buygreendot.com

Chris_L

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17 Oct 2009 - 12:03 PM

They've got the Canon 1000D listed four times at four different prices.

It's obviously a fake online shop.

Of course they just need to catch a couple of people out to recoup the cost of setting up the fake site.

High time there was some sort of international system that could stop these sites as soon as people report them as scams; they could check them out and if too suspicious they could be blocked before more people fall victim.

MikeA (e2 Member)

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17 Oct 2009 - 12:17 PM

Here is another UK - American photo site to be aware of.A friend of mine got caught the other day.
Half way down the page.
On to a much more serious matter: BEWARE

yellowduke

1

17 Oct 2009 - 5:33 PM

Quote:Another company not based in the UK, where they have a .co.uk web address is www.pixmania.co.uk. I bought from this company thinking it was a UK company.
I had an excellent service from Pixmania by the way but I wouldn't have bought in the first place if I had known it was over the water.......
They have a distribution place in London where you can go and collect as I recall.

SGP

19 Oct 2009 - 12:22 AM

hi there, I wish google was showing thread like this a week ago, I decided I really wanted a D90, around the time 'buygreendot' was set up.. and google shopping helpfully told me they are the cheapest (thanks google)

In short, I saw £470 as a bargain for a D90, and assumed they must have got the price wrong, and jumped at the chance to buy it before they realised.
After my order, and not receiving any reply from thier email, I was a little suspicious and looked around, but there was never any solid proof that they were a scam website. If you look around google today, theres lots of proof
I rang trading standards and they told me to wait a week before taking action, because you never know they could be real..

So, now I have no idea what to do! I'm £470 down, with no camera

If possible, I'd like to follow this up by tracing and charging whoever did this to me.. but I have limited knowledge of such things.. I'm just a poor guy who wanted a fancy camera and got caught up in something he didnt expect

Overread (e2 Member)

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19 Oct 2009 - 1:35 AM

Generally I find it best to approach online vendors in the following way;

1) Is it a well known and reliable site like Amazon, Warehouse Express, PC world, Dell, Curries etc... If so then I will deal with them happy that I will be safe with my purchase. In the case of places like Jessopes where you can order through a store I will rather than online (I prefer it that way)

2) Is it a highscoring (97% or higher with at least 1000 transactions) ebay trader? If so then I will trade- though only on ebay exclusive products or on lower budget items.

Outside of those conditions if I find a vendor or I ask about one I will trade if I find a lot of posetive results from google and asking around forums before I purchase. Heck just reading through from time to time can show up some good options like One Stop Digital and Kerso.
I also (like many) will research the prices on offer when getting very expensive items and a big warning is if a website is selling something very under the market price when compared to other leading competators - there has to be a reason for this. It might be like One Stop Digital and its grey imports - or it might be because I will never actually see the product

collywobles

6

19 Oct 2009 - 11:29 AM

Quote:does anyone know where the best/cheapest place to buy a D90 would be? lol. second hand would be fine too as long as it works
You are not taking the advice given here (see Overeads post) , cut your risks and use one of the reputable sites already given in this post - it will save alot of heartache in the longrun.

rowarrior

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19 Oct 2009 - 11:45 AM

Quote:Why take my details and not even take out the money for the camera?
Identity fraud.