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Scam websites [Read before posting..'has anyone used/bought from..'?]

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,634 ✭✭✭jenno86


    Try getting in contact with there customer service department.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭jimoc


    I know windows 7 is cheap, but $13.50!!! :)

    [baldric] So fake its as fake as a faker who's just been appointed Professor of Faking at Oxford University [/baldric]


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,956 ✭✭✭consultech


    deadl0ck wrote: »
    Cheap software licenses - is this for real?

    Hi all,
    Mate of mine sent me this site: http://www.bizzibargains.com/

    Anybody got any experience of these ? It seems to good to be true (and in that case, it usually means it is too good to be true)

    (BTW - I did a Bargain Alerts search for "Bizzi" and got no results)

    That's a rapid share OP.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,034 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Gonna merge with the scam websites thread..

    And on the topic of software piracy, there's nothing worse!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    jimoc wrote: »
    I know windows 7 is cheap, but $13.50!!! :)

    [baldric] So fake its as fake as a faker who's just been appointed Professor of Faking at Oxford University [/baldric]
    There are some genuine Windows 7 keys being sold on the net for around 20-30 dollars depending on edition. It's a bit grey market though but technically it's perfectly legal and you get a completely genuine edition of windows.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    With regard to bizzibargains.com, that site is quite obviously not genuine. The domain was registered to a residential address, to a non-existent company, using a hotmail address, in the last month.

    In the last hour, the who is records have been updated, and the site is now registered through a secure proxy, so you can no longer tell whom owns it, but it is related to a series of sites owned by Reflect Perfect.

    I would conclude that this is a very dodgy practice (a business is not allowed to register through a proxy anyway), and surrealashton is obviously part of it.

    Do not buy from that site, and ignore everything he has said.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    erant wrote: »
    Not going to get into a whole discussion or anything

    Nor am I, surrealashton. Re-regging to once again pimp your scam just proves how untrustworthy Bizbargains.com is. Once again, for the Google searches, Bizbargains.com is a scam, con, fake, not genuine, scam, scam, scam. Bizbargains.com.

    I think that should be enough to warn people off your little scam.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,034 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    This thread just got very untidy this morning!

    I've deleted a lot of posts as while they were not particularly unwelcome, they were starting to get a bit heated and a tad off-topic.

    If you want any further discussion on the topic, start a new thread in 'Online Buying & Auctions' or 'Consumer Issues'.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 798 ✭✭✭maiden


    Hiya, anyone used sghgate.com? Prices are excellent but cant get much info on them.

    Any feedback would be helpful as i have a list from the kids for this site!!!

    Thanks


  • Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭jc77


    maiden wrote: »
    Hiya, anyone used sghgate.com? Prices are excellent but cant get much info on them.

    Their contact email is a hotmail address.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,351 ✭✭✭antocann


    maiden wrote: »
    Hiya, anyone used sghgate.com? Prices are excellent but cant get much info on them.

    Any feedback would be helpful as i have a list from the kids for this site!!!

    Thanks

    there website says that its been ther since 2006 , but its only ther since the middle of 2008
    id prob stay away from this one


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 508 ✭✭✭craftypaddy


    does anyone know if this is genuine, they reckon if you join up to a trial of lovefilms.com, they will give you an iphone.
    seems to good to be true, tempting but not sure if its worth the risk..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    does anyone know if this is genuine, they reckon if you join up to a trial of lovefilms.com, they will give you an iphone.
    seems to good to be true, tempting but not sure if its worth the risk..

    Try using Web of Trust (WOT) add-on for firefox. It gives an indicator of previous opinions of whatever site you are looking at.

    In relation to http://www.gadgetsfree4u.co.uk/, see the WOT scorecard. http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/gadgetsfree4u.co.uk. I would steer clear.

    Also, bear in mind that WOT is only as reliable as the people who enter the ratings. For example, http://xboxliveuk76.com/ gets a good rating on WOT, but it's described as a scam site here. So it's not foolproof.

