BEWARE: BestPoDeals = SCAM

[qazwsx]

maybe its refurbished stock as tigerdirect is selling a 360 refurbished for a similar price Microsoft - XBOX 360 Premium System Refurbished B4J-00001 at TigerDirect.com

[Panda Man]

Actually, it would be pretty cool if the dog (from MaxPC) investigated this site, wouldn't it paul? :D

[stinger608]

Well scam or not, I wouldn't buy anything from them!

Here is a perfect example of how out of sink they really are.

AMD x2 5200 + $269.99

Neweggs price is $129.99:lau gh:

Um hello, whats wrong with that picture

[Lead Head]

I did a whois on it, the server is in Russia, and the registrants email address sends to "cybergal.com". Doesn't look to good to me on the legit-ness of that site.

[Zambini]

cybergal.com doesn't even exist.

Yes, I had to enter it in my url bar.

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by stinger608

Well scam or not, I wouldn't buy anything from them!

Here is a perfect example of how out of sink they really are.

AMD x2 5200 + $269.99

Neweggs price is $129.99:lau gh:

Um hello, whats wrong with that picture

Ya they're totally off on most PC stuff, but other than that there's really pretty good deals to be had. (if it's true)

[One4yu2c]

Evidence
*Hard to stock Nintendo Wii selling for $229

*According to a DNS lookup, IP originates from Russia

*According to a DNS lookup, site was created 8/26/07

*According to a DNS lookup, 3 other domains are listed under the same IP, with similar 'deals'

*One of the alternate domains is AltarField, and here's an interesting read with a scammed customer testimonial (LINK)

*Site claims BizRate Circle of Excellence, but isn't listed on BizRate (LINK)

*BizRate Circle of Excellence winners are listed here (LINK), which measures "outstanding performance" from the time period of September 1, 2005 to August 31, 2006, ending a full one year before BestPoDeals' existence on the web

*BestPoDeals claims to qualify for the Better Business Bureau's Reliability Program, yet the BBB contains no info on them


One4yu2c's Verdict
SCAM

[qazwsx]

Do people who run these type of sites/scams have no sence of decency or just plain right/wrong values? It just annoys me how people can scam like that and they will almost certainly get away with it aswell

[Zambini]

You just dealt with the dawg, bitch.

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by One4yu2c

Evidence
*Hard to stock Nintendo Wii selling for $229

*According to a DNS lookup, IP originates from Russia

*According to a DNS lookup, site was created 8/26/07

*According to a DNS lookup, 3 other domains are listed under the same IP, with similar 'deals'

*One of the alternate domains is AltarField, and here's an interesting read with a scammed customer testimonial (LINK)

*Site claims BizRate Circle of Excellence, but isn't listed on BizRate (LINK)

*BizRate Circle of Excellence winners are listed here (LINK), which measures "outstanding performance" from the time period of September 1, 2005 to August 31, 2006, ending a full one year before BestPoDeals' existence on the web

*BestPoDeals claims to qualify for the Better Business Bureau's Reliability Program, yet the BBB contains no info on them


One4yu2c's Verdict
SCAM

Thanks for all the help.