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Is this a real website? - Connor - 04-28-2014 02:22 AM
Don't worry the site isn't a virus I checked, but I wanted to know if it was a legit site because my friends haven't been receiving their products they ordered, http://www.joydress.co.uk/
- Louise - 04-28-2014 02:26 AM
If they haven't been receiving their items then I'd take matters futher and demand a refund or battle them out until they give you your items xD
- Jake - 04-28-2014 02:34 AM
Sorry that 9 month old site is Chinese owned registered to a probably fake street address and lacking the normal registration email contact info.
Checking a domain name owner is always one good measure when considering giving someone your money.
http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=joydress.co.uk
Their about us statement: "OYDRESS.CO.UK is a UK based retailer" is probably a lye.
There's a german version as well: joydress.de
The site looks professional, too bad it's so easy to steal content or entire site designs fro others.
using the tiny camera icon in Google image search, I spot checked one dress image and found it at 20 other places on the internet. (good way to comparison shop prices)
Funny the picture of a rack of dresses "in their shop" on the About Us page, also appears on 46 other sites, shows you how much they fake.
Kinda late to mention it, but it's not wise to give money to a site with no identifying address, phone# on the contact us page, this one doesn't offer an email address.
Paypal should be able to get a refund, wiring money to strangers is another bad idea.
They paid the site registration a couple of years in advance, and are running on a dedicated server, these are often positive signs of a real business, but not always so. Odds are they will deliver something, but probably a cheap copy of the dress pictured.