    Using WOT, you can eliminate many untrustworthy sites from your google search results. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3456


  • Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭4davis7


    [HTML]www.chinavasion.com[/HTML] would you say this is trust worthy??


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    4davis7 wrote: »
    [HTML]www.chinavasion.com[/HTML] would you say this is trust worthy??

    Good and bad apparently

    http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/184537

    TBH, people dont realize how long it (can) take to ship from china and always blame the company.

    Your getting it much cheaper, shut up and wait!

    Buy something small and wait 2 business weeks to test it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 798 ✭✭✭maiden


    Hiya, just to let ye know i went ahead and ordered from sghgate.com. I ordered 3 nike tn trainers and they arrived! 4 weeks for delivery (on the slow boat) but got them and i am delighted!!! Thanks for all your replies!


  • Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭4davis7


    Tallon wrote: »
    Good and bad apparently

    http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/184537

    TBH, people dont realize how long it (can) take to ship from china and always blame the company.

    Your getting it much cheaper, shut up and wait!

    Buy something small and wait 2 business weeks to test it


    went ahead and ordered a cheap gadget off www.chinavaision.com and got it about 3 weeks later and it works perfectly so thanks anyway


  • Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭4davis7




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,635 ✭✭✭xsiborg


    "simon", in wexford (ireland) doesn't think so-

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/RunnerRevolutioncom/254442950359#!/pages/RunnerRevolutioncom/254442950359?v=app_7146470109

    wouldn't touch them with a forty foot barge pole now meself with a question like this on their FAQ, that's Frequently Asked Questions. So it happens frequently then?
    My runners never arrived, what do I do? In accordance with local postal regulations we ask that you wait 28 days before reporting the order as missing to one of our friendly customer service representatives. We track all our packages and should one go missing we gladly reissue you with a new pair immediatley at no extra charge.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭jimoc


    4davis7 wrote: »

    They at least managed to spell things correctly, however there's no real person details available anywhere on their website so I'd steer clear unless they have something you absolutely cant find elsewhere.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10 eric_elle


    4davis7 wrote: »

    I bought some nikes off them and they were fine. no complaints


  • Registered Users Posts: 29 dStSb


    maiden wrote: »
    Hiya, just to let ye know i went ahead and ordered from sghgate.com. I ordered 3 nike tn trainers and they arrived! 4 weeks for delivery (on the slow boat) but got them and i am delighted!!! Thanks for all your replies!

    Anyone else have used www.sghgate.com ???


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 26 Cadoche


    AddTeam wrote: »
    Hi,

    This is the owner of add.ie here and I'd like to exercise the right to reply. As a free to list site (and one of the largest in Ireland) it is a challenge to moderate all ads at all times, however we do moderate ads on a daily basis....some get through as is the case even with the paid sites in Ireland. On a daily basis we delete many ads and review all registrations. The vast majority of advertisements on the site are genuine.

    We encourage everyone to exercise due caution when replying to ads, and we have a knowledgebase here - http://www.add.ie/pg-help.html

    Please report any ads you feel are dubious to addteam@add.ie and we will delete where appropiate.

    Regards
    Alan

    Well said Alan, you can't always get them all and this applies to other sites even Ebay. I love add.ie btw. Well done!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1 antiscam


    does anyone know if this is genuine, they reckon if you join up to a trial of lovefilms.com, they will give you an iphone.
    seems to good to be true, tempting but not sure if its worth the risk..

    any website or "store" that uses yahoo news, bbc news and just about any other uk site to register under a pretend name just to post comments (unrelated to the current news article) with "where can I get a free iphone?".... followed by another faker adding "Here's a place where you can get the latest gadgets for free... go to gadgetsforfree etc" has to be completely avoided!

    I dont think its the result of the company having so many followers, when no-one has heard of them from anywhere other than through search engines or the above fakers. would a legit site advertise in such an illegal manner just to get their custom? I think the owners of amazon.co.uk would be in jail by now if they did, lol ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,429 ✭✭✭testicle


    AddTeam wrote: »
    Hi,

    This is the owner of add.ie here and I'd like to exercise the right to reply. As a free to list site (and one of the largest in Ireland) it is a challenge to moderate all ads at all times, however we do moderate ads on a daily basis....some get through as is the case even with the paid sites in Ireland. On a daily basis we delete many ads and review all registrations. The vast majority of advertisements on the site are genuine.

