"My first bad experience also using e-commerce. This group is clearly a problem and should be avoided.
I placed an order for a Garmin nuvi 260W Wide-Screen Automotive GPS System camera for about 209.00 on their website. They called immediately to "confirm" my order, then they attempt to sell you expensive "accessories". When I refused they became argumentative and offered deep discounts on the accessories. After waiting a few days for confirmation that my order had I e-mailed them to find out the status. I was informed my order had been canceled due to a 6-8 week back order. When I checked their web site the GPS was now $225 and still in-stock.
Clearly these guys are classic bait and switch advertising low prices that they have no intention of honoring.
Stay away, they are trouble."
"Wish I had found this site before I ordered from Techondigital. Ordered on a Saturday and they called me on Sunday trying to sell me grossly overpriced accessories. Payed $253.90 w/shipping for a Garmin Nuvi 660 which was the best price I could find after hours of scouring the internet. I should have guessed. They said 3 day delivery and after 4 days I called them to find out the statis of my order. Got the same spiel about being backordered 6-8 weeks and the next day got an email cancelling my order.
Something needs to be done to these people to straighten out their act.
Worst experience I've ever had ordering online!!"
"This is the worst online shopping experience i have ever had, I had to file a dispute with my credit card company to protect myself. If you read this reviews and order from any of these websites your are a fool."
"Bait and Switch scam. Same problem as the others. Get an email saying confirm my order. Ten Min's after saying no no on sd cards, battery etc...I was put on hold and then he came back and said this was a gray model not sold in the usa. I informed him this was not stated on the website. I will be contacting BBB in my area and the FTC to report my experience. I am saving every email from these jokers. I hope they are just brave enough to post a charge on my credit card. DO NOT SHOP FROM THESE GUYS!"
"Same identical experience as all below. Ordered the Canon 850SD ($199.), Got The e-mail to confirm the order, called and spoke with Habib (aka "Scott") who then told me the camera comes with a battery that only lasts 20 minutes, so I will need to buy a better battery. So I know the deal with this guy after like 2 seconds and immediately regret allowing my greed to get the best of me because when a deal looks too good, well, it always is, so I tell the guy to just ship the camera as-is, knowing full well that he won't. He got all irate, telling me that he is an expert in the camera field and that I know nothing about these things and therefore I should trust him. Sleazebag. So when I finalize the situation and tell him that although I respect his expertise in ripping people off, that I still would prefer the camera in it's factory sealed box, he says "fine-and I will be sure that you get the 20 minute battery" and he hangs up the phone. I was almost relieved to get the e-mail telling me my order was cancelled. I wasn't sure what he was going to send. (like a Kanon camera) Listen people, bitching and moaning about this seller won't prevent them from engaging in the same illegal practices with someone else. Bait and switch is illegal and punishable and these guys need to be reported to the BBB and other consumer advocates. They should be shut down. I am writing letters to everyone including the State Attorney General. You all should do the same."
"Bait and switch. They make you call to "verify" your order. Once they get you on the phone they try everything they can to sell you accessories and extended warranties. If you say no to everything they explain that the product you'll receive will be from Japan, the owners manual in Japanese and no warranty. What a bunch of crap! Pay the extra $20-30 and buy from someone reputable."
"Got "The Call" this am. to "confirm" the order placed by credit card last week.The guy was amazingly rude when I declined to buy a "five day battery", and said I was now on the back order list for six weeks. A classic "bait and switch." They hold the stock ransom unless you agree to the switch(buy more stuff to pad the commission.) Desperados. So I cancelled. Thanks for the forum! I feel better all ready!"
"I placed the order online on techondigital.com on friday(05/16/2008)to purchase Garmin nuvi 660 Widescreen Travel Assistant with FM
Transmitter and Bluetooth Technology for $265 + shipping. After placing an order i got another email form them stating that they have backorder and will cancel my order. But the interesting thing is, they reduce the price for same item fromm $265 to $245, which was very suspicious. If they were out of this item why would they redice the price?.Also, i been trying to talk to their coustomer care at ***-***-**** but they hung up on me all the time. It seems like they are running scam and was so scare that i just call my credit card company to change my card number."
