Hi-etech or Etech (Ebay Electronic Led Scam)

CresentSon

CresentSon

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Hi-etech...

If you see Led's that are too priced good to be true, they are. I purchased 100 red led's and 'free resistors' with free shipping for $5.85 USD. I have seen others with promo prices in the same amount, so I thought it was legit.

Immediately I get a message saying the order will ship asap, and begging for positive feedback.

Then comes the notification that it has shipped with a tracking number from USPS, again stating that he strives for 100% satisfaction and promising he will fix any problem and asking me not to leave neutral or negative feedback.

Next day I post the link to the item for DTT and the thing has jumped to $30.00. My though is that he sold a few cheap to get the feedback.

Finally a day after the last day the item should have arrived I get an e-mail stating that the package was lost in transit, offering a refund, and begging for the positive feedback this guy needs to run his baiting scam.

The ebay emails are in rather broken English, and the USPS tracking site says that they received notification to expect the item, but not the item. At best this guy is using a bait price, but more than likely I won't receive the item. I am attempting to get resolution through the seller, even though I am pretty sure he is trying to wait out the terms on his shipping to keep the money. He has a ton of terms designed to get out of a refund.

The guy does have a 99.5% positive feedback though, so we'll give it a day or two. Might just be that the guy just sahfts the people that buy at the lower bait prices. We must be the .5% negative...

Stay tuned for updates.
 
Thanks J,
Apparently it is a company not an individual. He has had over 8000 positive feedback hits in the past month, many with people claiming to have received the item, and there are all kinds of import items listed. I haven't found any feedback on LED's though.

If it is a large scale ebay based company maybe I can get positive resolution.
 
I hope you're right about the big company so easy reconciliation thing. I wouldn't let the bait price scare you too much; it's common practice for retailers to introduce new products at a loss to get them in the market and word of mouth starting then raise the price once they are on the radar. The shipping shenanigans sound fishy though.
 
I understand about introductory pricing, but this guy doesn't want to honor the price. It does not really help you get on the map if no one buys it. or receives it. Unless he decided to raise the price and didn't want to honor it for the last few to buy it.

Either way I paid 8 days ago and today get a refund offer? We'll see, it may still work out. I'm not really known for my optimism.
 
Just got my reply:

Dear friend,
Thanks for your timely attention.
Trust us,it is not a scam.
For the jumped price,I am sorry that we just raise it to stop people buying this item.
Honestly,this group of products on our store is a new product.
We received it two days ago,but our tech check that there are some bugs for some items.
And our manager is contacting with our supplier for this issue.
Maybe we would return the items for our supplier,and that means we would have not any items in our store for some days.
So we raise the price.

You see,we do also hope to send the item to you so that we will earn some money from you.
But if we send the defective items for our dear customers,will they keep the items?
And I don't think it is resposible.Right?

In my opinion,we will refund your full payment and cancel the transaction for the first.
Once we get the good items from our supplier,you could also order the item if you need.
And we will give you some discount.
How do you think of it?

We appreciate your understanding and trust.
Sincerely yours,
Peter

- hi-etech
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So basically he is saying the stuff doesn't work so he is charging more? I think he got hit to hard on the promo price so he stopped shipping and started lying! Well I am not biting. I think my money back, a bad review, and a dispute is in order. Oh well... :-\
 
Im also having A problem.
i ordered from Hi-etech on Nov 20 and received shipping confirmation on Nov 21, It is now Nov 29, and nothing. The only reason I ordered from them was because they were the nearest to my location, Im on Ontario, Canada and they are in New Jersey, It is only a 6 hour car ride to travel. I contacted them and now they are telling me it could be 3-5 weeks before I receive my item. How can this be, I am thinking that the item I ordered was not shipped from New Jersey Because it should not take this long, What Im thinking is it was shipped from Hong Kong or china because the 3-5 week time is what Hong Kong or China sellers give you/. I paid extra because it was closer, but now I am thinkling I was deceaved.
 
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