*Scam Alert*

[Christopher 102]

Hello Everyone,

I thought I would pass this along. There is a company called "e Smart Pages.com" that is pulling a scam of getting you to purchase listing but not actually listing you and then when you call you can never talk to anyone but get an answering machine or they say they will call you back but never do. I mistakenly paid them back in February thinking they were a local business I wanted to do business with and when I called them wanting my money back and them not even listing my business, all I got was the run-around from everyone I talk to and their supervisors. I should have been more aware but I got scammed. I will file with the Federal Trade Commission and the BBS of Delaware. Everyone watch out for them.

[Mike Williamson 198]

Hello Everyone,

I thought I would pass this along. There is a company called "e Smart Pages.com" that is pulling a scam of getting you to purchase listing but not actually listing you and then when you call you can never talk to anyone but get an answering machine or they say they will call you back but never do. I mistakenly paid them back in February thinking they were a local business I wanted to do business with and when I called them wanting my money back and them not even listing my business, all I got was the run-around from everyone I talk to and their supervisors. I should have been more aware but I got scammed. I will file with the Federal Trade Commission and the BBS of Delaware. Everyone watch out for them.

If you paid by CC, just put it into dispute with the CC company.

This is why it is smart to purchase things, especially things like this, with a CC. I think it is 60 days, maybe 90, that you have to dispute it, so hurry!

[PLD 14]

This is why it is smart to purchase things, especially things like this, with a CC. I think it is 60 days, maybe 90, that you have to dispute it, so hurry!

The commonly told period is 90 days. But as a merchant I can tell that the CC's companies are quick to tell us 12 months. And I have had chargebacks well after 90 days...

[Christopher 102]

I paid with a personal check that cleared on the 15th of March. I thought I was paying the other company that I wanted to do business with. I do not know what else to do. I did file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission and the Better Business Bureau of Delaware. I will keep looking into what I can do. Thanks for any help.

[Mike Williamson 198]

The commonly told period is 90 days. But as a merchant I can tell that the CC's companies are quick to tell us 12 months. And I have had chargebacks well after 90 days...

The CC company CAN do chargebacks beyond the 90 days, but by law, they HAVE to deal with it if it is within 90 days...beyond that, they are not required by law to do so. Then you're at the mercy of a CC company's whim.

[PLD 14]

Well, since the CC company gets a hefty fee ($25-35) from the merchant for every chargeback (successfully disputed or not), I suspect that they will gladly show you as much mercy as you would like them to. In 5 years, I am probably 1:20 for successfully disputing chargebacks despite all manner of good documentation. Even with good documentation, they can always claim "not as advertised/promised" and get a chargeback.

[Mike Williamson 198]

Well, since the CC company gets a hefty fee ($25-35) from the merchant for every chargeback (successfully disputed or not), I suspect that they will gladly show you as much mercy as you would like them to. In 5 years, I am probably 1:20 for successfully disputing chargebacks despite all manner of good documentation. Even with good documentation, they can always claim "not as advertised/promised" and get a chargeback.

I've heard plenty of stories of folks missing the deadline for chargebacks and missing out.

Yet another reason I'm not interested in taking CC

[Washaway 64]

We don't accept CC. You can never go wrong with cash and it's against Federal Law to cut a bad check.

[charlie 14]

Chris

Just curious how much did you have to pay?

Charlie