Wow it has been forever sense I posted to my Blog. Sorry, I have some new projects starting and plan to post them. So as of May 16th I decided to purchase a small laser etcher from a China Based Site.
I have decided to post information on the experience.
Setup and Security
Setting up the account was easy and secure. One thing I have noticed is that much of the site is not using a secure connection. However critical points of the transaction where. So I do not see that as a big issue. I have seen posts on line stating the site is not secure. For the most part this is true but where needed it is secure. Now During login you have options to use Facebook or your Google+ account. While this makes managing passwords easy I am not a fan. Each login requires a
captcha, this is designed to stop robots, I am a fan of this.
Item Purchased
2500mw A5 Laser Engraving Machine. As of the date of this post at a cost of $175.41. About 5 dollars cheaper than when I made my purchase. Prices change all the time. Mark an item as a favorite and watch it.
Image courtesy of www.gearbest.com
First question I am expecting is why not build your own? Well I thought about it but the cost of the laser by it's self was almost as much as this complete. Besides I will get to put it together and I am planning to learn something new form someone else. So all good. However I am sure I will find a way to improve it.
Payment
Site takes many forms of Payment,Credit Card, and my favorite PayPal. Soon after placing the order I got an email detailing my purchase. The email also gave me an order reference number.
Shipping
I decided to name this section as just shipping as receiving may be a story all its own.
I decided to have it shipped "Flat Rate" $31.80, this is code for SLOW. Also so many people complained about this option I decided to check it out for everyone. I did add insurance for $4.61. The item is shipping from China so the cost seams pretty good. Now you can choose faster service but I think most people may go for the lower cost. After a couple days I checked in and found that I had been given a tracking number. Upon clicking the link I was taken to
yuntrack I pasted the number clicked the search and found the package was all ready on its way. In fact in four days it was in Cincinnati, Ohio. That's when things slowed down. I impatiently watched for a change in status For Ever it seemed. 15 working days later on this very day I logged in to expect it still sitting in some dark hole. But instead I find that it is on its way here, Hurrah. I included a link to the actual tracking. This site also is not secure but you are not posting anything and in fact the information is very generic so much so I posted the actual tracking link for you to review. GearBest order tracking information. I have read a ton of posts complaining about the tracking of there order from with in your account. I noticed a long delay between the info there and the actual tracking. But when they did post the fact that it had left they also posted a picture of my package with my address label on it. It would seem they are doing all this manually so to complain about the delay is silly. Get a grip people how many orders do you think they process a day. I really liked this feature. More to follow after receiving.
