Anyone Heard of these stores?

[david42]

Has anyone heard of these online stores? I can't seem to find any information on their credibility.

http://www.phxliquidation.com/
http://sky2k.com/shop/index.php

Edit: I ruled out the obvious scam stores, so the two left don't seem that suspicious, but I can't find any reviews on them.

[twistedbrntucker]

I do know the address Phoenix Liquidation is also that of an UPS/Mailbox store as well. Strip mall. Might be renting a mailbox from them
1350 E. Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89119

http://www.theupsstore.com/locations...terNum=MBE0097

[nomaxim]

A reverse address look-up with http://www.whitepages.com/10001/reverse_address shows a lot of company's at this address;

matching "1350 E. Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV"
37 phone listings
29 non-published phone listings

of the 37 listed 'Phoenix Liquidation' is not one of them. Ups/Mailbox is.
The WhoIs info shows;

Registrant:
Phoenix Liquidations
1350 E. Flamingo Rd
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: PHXLIQUIDATION.COM
Created on: 03-Aug-06
Expires on: 03-Aug-07
Last Updated on: 03-Aug-06

Administrative Contact: phoenix liquidations @ gmail.com
1350 E. Flamingo Rd
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
United States
7025056961
SSL Cert: secureecn118.websitecomplete.com expires in 647 days

Only registered for one year and to a free gmail account.
No Suite# so the address is incomplete.
The SSL cert. seems to be good though.
The phone number 7025056961 also seems to be unlisted.

(702) 505-6961 is a land line based in Las Vegas, NV
The registered service provider is Level 3 Communications**.
Detailed listing information is not available.

Otherwise, I found this with Google searching for "Phoenix Liquidations". with quotes, if its the same people then they sell on E-Bay. (99.0% postive, but not much in the last year.) And if you remove the 's' and search again I found this; http://sg.answers.yahoo.com/question...5093209AAnAu3s

I'm trying to locate a business: Phoenix liquidation Co 1350 E. Flamingo Rd Suite #628 Las Vegas, NV?

NOTE that this was posted 4 months ago on Yahoo, about a month before the site was up.

[nomaxim]

As for http://sky2k.com/shop/about_us.php
From the website;

All orders and transactions involving release of personal information is encrypted using the latest 128-bit SSL encryption technology.

Yet the WhoIs info shows;

Domain Name.......... sky2k.com
Creation Date........ 2006-01-15
Registration Date.... 2006-01-15
Expiry Date.......... 2007-01-15
SSL Cert: No valid SSL on this Host
Organisation Name.... Sky Nation
Organisation Address. PO Box 46556
Organisation Address. Pro Agincourt Mall
Organisation Address. Scarborough
Organisation Address. M1T 3V8
Organisation Address. Ontario
Organisation Address. CANADA

Admin Name........... Frank Williams
Admin Address........ PO Box 46556
Admin Address........ Pro Agincourt Mall
Admin Address........ Scarborough
Admin Address........ M1T 3V8
Admin Address........ Ontario
Admin Address........ CANADA
Admin Email.......... admin @ sky2k.com
Admin Phone.......... +1.4166710342

Again, only registered for one year and to a PO Box, but they have no SSL.
None of the 'Verified by' links work and according to http://www.positivessl.com/
and
http://www.truste.org/
Those links should be active.
In fact http://www.truste.org/about/member_list.php#S shows that they are not an active member of Truste.

[ILIA170]

I too found a listing from them in craigslist that sounds too good to be true but I am skeptical. I've been doing research on them and have found nothing credible. Did you purchase anything from them and how was the transaction?

[damsonlee]

better to stay away from both. Both are PR0 which means the low popurality online.

*rem* - No advertising allowed. -Lara RR, ResellerRatings.com Staff

[nomaxim]

Originally Posted by damsonlee

better to stay away from both. Both are PR0 which means the low popurality online.


*rem* - No advertising allowed. -Lara RR, ResellerRatings.com Staff

From RR's FAQ's

Members will not post for-profit personal referrals, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, spam, solicitations, or contests involving prizes not pre-approved by the ResellerRatings staff. Those seeking to advertise at ResellerRatings should contact the proper staff member for additional information.

Are you trying to advertise your own site on here. If so then I would consider both your posts SPAM.

[david42]

Update: I received an order from sky2k.com fine (although shipping was very long). However, I did not order from phxliquidation and was probably right in not doing so. I found the following scam warning on crag list:
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/ele/229634477.html
Looks like they're a scam.

[Tendoboy]

Originally Posted by david42

Update: I received an order from sky2k.com fine (although shipping was very long). However, I did not order from phxliquidation and was probably right in not doing so. I found the following scam warning on crag list:
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/ele/229634477.html
Looks like they're a scam.

I am nervous about ordering from them too. I did placed an order today for a couple of cables. How long did it take to get your order from sky2k??? and is what you ordered the brand and model on the site???

[Peter Cornstalk]

Well sky2k.com also talks like they are a huge company but they use osCommerce which is slow, insecure, amateurish code. They also use PayPal only for credit card transactions which pretty much rules out they do enough business or have the credentials to get a real Merchant Account. They claim to be established in 1999 but the domain name was registered only about a year ago. This company is probably a guy eating Cheeto's in his basement that can drop ship electronics from a warehouse. I wouldn't expect quick customer service from them or that they might not just disappear one day without fulfilling orders.