    We encourage everyone to exercise due caution when replying to ads, and we have a knowledgebase here - http://www.add.ie/pg-help.html

    Please report any ads you feel are dubious to addteam@add.ie and we will delete where appropiate.

    Regards
    Alan

    Your website does not conform with the European Communities (Directive 2000/31/EC) Regulations 2003.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,308 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    testicle wrote: »
    Your website does not conform with the European Communities (Directive 2000/31/EC) Regulations 2003.
    Whats that all about then?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭jimoc


    muffler wrote: »
    Whats that all about then?

    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2003/en/si/0068.html

    Thats some heavy reading :)
    Specifically he's probably noting that there's no contact details, email address or indication of the geographical location of the provider, from section 7.(1) or so.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 508 ✭✭✭craftypaddy


    anyone tried this site, just wondered what the laws are regarding customs ect, obviously they will spot the delivery at some stage but what will they charge?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 317 ✭✭bigjohnny80


    jimoc wrote: »
    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2003/en/si/0068.html

    Thats some heavy reading :)
    Specifically he's probably noting that there's no contact details, email address or indication of the geographical location of the provider, from section 7.(1) or so.

    Seems to be on it now. They must have updated it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,308 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Just a quicky. I dont think there's anything wrong with this site. They have some cheap music for downloading so Im just wondering if anyone has dealt with them before - mp3shake


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,305 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    muffler wrote: »
    Just a quicky. I dont think there's anything wrong with this site. They have some cheap music for downloading so Im just wondering if anyone has dealt with them before - mp3shake
    What are the copyright laws in Ukraine like?

    http://the1709blog.blogspot.com/2010/01/goodbye-sweden-hello-ukraine.html
    That decision prompted many piracy services to seek jurisdictions beyond the reach of western law. Pirate Bay moved its web servers to Ukraine, while another popular file-sharing service, Demonoid, which started in Serbia, also relocated.

    "Before going completely dark in October [2009], Demonoid physically moved their servers to Ukraine, and remotely controlled them," said John Robinson, of BigChampagne, .... "Ukrainian communications law, as they paraphrase it, says that providers are not responsible for what their customers do. Therefore, they feel no need to speak about or defend what they do."

    With such poor laws against sites hosting illegal music, you could just be funding someones weekend drinking fund, with no money going to the actual artists.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,308 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Ah! So its not legit then?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,305 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    muffler wrote: »
    Ah! So its not legit then?
    Oh, it may well be, but since it's not illegal to have a site that hosts copyrighted music in Ukraine, I'd see no difference in getting it there, and getting it off "fast"share :P


  • Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭xxmarymoxx


    Has anyone used this site https://electricbay.ie/cart.php?act=step1


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,321 ✭✭✭IrishTonyO


    xxmarymoxx wrote: »

    Haven't used it, however I would always be wary of a company that provides no address and only 1 mobile number as contact and no landline.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2 bow wow


    lorweld wrote: »
    I found this site too which may be of help to somebody! You can check the credit rating of Uk and Irish based companies

    http://www.checkrate.co.uk/data_services.php?page=verified_business_registration

    Anoter site to check out companies credit ratings ect is "Solo check"


  • Registered Users Posts: 424 ✭✭SinisterDexter


    xxmarymoxx wrote: »


    Loving their Term and Conditions page.:D

    Two different email address's (one with the site name, another with yahoo), two different mobile phone numbers.


    Avoid it I would say!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,308 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Anyone ever dealt with inksdirect.ie?

    I was going to buy a few ink cartridges from this guy but having looked at the site I declined. No contact phone number, no address for returns, no description of the company etc.

