Has anyone bought from Mod-Chip.net?

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Has anyone bought from Mod-Chip.net?

Post by aloram » December 27th, 2015, 6:30 am

They're located in the U.S., and I ordered a PS1 modchip from them a couple weeks ago. When placing the order, it said they were switching credit card services and that I had to pay by money order. I sent in my payment a couple weeks ago, but my modchip still hasn't arrived. However, what concerns me is that all four email addresses on their website are no longer functional. Have any of you ordered from this place?

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Post by aloram » December 30th, 2015, 4:54 am

UPDATE: After a bunch of research, I found out that they're well-known scammers:

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Modchip_Outlet

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Post by elmagicochrisg » December 30th, 2015, 5:37 am

Not saying they are not scammers, but the link you posted was for Modchip_Outlet, not mod-chip.net.

This link came up with an email address. You can try and see if that one is working.

http://www.scamadviser.com/check-websit ... ox-comment

I would only use PayPal if I were you though, just to be sure.

Or contact your CC company and check beforehand if they are fishy and / or if they can get you your money back if something goes wrong...

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Post by aloram » December 30th, 2015, 5:42 am

elmagicochrisg wrote:Not saying they are not scammers, but the link you posted was for Modchip_Outlet, not mod-chip.net.

This link came up with an email address. You can try and see if that one is working.

http://www.scamadviser.com/check-websit ... ox-comment

I would only use PayPal if I were you though, just to be sure.

Or contact your CC company and check beforehand if they are fishy and / or if they can get you your money back if something goes wrong...
Hi. Yeah, it's the same place. They changed their name at some point. Same mailing address.
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Post by elmagicochrisg » December 30th, 2015, 6:27 am

Damn, so this guy has been scamming people unpunished for over 8 years now... :shock:

That's fucked up...

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Post by Shadow » December 30th, 2015, 3:08 pm

That's pretty bad. Contact your bank and they will issue a chargeback and reimburse your funds.
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Post by aloram » December 30th, 2015, 3:45 pm

Shadow wrote:That's pretty bad. Contact your bank and they will issue a chargeback and reimburse your funds.
I paid with a money order from the post office. I went there today to try to stop payment on it, but no one knew how to do it and asked me to come back tomorrow when an employee who knows more about the topic will be working. Haha. Fortunately it wasn't a lot of money. I shared my experience on the Everdrive Forum as well, so if I had to lose a little bit of money so others wouldn't lose a lot, hey, it's worth it. I also filed a mail fraud report and filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.

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Post by aloram » January 1st, 2016, 1:21 pm

Here's a similar experience someone had last year:

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/229842 ... ip-outlet/

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