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Lucky Bikes.com online scam?
If something seems too good to be true, it usually is. lucky-bikes.com presents itself as a online bike store shipping new old stock internationally for knockdown prices. it's marketing blurb is convincing and well written and it has a very wide range of cut-price, high quality bikes. But
a) no frame size info at all nor ability to choose it, even at the checkout
b) payment by bank transfer only to an indonesia-based account
c) no replies to any contact, despite "excellent customer service"
d) the real giveaway - they get their own name wrong in the blurb, suggesting it has just been copied and not checked.
Anyone have any experience of this site?
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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does anybody know if a site sales bikes online store is legit. They are based in Jakarta, Indonesia and have new old stock with nothing but top of the line bikes with nothing but bank transfers for payment but have a physical adress and phone numbers.
Check streetview. Can be very illuminating
There's a host of those fake bike shops online, all based in SE Asia. They clearly skim off some real bike shop since the websites look competent and the descriptions and images are right.
But they are all fakes.
Basically I never buy anything from a shop that doesn't have a physical address and a landline phone number. If in doubt, go on Google Streetview.
European retailers only for me
http://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/lucky-bikes.com
Wouldn't go near it with a barge pole....