Hello all!
Firstly may I say what an awesome site this...it looks like I found you guys in the nick of time! I have managed to rescue just over £8000 (still unfortunately lost just over £1000 but I'm working on getting that back.....some how!!??!!)
For those who don't know what this is all about, I recently did a deal with a so called company named Barillo Services/CMB Electronics and nearly lost nearly £10000 to them. Thanks to all you guys that assisted me on this site within about an hour of posting a plee of help in the 'Name and Shame' category of this forum, I acted immediately on the guidance and succesfully managed to recover the above sum.
So how chuffed am I right now .....
think the Banana says it all! Once again a massive thank you to all
So, although I'm a newbie I guess I gained a lot of experience in very short space of time which I'll summarise a few points here!
1. Before placing an order, do your homework on them first! If you find a new company look for them metioned here, if not ask about them here...I know I will be from now on!
2. If you place an order and make payment but then become uncomfortable with the deal or if you find anything that un-nerves you pull out immediately and contact the organisation from which you made the payment. Don't hang about...particularly in the case of Wire Transfers. I paid a sum from my Nationwide and it was in the new account in 2 working days! Great if you forget to pay a bill, terrible if you realise you've just got caught up in a scam
3. Be persistant and chase/follow things up! Inveriably, the people you make contact with will put down the phone and pick up the phone to a whole host of other customers to which your report gets moved down the queue or when you call up you find the person who your report was passed to is on holiday, as I found out!
You'll be glad you made these calls believe me...
4. You have to do things yourself! I called into my local police station, with which I was told this issue was not a police matter and I should call Trading Standards. I later found out that was baloney. You should call Trading Standards, but do you know what they told me? Go to the Police... so I did! Infact I called the london metropolitan police who advised I was miss informed by my local police and took a statement which was passed to another division with which I was advised I would be called by the investigator dealing with this inccident...well still waiting for that call and we are nearly into a new week now! I don't know what goes on in the background but I know I'm certainly not being informed. So as I said you should make every attempt at getting your money back yourself!
So I've offered a few pointers there based on my experiences. I hope it helps those of you whom are unlucky to fall fowl of scammers. Additionally, follow this link to the part of the forum where I obtained my guidance:
Barillo Services / Cmb Electronics Have Just Done Me Out Of £10000! Pleas Help!
If you still need help then ASK!
Which leads me nicely to a new question for myself!
Can anyone advise me of any legitimate wholesale companies whom sell Apple Ipod's, Xbox 360's, Playstation 3's & Nintendo Revolution's (when they are released of course) and Apple Laptops? I am struggling to source such companies and as you will probably appreciate I don't want go through another scam if I can help because it seriously isn't good for the heart!
Many thanks to ALL!
Regards,
Andrew - EYElectronics
My offerings + I don't wanna go through that again! In need of guidance....
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December 2008
