"Too Good to be True" Websites/Prices Master Thread

[mikefjohnson]

Anyone heard of or bought clubs from here:

www . golfclubs365 . com/category-88-b0-Irons.html

I stumbled across this while looking for iron reviews, and the prices are ridiculously low.  If this is for real, this really is quite the find.

Anyone have any experience??

[mikefjohnson]

Just did a quick google search and the word "counterfeit" came up a lot, not good!

[akw512]

The majority of the time if it seems too good to be true, it is.  It's not worth risking the money to get counterfeit clubs.  Also, whenever I find websites that are new to me I immediately go the the "contact us" link.  If they don't have an address and phone number listed on the website, I don't even bother.  In the case of the website you listed above, they only have an email address as a way to contact them.  If they were a legit company, selling legit clubs, they would have an address and phone number to contact them.  My advice would be to stay away.

[delav]

Originally Posted by akw512

The majority of the time if it seems too good to be true, it is.  It's not worth risking the money to get counterfeit clubs.  Also, whenever I find websites that are new to me I immediately go the the "contact us" link.  If they don't have an address and phone number listed on the website, I don't even bother.  In the case of the website you listed above, they only have an email address as a way to contact them.  If they were a legit company, selling legit clubs, they would have an address and phone number to contact them.  My advice would be to stay away.

Agreed.  A good rule of thumb is whether a business has a 'brick and mortar' presence too.  Many companies like Titleist and Mizuno will not sell to companies without an actual physical storefront.  If a shady internet-based company is offering these clubs at a bargain, it's usually a pretty worth avoiding.

[Kieran123]

And the most obvious giveaway?.......all these websites use terrible grammar...or Chingrish

[iacas]

We get a lot of these threads. I'm going to leave this one up and merge them all into it.