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Is this Website that sells jerseys legit? http://www.official49erssportsshop.com? - Zachary - 05-16-2014 09:31 AM
Been wondering if the jerseys are fake or legit Nike jerseys.
- Comicbook Reader - 05-16-2014 09:34 AM
Hard to tell. They are registered in the US, but their grasp of English stinks. Their info page about themselves is pretty badly written. This is usually a sign of a company operating out of China. However, it is registered in the US.
This doesn't mean the products aren't genuine, just buyer beware. The real official 49ers webstore is http://www.shop49ers.com/
Wish I could help you more.
- InspectorBudget - 05-16-2014 09:48 AM
Strongly suspect they will be fake. Best to avoid.
- Jake - 05-16-2014 09:54 AM
The one month old site is registered to a single family swelling, sometimes Chinese operators use faked U.S, addresses, or paid proxies to hide their identity.
Their About Us text, the oddly formatted NY? phone number and the absense of any address in the Contact Us page do make it look shady. Most likely selling imported, unlicensed Chinese goods if not shipped direct from China.
They appear to also run these sites on the same file server
nflbearssportsshop.com
shopvikingsprojerseys.com
thenflvikings.com
theravensshop.com
vikingsproteamshop.com
- 730 - 05-16-2014 09:59 AM
100% scam.
That is a fake website pretending to sell cheap merchandise.
Any site that advertises merchandise cheaper than the official manufacture's website is a fake site shipping gosh awful crappy knock-offs or simply collecting cash and not even bothering to ship fakes.
The pictures on the site look like the real merchandise because those pictures ARE of the official merchandise. Those pictures were stolen from the official manufacture's website. If you receive anything at all, which is doubtful, it will not resemble those pretty pictures at all.
The one, lone payment option says it all, Visa, through a third party software and website. Good luck getting a reply from the original site or that payment processor when your credit card is charged again and again by that site and others for months or years from now. That site and payment processor could be shut down for fraud by the time you realize you were scammed, then you have no way to get your money back.
If the site is still around, then your bank might be able to get some of your money back, eventually, if you fill out lots of paperwork for the charge back procedure. However, some banks won't even try to get your money back once they realize you attempted to purchase cheap knock-off merchandise from some Chinese website. Purchasing or just trying to buy replica, fake merchandise is against the law.
In all seriousness, when something goes wrong, what will you do? Send an email that is ignored and blocked? Send chat requests until you are ip banned? Call internationally and speak fluent Chinese?
That site only ships with EMS, the Chinese post office, good luck getting the "tracking number" they give you to work on the EMS website. You will need even more luck trying to contact EMS when your tracking stops and your "package" is lost somewhere.
You could then be really lucky, your "package" is discovered, seized by "customs" and all you need to do is pay even more money via Western Union or moneygram to the "custom's official" who uses a free email address just like that site has a free email address as its contact information.
Free email addresses are easy to open and close completely anonymously.
- wilson - 05-16-2014 10:04 AM
100 % scam.
I wondered that they are selling Jerseys product and have too much long domain name with no sense.
- Fidel - 05-16-2014 10:15 AM
Rockets