It has been reported that Blissware Ltd are taking pre-orders for Connect 3D and Sapphire ATI X800 XT graphics cards. The Connect 3D version is priced at £375. Price to be confirmed for Sapphire version.
I ordered a 9800xt on 16 April from them and have never received it! A search of companies house reveals they do not exist! I have lost £245 and have reported it to the police. If you have ordered from them and not recieved please email me @ edmondskje"@aol.com remove the quote marks have done it this way to avoid spam. Did you come across the website via ebay?
Just to clarify the above post refers to Avnet Micro Ltd and no other company! I have also emailed asus the manufacturer and claimed supplier about Avnet Micro Ltd. Asus said that they have received complaints before about people paying for their goods and not receiving them. Once again if you have ordered or encountered Avnet Micro Ltd please email me edmondskje"@aol.com
If you dont know the company look it up on resellerratings.com. If they are not even listed I wouldnt buy from them at all. Sorry to hear you got burned.
Whats the deal with UK Banks. I transfered the money to a account with they gave me. Is it possible for someone to investigate it or the bank to refund me?
You should always use credit cards when paying for stuff like this if you can. That way you can get your money back and let the credit card company go after the company/person for the cash. If you transfered it straight into their account (which I would never recommend) go to your local bank and speak to one of their customer service people. They will be able to advise you on your best course of action.
Did anyone manage to get the order from Avnet Micro Ltd yet??
There website is cool but I have had no order sent to me yet.
Any info??
Looks like I was also duped by this AVnet Micro company.
I also found them from their auction listings on eBay and ordered direct from the website. I transferred money to their account on the 13th May and despite their Kathleen Decorte having advised that the goods were shipped I have not received anything and had no reply to me last 2 emails sent yesterday and today.
I was considering my next moves - contacting eBay, contacting Asus, contacting the police etc. Any ideas?
I am really annoyed with myself for having let these people take my money as I am usually very careful with regards to buying things on the internet and this is the first time I have been caught out. I could really do without losing this amount of money right now (I paid £244 for an Asus Radeon 9800XT).
Normally I always pay by credit card or PayPal in order to have some degree of insurance. I think their scam on eBay is what makes them credible as they have apparently got lots of positive feedback.
If there are a few people on here who are in the same position perhaps it's worth getting together in order to try and pursue some course of combined action. Has anyone started any form of action yet?
Saw your posts above, I was the unregistered user who posted the two posts on 30 may 2004. Please email me on "edmondskje@aol.com" I have been in contact with three other people who have been scammed as. With you that makes five confirmed. For anyone else please contact me and DO NOT ORDER THEY DO NOT EXIST and WILL NOT SEND ANYTHING. DO go to the Police and Trading Standards I have and have told the other people to as well! If you email me I will give you my Crime No. and Trading Standards Ref. I have emailed ASUS and Ebay and awaiting results of this.
I also paid for a radeon 9800xt via avnet micro and didn't get anything ...
I just opened the uk.asus.com page and this window popped up:
IMPORTANT NOTICE
"Please be advised that ASUSTeK Computer, Inc. (ASUS) did not authorize and is not in anyway related to the following websites. Nor did ASUS authorize the registration of the related domain names. Therefore, ASUS disclaims responsibiity and/or liability for any services and/or goods offered through such website:
www.asustek.org.uk or www.r9800xt.com."
So any chance for me/us to get what we want?
Saw your posts above, I was the unregistered user who posted the two posts on 30 may 2004. Please email me on "edmondskje@aol.com" I have been in contact with three other people who have been scammed as. With you that makes five confirmed. For anyone else please contact me and DO NOT ORDER THEY DO NOT EXIST and WILL NOT SEND ANYTHING. DO go to the Police and Trading Standards I have and have told the other people to as well! If you email me I will give you my Crime No. and Trading Standards Ref. I have emailed ASUS and Ebay and awaiting results of this.
Hi... I emailed you this morning in fact so hopefully you have received my mail. I'll send another just in case.
