Tradekey Scam

I just wanted to tell everyone about my experience with Tradekey. I recently contacted a company about buying 5 Nintendo Wiis for a total of $1000.

Sounds good, right?

Turns out that the lady that I was talking to doesn't work for the website that she claimed to. She sent me a list of customers that had purchased from them before. I contacted them and they all said that is was safe. They were all US customers.

They did send me a package. It was ONE Nokia N95. NOT 5 Wiis. I wrote to complain. She said it was a shipping mix up and that it would get fixed. I waited a week, then two. I contacted her serveral times during that period. Everything that I got back said something about how her manager was fixing the situtaion.

I very recently sent an email saying that If I didn't get a tracking number and receive the package soon that I would be forced to sell the N95 and cut my losses. I have yet to hear back since then.

I made a few major mistakes that I want to warn everyone about so they don't do the same.

1. I assumed that because she sent me a link in her email that she worked for that company. I did contact them through tradkey.com, but she somehow got in the middle.

2. I only used email to contact her. In the future, I want every form of contact possible and I will check on them before buying anything. Email is not enough.

3. I can't believe that all of the customers that I talked to were lying. She must have gotten into someone elses files. Again, contact in more that one method would have helped.

4. I asked to use an escrow service and was denied. This should have been a HUGE red flag.

Long story.... Don't buy anything unless you are 100% sure. Don't be like me and get caught up in the excitement.

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Interesting input, thank you.

Hi there I am currently waiting on a delivery from a company I found on tradekey for make up. They have given me a tracking no but cannot find it in China or here in Australia. I spend about $800 USD. The money was paid into their account. It is coming up to 3 weeks so I guess I have been taken for a ride. How can people do this?
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