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  • #92
    WeleaseWoderick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭WeleaseWoderick


    A friend sent me a link to this earlier today.

    http://www.tvshowsboxset.net/the-wire-seasons-15-24-dvd-box-set-p-196.html

    Have never heard of the site before. Has anyone bought anything from them?


  • #93
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,774 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    scam%20alert.jpg


  • #94
    WeleaseWoderick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭WeleaseWoderick


    Aye, I thought as much but thought I'd post it on the off chance it was legit.

    Reckon I'll just order it from Amazon instead. Seems to be the best price.


  • #95
    RayCon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,835 ✭✭✭RayCon


    Man , look at their M*A*S*H Box Set ... fake or what ...

    3.jpg


  • #96
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,774 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Gonna merge with with the existing scam websites thread.


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  • #97
    Danniboo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭Danniboo


    Hi,

    Does anyone have any experience with CDWOW.ie or elysiandreams.ie?


  • #98
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,774 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Danniboo wrote: »
    Hi,

    Does anyone have any experience with CDWOW.ie or elysiandreams.ie?
    CDWOW.ie are legit, although typically quite slow with despatching orders!

    And Elysiandreams.ie certainly looks legit also.


  • #99
    Danniboo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭Danniboo


    basquille wrote: »
    CDWOW.ie are legit, although typically quite slow with despatching orders!

    And Elysiandreams.ie certainly looks legit also.


    I thought as much just said i'd double check before handing over my dosh, Kerastase at really cheap prices if any ladies are interested :D


  • #100
    deadl0ck
    Registered Users Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭deadl0ck


    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)


  • #101
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,569 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    That site looks so fake it's not even funny...

    And just to confirm it's fakeness, after a google, the first word I see is 'South Africa'

    nuff said


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  • #102
    jenno86
    Registered Users Posts: 2,634 ✭✭✭jenno86


    Try getting in contact with there customer service department.

    53926_aktutuquengo_copy.jpg


  • #103
    jimoc
    Registered Users 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]


  • #104
    consultech
    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.


  • #105
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,774 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Gonna merge with the scam websites thread..

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

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWf_jbrpn4o


  • #106
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users 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.


  • #107
    jor el
    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.


  • #108
    jor el
    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.


  • #109
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,774 ✭✭✭✭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'.


  • #110
    maiden
    Registered Users 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


  • #111
    jc77
    Registered Users Posts: 541 ✭✭✭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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  • #112
    antocann
    Registered Users Posts: 1,346 ✭✭✭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


  • #113
    craftypaddy
    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..


  • #114
    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    craftypaddy wrote: »
    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


  • #115
    4davis7
    Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭4davis7


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


  • #116
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,569 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #117
    maiden
    Registered Users 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!


  • #118
    4davis7
    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


  • #119
    4davis7
    Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭4davis7


    Does this site look kinda dodgy http://www.runnerrevolution.com/default/cheap-converse-allstar.html?limit=90


  • #120
    xsiborg
    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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  • #121
    jimoc
    Registered Users Posts: 634 ✭✭✭jimoc


    4davis7 wrote: »
    Does this site look kinda dodgy http://www.runnerrevolution.com/default/cheap-converse-allstar.html?limit=90

    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.


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