This supplier contacted me after an inquiry I made on their website to supply me with a few bottles of s special Tequila. 4-6 bottles were discussed.
They advise that they had this in stock and were able to send the bottles to me via FedEx and the proice as I had requested. AFter over 10 days of haggling back and forth, they advised me I had to pay via Western Union. I asked if I could pay via a secure method like Visa or PayPAl, but they said Western Union is all they can use. I told them I was uncomfortable with this method, but decided with them, to send half payment now and half when the delivery came. After some time, they advised me that their shipper required a 90% insurance fee before the package was ready to be released which upset me further. I sent them a 2nd payment via Western Union, to release the package and agreed to get the refund from the shipper after the package arrived and send them yet a third and final payment of monies owed. BTW: Western Union is charging me $15-$20 each time I send money. AFter several days the Tracker indicated that the shipment was to arrive on MAy 10, 2018, but no shipment came. It was at this time I sent my final email to this ripoff company about my shipment not coming and so far they have dissapeared.
I was lucky that I did not spend more than about $150 on this fake transaction, but want to make everyone be aware of this Phoney importer company in India.
Moral of the story:
1. NEVER pay Western Union. This is a flag that something is wrong
2. ALWAYS pay by secure payment(Paypal/Visa)
3. NEVER accept your shipment by a comapny whos head offices are in Asia and that dont have USA representation. ONLY FedEx,UPS, USPS.
In the long run, this is my fault and I disregarded all of the above warning signs, because I had a small hope that this shipper was honest. Boy was I wrong.
So everyone: please take heed, and dont be fooled by Asian/Indian Import/Exporters again
Thanks,
Latoure.