Has anyone dealt with sale-telescopes.com?

[foxdie76]

thanks eveyone, i have reported it to the police today. its shame, but there you go it happens. ill be looking at the internet in a diffrent way, ill stick to uk sites. i have posted this on cloudy nights as well.

[Tony_ (Tony)]

For future reference you can use this website to get a risk analysis of possible scam websites (it's free).

"scamadviser.com"

It list further information about sale-telescopes including website domain & owner etc.

[gary]

Notice that they are also behind http://www.sale-paper.com, http://www.sale-medical.com,
http://www.tools-top.com and a bevy of other sites all with the same modus operandi.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Here's their details:

- Beneficiary Name / Account Name : Putra Jaya
- Beneficiary Number / Account Number : 021-840-2557
- Bank Name : PT. Bank Negara Indonesia Tbk
- SWIFT CODE : BNINIDJA
- Bank Address :Jl. Jend Sudirman Kav. 1 Jakarta 10220
- Country : INDONESIA

[solararity (Vito)]

Sale Telescope, do not buy from this website, its a SCAM SCAM SCAM, i checked this website out on scamadviser.com... it turned out that the website is high risk , the website is based in indonesia, but the owner is Australian
you can check yourself got to scamadviser.com then in the search bar type in www.sale-telescopes.com and it checks it for you.... Hope i helped , be well

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Some astro buddies from 'Sing Astro' , Singapore's IIS went to the address of this so called telescope supplier and guess what ??? IT DOES NOT EXIST ,
Scam for sure , just look at the prices and some of the gear is obsolete now .
Brian.

[luxorion]

Originally Posted by foxdie76

hello, i placed an order about 2 weeks ago ...
they cant refund....!!

Very sorry for your bad experience.
But positive point, it will help maybe hundreds or amateurs to avoid this trap...

I noted that when you order something on that speudo site, the page does not even switch in secure mode. It is simply written in php !!
Indonesia is famous for its fraud and cybercriminality.... This site is a school case :-(

Question : have you tried to record a complain to your police and opened a file to a customer protection association ?
No possibility to put the owner in trial ?

Thanks.

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

When are people going to learn? If it sounds too good to be true. It is.
That should be everyone's personal radar to scams.

72mm ed astrotech for $260. Half price. Not to mention it's been out of stock from retailers everywhere in the world approaching 1 & 1/2 years. Sounds alright aye?

They are preying on peoples greed.

[Mickey_C (United States)]

Wow - I am sooooo glad I searched this. I was being lured in by the 1/2 off price of the Tak TSA 120.

What a bunch of criminals. You would think that once a website was established to be a scam that their DNS records would get updated and nobody would get directed there. There should be some international movement by the internet committees to do something like that, to stop online fraud.

Thanks for having this site and calling attention to these scum!

[John K]

Very disturbing.

I remember many years ago when I bought my DSLR - similar scenario - someone had set up a very convincing website with the cheapest prices on the net and wanted a wire transfer - they were quite convincing and answered all questions etc - what gave them away was when I Googled their so called address in Italy - it ended up being a hotel! Busted!!!

As others have said - if it is too good to be true then it is!

Caveat Emptor.

John K.

[johngwheeler (John)]

Wow, I'm really glad I looked this up! I was being tempted by a really cheap Explore Scientific ED 102 Carbon at US$899 (a tad over half its MSRP), but wanted to do some due-diligence first.

Just as well; it appears to be a well-crafted scam.

If it's too good to be true, it probably is, sadly :-)

Will now look at SW ED100 from someone like Andrews Com - sounds like a less stressful buying experience!

[LewisM]

Originally Posted by johngwheeler

Will now look at SW ED100 from someone like Andrews Com - sounds like a less stressful buying experience!

http://www.astroshop.com.au/products...sp?id=MAS-045D

Comes with GENUINE Australian warranty too and the same price as Andrews (grey imported, dubious warranty)

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

There is an ED100 Saxon brand for sale right now in the classifieds for $800 , that's a good buy for a great scope .
Brian.