Guide to Shopping on Gmarket
So we’ve had quite a number of questions about how to buy off Gmarket. Most people get put off by the complexity of using Gmarket, particularly as pretty much all the listings are in Korean. There are many different listings that are around that we will endeavour to cover in the guide.
There’s also the very big question mark that people put next to Gmarket’s shipping procedures, hopefully the guide will help clear up much of the confusion.
The guide will be continually updated to reflect new information acquired, and changes to the Gmarket system.
darkrad– i grovel at your feet. thank you SO MUCH for figuring this out and sharing. perhaps i shall migrate to gmarket now (finally)~~~
i opened the foreign credit card verification guideline..
what does social no. mean? and they say we have to secure the credit card etc (i dont get it??)
all my experiences with gmarket is not just bad, but horrific. items may be slightly cheaper on gmarket but so are the quality of items and the service.
when you speak to gmarket about your disputes with sellers, gmarket will send a few emails to and fro displaying their intention to resolve them. but after that few emails and if problems are still as they are, gmarket washes their hands clean and have you to speak to the sellers yourself. gmarket does not forget to add “gmarket is just an agent. we are not liable for sellers.”
total no protection. total no service.
Oh thank you so much for this ; – ; One of the greatest shopping guides I’ve ever seen hehe !
Thanks for this tutorial!
I had the worst experience with Gmarket. They sent me the wrong item and didn’t do anything about it because it’s abroad. The seller keeps telling me to stop emailing them cuz they can’t help and that I have to take it up with the company (Gmarket). Everytime I emailed them, they kept telling me to “wait”. No information on what steps they were taking to resolve the issue, just, “I’m sorry, please wait”. As if they copy+pasted the answer.
Well, I filed a claim with PayPal and hopefully I can get my money back. It sucks cuz I really wanted the item I ordered but they simply didn’t want to spend the money fixing the problem they made (shipping fee).
So buyers beware! if you get a good item, that’s fine but the seller can’t help you resolve exchanges. The company (Gmarket) takes care of international orders and they suck at fixing the problems they caused.
heyy.. i want to order from qoo10. Saw some awesome deals there but it doesnt deliver worldwide or what? please please help