Possibly hot Laptop deals, Please help

[winryan]

What do you all think of this yahoo merchant site. From the payment methouds they accept (paypal, wire, check) I don't think this is legit because most legit companies accept credit cards. This company on yahoo shows up with a 5 star rating, and the prices on their computers are about 500 - 1000 dollars cheaper then the computers retail for. It says they can offer these prices because you pre-order, but this really doesn't make sense to me. They do not come up on reseller ratings.com and I can't find info on them anywhere. Let me know what you all think of this site. Is it legit, or Bullsh*t?

Jc Morris I hope I'm not violating the rules by linking to this site. Anyway, thanks for the help in advance.

Ryan

 

[FJ]

I don't know... It seems kind of sketchy... I did a search on bbb.org, and I couldn't find them AT ALL, though they're supposed to have been in business for at least 3 years...

Also, I did a search on their address and came up with these guys, Vantas Inc. who live at the EXACT SAME ADDRESS! Look for Atlanta, Georgia and check it compared to this: JCMorris?

Also, what do they mean by pre-order? The A22m version of the Thinkpad is already OUT!

Sooo, unless you're looking for executive suite services, I would stay away...

It's like the old saying that starts with this "If it sounds to good to be true,..." But, of course, you knew that which is why you asked...

HTH,
F

 

[Jabronie]

This JCMorris came up about 2-3 months ago on the bargain boards, but I don't recall anyone actually ordering from them. Someone had noticed the cheap laptops and suggested PMing at Sears. A few people got lucky and got the PM.

You may wanna search the archives here and at several other bargain boards.....

 

[Lowcarb]

IMHO this has to be a Shell Game. (remember cyberrebates)

The 'pre order is just a way for them to hold on to your money of 30 days or longer (how much longer we don't know)

I expect that at some point in time, when the que if full of orders that they haven't shipped yet, and the money is in their pocket. They will just dissapear. Leaving the customers holding the bag.

Of course they won't accept Credit Cards. They don't want the credit card company comming after them for a charg back. What will PayPal do to the besides cancel their account?

Smells fishy to me. $1499 for a A22M is more than $800 off the list price. and is even way less than what IBM employees can buy one for. No one has and $800 margin on a laptop anywhere in this business.:Q

Sorry, I won't touch this 'deal'
I hope no one gets burned.

Even if they do fill your order what are they going to do? Will they wait for 6 months with your money until IBM lowers the price enough for them to afford to ship it to you? Will they ship you a refurb they they pick up who knows where?

Good heads up for starting this post. Looks like a scam to me.

 

[Peetoeng]

I agree with previous posts.

Give us your money for pre-ordered items. We'll send the money to bahamas, cook our accounting with outrageous business expense, and declare bankruptcy.
This scenarios seems legal.

But they could always elope with your money w/o going thru legal bankruptcy procedure.

Be careful with yahoo stores!

 

[Siamskunk]

After hearing all this thing about JCMorris....it made me think about the last deal I tried to get PM'ing at Sears for Sony FX210

Here's the story:

I went in and bought this labtop from Sears at full price, then I went in the next day with JCMorris page printed out showing a lower price (much much lower).
The manager told me he needed a couple days before he could approve since nobody picked up the phone when he called and tried to check the availability.
I went back to get price adjustment a couple days later as I was told, the same manager came to me showing some kinda papaer works from Sears Corporate office. In the paper, it clearly stated that there's no JCMorris registered in the business world as fas as they could dig up.

I actually believe in that proof, otherwise, I would have bought the labtop from JCMorris instead of working hard to get the deal from Sears.

If it looks too good to be true.......it's probably is