Is UNBEATENVALUES.COM a scam?? Would like some input, please.?

Question

I came across this site responding to a craigslist laptop last month. It sounded great, so I ordered a laptop with a prolonged ship date. You had to pay upfront, of course, and the item would be shipped a little over a month away. Here's the delima:

-The ship date was almost right up to the 45-day mark that PayPal covers for buyer's protection

-Some pictures of laptops were stolen from ebay (ex: ebay item# 120262820805)

-some gramatical errors on the site

-their business phone is listed as a cell phone.

-rude customer service.

I wrote the customer service email with my concerns and asked them to address them to make me, a paying customer, feel better about doing business with them and I got this response:

"pictures were from google pictures thank you very much and we suggest you contact our references before claiming we are a scam. how about you get your facts straight before you go talking c**p like you know what your talking about."

Then I was refunded in full. WTF?

Answer 1

Probably ok - the simple fact that they refunded someone is a very good sign. The website is incredibly ugly and  their sales skills may be wanting but if they are what they say they are, they just want turnover without having to pay for people to hold your hand while you decide what to buy.

My only worry is that the website was only registered last month (April 24/2008) which probably means that they changed their domain name, probably due to complaints about service (a common enough thing).

The fact that they take PayPal is a good sign, PP are very quick to dump anyone who messes with them or causes complaints.

... and the prices are really pretty good!

Answer 2

I smell a SCAM in it. Be aware. Look before you leap.