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Easytobuythem.com - scam or great site?

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Old 20-07-2009, 5:21 PM   #1
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Easytobuythem.com - scam or great site?

Although there was a thread started it was 'closed' before any answers were found.

The address:

EasyToBuyThem.com

The prices are... too good to be true really, but is it a scam? It has one of the highest result rates through Google shopping, although all of the entries are out of date. If you go to the site, there are plenty of items at amazing prices, but the only way to pay is via Authorize.net, the phone number is a Manchester number even though the offices are supposedly in Liverpool - but most worryingly of all, if you type the site name into any major search engine.... NOTHING comes up >.> a bit of a worry, no reviews nothing - the copyright is from 2007 and still nothing on the net? Hmmm.

SO, if ANYONE has any experience with this site please post here, we would all love to use it if it is real.
 
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Old 20-07-2009, 6:12 PM   #2
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Re: Easytobuythem.com - scam or great site?

I would never buy from a "sounds tooo good to be true" vendor !
(Fools are too easily parted from their hard earned money).

Comes up via a reverse IP search as :
Domain EASYTOBUYTHEM.COM [ Traceroute RBL/DNSBL lookup ]
Registrar MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE
Registrar URL Domain Name Registration, Search Engine Marketing, Web Hosting & Design
Whois server whois.melbourneit.com
Created 14-Jun-2009
Updated 14-Jun-2009
Expires 14-Jun-2010
Time Left 328 days 5 hours 50 minutes
Status clientTransferProhibited
DNS servers YNS1.YAHOO.COM 66.218.71.205
YNS2.YAHOO.COM 66.196.84.168

EASYTOBUYTHEM.COM - Geo Information
IP Address 216.39.57.104
Host easytobuythem.com
Location US, United States
City Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Organization AltaVista Company
ISP AltaVista Company
AS Number AS14779
Latitude 37°42'49" North
Longitude 122°00'74" West

And only been registered in mid-June.
Compare with the thread on Protechstore.com - the Sunnyvale certainly rings a bell from that thread.

Chris Muriel, Manchester
 
Old 20-07-2009, 7:01 PM   #3
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Re: Easytobuythem.com - scam or great site?

hmm - good info BUT

my logic was that whilst there was no positive info on the web about this site, at the same time there was no sign of people screaming "I was scammed!!" so I don't know.

And I agree, I don't like to go with 'Too good to be true' sites but if I bought an item elsewhere for a lot more money and found it this site was legit... I would feel a fool

Looking at the items listed on it, they tend to be 'last-gen', so either its just a load of stuff being sold off on the cheap, or its a clever con not listing top end items and going for big fast money.
 
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Re: Easytobuythem.com - scam or great site?

Just finished reading that thread:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/lcd-t...ore-legit.html

and yes, I see a LOT of similarities, I hope people Google the site's name before buying anything to at least read these posts!

If anyone has any dealings with this site though, would be nice to hear them
 
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Re: Easytobuythem.com - scam or great site?

Even if it was legit, you'd still get stung by customs, warranty problems (they do abide sometimes as Panasonic did with my Brother's hd video camera bought from the USA) and voltage.

Buy from the UK/Europe (only vat in that country+no customs) and be safe in the knowledge that you have been ripped off with the price, promotion cash back, 0870 phone numbers, inferior support and smaller warranty.
 
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