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    Legit Site to Buy Apple?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by sun.shine_willy, Dec 18, 2008.

  1. sun.shine_willy

    sun.shine_willy Notebook Geek

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    Hey I found this site http://www.silmyard.com/ that sells alot of cheap electronics including apple laptops.

    Is this legit? Anybody know of any way to check?

    Thanks
     
    sun.shine_willy, Dec 18, 2008
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  2. jcovelli

    jcovelli Notebook Deity

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    looks like a new site. it's not even on resellerratings. hard to tell if it's legit or not. you could try calling them to see how their customer service is. ask a few challenging questions to see if they know what they're talking about.
     
    jcovelli, Dec 18, 2008
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  3. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Besides, the fishy(premaidish) looking site and the image property of the payment methods going to http://www.dhgate.com/(Wholesale products from china),there is this:

    http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=silmyard&tld=com

    Way too new and google the Registrar...you will find some interesting results like
    spammer domains 20 Aug

    Spam Alert

    I advise you to stay away...
     
    Kdawgca, Dec 18, 2008
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  4. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    buy from ebay-very cheap+cashback(200$)
     
    Xirurg, Dec 18, 2008
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  5. cdnalsi

    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    Looks real shady. The 2.53 Macbook Pro at $1,399? No way!

    Buy from somewhere else man, you'll get scammed!
     
    cdnalsi, Dec 18, 2008
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  6. steve p

    steve p Notebook Evangelist

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    I wouldn't order from them but if you did please share your experience good or bad with us.
     
    steve p, Dec 18, 2008
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  7. phm01

    phm01 Newbie

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    Probably not a legit site. I tried to buy an HDTV from them. The indirect listing I used indicated they had 4 of 5 stars. The price was about the same as a recent promotion price. A clue that there was a problem was that shipping was only $15. When I looked at the whole site, I discovered the impossibly low MacBook prices. silmyard.com is based in China. I was encouraged when I received email from the seller that the shipping tracking number would be sent to me in 2 days. But after 5 days I did not hear from them and they did not respond to emails The good news for me is that I used paypal for payment. So I initiated a problem with paypal. After escalating the problem due to still not hearing from silmyard.com, the problem is now resolved 2 days later and my payment has been refunded to my paypal account.

    In summary, silmyard.com is not likely to be legit.
     
    phm01, Jan 1, 2009
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  8. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    I just clicked the link and its not even a functioning website anymore. The message didn't even have proper English grammar: This website does not to access.

    So I would not trust them :p.
     
    Sam, Jan 2, 2009
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  9. Colton

    Colton Also Proudly American

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    Yeah, definitely a fake website. It's kinda like that "refurbishedxbox360.com" scandal that scammed many people out of their money.
     
    Colton, Jan 2, 2009
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  10. Ljay

    Ljay Notebook Enthusiast

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    To be on the safe side after such an expensive laptop. I think I would only buy from an authorized internet reseller listed on Apples website
     
    Ljay, Jan 2, 2009
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  11. wywern209

    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    how about you try macmall.com
    legit and slightly cheaper.
     
    wywern209, Jan 3, 2009
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  12. TH3D4RKKN!GH7

    TH3D4RKKN!GH7 Notebook Consultant

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    I was going to try Macmall, then I saw a slew of negative feedback comments about how people received damaged products and how lackluster the service was. Anybody here order from them before?
     
    TH3D4RKKN!GH7, Jan 3, 2009
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  13. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah, I wouldn't go with MacMall, have heard many issues with it.
     
    Sam, Jan 3, 2009
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  14. bill17

    bill17 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The site is dead now !
    Rule of thumb: If a price sounds too good to be true then there is something wrong with the deal. Stay away from "too good to be true" deals
     
    bill17, Jan 4, 2009
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