"TechonDIGIAL .. what a joke .. Same BAD experience as everyone else. Can't believe that they are still around after reading some of the other 91 bad reviews. I would have thought there was an agency responsible for allowing these scam artists to continue. Nothing but an attempt to rip off the public.
I'm going to write to Visa, Amex, Discover and Mastercard, refering to this website and requesting they be unauthorized to charge anyones credit cards. Perhaps the others reviewers should do the same. Here's some interesting information:Registrant:
eric tursan
83 ave o
brooklyn, New York 11204
United States
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: TECHONDIGITAL.COM
Created on: 20-Jul-07
Expires on: 20-Jul-10
Last Updated on: 11-Jan-08
Administrative Contact:
tursan, azmat ****@****
83 ave o
brooklyn, New York 11204
United States
***-***-**** Fax --
Technical Contact:
tursan, azmat ****@****
83 ave o
brooklyn, New York 11204
United States
***-***-**** Fax --
Domain servers in listed order:
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"I had the same experience as many of the other reviewers. I ordered a Panasonic Camera at an excellant price and received an "order confirmation" call the next day, which was really a sales call trying to push overpriced accessories. When I declined he said he would confirm the order and quickly hung up. Today, after three days I called to find out when the order was shipping and was told the order was on hold because the camera was on backorder for at least 3 weeks (the website shows the camera to be in stock). I was also told that an email (which I never received) was sent to me on the 12th, informing of the backorder situation. So I cancelled the order. I will call back tomorrow to ensure that the order was cancelled as I don't trust that the extremely rude customer service person. "
"These guys screwed me over too. Now I just put in a bunch of orders for them everyday with concocted e-mail addresses and credit card numbers. Should keep them on their toes!! Haha, my way of getting back!"
"BEWARE OF THESE GUYS!!! TECHONDIGITAL
I bought a Garmin nuvi 260W from them for $265 - even though it seemed kind of strange to me that I had to "call to confirm" the order. But I did it. The person who answered the phone tried to sell me an extra memory module (because, according to the person on the line: "we have been told that the 2009 map needs this memory to accept the new map file"), extended warranty (because: "these things break easily:), digital cable, etc. I refused all of his offers and said please just sent me the unit and what comes with it in the box. He said: "OK, fine!" and hung up. The following morning I got the following e-mail from TechonDIGITAL:
"Due to the product you ordered being out of stock for 6-8 weeks from today's date. We regret to inform you that the order is canceled due to the product being on backorder. when or if we get the product again in stock soon will send you an email to place an order please do not resubmit your order again. sorry again and thanks for your understanding." No overpriced accessories = no product. Buy what you want somewhere else!! I did.
c.dekanter
Houston, TX"
"BUYER BEWARE!!
Purchased a Canon A650 IS from Techon Digital on the 3rd. Recieved email to call customer service on the 4th. After calling they attempted to sell me overpriced unwanted upgrades. After I refused the C.S. rep "LUC" became very rude and told me camera was a gray market unit with no warranty!!
He also offered to sell me a "USA" model for twice the price!! I asked to cancel order, he said ok and promptly hung up. I was surprised to recieve an email stating order was cancelled, it also had a cancellation number. I will be monitoring my credit card to make sure Techon digital does not charge me."
"On 4/23/2008, I ordered a Garmin nuvi 660 GPS. On 4/24/2008 I recieved a call from Scott at TechonDigital. He said that I had not ordered a memory card with my GPS. I told him that I didn't want a memory card. This GPS does not require a memory card to function. He the asked if I knew what the purpose of a memory card was. I said that I did know what it was for. In a very rude tone he the said that if I know that I needed to tell him what it was for so as to verify my order and if I didn't tell him what a memory card was for he would cancel the order. At that point I realized that this was some kind of tactic to get me to cancel the order because I had not gotten any extra items. I asked him what kind of scam he was running. He continued to ask me what a memory card was for and that he would cancel if I didn't tell him. At that point I hung up and did not cancel the order. One minute later he called me back and told me he and canceled the order."
"what robz said . . . exactly. i got the exact same email cancelling my order after declining to buy additional (overpriced) items. the item is still showing as 'in stock'.
the shopbot where i found this seller gave them a 5 star rating with 4000+ favorable reviews.
i should have checked here first like i usually do.
ellenfl"