landtelectronics.com looking for info

[jaylark]

does any body know anything about http://www.landtelectronics.com/ just found the website and they have crazy low prices are they for real did anybody out there buy something by them give me some feedback!! quick

[nomaxim]

The WhoIs info shows a private registration. Only registered on 18JAN2007 for three years.

Whitepages.com reverse phone number look-up shows an unlisted number. and a reverse address look-up gives three results, none of which are a L&T Electronics.

The BBB just became aware of them and has not yet formed a report; http://www.newyork.bbb.org/reports/b...age=1&id=95179

This business recently came to our attention. We are attempting to gather information on the business. Please check back in four to six weeks.

From the websites Policies page;

Please be aware that all orders will be shipped pursuant to voice verification of the order submitted. We will not ship any order without voice confirmation due to the current rash of credit card and online fraud cases. This is for your safety as well as ours. Once voice verification is completed we need 24 to 36 hr. to process and ship your order.

Sounds like a 'bait and switch' warning to me.

Also, I noticed that the url tab in my FF browser says, "HotBuysElectronics.com About..." for the above link.

http://www.landtelectronics.com/policies.htm
http://www.hotbuyselectronics.com/policies.htm
Pages look a lot alike to me.

Here's Hot Buys Electronics BBB report just in case;

Nature of Business

Complaints filed with the BBB against this firm allege misleading warranty information, receiving wrong or incomplete items, experiencing extended delays or non-delivery of ordered merchandise, and experiencing difficulty contacting customer service. Consumers report purchasing items that are supposedly under US warranty, when in fact the items are gray market, non-US warranty items.
Customer Experience

Based on BBB files, this business has an unsatisfactory record with the Bureau, because there is a pattern of complaints, and the business has not corrected the underlying reason for the complaints.
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Additional Locations

This firm also does business at the following locations.

1256 50th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219

If it is the same company just trying another name, wouldn't be the first time a Brooklyn area camera store changed their name. Here is the RR ratings page. Rating for HotBuysElectronics.com 1.38/10 with 138 reviews since 28May2001.

[cissyxchen]

I took a look at the website earlier. Today I noticed I had a registry under local machine/software with the name "L&T". Ran the spyware doctor immediately. Scam site or Trojan site?

[nomaxim]

Originally Posted by cissyxchen

I took a look at the website earlier. Today I noticed I had a registry under local machine/software with the name "L&T". Ran the spyware doctor immediately. Scam site or Trojan site?

http://www.explabs.com/ says they're clean;

Congratulations! LinkScanner Online did not find any exploits.
Scanned:
Tuesday, September 04, 2007

McAfee SiteAdvisor hasn't rated them yet. But they do have a complaint for "Phishing or other scams." Also a link to this blog: http://www.complaintsboard.com/compl...com-c6494.html (9MAR2007) which says that they are a bait and switch. Also a comment was left saying that they bill as HotBuysElectronics.

LandDElectronics.com = HotBuysElectronics.com?
It appears that they are the same company.