I don't know if this is the right place for this or not...but here goes!
A month or so ago I tried to purchase a VForce Morph from a company called PaintballDeals.com. After getting an error and having to resubmit my order I thought everything was ok. After about 2 days of hearing nothing and not being billed for the mask I went back to their site to look for answers. Much to my horror there was NO email link and I had to fool around with the url to arrive at a link that had a phone number. That number was disco'd. Ok....so I wait.
About two weeks later I get 2 charges on my Visa Check Card from a company in the Netherlands called "Verotel Amsterdam". This company is in the business of credit card transactions of many types. They do automatic billing and a host of other services. They claim to only service 3 countries in Europe!
I call BofA and dispute the charges. They credit my account and I go on my merry way not putting PaintballDeals and this issue together.
Then it hits me! I had to hit "Submit" twice on the PBD web site!
I have only ordered items online from AGD, Paintballgear and Paintballdeals. AGD and PBGear are flawless and upstanding businesses! The later of these is much suspect!
Today I took a look at my online statement and again....two charges. 1 for 19.95 and another for 17.95 both from verotel Amsterdam.
I am 90% sure that PBD is where my cc number was harvested!
The fact that their site takes orders they don't ship really points the finger in a bad direction. The fact that there is no method to contact them also makes them very suspect.
Tidbit! Paintballdeals.com is part of Toledo Indoor Paintball. It took a bit of digging to discover that! Its not advertised at all on the PBD website.
It seems this is a "Bill em small and get em all" scam. You only charge small amounts to avoid detection! They seem to have a commission deal with this company in Europe. They provide active CC accounts and Verotel provides the checks!
I have contacted BofA and given them all the info I have dug up. They were very interested when they found out PBD takes orders but does not ship ANYTHING!
I think we need a little niche on this forum to tell others of our experiences with online retailers. Good and Bad! I would tell anyone that was thinking of buying from paintballdeals to RUN and RUN FAR!
Well I'm off to IRC to stir up the script kiddies! I have a target for them to take out DDOS style! www.paintballdeals.com IP 209.35.165.94!
Sucks to be them!
There is a snake in every barn!
D~