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"Geordie" wrote in message ups.com... http://www.tsde.co.uk No contact information (address, phone number or email) whatsoever on that site and the spammer is apparently posting from a gmail address - very dodgy! The site appears to be templated - see the Privacy Notice. Caveat Emptor. |
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"Adrian Berry" wrote in message news  "Geordie" wrote in message ups.com... http://www.tsde.co.uk No contact information (address, phone number or email) whatsoever on that site and the spammer is apparently posting from a gmail address - very dodgy! The site appears to be templated - see the Privacy Notice. Caveat Emptor. And the site is a blatant copy of the Screwfix site complete with product hierarchies, product codes, prices! Methinks a scam is in progress. |
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"Adrian Berry" wrote in message ... "Adrian Berry" wrote in message news "Geordie" wrote in message ups.com... http://www.tsde.co.uk No contact information (address, phone number or email) whatsoever on that site and the spammer is apparently posting from a gmail address - very dodgy! The site appears to be templated - see the Privacy Notice. Caveat Emptor. And the site is a blatant copy of the Screwfix site complete with product hierarchies, product codes, prices! Methinks a scam is in progress. The Domain is registered to an individual:- Registrant: Jason Jordan Registrant type: UK Individual Registrant's address: Longlands Road Nottingham NG9 1LR United Kingdom |
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On 2007-04-26 08:09:40 +0100, Geordie said:
http://www.tsde.co.uk This would appear to be some kind of harvesting con trick. There is no evidence of a real company here. for example Customer Services Customer services are available at each of our Trade Counters. Price Match Hotline 0800 xxx xxxx (see times below), Fax 0800 xxx xxxx (24 Hrs) |
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In message , Andy Hall writes
On 2007-04-26 08:09:40 +0100, Geordie said: http://www.tsde.co.uk This would appear to be some kind of harvesting con trick. There is no evidence of a real company here. for example Customer Services Customer services are available at each of our Trade Counters. Price Match Hotline 0800 xxx xxxx (see times below), Fax 0800 xxx xxxx (24 Hrs) Yep, And they appear to have lifted the T&C from another site. They have removed most references, xxx-ed the 08000 contact numbers, but left in an email address for the other company toolsdirectonline.com -- Chris French |
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On 2007-04-26 09:41:57 +0100, chris French
said: In message , Andy Hall writes On 2007-04-26 08:09:40 +0100, Geordie said: http://www.tsde.co.uk This would appear to be some kind of harvesting con trick. There is no evidence of a real company here. for example Customer Services Customer services are available at each of our Trade Counters. Price Match Hotline 0800 xxx xxxx (see times below), Fax 0800 xxx xxxx (24 Hrs) Yep, And they appear to have lifted the T&C from another site. They have removed most references, xxx-ed the 08000 contact numbers, but left in an email address for the other company toolsdirectonline.com ... and finally on checkout it leads to 2co.com - a credit card processing firm. |
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"Adrian Berry" wrote in message news "Geordie" wrote in message ups.com... http://www.tsde.co.uk No contact information (address, phone number or email) whatsoever on that site and the spammer is apparently posting from a gmail address - very dodgy! Not to mention illegal. Any online retailer must give their full name and address somewhere on the site. Colin Bignell |
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The site appears to be templated - see the Privacy Notice. Caveat Emptor. Yes, it's been built using open source e-commerce software, available at: http://www.oscommerce.com/ woodglass.... |
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Geordie writes http://www.tsde.co.uk I'll be sure to give it a miss then Thanks for the warning -- geoff |
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"Geordie" wrote in message ups.com... http://www.tsde.co.uk Seems strange to me !. I can't seem to find a product that was added to the catalog before last week, yet at the lower right-hand -side of the screen it says: "577xxx requests since Monday 05 March, 2007" Mmmmm..... |
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woodglass wrote:
Yes, it's been built using open source e-commerce software, available at: http://www.oscommerce.com/ woodglass.... LOL. Indeed it has. I have been playing around with such a package which has yet to be completed. Haven't removed the osCommerce bits yet but the similarities are obvious. - http://www.discount-treadmills.co.uk Except we do have a valid phone number listed. Pete -- http://www.gymratz.co.uk - Gym Equipment specialists. |
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"Adrian Berry" writes: "Adrian Berry" wrote in message news "Geordie" wrote in message ups.com... http://www.tsde.co.uk No contact information (address, phone number or email) whatsoever on that site and the spammer is apparently posting from a gmail address - very dodgy! The site appears to be templated - see the Privacy Notice. Caveat Emptor. And the site is a blatant copy of the Screwfix site complete with product hierarchies, product codes, prices! Methinks a scam is in progress. Does look that way. They now seem to have morphed into a mobile ringtones site. I wonder what happens if you ordered a circular saw? Perhaps you'll get a ringtone of it instead;-) -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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In article , Andrew Gabriel wrote:
http://www.tsde.co.uk No contact information (address, phone number or email) whatsoever on that site and the spammer is apparently posting from a gmail address - very dodgy! The site appears to be templated - see the Privacy Notice. Caveat Emptor. Methinks a scam is in progress. Does look that way. They now seem to have morphed into a mobile ringtones site. Domain name: tsde.co.uk Registrant: Jason Jordan Registrant type: UK Individual Registrant's address: Longlands Road Nottingham NG9 1LR United Kingdom Registrant's agent: Coveria Limited [Tag = COVERIA] URL: http://www.xreg.co.uk Relevant dates: Registered on: 22-Nov-2006 Renewal date: 22-Nov-2008 Registration status: Registered until renewal date. Name servers: ns1.xreg.co.uk ns2.xreg.co.uk Last year, someone who claims to be a money-saving expert thougth it looked pretty scammy too. See http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....html?t=176605 -- Aidan Aberdeen, Scotland Written at Fri, 04 May 2007 01:19 +0100, but posted later. |
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