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Unsure if its a scam website/Call/Text?

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  • #272
    HairyCabbage
    Registered Users Posts: 288 ✭✭HairyCabbage


    Does anyone have any experience buying from inthemarket.ie? I’ve been looking for a small folding treadmill for at home with little success and have started to get adds for some on inthemarket.ie so I was wondering if anyone has used it? Is it safe? Trust pilot thinks so but I’ve seen scam sites with good ratings on their before!



  • #273
    celtic_oz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,609 ✭✭✭celtic_oz


    Atempted to use these guys to see if I could give local guys a chance against Amazon

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    electricalworld.com

    Ordered a kitchen appliance in early Jan 24, waited a week, no updates so back on to the website to see the status of the order as "authorised"

    No online chat so via email I was told bruskly the one liner : "As per the listing this is due in to stock in March"

    It was in stock when I ordered and the day I emailed but changed once I queried it.

    they are based in the UK and about as Irish as a plastic shamrock :

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    Don't bother.



  • #274
    I am me123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,222 ✭✭✭I am me123


    Currently genuinely waiting on a parcel so was wondering is this a scam message?

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  • #275
    wench
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,651 ✭✭✭wench


    Yes it's a scam.

    A real An Post message won't have a link, just reference numbers for you to use



  • #276
    Homer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,328 ✭✭✭Homer


    100% yes! Don’t click on this links.



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  • #277
    I am me123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,222 ✭✭✭I am me123


    Thanks guys, I suspected so!



  • #278
    JVince
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,311 ✭✭✭JVince


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121641173#Comment_121641173

    Did you check their address?

    "Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, IRELAND.

    And they actually have an excellent reputation.

    How was their reply "brusk" - do you really need someone to do a pandering 2 page reply to you when one sentence is sufficient?


    Btw, Amazon don't deliver kitchen appliances here



  • #279
    Heighway61
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,972 ✭✭✭Heighway61


    Was it yourself wrote the oneliner reply?



  • #280
    celtic_oz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,609 ✭✭✭celtic_oz


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121718033#Comment_121718033

    Ha ha Amazon delivered it three days later, as they do with most kitchen appliances.

    Their automatic system did not let me know there was any delay, I had to contact their CS through email.. email! (no phone numbers or online chat) and then a day later 11 words "As per the listing this is due in to stock in March". eh Thanks is that in 3 months March 2024 ?

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    If you read the post you would know I saw the address and THAT is why I used them, its only when you try CONTACT them that you realise they are not Irish in any meaningful way.

    If you like the way they do business then use them.



  • #281
    JVince
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,311 ✭✭✭JVince


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121718920#Comment_121718920

    Must have been a small appliance. They don't deliver large kitchen appliances. On top of that if it's over €150 they add substantial custom duties - I'd double check the ACTUAL price you paid

    First line on electrical world customer service "contact page" is their phone number.

    They also have live chat (10am-1pm)

    https://www.electricalworld.com/Mobile/MobileContactUs.aspx

    It was dreadfully easy to find


    So your original post saying they are not Irish, have no phone number and do not have live chat was wrong in it's entirety.

    Retailers don't want customers like you.



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  • #282
    celtic_oz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,609 ✭✭✭celtic_oz


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121719263#Comment_121719263

    I was talking about an IRISH phone number and the web chat did NOT respond during those times.

    I never said it was a large appliance, it was small\medium like 90% of kitchen appliances.

    You are probably affliated I can tell by the tone of your responses it rhymes with their emails



  • #283
    JVince
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,311 ✭✭✭JVince


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121720778#Comment_121720778

    Ah the old sad childish rebuke of "you must be connected"


    No, I just despise petty little people who have a minor little issue and then set out to defame and "punish" a retailer over a minor issue.


    Sad behaviour really.



  • #284
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,992 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    Mod: warning for JVince for being uncivil to another poster. Your tone from the beginning didn't seem to be in any way helpful.



  • #285
    celtic_oz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,609 ✭✭✭celtic_oz


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121722452#Comment_121722452

    I'd imagine you have done your business more harm here than I ever could.



  • #286
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,992 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    Mod: celtic-oz has been warned for going again after the warning was issued to JVince. Enough now please, its done.



  • #287
    clashoftheash1
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭clashoftheash1


    Is AnkerIreland.com too good to be true? Looking to buy an Anker powerbank but I’m suspicious of this being a genuinesite.



  • #288
    Uncle Pierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,534 ✭✭✭Uncle Pierre


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    A URL that was registered only on June 24th this year, for a website that looks very different from the main site at

    https://www.anker.com/eu-en

    Very amateur-looking pages for things like shipping and returns/refunds policy, where the content doesn't mirror the content on the main site.

    Looks dodgy as hell to me.



  • #289
    clashoftheash1
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭clashoftheash1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122456603#Comment_122456603

    Ya it doesn’t look great but there’s some amount of effort gone into it for a scam at the same time.

    It’s also someone who knows how hard it is to get an Anker power bank in Ireland.



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