I did a 'Whois' type search on www.r9800xt.com and got the following details:
Registrant Contact:
CS1
Colin1 Smith1 (cs2@amd-gb.com)
(330) 345-45516
Fax: none
3783 Friendsville Road, Apt 191
Wooster, MI 44691
US
Administrative Contact:
CS1
Colin1 Smith1 (cs2@amd-gb.com)
(330) 345-45516
Fax: none
3783 Friendsville Road, Apt 191
Wooster, MI 44691
US
Technical Contact:
CS1
Colin1 Smith1 (cs2@amd-gb.com)
(330) 345-45516
Fax: none
3783 Friendsville Road, Apt 191
Wooster, MI 44691
US
Billing Contact:
CS1
Colin1 Smith1 (cs2@amd-gb.com)
(330) 345-45516
Fax: none
3783 Friendsville Road, Apt 191
Wooster, MI 44691
US
Status: Locked
Name Servers:
dns1.name-services.com
dns2.name-services.com
dns3.name-services.com
dns4.name-services.com
dns5.name-services.com
Creation date: 08 Mar 2004 09:03:41
Expiration date: 08 Mar 2005 09:03:41
The data in this whois database is provided to you for information
purposes only, that is, to assist you in obtaining information about or
related to a domain name registration record. We make this information
available "as is," and do not guarantee its accuracy. By submitting a
whois query, you agree that you will use this data only for lawful
purposes and that, under no circumstances will you use this data to: (1)
enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that stress or load
this whois database system providing you this information; or (2) allow,
enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass unsolicited,
commercial advertising or solicitations via direct mail, electronic
mail, or by telephone. The compilation, repackaging, dissemination or
other use of this data is expressly prohibited without prior written
consent from us. The registrar of record is eNom. We reserve the right
to modify these terms at any time. By submitting this query, you agree
to abide by these terms.
Version 6.3 4/3/2002
Always be aware of any site that murders the English language as much as that site does!
In my experience that's always a good fraud indicatator. Also make sure the police have been given those bank details so that they can put a trace on the accounts; although i'd expect that they have been set up using stolen/fraudulent id's.
Would It be a good idea to post our reporting numbers here?
IE Police Report Number or Trading Standards Reporting Numbers?
That way we can speed things up.
I have reported mine with Surry Police Crime Reporting Bureau, the Crime Reporting No. is C/04/10238.
The Police asked me to get as much additional information relating to other peoples experience as possible. Seeing as the account details that you other guys have paid into have been removed by the admins please could you email me (via my profile above) these details together with crime reporting numbers and which police station they were reported at. Thanks.
I would suggest that anyone reading this forum thread that has been a victim of this scam registers themselves here so that we can easily be in contact with each other.
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There website is cool but I have had no order sent to me yet.
Any info??
Unregistered, sign up for the forums here:
http://www.short-media.com/forum/register.php, don't be a stranger, then you can discuss it more fully here:
http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13776
Never heard of Avant Micro before, new one on me.. but you had some serious bad luck.
Whats the deal with UK Banks. I transfered the money to a account with they gave me. Is it possible for someone to investigate it or the bank to refund me?
Thanks
Sign up http://www.short-media.com/forum/register.php we can go into more detail then. We have alot of helpful people here
DO NOT BUY FROM THESE PEOPLE
They are and have been under police investigation for a few weeks now.
Thanks
Looks like I was also duped by this AVnet Micro company.
I also found them from their auction listings on eBay and ordered direct from the website. I transferred money to their account on the 13th May and despite their Kathleen Decorte having advised that the goods were shipped I have not received anything and had no reply to me last 2 emails sent yesterday and today.
I was considering my next moves - contacting eBay, contacting Asus, contacting the police etc. Any ideas?
I am really annoyed with myself for having let these people take my money as I am usually very careful with regards to buying things on the internet and this is the first time I have been caught out. I could really do without losing this amount of money right now (I paid £244 for an Asus Radeon 9800XT).
Normally I always pay by credit card or PayPal in order to have some degree of insurance. I think their scam on eBay is what makes them credible as they have apparently got lots of positive feedback.
It's extremely worrying to think of just how many people must have placed orders on their website. Really worrying.
Buyer definitely beware. What's amazing is their website is still online
So wrong. Id suggest reporting to the police as a minimum.
Their website address is: http://www.r9800xt.com
Their last email to me dated 26th May was signed as follows:
Kind regards
Kathleen Decorte, Kathleen.Decorte@r9800xt.com
Manager Consumer Products PR
Authorized Distributor
Online Orders: http://www.r9800xt.com/order.php
Sales: sales@r9800xt.com
Technical Support: support@r9800xt.com
©2003
UK Website: http://www.r9800xt.com
The only real information that I have is the bank details of the account into which I paid the money.
Saw your posts above, I was the unregistered user who posted the two posts on 30 may 2004. Please email me on "edmondskje@aol.com" I have been in contact with three other people who have been scammed as. With you that makes five confirmed. For anyone else please contact me and DO NOT ORDER THEY DO NOT EXIST and WILL NOT SEND ANYTHING. DO go to the Police and Trading Standards I have and have told the other people to as well! If you email me I will give you my Crime No. and Trading Standards Ref. I have emailed ASUS and Ebay and awaiting results of this.
