DEAL SCAM BUYER BEWARE

[OO2]

Found a seller, Fence Row Outfitters, that happened to have the Tactacam Reveal X in stock. Placed the order on 15 June. I reach out to seller on 21 June to see where my camera is as I paid for 5 day shipping. Upon my email I get a reply from the seller and ever so convenient an email stating that a shipping label was created.

Long story short, here I sit. No camera and still out about $142. After checking Facebook it appears I am not the only person that was taken advantage of.

Wanted to make the TOO crowd aware of these scum.

 

["J"]

Report too the Ohio AG’s office and makea report with localPD/Sheriffs department….

 

[Jackalope]

Man I hate to hear that. A good rule of thumb is never ever buy anything advertised on Facebook. My wife got scammed a while back but I was able to get the money back through paypal. It was a facebook ad for a framed picture that clicked through to a website where you could order it. The website was a copy of a legitimate sellers website. I Figured it out pretty quick and was able to halt the payment through PayPal. They will copy a legitimate site and pretend like they have the product and advertise it in facebook for a great deal. When people finally ask why it hasn't shipped they create a tracking number just to buy more time. By the time its reported as a scam and FB and the web host kills the site they've made off with everyone's money.

 

[OO2]

Man I hate to hear that. A good rule of thumb is never ever buy anything advertised on Facebook. My wife got scammed a while back but I was able to get the money back through paypal. It was a facebook ad for a framed picture that clicked through to a website where you could order it. The website was a copy of a legitimate sellers website. I Figured it out pretty quick and was able to halt the payment through PayPal. They will copy a legitimate site and pretend like they have the product and advertise it in facebook for a great deal. When people finally ask why it hasn't shipped they create a tracking number just to buy more time. By the time its reported as a scam and FB and the web host kills the site they've made off with everyone's money.

That’s the thing they had a “legit” website that wasn’t originated through Facebook. I just happened upon their Facebook trying to find them on social media

 

[giles]

That sucks. Good looking out

 

[Jackalope]

A other great tool that I use is a domain name age check. It tells you how long the site has been around. Beware of anything less than a couple years.

Domain Age Checker, Get Domain Age & Creation Date | IPVoid

Get the domain creation date and the domain age in days of a domain name, i.e google.com or facebook.com. Find out when a domain was first registered and how many days ago it was created.

www.ipvoid.com

 

[xbowguy]

Contact your bank and let them know what happened. It happened to me on a spotting scope one time. They done something like a buyback and recharged their account but I got my money back.

 

[MoonLab]

That sucks to hear.

 

[OO2]

Wanted to follow up with this. PayPal made the decision in my favor and is issuing a full refund.

 

["J"]

Wanted to follow up with this. PayPal made the decision in my favor and is issuing a full refund.

Awesome!!! That’s why I try too stick with them, just for that reason….

 

[MoonLab]

Good to hear, man.

 

[Big_Holla]

Was on Tactacam's site the other day looking around and noticed they have an authorized dealer page. Might be a good idea to double check something like that for just about any purchase when it comes to a new/unknown retailer.

 

[Outdoorsfellar]

Speaking of Tactacam, I'm kinda surprised Cabelas doesn't have them yet. I haven't even received any catalogs from them yet either.

 

[Big_Holla]

Speaking of Tactacam, I'm kinda surprised Cabelas doesn't have them yet. I haven't even received any catalogs from them yet either.

Yeah, we were in the Dundee MI one and Perrysburg BPS and neither had them in.