Gearbest Forum

RossieMan

They've changed, huh

eamonnq

GB links everywhere, I give up!! Count me out.

ancapailldorcha

zarquon wrote: »

Gearbest promoting one of their android tv boxes by explaining how you could stream "Finding Dory" from the comfort of your couch rather than foolishly taking the time and effort and wasted money to go the cinema.

That's quite concerning if true.

Renegade Mechanic

The thing I don't get is the line that "oh well gearbest weren't doing the shilling as much as users were and gearbest didn't really know what the deal was re: shilling, so they got the opportunity to correct this by paying."

Gearbest approached users on the site to shill on their behalf. Surely that means they knew even more about this site's stance on shilling than most others?

Chorus_suck

This post has been deleted.

uck51js9zml2yt

Chorus_suck wrote: »

It is true.

Post since deleted.

Couldn't be a case of deleting the evidence...could it?

Gordon

Julian Plain Gut wrote: »

Couldn't be a case of deleting the evidence...could it?

Would you prefer the post to still be up?

uck51js9zml2yt

Gordon wrote: »

Would you prefer the post to still be up?

Personally no, but as has been pointed out by others, such promotions attract infractions and bans elsewhere on the site and have done for a long time.

The line I keep seeing is that " you agreed to the t&c's when you signed up" and broke them.
How is GB any different?

I'm not on a crusade but I'd like to see some consistency.

Felix Jones is God

He who pays the piper calls the tune.

weisses

Gordon wrote: »

Would you prefer the post to still be up?

Yeah why not ?

They sell these things wether you like it or not.

They have a rep here .. If I have an issue with one of these android boxes I should be able to discuss that here.

Or need I to be a paid subscriber for that privilege ?

Second Toughest in_the Freshers

hypothetically, it could be treated like the legal advice forum, and you could discuss any hypothetical issues you may have. hypothetically, of course

Cienciano

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

The thing I don't get is the line that "oh well gearbest weren't doing the shilling as much as users were and gearbest didn't really know what the deal was re: shilling, so they got the opportunity to correct this by paying."

Gearbest approached users on the site to shill on their behalf. Surely that means they knew even more about this site's stance on shilling than most others?

Listen, we all know, all the mods and admins that excuse it know. But boards are desperate for cash, doesn't matter from who, so they'll pretend the gearbest loophole is there to excuse it. They'll insist black is white if you give them a few quid.

Brendan Flowers

Was there any action taken against Gearbest for posting illegal content? What is the usual punishment for a user who does so and have the same rules been applied?

TherapyBoy

I think normally the offending content is snipped from the post or the post is deleted. Possibly a PM to the user pointing out their mistake.

Spear

TherapyBoy wrote: »

I think normally the offending content is snipped from the post or the post is deleted. Possibly a PM to the user pointing out their mistake.

That's all that's usually done in such cases in Net&comms at least. It certainly hasn't warranted an infraction or ban so far.

CantGetNoSleep

Bargain Alerts really seems dead these days, wonder how many left because of Gearbest

Second Toughest in_the Freshers

Or the mega threads

LoLth

if they ever unite and become super-mega-best-gear-dot-com-thread we're totally screwed!

its Summer, there's always a slowdown of sorts but its slow in comparison, not quite "dead". If it becomes a trend I'm sure the office will spot it. I'm actually surprised with the popularity of the gearbest sub-forum.

not a fan of the mega-threads myself when there is feedback mixed in with the notices. but given the volume of content I can see why they are deemed necessary.

Satriale

LoLth wrote: »

if they ever unite and become super-mega-best-gear-dot-com-thread we're totally screwed!

its Summer, there's always a slowdown of sorts but its slow in comparison, not quite "dead". If it becomes a trend I'm sure the office will spot it. I'm actually surprised with the popularity of the gearbest sub-forum.

not a fan of the mega-threads myself when there is feedback mixed in with the notices. but given the volume of content I can see why they are deemed necessary.

Or infamy...

ibarelycare

The Gearbest forum is a joke. There have been various questions asked by posters in the last couple of weeks but the only post she made in that time was to tell people that they could find her in the Gearbest Youtube videos. Vast majority of posts in the forum are ignored. What exactly is the point in it?

eamonnq

Did you find her in the videos yet ??

Once they pay the bills, sure what matter what they do?

uck51js9zml2yt

ibarelycare wrote: »

The Gearbest forum is a joke. There have been various questions asked by posters in the last couple of weeks but the only post she made in that time was to tell people that they could find her in the Gearbest Youtube videos. Vast majority of posts in the forum are ignored. What exactly is the point in it?

Grasshopper you've learned so little.

Don't you know it's the presence of their direct debit that is Important and not that of their rep

Canis Lupus

I think this deal hurts the Boards brand personally. Thanks for the money now do what you like including ignoring our users. It's all cool by us.

Turtyturd

Tbf, it would be hypocritical of boards to crack down on Gearbest ignoring users when their own staff are famous for it.

_Tombstone_

Ooh, feel the burn

Barry Badrinath

Turtyturd wrote: »

Tbf, it would be hypocritical of boards to crack down on Gearbest ignoring users when their own staff are famous for it.

Oooooooooooooooh zing!

ibarelycare

Turtyturd wrote: »

Tbf, it would be hypocritical of boards to crack down on Gearbest ignoring users when their own staff are famous for it.

So true!

Boards.ie: Niamh

It's not ok for users to be posting queries that are going unanswered.

To be fair to the sales team here, they were already on the case before I spoke with them today about it. They've asked Gearbest what is going on and when they will be answering queries. As soon as we hear back from them, I'll let you know. Given the time difference between here and China we're unlikely to hear from them before the end of the working day today and since it's a bank holiday weekend, we will not be here on Monday either so please bear with me. I'll post an update here as soon as I have one.

CantGetNoSleep

Are they ignoring you now too?

eman66

They're posting their response from China.