Comments on: An Exercise in Bait and Switch Online Fraud and How to Stay Safe http://www.techwarelabs.com/bait-and-switch/ Thinking Outside the Cube Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:34:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dan tynan http://www.techwarelabs.com/bait-and-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-1932 dan tynan Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:43:56 +0000 http://www.techwarelabs.com/?p=2584#comment-1932 Hi. Good reporting. I should point out, though, that that this is hardly news. Stores like these have been operating for 40+ years, first in the NYC area and now on the Web. I co-wrote an expose of them 7 years ago (see http://www.pcworld.com/article/107855/camera_confidential.html); one of the stores we looked at back then was UBuyDigital.com. There are dozens of other stores just like them operating under hundreds of different names. they've also branched out into bogus 'price comparison' sites that drive unwitting customers toward their commerce sites -- see http://blogs.computerworld.com/node/12851/print. It still all boils down to truisms: buyer beware, and deals too good to be true generally are. peace out. dt Hi. Good reporting. I should point out, though, that that this is hardly news. Stores like these have been operating for 40+ years, first in the NYC area and now on the Web. I co-wrote an expose of them 7 years ago (see http://www.pcworld.com/article/107855/camera_confidential.html); one of the stores we looked at back then was UBuyDigital.com. There are dozens of other stores just like them operating under hundreds of different names. they’ve also branched out into bogus ‘price comparison’ sites that drive unwitting customers toward their commerce sites — see http://blogs.computerworld.com/node/12851/print.

It still all boils down to truisms: buyer beware, and deals too good to be true generally are.

peace out.

dt

]]> By: Wizno http://www.techwarelabs.com/bait-and-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-645 Wizno Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:10:25 +0000 http://www.techwarelabs.com/?p=2584#comment-645 I almost fell victim to this when I was buying my Canon Rebel XTi, It was some company in new york and the guy was trying to sell me an extra lense with it that was "Superior in quality" but when I looked it up online there was no mention of the "superior" model of the lense, just a subpar model. Glad I was next to my computer during that phonecall. I almost fell victim to this when I was buying my Canon Rebel XTi, It was some company in new york and the guy was trying to sell me an extra lense with it that was “Superior in quality” but when I looked it up online there was no mention of the “superior” model of the lense, just a subpar model. Glad I was next to my computer during that phonecall.

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]]> By: Dan Feinberg http://www.techwarelabs.com/bait-and-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-561 Dan Feinberg Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:47:35 +0000 http://www.techwarelabs.com/?p=2584#comment-561 If the NewEgg price is being beaten by that much I would imediatly smell a Rat as they are not the cheapest but they are always fair. This also happens with cheap prices on software. A deeply discounted purchase of a new version of, say Photoshop will often get you a really old version with a few upgrade disks which may or may not work with your newer OS. Buyer beware! If the NewEgg price is being beaten by that much I would imediatly smell a Rat as they are not the cheapest but they are always fair.
This also happens with cheap prices on software. A deeply discounted purchase of a new version of, say Photoshop will often get you a really old version with a few upgrade disks which may or may not work with your newer OS.
Buyer beware!

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