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Offline NiHaoMikeTopic starter

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Gearbest: best at being the worst
« on: February 10, 2019, 11:59:43 pm »
As if anyone would want to with all the complaints of missing packages and poor customer service...
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Re: Gearbest: best at being the worst
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2019, 07:22:15 am »
They geared him up with empty promised at best.

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The company "Bio Sole" also used my video footage for Facebook ads in order to promote their "eco power saver" which will certainly not decrease your electricity bill.

Outrageous how they can take a review warning about those so called "energy savers" and use or alter parts of his video in a way that promotes the sale of them.

I haven't seen their version of the energy saver video but it appears from what he saying that they are making it look like he is promoting them when he wasn't and he'd look like a fool apart from those that know him and have seen the original video.

Isn't that defamation?
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Re: Gearbest: best at being the worst
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2019, 02:59:25 am »
FB and YT vids are down now.  :clap:
wonder how JYtech felt about it .  :-BROKE

i didn't want this to be my first post... oh well
 

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Re: Gearbest: best at being the worst
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2019, 11:36:27 am »
@GreatScottLab on Twitter:
"It is over! GearBest fixed their mistake. All ad videos are gone and I got paid. Better late than never."

https://twitter.com/GreatScottLab/status/1095638892852715520
 

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Re: Gearbest: best at being the worst
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2019, 01:23:08 pm »
I wonder if they realised how much damage they were causing themselves?
 
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Re: Gearbest: best at being the worst
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2019, 06:04:20 am »
They're still the best at being the worst.
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Re: Gearbest: best at being the worst
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2019, 06:23:38 am »
@GreatScottLab on Twitter:
"It is over! GearBest fixed their mistake. All ad videos are gone and I got paid. Better late than never."
https://twitter.com/GreatScottLab/status/1095638892852715520

I personally wouldn't have removed the video or have taken the money, let it remain as lesson to them.
But I can understand if he wanted to do that.
 

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Re: Gearbest: best at being the worst
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2019, 08:21:36 am »
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Researchers working for VPNMentor have accused Chinese e-commerce site Gearbest of storing user information in "completely unsecured" Elasticsearch databases after discovering "1.5 million records" which they were able to access through a browser.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/18/gearbest_data_breach_1_5m_customers_affected/
 


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