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Author Topic: Edazz fraud Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-21-2005 05:44 AM                     Just as a general heads up to the fine folks here, I made an online purchase to a company by the name of Edazz. Their website is www.str8buy.com The item turned out to be out of stock and I received an email immediately notifying me that they were cancelling the order since they could not ship the item purchased. To quote a line from their email.... quote: We are unable to process your order, for the item is OUT of STOCK. You will not be billed, neither have the order in back order. Well, the next day they DID charge my credit card and I had to file paperwork with the bank for fraud and deal with the upcoming newly issued card. As if that wasn't bad enough, my email to "customer service" bounced back with... quote: This account has been disabled or discontinued [#102]. So everyone make a note to stay away from these people!  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-21-2005 11:10 AM                     Boy they sure sound like crooks alright. Definitely would be an excellent idea to stay away from them.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-21-2005 11:30 AM                     This is their Philosphy. quote: At STR8BUY we believe the customer is the most important aspect of our business via email or over the phone  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-21-2005 12:59 PM                        Sometimes buying stuff online from unfamiliar companies with aggressive pricing is kind of scary. The first time I ordered something from ZipZoomFly.com, I kept my fingers crossed that I wasn't gonna get screwed (I didn't).  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-21-2005 02:18 PM                     My problem is that I ordered 3 Viewsonic Q190mb monitors and one arrived blurry so I sent it back. The store I bought it from was out of stock and it is a discontinued model. So I have been re-purchasing that third monitor now from just about any vendor that has it so I have a matched set...but EVERYONE is out of stock! There really should be some sort of law preventing people from accepting an order (and your credit card number) if they do not have the item to ship.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 01-21-2005 03:10 PM                        I wonder how many people who got that 'you will not be billed' email thought that was that and didn't bother to check their credit card statements (especially if they'd ordered low value items)? If this was a deliberate scam rather than just a cockup resulting from a company being in the process of going bust, the perpetrators might have been raking it in for some time before you blew the whistle on them.  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-22-2005 03:05 PM                        Brad, I bought a replacement motherboard from str8buy.com almost 2 years ago. It was the ONLY thing I have ever ordered off the internet. Of course like you, my motherboard was out of stock, the order was canceled, BUT they still had credit card info. Months later, my wife noticed AOL was charging us twice a month for two accounts. When we called to check on it, I found out I was a victim of "Indentity theft" and it got really messy. We had people ordering stuff with our credit card number to all places of the world. Litterally placing orders with companies in China, Africa, Austrailia, New Zealand, and Guam. They (the theif's) even tried to have a credit report for me sent to them, of course paying for it with my credit card. Since my credit card number was actually a Visa Check Card that drafts from our checking account, it caused checks to bounce, actual card swipes to be declined, etc. I took almost a year and a half to get that mess cleaned up.  |  IP: Logged

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