Baofeng gm15pro shows long antenna included, but not shipped?

[Guest gman]

 

Has anybody else experienced not getting the 15" antennas in the box when ordered from Amazon?  

[TerriKennedy]

On 6/23/2025 at 2:14 PM, Guest gman said:

Has anybody else experienced not getting the 15" antennas in the box when ordered from Amazon?  

Those are likely Amazon Marketplace listings (look for "Sold by" on the product listing). There are good marketplace sellers and not-so-good ones. I don't know which exact listing you were looking at, so I can't check.

A 15" antenna is not going to fit in the standard Baofeng box without folding it, which will damage most antennas except for the "tacticool" tape-measure ones. So the seller would need to provide Amazon with either an oversized box with the radio box inside, along with the antenna, or securely tape the antenna to the Baofeng box and put a "Sold as a set - do not split" label over it. Both are going to drive up the seller's costs (for increased per-unit warehouse space at Amazon in the first case, or for a non-robotic handling surcharge for the second case).

You may need to do an "item not as described" return through Amazon. They will likely ask you to work with the seller to resolve the issue, and the seller may try to drag things out, so start the process ASAP so you don't time-out on the Amazon 30-day return window.

[SteveShannon]

On 6/23/2025 at 12:14 PM, Guest gman said:

 

Has anybody else experienced not getting the 15" antennas in the box when ordered from Amazon?  

Terri’s post nailed it. The only thing I would add is that when asking a question like this it’s helpful to include a link to the precise item ordered.  There are often several listings for each model, with listings by different vendors. Yes, you ordered “from Amazon” but it’s more important knowing who the actual vendor was. That also greatly affects the return policy. Personally I try to limit my purchases to Prime, but that’s not always possible.