 11:07
      +2

      It will be removed from the front page when it's either pushed down to the second page due to the time it was posted, or if the positive to negative ratio bring it below the front page threshold.

      • jackary on 20/11/2016 - 11:50

        What is this magic ratio? It's currently above 1:4?

        • Shaw on 20/11/2016 - 12:05

          If the difference between positive and negative is less than default (25) it will no longer show.

        • Moderatorneil on 20/11/2016 - 18:54

          FAQ

        • jackary on 20/11/2016 - 21:36
          +2

          @neil: While im picking up your aggressive tone, I'm not sure the FAQ really answered my question. Thanks for taking the time to link though

        • Moderatorneil on 20/11/2016 - 21:42

          @jackary:

          The FAQ I linked to you expands on what shaw said above:

          What is the difference between the front page and the new deals page?

          The new deals page has all the latest deals that have been submitted by users. They are displayed in order from most recently published. >However, when a deal becomes popular (reaches a threshold based of votes), it is moved to the Front page. The number of positive votes to push a deal to the front page changes based on the sites popularity and other factors but by default it is 25 votes.

          So if it's 30 + / 20 - then that's a net of 10 votes (no front page). If it is 30 + / 5 -, then that's a net of 25 (front page).

        • jackary on 20/11/2016 - 21:52
          +1

          @neil: Thankyou

        • Scrooge McDuck on 20/11/2016 - 23:31

          @Shaw:

          Wasn't the threshold 20?

          When was that changed?

        • lyl on 20/11/2016 - 23:36
          +2

          @Scrooge McDuck:

          Yeah it was changed earlier this year

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