    I did contact the guy(s) by email asking why there was no address or phone number and in fairness he replied but the explanation left a lot to be desired and still didn't include a contact number or address
    Thanks for the feedback. The reason that there is no address on the site is because I also have a retail shop selling inks and toners. Obviously, I can not sell product at the same price in the shop as I can on the web (little or no overheads on the web) However, my retail customers might not see it that way and think I am trying to rip them off in the shop. I was trying to please both sectors, those use the shop and those who use the web


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,305 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    muffler wrote: »
    Anyone ever dealt with inksdirect.ie?

    I was going to buy a few ink cartridges from this guy but having looked at the site I declined. No contact phone number, no address for returns, no description of the company etc.

    I did contact the guy(s) by email asking why there was no address or phone number and in fairness he replied but the explanation left a lot to be desired and still didn't include a contact number or address
    LoL. Dodgy as hell. If he wanted, he could just have used info@inksdirect.ie but meh.

    =-=

    Father got a heap of cartridges from http://www.inkredible.co.uk a while back at a very good price. Got 4 sets for an Epson PX700W for £25. Each cartridge has 19ml in it, and is lasting 3 times longer than the usual ones.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    the_syco wrote: »
    LoL. Dodgy as hell. If he wanted, he could just have used info@inksdirect.ie but meh.

    =-=

    Father got a heap of cartridges from http://www.inkredible.co.uk a while back at a very good price. Got 4 sets for an Epson PX700W for £25. Each cartridge has 19ml in it, and is lasting 3 times longer than the usual ones.

    7dayshop is miles ahead on prices.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭Badgermonkey


    http://www.hometechworld.net/index.php

    OK. Suspiciously good prices. UK Company number checks out athttp://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/436e03cb6edf37da93748c180fa2352d/compdetails. Regional retail stores are hard to track down on google maps and registered office appears to be a suburban bungalow in Scotland.

    Also, seem to provide free delivery to anywhere in EU & there a subtle typos on site. Anyone had any dealings?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 684 ✭✭✭rgfuller


    http://www.hometechworld.net/index.php

    OK. Suspiciously good prices.

    That alone should be enough of a warning; I've never heard of them, plus they have no proper internet history (especially in english), a number of forum discussions on them ending negatively - like this one - in austria - here's a translation link - http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fforum.geizhals.at%2Ft717364%2C-1.html
    Also the About Us store photo looks doctored - if you look at the floor reflection, there is a person missing - plus the store name reflection doesn't correspond http://www.hometechworld.net/about.php. I would stay well clear.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4 brenitb11


    xxmarymoxx wrote: »

    Hi i am actually the managing director of electricbay.ie
    Im a new startup company and i offering such low prices to get my website name out there.
    I don't know if you understand what a company has to go through to get a .ie address. There is a lot more involved than simply getting a .com, .co.uk or a .net address. If you want to set up one of these address all you have to do is buy the name and away you go.

    For a .ie address you have to be a registered company and the process is rigerous. MBL Direct is the name of the company that electricbay.ie trades under. I use electricbay.ie because it is a catchier name.

    I only accept paypal which is 100% secure, or if you live in Dublin i can meet you in person. I have a number of happy customers and if there is any other steps i can take to make customers feel safer shopping online please let me know and i will do the best i can to meet these requirement.

    Im also on ebay.ie my ebay account is electricbay.ie i have 241 sales and my feedback is 98.9.
    The issue with the two phone numbers on the website is due to me not been able to get hold of my web developer to change it, i can change the content on my page but not the design, the wrong phone number is in the header which i cannot change, if anyone want to get a hold of me im contactable on 0851751714

    I hope this answers everyones questions please give me feedback on this article and let me know what you think i will answer any questions because i know electricbay.ie cannot be beaten on price


  • Registered Users Posts: 424 ✭✭SinisterDexter


    Thank you for your reply. And for not going all out giving out about us(me) picking it apart - alot of other people do.

    BUT! Would you buy off a site that first of looks to cheap to be true, Yes you say it is true and I believe you, and then doesn't have Terms & Conditions or a Privacy Policy? Would YOU?

    And then people will go with the attitude - looks dodgy, is dodgy!

