"I know this company does not monitor this, but I feel the need to let everyone know they are a joke... I placed a order on Aug 11, 2011. I paid for my order at the same time I placed it, they showed the item to be in stock. This was a discontinued item from Garmin, and I knew it was not in production anymore. It was a good price on item. After my payment went through, the item status changed to backordered.. I was sent an e-mail saying that it would be in stock and delivered by Oct.7. Mid October they couldn't give me a delivery date and cancelled my order. I've been waiting on my refund and still haven't gotten it and honestly at this point don't expect it. This company is a joke and I hope it goes bankrupt..."
"Placed an order with Circuits & Things on Sept 15. Order still not received on Nov 2nd. Have tried to make several contacts by email with no response. I do have emails showing status of order being PAID! Not happy right now."
"Circuits & Things is a complete ripoff. I posted my whole experience with them here: http://www.lasnark.com/2011/10/19/circuits-n-things-scam/10931
Still have not received a refund."
"My experience seems to be the same as everyone here. I ordered an item and received a confirmation that my payment was received and the item was shipped. The payment cleared my account, but I never received the item. When I checked the status online, the link no longer worked and the website was down. I wish I'd done more research before using this company. I'm on the phone with my bank now trying to get my money refunded."
"If you placed an order with Circuits & Things between August 4 - September 20, 2011 but did not receive your merchandise as expected, you can try to contact the merchant but they appear to be OUT OF BUSINESS. If you paid using your bank account, you should contact your bank and do a STOP PAYMENT. Note: ChecksNet was providing the secure payment page but does not have your payment information. ChecksNet has also suspended the payment page for Circuits & Things. "
"SCAM - Stay away. I encourage everyone to report them to the FBI - internet crime division. I just filed a complaint at www.ic3.gov. Also retain any emails or evidence that you have regarding your complaint."
"I recently ordered a power supply from them and am having a most unpleasant situation. Circuitsnthings web page has no contact information. No ratings. I called the company that handled the online check and was told that Circuitsnthings will be cut off because of many complaints. Now Circuitsnthings.com is offline. Get error message. To be safe I stopped payment on the check and changed my bank account number. I wish I had done a search of Circuitsnthings before dealing with them. Which I highly recomment with any online company."
"I made an order from this place and a month later my credit card had been charged, but I still had not received what I had ordered. So, a month after making the order, I had a chat with their live "help". After getting my name and invoice number, I was given a canned response about how I should expect the product to arrive in 7-10 working days. Yeah, really. I was in no hurry when I made the order, but by now I was getting worried. After another few weeks and late one night when their live help function was not working, I found a "Cancel Order" form on their website, filled it out, and then sent it to them. The next day, when their live chat function was working, I asked them again about the status of my order. I rediscovered that they had no idea what my order status was. They were unaware that I had already cancelled my order, but agreed to do so at that time. I received four emails after that. The first stated that my order status had changed. The next said that I may have to wait as high as 15 days to get a refund, blaming it on the credit card company. Then I was told that their "Merchant Provider" would not release my "funds". And finally an email claiming once again that their "Merchant Provider" would not release my funds, and that I should try to get a charge-back from my CC company. I do now have this CC charge placed in dispute. The last email was sent over 6 weeks after I made the order. To add insult to injury, it was not long after their last email that somebody stole my credit card information and attempted to make a $1000.00+ purchase. I can't help but believe that the theft was related to them. I have two A-V programs and an antimalware program running on my machine. I could go on about safe surfing habits and so on, but let's just say that it's not likely that the information was stolen from me directly."
"STAY AWAY AND AVOID! FRAUDULENT SELLER! I ordered an item, and after I purchased was told it takes 14 days to ship any item.
Over a month later, I receive an email saying my payment was on "hold" from my bank, so they canceled the order.
The truth is, THEY DO NOT HAVE INVENTORY! They list items they do not stock, including discontinued items, and attempt to sell them and make you wait until they can locate them.
WHATEVER YOU DO, BUY ELSEWHERE OR YOU'LL NEED TO DO A CREDIT CARD CHARGEBACK!"
"this online retailer is a fraud. got an email from a person named Steve Semper whose email address is ****@****. more than 30 days and still no item, though they have charged my bank.
how can Amazon include such as store. i'll avoid Amazon from now on."
"Definately fraud. Recieved an E-mail for my invoice, but my card never got charged and I never recieved a confirmation of shipping. Needless to say, I never recieved my product. What I did recieve was 2 fraudulent charges on my credit card for Xbox Live. Had to shut my account down and open another one. Do not buy from here."
"SCAM!!!!! Circuits and things; AKA Symiron LLC; AKA Digital Cadence LTD...DO NOT BUY FROM THEM! THEY CHARGE YOUR ACCOUNT AND NEVER SEND THE PRODUCT!!! YOU - THE VICTIM - HAS TO SORT THIS OUT WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD COMPANY!
ALL PHONE #'S ARE VOICE MAIL - NOBODY CALLS BACK!"
"I get the feeling they are spammers trying to get valid emails and mailing addresses and phone numbers. Spooky. I'm usually soooooooooooooooooooooo careful and am really mad at myself I was caught in a scam by them."
"Wow. Based on all the reviews, my case was not atypical.
Very unprofessional business/website.
Ordered a fan weeks ago and the order was never really processed. Thankfully they didn't take any money out of my account, but obviously this company does not have it together!
DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS COMPANY! EVER!"
"LATEST UPDATE!!
I made a purchase for $14.39 4 days ago. Today I received an update to my order via Email. My total was changed from $14.39 to $981.22!!
Fortunately, I made it to my bank and blocked that debit card before these crooks charged it.
If you Google Map their address, it appears to be an apartment building.
In all my years of doing online business, this is the first & worst experience I have ever had.
Thank goodness for this ResellerRatings.com website. Had it not been for the information I got here, I may not have been so attentive to my Email, etc. In the future, I will check back here before buying online again.
Needless to say, THIS COMPANY IS A TOTAL SCAM...BUYER BE SCARED!!"