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03-12-23, 10:21 PM
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Has anyone bought from sentosabicycle.com online? They have a bike in stock at a rather low price and I can't find anything positive or validating about them on line. What makes me suspicious is that they have every size in stock, which is unusual. The bike I'm looking at is a Specialized Sirrus x5 in blue medium, 2022.
03-13-23, 07:28 AM
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https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/sentosabicycle-com-review/
Is sentosabicycle.com Legit?
The Rank of the website you are interested in is:39.2
Controversial. Risky. Red Flags.
The rank is based on a 1-100 scale, with 100 being the most reputable.
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03-13-23, 07:40 AM
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What I found: "Looks like the domain was registered in February this year by an Indonesian company... plus the prices are too good to be true, plus the website looks like ****, plus every link to their social media at the bottom is broken and the About Us section is super generic and sounds fake. Im gonna go with sus."
"yes. A almost guaranteed way to tell if bike shop is scam is if all bikes are in stock in every size. No shop has that inventory even before the pandemic" (https://www.******.com/r/mountainbik...icycle_a_scam/)
Scam-detector lists quite few reasons not to trust it much .....
However, another scam advisory site (which did a lot less intensive investigation, based on their own info) said ... "Nah ... might be okay."
I would not trust it personally. Pretty much any company without a long history but a huge (supposed) inventory that also doesn't have a big online and in-print ad campaign .... if they have all that money to buy and store and ship all those bikes, why haven't they told anyone?
One problem with scams is that people are embarrassed to admit they sent $x0,000 to a scam company with a fake pay-pal address and no real assurance programs ....
The company has a phone number. Call them up if you like and see what you think.
"yes. A almost guaranteed way to tell if bike shop is scam is if all bikes are in stock in every size. No shop has that inventory even before the pandemic" (https://www.******.com/r/mountainbik...icycle_a_scam/)
Scam-detector lists quite few reasons not to trust it much .....
However, another scam advisory site (which did a lot less intensive investigation, based on their own info) said ... "Nah ... might be okay."
I would not trust it personally. Pretty much any company without a long history but a huge (supposed) inventory that also doesn't have a big online and in-print ad campaign .... if they have all that money to buy and store and ship all those bikes, why haven't they told anyone?
One problem with scams is that people are embarrassed to admit they sent $x0,000 to a scam company with a fake pay-pal address and no real assurance programs ....
The company has a phone number. Call them up if you like and see what you think.
03-13-23, 09:15 AM
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if it looks too good to be true, it most likely is
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03-13-23, 02:19 PM
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