Legit website? Cyclistszone.com

[leedsmick]

has anyone got any experience of this website?

http://cyclistszone.com/index.php?id_category=18&controller=category&orderby=price&orderway=asc

Just looking at the offers and the prices seem very good, what's the catch?

 

[Cavendash]

They certainly have a serious-looking 'about' page, and very fancy UK address!
I've never seen them before or bought anything from them though

 

[vickster]

I very much doubt it, Google brings up no hits. Have you tried to order something, how do they let you pay? Bank transfer only perchance rather than a UK credit card...

Registered a week ago...stinks of scam...owners in Panama...

Cyclistszone.com - Cyclistszone - SiteAlways
sitealways.com/www/cyclistszone.com
5 days ago - cyclistszone.com was registered on eNom on 05 October 2015 by eNom on behalf of organisation WHOISGUARD, INC.. Owners are located in ...

http://sitealways.com/www/cyclistszone.com

 

[leedsmick]

That's what I thought. Looks good but there has to be a catch.

 

[DaveReading]

No contact phone number at all on the website, as far as I can see. The domain name was registered 10 days ago via an anonymous proxy in Panama. Make of that what you will.

 

[leedsmick]

I very much doubt it, Google brings up no hits. Have you tried to order something, how do they let you pay? Bank transfer only perchance rather than a UK credit card...

No, I'm not ready to waste my money just yet! When things look this good they never are and I'm always caution when it comes to money being a Yorkshireman

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Their "about" page wasn't written by someone whose first language is English. Not that that necessarily means it's dodgy but it creates some doibt in my mind.

"cyclistszone perpetuated to experience impressive magnification and was integrating one incipient brand a week to keep up with consumer demand."

GC

 

[DaveReading]

Addendum: I've just created a dummy account and started the order process.

Surprise, surprise, there is no credit card option and the PayPal one is "temporarily unavailable", leaving a bank wire transfer as the only payment means available.

An expression involving bargepoles springs to mind...

 

[vickster]

@glasgowcyclist WTF lol

 

[leedsmick]

Jesus. Makes you wonder how many people get scammed with this type of website. I found it via an advert on gumtree weirdly enough

 

[Cavendash]

You can never be too careful!

 

[vickster]

Jesus. Makes you wonder how many people get scammed with this type of website. I found it via an advert on gumtree weirdly enough

Far too many. The scammers are utter scum

 

[Cavendash]

It really makes you wonder what makes people tick. Terrible

 

[Citius]

Yeah, they're acting like criminals, or something. Oh hang on - THEY ARE...!!

 

[DaveReading]

The "Our History" page on their website is hilarious:

http://cyclistszone.com/index.php?id_cms=4&controller=cms

Coincidentally, it seems, their history is identical to Wiggle's, from the name of their founder to the date they started trading and even the name of their CEO.