I am a collector of NFL memorabilia, and I have recently been surfing the web to find some inexpensive NFL jerseys, some for myself, and others to use as gifts.
I have found many in my search, but this particular store caught my eye because A) The prices of the jerseys, B) The unbelievably large seleection and variety, and C) The legit looking webpage, very professional looking, and put together very well.
After searching for a few specific jerseys (one for me, one for my wife, and one for my dad), I was able to find what I was looking for. I am very specific and know exactly what I am after, so it of course took awhile (at least 90+ minutes) to put my order together.
After completing my order, I went to check out... I entered all my required shipping and credit card information, double checked everything, then pressed "checkout", and was immediately notified that my payment had failed, and i was instructed to "Contact the seller". I tried to contact the seller with the email addresses that are provided, but a "Message failed" notification immediately appeared as I pressed send.
After all this had happened, I decided to check the page a little closer.
First of all, as I was checking out, i noticed that there was another charge for "shipping insurance" for an additional $9 which I thought was a bit odd because there was nothing in the shipping description of such a charge, the only charges was the price of the jerseys, and the shipping charge of $20, the $9 charge didnt appear until I was ready to push the final button.
Secondly, I noticed this (to yhe right of the screen)... Order System Will Offer Best Price While Choose Western Union & Money Gram As Payment Option. This was copied directly from the page itself.
I dont think my credit card was actually charged, so I dont entirely look at it as a scam, but I will be notifying my credit union of this transaction just in case a charge happens to appear on my statement.
For anybody who is reading this, I strongly recommend to NOT use this site, they are indeed a waste of time.
CAVEAT EMPTOR PEOPLE... Latin for "Let The Buyer Beware"
I wish I had this information before I went on this site... I hope this saves someone from wasting their time, the way I wasted mine.
And... By what I read that is in bold writing above, it looks to me as if they want you to pay with funds that cannot be traced, and I'm sure that is how they've been able to scam other people.
Please be careful friends, don't be fooled, and get taken by these potential crooks.
#2Author of original report
Mon, July 27, 2015
As stated on the original report I submitted...
"I dont think my credit card was actually charged, so I dont entirely look at it as a scam, but I will be notifying my credit union of this transaction just in case a charge happens to appear on my statement."
Well, since filing the last report, I have checked my checking account recently and I noticed a charge of $98.28 that was charged to my credit card, which is the exact amoumt that I entered, but was immediately followed with the message "PAYMENT FAILED, CONTACT THE SELLER"...
Well, my payment apparently didn't fail, and as far as I'm concerned, I can now officially call this place a "SCAM!!!"
I should've figured this thing was a scam... the fact that there was absolutely no city or state, or even country was listed to show where they are located, and no phone numbers or any other way to contact the seller (other than 2 email addresses) should have given it away.
I disputed the charge, and I would strongly suggest that EVERYONE stay away from this website.