DigitalWay store

[martinclimber]

hello looking for help, someone knows a dealer English DigitalWay store?! They have good prices, but I fear that there are cheaters, because if they pay by credit card have the highest rate of 17% of respective bank transfer?? thanks in advance for your martinclimber Cruising

[malina_berry]

Hello Mrtin, did you get any confirmation regarding the DigitalWay Store? Im looking to buy a camera and they have some tempting offers.

[nomaxim]

Welcome to RR.

Is this them? digitalwaystore.com

Per the About Us page,

DigitalWay was established in 1995 by experienced photographic retailers and over the years have built up an excellent reputation for low, low prices and excellent customer service. DigitalWay aims to provide a knowledgeable personal retail service combined with discount prices on all photographic, digital camera, video, optical and astronomical equipment.

Our online prices are amongst the cheapest that you will find and we also offer extremely competitive pricing in store on all products we list here on our website. We would love to see you at our UK stores - where you can view and try products without any hassle. Our experienced team will be at hand to answer any questions regarding the products that you may have.

And our major benefit is what we can offer for our international customers: No sale tax. Prices you see are final.


DigitalWay Limited
102 Boleyn Road
London, E7 9QG
United Kingdom

Registered in England No: 05845868
VAT registration number 850 7457 17

Says that they have been in business for 15 years. Yet, per the WhoIs info the website was only registered last month with a free Yahoo e-mail account and is hosted in Russia,

Domain Name: DIGITALWAYSTORE.COM
Expiry Date: 05-Jun-2011
Creation Date: 05-Jun-2010

Name servers:
ns1.digitalwaystore.com
ns2.digitalwaystore.com

Registrant Name: Alan Bister
Registrant Company: DIGITALWAY LIMITED
Registrant Email Address: digital_wayltd @yahoo.com (edited, remove space)
Registrant Address: 102 BOLEYN ROAD
Registrant City: London
Registrant State/Region/Province:
Registrant Postal Code: E7 9QG
Registrant Country: GB
Registrant Tel No: +44.2086788394

IP Address:
109.196.134.56
Russian Federation - Moskva - Moscow - Vline Ltd

Per http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk the company does exist at that address. However, they were registered in JUN2006 (only 4 years ago) and are due to be stricken from the active record as they have not updated their account in the last 2 years.

Name & Registered Office:
DIGITALWAY LIMITED
102 BOLEYN ROAD, FOREST GATE
LONDON
E7 9QG
Company No. 05845868

Status: Active - Proposal to Strike off
Date of Incorporation: 14/06/2006

Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
9305 - Other service activities
Accounting Reference Date: 30/06
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/06/2008 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)
Next Accounts Due: 31/03/2010 OVERDUE
Last Return Made Up To: 14/06/2008
Next Return Due: 12/07/2009 OVERDUE
Last Members List: 14/06/2008

Also, per ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs the VAT number is coming up as invalid,

VAT Validation Response
No, invalid VAT number (please refer to FAQ, questions 7, 11, 12, 13 and 20 for more information).

VAT number GB 850745717
Member State GB
Name
Address
Consultation Number
Date when request received 15/07/2010 (dd/mm/yyyy)

[martinclimber]

Originally Posted by nomaxim

Welcome to RR.

Is this them? digitalwaystore.com
thank you wery much for yuor informations
Per the About Us page,Says that they have been in business for 15 years. Yet, per the WhoIs info the website was only registered last month with a free Yahoo e-mail account and is hosted in Russia,Per http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk the company does exist at that address. However, they were registered in JUN2006 (only 4 years ago) and are due to be stricken from the active record as they have not updated their account in the last 2 years.Also, per ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs the VAT number is coming up as invalid,

thank you wery much for yuor informations

[nomaxim]

Originally Posted by nomaxim

Welcome to RR.

Is this them? digitalwaystore.com

Per the About Us page,

This looks kinda familiar, bristolcameras.co.uk/aboutus,

Bristol Cameras was established in 1995 by experienced photographic retailers and over the years have built up an excellent reputation for low, low prices and excellent customer service. Bristol Cameras Ltd aims to provide a knowledgeable personal retail service combined with discount prices on all photographic, digital camera, video, optical and astronomical equipment.

Our online prices are amongst the cheapest that you will find and we also offer extremely competitive pricing in store on all products we list here on our website. We would love to see you at our store - where you can view and try products without any hassle. Our experienced team will be at hand to answer any questions regarding the products that you may have.

As well as stocking a wide range of digital cameras and accessories our store also offers:

* Developing and printing (not done on site)
* Prints from memory cards (6"x4" and 7"x5" done on site same day)
* Secondhand equipment (35mm and digital)
* Part exchange service
* Image recovery service
* DVD, video and cine transfers (not done on site)

We accept all major credit and debit cards (not American Express) and BACS online transfer, it's never been easier to make that purchase at Bristol Cameras.

Registered company number 05266139
VAT registration number 850 7869 89

Bristol Cameras checks out, so it appears that DigitalWay copied most of their 'About Us' info from them (Bristol Cameras). Some differences like the little detail that Bristol Cameras does sell astronomical equipment and I cannot find any thing like that on the DigitalWay website. Also, Bristol Cameras does not ship outside of the UK, DigitalWay appears to be pushing towards international buyers.

[andre1773]

This store is a fake reseller.
the IP is hosted in an eastern country.
I made an order and send email to check reliability.
Never received an answer.
The VAT number does't even exist

[GURTY2000]

hi,

My girlfriend bought a camera from this website 3 weeks ago and has not received anything to date and cannot contact them by any means. So my opinion she has been scammed and these guys are fraudsters so do not buy from them. Does anyone know what avenues are available to use to get our money back or is it as i suspect dead and buried?

[nomaxim]

Originally Posted by GURTY2000

hi,

My girlfriend bought a camera from this website 3 weeks ago and has not received anything to date and cannot contact them by any means. So my opinion she has been scammed and these guys are fraudsters so do not buy from them. Does anyone know what avenues are available to use to get our money back or is it as i suspect dead and buried?

Welcome to RR.

What was the payment method used?

[GURTY2000]

direct bank transfer, i got suspicious when i heard this but was too late to do anything. Have contacted the bank to see if they can reverse but it has been 3 weeks now, find t hard to believe that they can get away with just taking the cash like that? cheers for the welcome!

[GURTY2000]

just to let everyone know as they probably do anyway. Do not deal with this website, it is a site that has been basically hi jacked and money transferred in will not be seen again. It was I believe a legitimate website at one stage but not now.