Dodgy site ?

MalMonroe

 mirkle01 said:

Has anyone come across Mane Gift, at manegift.com? Their website was only registered on 28th December, so probably not, but they are selling things at absurdly low prices. I emailed then yesterday but didn't get a reply. They have zero net presence apart from their website. The address on the website is a house in a residential street which is inhabited by a firm of solicitors on the ground floor, but unsurpsingly they aren't answering the phone today. What I want to know is if I buy something from them with a credit card and they turn out to be bogus, am I covered if I get nothing in return ?

Well, they don't yet exist at Companies House.

But if you suspect it's a scam site, it needs to be reported. Please do - you can do it here -

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/about-this-website/report-scam-website

and here -

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/scams/reporting-a-scam/

Best advice: don't try to buy anything from them. You have to have spent £100 in total on a credit card.

You're already suspicious, it'd be really crazy to go ahead and risk losing money. 

The info in this link from this site is also very helpful - 

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/section75-protect-your-purchases/

Don't do it. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble. A bargain is not a bargain when it's a scam.

Pollycat

MalMonroe said:

 mirkle01 said:

Has anyone come across Mane Gift, at manegift.com? Their website was only registered on 28th December, so probably not, but they are selling things at absurdly low prices. I emailed then yesterday but didn't get a reply. They have zero net presence apart from their website. The address on the website is a house in a residential street which is inhabited by a firm of solicitors on the ground floor, but unsurpsingly they aren't answering the phone today. What I want to know is if I buy something from them with a credit card and they turn out to be bogus, am I covered if I get nothing in return ?

Well, they don't yet exist at Companies House.

But if you suspect it's a scam site, it needs to be reported. Please do - you can do it here -

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/about-this-website/report-scam-website

and here -

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/scams/reporting-a-scam/

Best advice: don't try to buy anything from them. You have to have spent £100 in total on a credit card.

You're already suspicious, it'd be really crazy to go ahead and risk losing money. 

The info in this link from this site is also very helpful - 

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/section75-protect-your-purchases/

Don't do it. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble. A bargain is not a bargain when it's a scam.

I'm not sure that is the correct link for this situation.
It's for reporting when you've been scammed.

This link is for reporting a scam advert you've seen (not been a victim of):
Report an online scam ad - ASA | CAP

I think the OP of the thread hasn't made a purchase.
But a later poster has.

mirkle01

Thanks Pollycat, I tried to report them in response to your post, but all the pages I had cached no longer link to anything, I just get a 'This store is unavailable' message. My emails were returned with a 'The recipient server did not accept our requests to connect' message. I presume this is a scam modus operandi - create a website using text from a genuine one, put some highly desirable items up for sale for half price, get a load of money, and then disappear again. I was really tempted, but in the end I didn't buy anything.