Geeksoutfit.com is NOT a scam
Geeksoutfit.com is NOT a scam, though you would be forgiven for thinking it is. From the moment that my purchase went through their website so quickly without an intermediate confirmation button or any sense that it was a secure transaction, I started having second thoughts about my purchase. I then realised it was a Chinese company doing business in the English language, which made me even more sceptical. I belatedly thought to Google it to see if it was a scam. I found it had a “1% Trust Score”, mostly because it was less than a year old, followed by two short 5 star reviews that made me think it is the company itself trying to counter the low trust score. Then I received an email confirming shipment of my package with a tracking code that took me to a Chinese site that provided no useful tracking information. When I sent a message to the email address provided by Geeksoutfit.com, they responded with reassurance that the tracking site is not updated sometimes, so I should wait five days and check again. BE WARNED, I soon discovered this brief email communication with Geeksoutfit.com cost me a further $2.12 USD charged to my credit card. I did some more Googling and found a third review, this one extremely negative saying the t-shirts they received were very cheaply made. Believe it or not, this negative review reassured me like nothing else had since placing my order. It told me that I probably had not fallen for a scam, if people were actually receiving something resembling what they ordered. So, I resigned myself to waiting and hoping my package would arrive. It finally did, a week before Christmas and 16 days after placing my order, which is better than I expected. The four t-shirts I ordered for my husband were actually everything I had hoped they would be (size, colour, quality). Not nearly as bad as the negative reviewer made them out to be. It did come with a warning that you can machine wash but not machine dry the t-shirts; so, be aware of that before you order. I am not sure how they will hold up over time; but, I am content with the value for money that I received this time and not ashamed to give them to my husband for the holidays. Nevertheless, I thought being charged extra for customer service was pretty cheeky and I don’t think I will order from this company again for that reason.