nikecentral.com

[CRAZY]

i wabted to know if nikecentral.com was a scam???

[Daneel]

i wabted to know if nikecentral.com was a scam???

No idea if they deliver, but it's definitely counterfeit if they do. See above posts.

[Sizzle1959]

i wabted to know if nikecentral.com was a scam???

No! I just purchased shoes for my son, they were the real thing.

[FW Admin]

No! I just purchased shoes for my son, they were the real thing.
You will find that they are counterfeit. To prove it, take them to a recognized Nike outlet, or to the Nike manufacturers themselves and they will confirm it.

Just because the shoes sport a logo does not mean they are legitimate. Prices alone determine whether they are genuine or not, and the base wholesale price of Nike take quality into account, which has to then be reflected in the final retail price.

I can guarantee that you will find your shoes are fakes if you purchased them from the above "seller".

[Reignofknowledge]

i wabted to know if nikecentral.com was a scam???
The sneakers are real. They are a high grade sneakers(AAA+) The same that nike use to sell in stores. There is another site as well called Kicksspace.com. They are part of the better Business Bereau. Which means that you call and check to see if there are any pending cases against them for fraud. The real sites also have a feedback section as well, just like Kicksspace.com and Nikecentral.com. You can use Paypal as well. The fake sites only use Western Union, Money Gram or a Bank Transfer. This means there no way to know where your money has gone and it is not insured. With Paypal if something goes wrong you are insured up to $2,000.00. If you have a eBay account then you should know that your money is safe because that is wht eBay use as well. I hope this hellped you with your decision.

[FW Admin]

No, Reignofknowledge, they are not real. They are countefeit. The website offers Lacoste products - see this link (http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/view.php?pg=fw_lacoste) as to why they are fakes.

They take Western Union, and payment is to an individual. The bank transfer/account they use is also an individual and not a company name - a certain red flag.

And you may wish to review your comments regarding PayPal. PayPal will only indemnify a buyer if the funds are still contained within the seller's PayPal account. This means that if the funds have been withdrawn from the paypal account then PayPal cannot (by law) drag money from the outside payment source for any reimbursement.

Additionally, they are using a brand name within their domain, which is not accepted nor sanctioned by Nike.

If you have bought shoes from them and have had them delivered to you successfully, why not take them to a recognized Nike retailer and ask them? Afraid of getting the answer you don't want to hear?

And don't forget, seeing as you are in the USA, if you haved imported them from China then you are, technically, committing an offence.

Please note that although Nike manufacturing plants exist in China, they do not allow them to resell and certainly forbid any export of the goods back to the USA.

Finally, please remember that an unregistered anonymous post endorsing a product, goods or website must be treated with some caution without verification. Some scammers tend to try this tactic to convince people of their legitimacy.

[Jesus Christ]

This is for those thinking Nike actually own the brands that they sell. Nike does not own any of their brands. They sell them to a third party, then buy them back for a cheaper price per shoe. These manufactures actually own the sneakers until Nike buys them back. That is why they can sell them to the public. Nike on the other hand wants this to stop because their being cut out of the deal. That's why there are sites like Kicksspace.com or Nikecentral.com. These sites are legitatment because they joined the the Better Business Bureau. This is so you can do a background check to see what this company really is about. They also have live support so you can chat with someone about your order as well. The fake sites as you would like to call them only use MoneyGram, Western Union or Bank Transfer because they have something to hide. Not because their fake(maybe or maybe not) but because their grade of sneakers are of poor quality. This means that they are scared because if the other sites find out who they are they would get shut down. The "real sites" have nothing to hide so they try to find those other ones that claim a good quality shoe when really they are a bust or as I prefer to call them boob job(fake). There is no such thing as a Nike manufacturer. The Nike warehouses in the states only check for quality. They open the box, inspect the sneaker and ship them off to the stores. To those that think just because you spent a $150.00 on a pair of sneakers that they are real, you are a fool. These sites give the working man a chance to shine without hurting the pockets. I endorse Nikecentral.com and Kicksspace.com and also congratulate them for their support in not letting Nike intimidate them into not selling without Nike's consent. **** Nike they only care about one thing "MONEY,MONEY,MONEY, and more MONEY"!!!!!

