Huwebes, Oktubre 20, 2011

Esources.co.uk. Ripped off by esources

I have also been ripped off by Esources scam. I took a years subscription out January 2010 and didnt read the small print (there was pages and pages of it).

I didn’t realize that my years subscriptions was on auto renewal and they would debit my Paypal account the following year.

Even with auto renewal, I would have expected them to do as my car insurance does, which is contact me a month beforehand to remind me of the renewal, payment date and details etc, to give me time to decide whether I wanted to go ahead with the renewal, or cancel.

What they did was, send me an ‘invoice’ for the renewal on the same day they debited my Paypal account (probably done at the same time). I responded to the invoice telling them I did not want to renew my membership, but when I checked my Paypal account, they had already taken payment.

They refused to answer my emails requesting cancellation and refund, so I opened a Paypal dispute, which I lost. Paypals buyer protection seems to be written in water.

I checked my esources account, out of interest, and have been suspended. I emailed them asking for my money back, as I no longer have access, and received an email informing me that my account has been suspended for fraudulently trying to claim against them from Paypal. No mention of any refund, of course.

The whole outfit is sickening and their Italian Law clause is just another way of wriggling out of responsibilities. How they get away with operating in the UK amazes me. Where is the Office of Fair Trading in all of this?

Also, I spoke to a few of my suppliers who I met at Trade Shows, and who are listed on esources. And guess what? They had never heard of esources.

I have kissed goodbye to my £50 now, but have at least cancelled the Paypal auto payment so they can’t get any more off me. It simply amazes me that such traders can get away with such fraud and continue trading.

It also raises issues, in my mind, about companies like google who are no doubt being paid to push esources and his fake forum to the top of the search results. I realize the internet is difficult to police, but there is enough money being taken by google and the like to put a system in place that bans certain sites from using their Adwords facility, surely?
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Martes, Oktubre 11, 2011

Esources WholesaleForum.com Scam

Many people know of the underhand tactics esources owner Stefano Carboni will get up to in order to harm the reputation of any company that doesn't bow to his self inspired greatness but in case you didn't, here's something else that may shock you.

Carboni owns esources.co.uk. Carboni owns wholesaleforum.com. Carboni only allows negative posts on his forum about companies he does not like most of which Carboni or someone he knows or employs writes themselves. Any positive reviews will be deleted. How do I know this? I had a customer on the phone today saying the made a positive post about us and it got removed.

Carboni also spends money on Google Adwords targeting these companies and driving traffic to his forum with fake and very biased reviews. Search for devilwear on Google and you'll see what I mean.

Now, what could have made him so angry he'd do something like this? Well, it's all to do with this forum you see. I own a number of companies. One being DevilWear and one being Dropship Limited. The latter runs this forum.

Of course, anyone can see that we leave all comments about all companies on this forum for everyone to see. Carboni doesn't like this because we don't get scared by court cases and threats when we refuse to remove negative comments about esources scam. So rather than spending time finding out why people are complaining about his company and what he can do to combat this issue, he spends time and money harming those companies who helped people see the truth.

Does your esources membership fees go towards improving the service you have paid for? Erm no, it goes towards it's owners passion of harming the reputation of those who dare stand up to him. It's not just us, search for one of the other sponsors of DSF and you'll find the same thing.

Don't believe me? Well, anyone who has a good comment about devilwear just search devilwear in Google and click on their sponsored link titled Devil Ware - Scam. Now they've recently changed the link to where that ad goes to. The first post is genuine as we wouldn't refund someone their "non-refundable" deposit but there's other threads and posts on there that aren't. Simply reply on the forum saying you disagree with the thread and see how long it takes for them to remove the content (that is unless they cotton on to this thread first and call my bluff).

Otherwise it's just one more reason not to trust Carboni or any of the companies he runs.