WARNING – Crooked parts seller on
WARNING – Crooked parts seller on
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charles

Original Poster:

31 posts

265 months

Tuesday 12th April 2005
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WARNING – Crooked parts seller on the net !




Ordered 2 Porsche parts. One part on credit card, second one “had to be bank Transfer”. Did it as 2nd part was an expensive brand name, and they display the dealer logo with links to the branded manufacturer.

Global autoshop in USA sent Part 1, but for an entirely different car ! Part 2 has never arrived.
ALL emails were suddenly ignored to this day; 7 months later ! Contacted branded named company. They investigated, and found “an empty dilapidated building that the police regularly visit to find the shop owners”, and “this company is not our agent !” Contacted Los Angeles consumer & fraud departments and found out “this company have large numbers of dissatisfied customers, and the culprits cannot be traced” Be warned, fellow enthusiasts.

4wd

2,289 posts

258 months

Wednesday 13th April 2005
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I guess it's best to use a credit card at all times for the insurance, along with a known supplier.

charles

Original Poster:

31 posts

265 months

Wednesday 13th April 2005
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you are right. thanks

will_t

821 posts

269 months

Wednesday 13th April 2005
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Thanks for the warning . My son lost £65 on a US purchase on Ebay.

Will

gfreeman

1,765 posts

277 months

Wednesday 13th April 2005
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ALWAYS

1. Read the feedback
2. If your are even slightly suspicious read the feedback of the feedbackers (if you get my drift) - Even email them (-if you think you can trust a 'reply').
3. Check for spellings - Classic is a bloke in "Newkey", Corwall selling a set of trackday Corsa "tires".
I sent him an email saying "Are the tires new and how is the weather up there in Scotland" I got a reply saying "The tires are new and the weather here is good" - I reported him to ebay and he vanished....
4. If you are still even slightly suspicious go look elsewhere.

charles

Original Poster:

31 posts

265 months

Wednesday 13th April 2005
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the site is globalautoshop.com; email sales@globalautoshop.com


silver993tt

9,064 posts

266 months

Wednesday 13th April 2005
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I think that UK credit card companies only insure transactions in the UK or Europe. I dont think they will insure transactions anywhere else