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www.oeuom.com - Super cheap laptops?

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  • 18-12-2007 3:48pm
    #1
    long_boy
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭


    Has anybody ever bought anything from these guys? They have laptops for a fraction (about 20%-30%) of the normal price. They are based in China. Here's one of their offers:

    http://www.oeuom.com/product.asp?id=1332

    The pricing seems far too good to be true - has anyone had dealings with them or heard of them? A google search doesn't seem to yield much info on them


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    #2
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Outright scam. Look at their contact details.

    If it's too good to be true, then it is.


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    #3
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Hotmail addresses for contact us is never good. :/ Stay away as mentioned.


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    #4
    long_boy
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭long_boy


    The best part of the site is the about us, look at this gem:

    "We are large electricity subsidiaries, so there are a lot of liers would mimicry our website carry on deceive, pleasing everyone's caution."

    I suspected it's a scam of some kind, it's just strange that there's no reports of same that I could find out there, usually there is. I actually came across these guys as a listing on gumtree so maybe someone has actually tried them out


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    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,046 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    If that's legit, I'll eat my hat. Also what the hell is with that flash banner at the top of the page? Another thing the title of the page is "Welcome to our website". While this isn't solid proof that the site isn't legit, I would expect a proper professional site to have proper titles for their pages.


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    #6
    long_boy
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭long_boy


    Ye it's most likely a scam unfortunately :( The prices are less than the bare component costs even in mass volume

    As an aside, even tough the website is appalling, it's by no means the worst I've seen! From my experience of dealing with some Chinese companies through work this isn't so bad. We once had a supplier called "Best Nice Electronics" and another who's sale's rep was called "Cinderella"! Some of the stuff you come across is hilarious, but it doesn't stop us buying lots from them once they've been proven.


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    #7
    TheDriver
    Registered Users Posts: 12,397 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    better off putting your cash into a postbox really and writing to Santa for your laptop


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    #8
    Offalycool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 459 ✭✭Offalycool


    I think these guys just sent everybody in my address book spam with my name on it. I just got a failure notification for half of them. I'm freeked out. I never gave them my details. what do ya think??


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    dleonard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭dleonard


    Hi, I also came across this crowd on Gumtree - I asked for more info and they were very quick to send me proof of shipping via ems to 3 guys in South Africa, they also sent me the moneygram proof of transfer from Rennies Foreign Exchange. I am still a bit weary though - gut feel is thats is a scan. I cant even find a telephone number for the company.


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