I just opened the uk.asus.com page and this window popped up:
IMPORTANT NOTICE
"Please be advised that ASUSTeK Computer, Inc. (ASUS) did not authorize and is not in anyway related to the following websites. Nor did ASUS authorize the registration of the related domain names. Therefore, ASUS disclaims responsibiity and/or liability for any services and/or goods offered through such website:
www.asustek.org.uk or www.r9800xt.com."
So any chance for me/us to get what we want?
Hi... I emailed you this morning in fact so hopefully you have received my mail. I'll send another just in case.
I did a 'Whois' type search on www.r9800xt.com and got the following details:
WHOIS information for r9800xt.com:
[whois.enom.com]
Registration Service Provided By: RegisterFly.com
Contact: support@RegisterFlysupport.com
Visit: http://www.RegisterFly.com
Domain name: r9800xt.com
Registrant Contact:
CS1
Colin1 Smith1 (cs2@amd-gb.com)
(330) 345-45516
Fax: none
3783 Friendsville Road, Apt 191
Wooster, MI 44691
US
Administrative Contact:
CS1
Colin1 Smith1 (cs2@amd-gb.com)
(330) 345-45516
Fax: none
3783 Friendsville Road, Apt 191
Wooster, MI 44691
US
Technical Contact:
CS1
Colin1 Smith1 (cs2@amd-gb.com)
(330) 345-45516
Fax: none
3783 Friendsville Road, Apt 191
Wooster, MI 44691
US
Billing Contact:
CS1
Colin1 Smith1 (cs2@amd-gb.com)
(330) 345-45516
Fax: none
3783 Friendsville Road, Apt 191
Wooster, MI 44691
US
Status: Locked
Name Servers:
dns1.name-services.com
dns2.name-services.com
dns3.name-services.com
dns4.name-services.com
dns5.name-services.com
Creation date: 08 Mar 2004 09:03:41
Expiration date: 08 Mar 2005 09:03:41
The data in this whois database is provided to you for information
purposes only, that is, to assist you in obtaining information about or
related to a domain name registration record. We make this information
available "as is," and do not guarantee its accuracy. By submitting a
whois query, you agree that you will use this data only for lawful
purposes and that, under no circumstances will you use this data to: (1)
enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that stress or load
this whois database system providing you this information; or (2) allow,
enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass unsolicited,
commercial advertising or solicitations via direct mail, electronic
mail, or by telephone. The compilation, repackaging, dissemination or
other use of this data is expressly prohibited without prior written
consent from us. The registrar of record is eNom. We reserve the right
to modify these terms at any time. By submitting this query, you agree
to abide by these terms.
Version 6.3 4/3/2002
Don't know if that will help at all?
Barclays Bank
Sort Code: 2xxxxxx
Account No: 2xxxxxxx
Account Name: AVNET A Mahbub
****************************
Bank: HSBC
Sort Code: 4xxxxxxxxxx
Account No: 1xxxxxxxxxx
Account Name: AVNET EA Horwich
****************************
Bank: Co-operative Bank
Sort Code: 0xxxxxxxxxx
Account No: 0xxxxxxxxxx
Account Name: AVNET J Lovatt
//EDIT: Numbers removed by admin due to uncertain legality....
In my experience that's always a good fraud indicatator. Also make sure the police have been given those bank details so that they can put a trace on the accounts; although i'd expect that they have been set up using stolen/fraudulent id's.
Here's the one I paid into:
Bank: Natwest
Sortcode: 6xxxxxx
Account No: 8xxxxxx
Account Name: AVNET J Ferreira
//EDIT: numbers removed by admin due to uncertain legality.....
Bank: Halifax
Sort Code: 1x-xx-xx
Account No: 0xxxxxxx
Account Name: J. Kovalchik
Would It be a good idea to post our reporting numbers here?
IE Police Report Number or Trading Standards Reporting Numbers?
That way we can speed things up.
I have reported mine with Surry Police Crime Reporting Bureau, the Crime Reporting No. is C/04/10238.
The Police asked me to get as much additional information relating to other peoples experience as possible. Seeing as the account details that you other guys have paid into have been removed by the admins please could you email me (via my profile above) these details together with crime reporting numbers and which police station they were reported at. Thanks.
I would suggest that anyone reading this forum thread that has been a victim of this scam registers themselves here so that we can easily be in contact with each other.
Following on from my investigations, I have totally ended up a blank. Seems like a really professional scam .. even with the badly worded website
I hope you guys can get resolution with the police on it