the wholesale district

GHO5TRECON · 12-11-2008, 05:55 PM

Hey guys, new member here and didnt know exactly where to post this question, but here goes.

I recently made an order with (the wholesale district) and used the off line payment option, since my PayPal account has some issues right now. Now i received an order form as to paying by bank transfer. All the info is there to transfer the funds, however is there anything else I have to do other than to just transfer the funds I owe to that bank account listed in the order form? I'm just wondering how they will know those funds are for my order?

I'm sure im just being a little over cautious, since i came about that source from a member here (Pete) and he looks to be like a reputable guy. So anyone that has ordered from them that has gone the same route, is that all I do?

Thanks

**marklou** · 12-11-2008, 06:22 PM

pete is usually on here most days so im sure he will be along soon enough to point you in the right direction

**Pete** · 12-11-2008, 07:06 PM

Among other things, I get only a few of those transfers, so jut the amount will tell me who it's from, but so will the transfer itself. No problem there.

If you have a credit card you can also use the Mal's Ecommerce option at checkout. That allows you to enter a normal credit / debit type transaction.

Either is fine, I have an offline order ending in 8074 waiting now, so it's probably yours.

Mal's with the card or doing the transfer is fine. You can send me an email at webmaster at wholesale-district dot com letting me know it's on the way, if you'd like. Don't forget the hyphen in the domain name.

Or you can even call me and give me your card info on the phone. For that matter, I can even print drafts on your bank account, with the info of course, but I'd have to wait for it to clear.

I've got all kinds of ways to take money. Not as many as my wife does to spend it, but I'm close.

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MosriteCharlie · 21-09-2009, 10:00 AM

Never give out your bank account information unless you can absorb the loss. Use credit card or paypal but either way, there are fees tied to these. Check and see if postal money order or Western Union are acceptable. Problem here is once the money is sent that way, you have no consumer protection.

BeemerMad · 21-09-2009, 10:36 AM

The same info is on a cheque and people have used them for years and years. Nothing wrong with giving your bank details out, but as always make sure the person you are paying is a genuine company.

After all would you send a cheque to someone in Nigeria? Therefore don't give those kind of people your details either.

**Pete** · 21-09-2009, 04:52 PM

Charlie, it keeps becoming more obvious you are a person with a problem, You seem to have something bad to say about everything.

Again, please note that this thread is about a year old. Why are you digging so hard in what is, by internet standards, ancient history?

However, you may feel good in the fact the OP never did place an order that I know of, definitely never paid by bank transfer. Feel better now?

MosriteCharlie · 21-09-2009, 06:06 PM

Because history repeats itself and new consumers are just as vunerable as I was. Despite numerous checks on the site, and feedback reviews on the seller, I was the unlucky one to be scammed. If I can prevent one other person from falling prey to this then my effort is well worth it. It was supposed to be a lasting relationship between buyer and seller. The seller decided to make a quick buck instead figuring it would not be noticed half way around the world - he was wrong. Peer pressure does many things and if enough good merchants take action then the bad ones will disappear.

**Pete** · 21-09-2009, 06:52 PM

There have been Chinese export scammers since the days of the clipper ships, if not before. It's going to take more than the Lone Ranger Charlie to clean things up and the fact is that our very own Red. White and Blue US has it's own fair share of scammers, as does the UK and every other country in the world.

As I mentioned in another thread, had you made an investment in a personal visit by an outside business verification service, you would not have been screwed. So maybe you need to reserve a bit of that venom for yourself. The tool was there, you choose not to use it.

MosriteCharlie · 21-09-2009, 07:18 PM

At the time I was unaware that a verification servicec would be necessary. I am not a big business. I was hoping to purchase the guitar of my dreams nd use the second one to pay for both. I had no reason to suspect that a substitution would be made. and I would be stuck with ccounterfeits.
The seller felt I was an easy victim and took advantage. Crusade? You betcha. If it makes you nervous - good - it will help keep you honest. Peer pressure is a good thing - helps weed out the ones that are not honest. We can bat this back and forth and beat it to death forever. The main point is to help protect the next person from befalling my mistakes.

**Pete** · 21-09-2009, 08:12 PM

Doesn't make me the least bit nervous. I've got probably 1,000 successful transactions, many with members here.

But I now feel much less sympathetic for you, knowing your prime reason for ordering was not as a retailer looking for a continuing source of wholesale products, but as a consumer trying to "buy it wholesale". I might even find a bit of justice in how things turned out.

Tried to cut out someone else's profit and got burned. Sweet.

Support your local merchants, let them deal with the Chinese scammers.