A potential scam ?

[Spectric]

Looking for some Bessey GSH lever clamps and came across this site, https://www.tool-supply.com/pack-of-two-bessey-lever-clamp-classix-gsh20-200mm-7-500n/

There price for two is £57.40 compared to nearly all other sites where the cost is £47 each and on the site they go under the name of UK Tool Store but there URL is tool-supply.com. Then they display the paying options at the bottom including Paypal but they are greyed out. There is a toolstore UK so maybe a play on words. We all know about if it sounds to good to be true so this just got me very suspicous, anyone else know anymore ?

 

[Etaf]

doesnt open for me

 

[Blackswanwood]

The address on the contact us page appears to be false. Some of the terminology on the site also looks odd. Looks dodgy!

 

[Homeless Squirrel]

Looking for some Bessey GSH lever clamps and came across this site, https://www.tool-supply.com/pack-of-two-bessey-lever-clamp-classix-gsh20-200mm-7-500n/

There price for two is £57.40 compared to nearly all other sites where the cost is £47 each and on the site they go under the name of UK Tool Store but there URL is tool-supply.com. Then they display the paying options at the bottom including Paypal but they are greyed out. There is a toolstore UK so maybe a play on words. We all know about if it sounds to good to be true so this just got me very suspicous, anyone else know anymore ?

Scam site the address and locations don't tally up typical Chinese scam site have them many times in the fishing world.

 

[Blackswanwood]

@Spectric - you may have already done so but if not Toolchimp are worth checking out for Bessey clamps. They pop up on Instagram with deals quite often and I’ve bought from them.

 

[Amplidyne]

https://open.endole.co.uk/insight/company/15506724-xiongxiong-world-ltd

Personally I'd steer clear. It was another similar(?) company there until July.

No Web of Trust rating either, which isn't definitive, but gives me suspicions.

 

[Dabop]

Looking for some Bessey GSH lever clamps and came across this site, https://www.tool-supply.com/pack-of-two-bessey-lever-clamp-classix-gsh20-200mm-7-500n/

There price for two is £57.40 compared to nearly all other sites where the cost is £47 each and on the site they go under the name of UK Tool Store but there URL is tool-supply.com. Then they display the paying options at the bottom including Paypal but they are greyed out. There is a toolstore UK so maybe a play on words. We all know about if it sounds to good to be true so this just got me very suspicous, anyone else know anymore ?

Its only 6 months old, and registered in China

However it isn't that unusual to have a different website address to the company name... my old one had a different website name, because the website I wanted was already taken so I used a slightly different website address to the registered company name as listed in Australia...

(even my small hire company name I have now has a different website address- same thing- the website I wanted was already taken- so I 'ran the words together' to make a single 'long word' for the website address... )

 

[Dabop]

https://open.endole.co.uk/insight/company/15506724-xiongxiong-world-ltd

Personally I'd steer clear. It was another similar(?) company there until July.

No Web of Trust rating either, which isn't definitive, but gives me suspicions.

WOT is a load of rubbish imho...
My current one doesn't even have a WOT rating either- but my old one (which hasn't existed for half a decade) is still up and listed with a 9/10 LOL

 

[Dabop]

The address given is a house, rather than an actual shop- but it 'could' be a dropshipper- or it could be a scam...

At least I'd be wary- use Paypal- at least you can get the money back if they don't deliver lol

(if you look up the registered business address of my hire company on google street maps for example- well, there's no streetview because its a dirt road in the bush that google has never even gotten closer than about 5km away on the 'main road' into town...)
If they had- this is what you would see as the 'streetview'

LOL- doesn't look like a hire company does it- but it is...

 

[Spectric]

At least I'd be wary- use Paypal- at least you can get the money back if they don't deliver lol

Probably why they are not actually offering that service.

Looks like my uneasiness was justified, will run.

 

[Amplidyne]

WOT is a load of rubbish imho...
My current one doesn't even have a WOT rating either- but my old one (which hasn't existed for half a decade) is still up and listed with a 9/10 LOL

Absolutely agree, but it does show whether anyone is using it or not. It just makes me look at anything with a zero rating a bit harder.

 

[Dabop]

Very dodgy- they have the paypal listed at the bottom of their page, but not have it in the checkout- (which is a free option to actually implement- I know- cause I got it on mine- the most basic paypal option costs zero per month to have on your website, but you have to pay a fixed fee plus % per transaction to use it...)

That they don't offer it,and want credit card details???- a big turnoff for me as well....
This is from my control panel- this is the most basic 'free' paypal package- if I don't use it, it doesn't cost me a cent...

That they want credit card details, and don't actually have paypal as an option (despite listing it as being available???)
Yeah... right....
Dodgy as....

(eta- the reason I even have paypal for a hire company is because that 'free per month plus %' is actually an cheaper option than the merchant banking fees I was being charged so people could use a credit card for the hires lol- it was costing me $30 month plus a % per transaction, PLUS a monthly rental fee for the card reader- now I use a 'Square' card reader (single initial purchase price and no monthly access fee, uses paypal to send the money to the bank account- worked out considerably cheaper than the banks- that an online company doesn't have paypal is very sus....) lol)

 

[TRITON]

94 Alfreton Rd
Nottingham , United Kingdom (UK)
NG4Q 2HQ ?

Might also come with egg foo yung and fried rice

 

[Dabop]

Interesting- it was sold as a freehold semi detached terrace house back in 2010 (which was what I used as the basis for my house comment)- so since converted to a shop?

 

[Jacob]

Chinese importer. You will probably get the goods but after a long wait i.e. cheaper shipping.

 

[Mickjay]

94 Alfreton Rd
Nottingham , United Kingdom (UK)
NG4Q 2HQ ?

Might also come with egg foo yung and fried rice
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That postcode is also for a different part of Nottingham! You can clearly see the postcode for that address on your screenshot. Interestingly, according to Google maps the Chinese takeaway is "temporarily" closed .

 

[Spectric]

I think we have cornered some scammers, too much that rings alarm bells and selling a non Chinese product. The address just seems odd,

The post code format is wrong, normally 3, 3 and then you get

but 94 Alfreton Rd is

So too cheap to be true is true.