by Cosmo339
Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:36 pm
I was looking to buy my son a PS3 for his birthday and found this one on sale:
http://www.pointecoupe.com/video-game-console.html
After ordering it via credit card (the site said allow 3-5 days for shipping for cc orders) I did not hear anything back for over a week. I tried emailing and the phone number with no reply. Today I sent this message:
"Hello.
I placed an order on August 5th for a Playstation 3 for my son's birthday. Since it has been over a week with no response to my emails or phone messages, I am going to assume you are now out of business. I was hoping to have heard something about my order by now. My son's birthday was on the 10th. If I do not hear from you in the next day or two, I will take my business elsewhere and order the Playstation 3 from someone else. The three to five working days mentioned on your website for credit card orders to ship has passed. Please let me know if you are still planning to ship this item. Otherwise, I will purchase it somewhere else.
(My Name)"
Shortly I received a reply from an Abdul Buhari as the email sender:
"Dear Melinda, I really do apologize for the delays and inconveniences caused our credit card processor is down at the moment and were supposed to have received an automation message regarding that.If you can make payment via Western Union Money transfer we can ship it out to you via fed ex overnight delivery for free also you can deduct the cost.of the transfer from the amount you want to send.Let me know if that is ok with you so I can send you payment instructions.Looking forward to your response and once again we apologize for any inconveniences caused. Warmest Regards, Mark"
The wire transfer of money alerted me that it is probably a scam. I emailed back saying I was not comfortable with that and suggested PayPal or C.O.D. So far I have not received a reply. The site website is here:
http://www.pointecoupe.com/index.html
I would appreciate if you could look into this and maybe close this site down. Als, do I need to worry about them having my credit card number? Nothing has been charged so far, but I was considering letting my cc company know to be on the alert.
Thanks very much.
http://www.pointecoupe.com/video-game-console.html
After ordering it via credit card (the site said allow 3-5 days for shipping for cc orders) I did not hear anything back for over a week. I tried emailing and the phone number with no reply. Today I sent this message:
"Hello.
I placed an order on August 5th for a Playstation 3 for my son's birthday. Since it has been over a week with no response to my emails or phone messages, I am going to assume you are now out of business. I was hoping to have heard something about my order by now. My son's birthday was on the 10th. If I do not hear from you in the next day or two, I will take my business elsewhere and order the Playstation 3 from someone else. The three to five working days mentioned on your website for credit card orders to ship has passed. Please let me know if you are still planning to ship this item. Otherwise, I will purchase it somewhere else.
(My Name)"
Shortly I received a reply from an Abdul Buhari as the email sender:
"Dear Melinda, I really do apologize for the delays and inconveniences caused our credit card processor is down at the moment and were supposed to have received an automation message regarding that.If you can make payment via Western Union Money transfer we can ship it out to you via fed ex overnight delivery for free also you can deduct the cost.of the transfer from the amount you want to send.Let me know if that is ok with you so I can send you payment instructions.Looking forward to your response and once again we apologize for any inconveniences caused. Warmest Regards, Mark"
The wire transfer of money alerted me that it is probably a scam. I emailed back saying I was not comfortable with that and suggested PayPal or C.O.D. So far I have not received a reply. The site website is here:
http://www.pointecoupe.com/index.html
I would appreciate if you could look into this and maybe close this site down. Als, do I need to worry about them having my credit card number? Nothing has been charged so far, but I was considering letting my cc company know to be on the alert.
Thanks very much.