[Reignofknowledge]

If someone ****ted on you and called it snow does it make it right. With that in mind you should know that these big time companies all do it to discourage people from buying from these other companies. All these companies outsource to these China, Korean, Cambodian etc. manufacturers, because they have cheap labor and no laws against them for doing so. Would you rather pay someone $15.00 and hour or $1.00 an hour. You do the math. The game is to maxiumize profits and minimize spending. If you belive all these corporate dickheads by all means do what you feel is right. I know one thing, **** these companies and their lying about how they didn't know that kids were working at these sweat shops or how they didn't know the work environment was so harsh. They knew when they went over there what to expect because 100% of the time they tell them they don't care about the workers or where they're from just as long as the product keeps coming. Just look at Disney, Gap, and Kathy Lee. Those 3 are just who got caught doing this and when they got confronted they had know answers. All they said was we're sorry for this and it won't happen again. Do you know what happened and how they got caught. The manufacturers were taking people from nearby villages and not of free will either. Forcing them to work long hours under harsh conditions. The nearby villagers begin complaining to their goernment about the matter, but as most governments they don't care about the little guy. It so happen that there was a news crew from the states that was doing a documentery and heard about the situation. So they filmed the villagers complaints and went to the manufacturers to see if indeed this was true. As soon as they got to the gate armed guards told them to leave and if they didn't they were going to fire their weapons. They sent the footage to a local news channel and everyone else hopped on the band wagon to exploit these companies for who they really were. So the next time your in Footlocker and see those nice pairs of sneakers for $175.00 just think to yourself, I'm an ******* for buying these!!!! Dumbass Jerk!!!!!

[John Fairheart]

I endorse Nikecentral.com and Kicksspace.com and also congratulate them for their support in not letting Nike intimidate them into not selling without Nike's consent.

Therefore you are endorsing illegal/illicit activity, whilst hiding behind an anonymous IP address at the Children's Hospital in Philadelphia.

NikeCentral carries a corporate identity within its domain name without authority and then sells branded products as originals. Not Legal. Kicksspace sells Lacoste products which even Lacoste state is not authorized. I would not trust them as far as I could spit because of this illicit trade.

It matters not one iota whether said goods are manufactured and supplied by the same people that do it for Nike themselves, the point is that Nike's brand name is being abused. YOU would care if your business name was being abused.

[John Fairheart]

They sell them to a third party, then buy them back for a cheaper price per shoe.

That's about the craziest thing I've ever heard. Would you purchase goods from someone only to then sell it back to them for less money... do the math.

[John Fairheart]

Rant rant rant

This is not a platform for political ranting. Go blog it somewhere. This site is about FRAUD. Either stick to the subject matter or go somewhere else.

[Reignofknowledge]

i wabted to know if nikecentral.com was a scam???

You should know that this site is one of a few that are real. You should be happy about this site for the simple fact that this site has Paypal. What you may not know is that paypal holds your funds until you receive your product. If you ever got anything off of eBay you should know what Paypal is then. I get all my footwear from this site. My friends seem to think I'm made of money. What they don't know won't hurt them.

[Daneel]

You should be happy about this site for the simple fact that this site has Paypal. What you may not know is that paypal holds your funds until you receive your product.

NO THEY DON'T! This is plain false. On eBay PayPal has a certain amount of purchase protection. Outside of eBay however, you can only recover money from a scammer if PayPal can recover the money from their account, and a scammer will be quick to empty it. Read their terms more carefully.

It's simply amusing how you first state that you want the shoes cheaper, and then complain that Nike is all about money? It's business, of course it's all about money. If you dislike that so much I would suggest you find other brand names rather than abuse someone else's trademark.

Of course no one should take actions simply based on an anonymous endorsement on an internet forum, which is what your post is.

While I do not know if this site delivers or not, they are undoubtably abusing a registered trademark. It is very common for counterfeiters to claim that they buy products from the same factories Nike do, but on closer examination they often turn out to be fake. Sometimes very good fakes, sometimes quite bad.

I don't know for certain if it's illegal for a company to buy and distribute Nike shoes directly from a Nike factory. Assuming it is even possible which I strongly doubt, it is still deceptive and unethical, and we are not particularly interested in differentiating between that and fraud on this forum as this is mostly a question of semantics. One thing anyone should ask themselves before dealing with them is: If they are willing to do dishonest business towards Nike then how can I trust them to behave honestly towards me?