golfcheaperclubs.com

Posting this here because I'm a newbie on the 'I've been scammed train' -- even though I'm almost certain this website/operation is totally illegitimate. If your tools verify it's a scam, please add it to your list of Chinese scam sites.

Thanks,
Tim from Mississippi

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This just happened last week.

I had been searching the net for the best deal on a set of irons (new or late model used). I'm a long-time golfer so I am pretty familiar with the product offerings. I had already demo'd clubs from a local retail shop, and narrowed it down to two particular models. The web search was about a week old with hits pretty much dominated by ebay, when suddenly on a Sunday, I landed on this one (golfcheaperclubs.com).

Of course, it sounded too good to be true, the offering basically for a brand new current year model set for about half price -- up to that point the best deal I had found was last year's model for this same price. This was a HUGE red flag, and there were other minor questionable things about the website, but my lust for the latest greatest at half price proved too much. I emailed the website right away, and asked them directly: "Are you legitimate? Is this a legitimate offering? It's half the best price I found for last year's model!"

Selina replied promptly, reassuring me everything was fine -- that this was a weekend special, yada yada yada... And I just dropped straight into sucker mode -- and placed the order via bank card. Delivery was estimated for today, but ever since the day I got the order confirmation email and discovered the tracking tool on the website didn't work, I've been emailing them for a tracking number and carrier URL. They haven't given me that yet, offering excuses -- the latest of which is that the EMC (express mail carrier) informed them that they "broke the club", so they are having it returned. But hey, No Worries! They've already shipped my replacement, which should arrive in 3-5 days. Right.....

Anyway, I just wanted to post here to warn any other potential golf weaklings. Here is the domain info I found after the fact, which includes a totally bogus address and phone number:

Registrant:
Jina Kim
2443 Palazzo Ct.
Kettering, CA 90001
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, LLC (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: GOLFCHEAPERCLUBS.COM
Created on: 16-Mar-12
Expires on: 16-Mar-13
Last Updated on: 16-Mar-12

Administrative Contact:
Kim, Jina hjinna86@gmail.com
2443 Palazzo Ct.
Kettering, CA 90001
United States
+1.8615213166

Technical Contact:
Kim, Jina hjinna86@gmail.com
2443 Palazzo Ct.
Kettering, CA 90001
United States
+1.8615213166

Domain servers in listed order:
NS61.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS62.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

Registry Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Status: clientRenewProhibited
Registry Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Status: clientUpdateProhibited

[poirot]

Your assessment seems accurate.

golfcheaperclubs.com
Administrative Contact:
Kim, Jina hjinna86@gmail.com
2443 Palazzo Ct.
Kettering, CA 90001
United States
+1.8615213166

The phone number is fake (no such area code) The address also appears fake and was apparently used in the initial registration of another seller of counterfeit golf club GOLFSALES365.COM

golfcheaperclubs.com doesn't accept credit card payment as claimed, it's done through credit-pay.com, a Chinese payment system who's domain was registered in 2010. It belongs to yourspay.com - Here are complaints against yourspay.com http://www.webutation.net/go/review/....yourspay.com#

There are a number of Chinese payment systems that cater to scammers selling counterfeit goods. There's no way in my opinion that a legitimate U.S. company selling authentic brand golf club would use yourspay.com as their payment system, this looks like just another seller of counterfeit
http://golfcheaperclubs.com/golf-art...guarantee.html

Golfcheaperclubs.com guarantees that our products will be of the highest quality available directly from original factory with serial numbers, made of high grade materials, and play with high performance. We work side by side with accredited and licensed OEM manufacturer to produce the high-performance golf heads & shafts and golf accessories.

That's double-talk for "We sell counterfeit goods" and the fact that they show brand name golf clubs complete with corporate logos, this make golfcheaperclubs.com a fraud. Counterfeit scammers sometimes ship what is often a cheap useless product, and sometimes they ship nothing. Either way, you will have been scammed.

Thanks, Poirot...

[poirot]

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