    So seen as you can control the content I would suggest making them two documents mentioned look better.

    Thanks for reading and good luck to you!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4 brenitb11


    Thank you for your reply. And for not going all out giving out about us(me) picking it apart - alot of other people do.

    BUT! Would you buy off a site that first of looks to cheap to be true, Yes you say it is true and I believe you, and then doesn't have Terms & Conditions or a Privacy Policy? Would YOU?

    And then people will go with the attitude - looks dodgy, is dodgy!

    So seen as you can control the content I would suggest making them two documents mentioned look better.

    Thanks for reading and good luck to you!

    Thanks for your reply as i said im looking for everyone's view on how to improve my site and i will make the necessary change's. Boards.ie and other similar sites are the one's i use if i ever have a query so i wouldn't dream of complaining about sites like these.

    But ill leave you with this if in doubt always pay through paypal it's 100% secure and if the item doesn't arrive of if its not as describe they will refund you, everything i sell on my site i sell on ebay and i have over 200 happy customers. the only thing i sell on my site that's not on ebay is my r4i's which ebay don't allow me to sell.


  • Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭xxmarymoxx


    brenitb11 wrote: »
    Thanks for your reply as i said im looking for everyone's view on how to improve my site and i will make the necessary change's. Boards.ie and other similar sites are the one's i use if i ever have a query so i wouldn't dream of complaining about sites like these.

    But ill leave you with this if in doubt always pay through paypal it's 100% secure and if the item doesn't arrive of if its not as describe they will refund you, everything i sell on my site i sell on ebay and i have over 200 happy customers. the only thing i sell on my site that's not on ebay is my r4i's which ebay don't allow me to sell.

    Sorry but your last quote is a lie I bought two cards from this site they are supposed to be r4i cards but are not. When I rang the mobile number several times I got nothing but voicemail and my calls were never returned. Also sent numerous emails which no one replied to.:mad:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4 brenitb11


    xxmarymoxx wrote: »
    Sorry but your last quote is a lie I bought two cards from this site they are supposed to be r4i cards but are not. When I rang the mobile number several times I got nothing but voicemail and my calls were never returned. Also sent numerous emails which no one replied to.:mad:

    ring me now 0851751714 or email mbldirect@yahoo.ie and i will ring you if there has been a mixup i will sort it straight away or else put in a paypal dispute and you can get a full refund


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭Badgermonkey


    Have a look at self-build website templates on Wix.com which also easily integrate PayPal checkout -

    http://www.wix.com/

    Ebay may be useful for driving traffic towards your site but can also be cumbersome, time consuming and their feedback system is open to abuse.
    Your electricbay.ie site doesn't look great to be honest and a combination of low price, yahoo email address and bad design would give potential buyers the yips.

    All this can be speedily and inexpensively fixed though, so it ain't all bad.


  • Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭xxmarymoxx


    brenitb11 wrote: »
    ring me now 0851751714 or email mbldirect@yahoo.ie and i will ring you if there has been a mixup i will sort it straight away or else put in a paypal dispute and you can get a full refund

    Will take back what i said as everything was sorted this morning. Would advise you to answer your emails and calls in future or you will find a lot of people steering away from your site. Best of luck with it :)


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  • Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭harryd2


    Was looking at google products for buying a bike.
    Found the cheapest site for the bike I'm after to be http://www.trailheadbikes.com/
    They were only slightly cheaper than the next company, but offered free international shipping & 30% discount on bikes over 500USD.
    Looked too good to be true, and when came to payment page I found they needed moneygram for Irish orders :rolleyes:. (they only accept CC for Spain & US orders)
    I tried with my CC anyway and order got rejected - CC is OK (I think)
    I was initially thinking scammer but then thought maybe not because:
    • Referred to from google products - do they list scammer sites?
    • Rejected my CC payment attempt - a scammer would take the cc
    • Site is professionally designed
    • Domain registered in 2004
    • Have a spanish & US warehouse address on the site..
    Anyone have any thoughts?
    I'm tempted to go ahead with moneygram but realise I've no recourse.. :confused:


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