I have seeing this retailer’s deals appear prominently on google search! Almost all grinders are priced at around £100. https://doublesell.co.uk/products/mazzer-major-v-electronic-espresso-grinder-silver?variant=232482386&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIy66J2qmT-AIVRuvtCh0EFgZxEAQYAiABEgL1OfD_BwE Did any one buy anything from here? Edit: What’s strange is 1 years parts and labour! Most of the units are 110v.

Oh, but they have even more “appetising offers”, and a very, very comprehensive catalog: [URL=https://i.imgur.com/cjgXVbf.jpg][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/cjgXVbf.jpg[/IMG][/URL] On point: Yeah definetly bogus, at “about us” they say they sell custom hoodies 🤷

Another one from Mazzer https://doublesell.co.uk/products/zm

If these are all fair dinkum I'm packing my bags and moving to GB.

@"tompoland"#p18840 ![Giphy - Reaction Waiting GIF](https://media0.giphy.com/media/RjvD4HTwDo8Ni/giphy.gif?cid=bb77869fkqnopu2hrysvxbt9a9ozbzwid25zyxadvepn039v&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g) The only problem is counter space will be at premium here ! 😂

A site obviously set up by Josh Fiddler……

Something is definitely odd - not just grinders at £100, but Eagle 1 prima at £97? https://doublesell.co.uk/products/eagle-one-prima-demo-unit from a hoodie store? https://doublesell.co.uk/pages/about-us 🤷♂️ Unless… what they are selling is hoodies with the pictures of the machines?

> @"LMSC"#p18832 Did any one buy anything from here? Scam detector isn't too keen: https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/doublesell-co-uk-review/ Shame. I considered buying a couple of those and offering them here for £100 to make a quick profit: https://doublesell.co.uk/products/strada

@"Doram"#p18851 The humanity must thank the person who first came up with and introduced Credit card ! 😀

The address is a block of flats. No company listed anywhere - not even the T&Cs Interesting there is a mobile number!

Too good to be true!

LMSC

PortafilterProcrastinator mobile number!

Good detective work!

They don’t really mean anything. We do get spam / missed calls with the UK mobile number, don’t we? Returning the call results in a dead end.

PortafilterProcrastinator

LMSC Absolutely, I was just surprised to see one listed.

Maybe they are actually selling very expensive hoodies with prints of coffee equipment on?

LMSC

PortafilterProcrastinator Maybe they are actually selling very expensive hoodies with prints of coffee equipment on?

No way to find out except spending £100 a pop! Let’s say, thanks nothing there! 😂

Doram

LMSC No way to find out except spending £100 a pop!

It would be a much better scam if they dropped a reasonable percentage of the price to make it look real and hope to temp potential buyers to pounce without checking. Offering machines costing thousands of pounds for £92 is hardly going to go unnoticed, is it? Makes you wonder what they are trying to achieve.

Inspector

Every year scam like this pops up. Last year was for kitchen gadgets :)

LMSC

Inspector I think it pops up based on the browsing pattern. It did on mine yesterday as I have been checking out the used Major in the recent past.

Inspector

LMSC

It well could be, I was browsing kitchen robots to buy that time for the last two weeks :)

Equifax also says:

In order to be protected by Section 75, you need to spend £100 or over. However, there’s a slight catch; the £100 minimum amount applies to each single item you buy – not the total cost of the goods.

That must be the reason why they are just under £100

DavecUK

Doram thousands of pounds for £92 is hardly going to go unnoticed, is it? Makes you wonder what they are trying to achieve.

That, is the real question?

LMSC

Doram Exactly. One has to be really delusional to buy without blinking !

What are the risks of paying by card. Sure, we get the money back, if you lay by credit card. But, we provide the address, the name, all the card details plus the 3 digit security code. 😊

tompoland

Inspector an apt avatar name Inspector.

Doram

LMSC What are the risks of paying by card. Sure, we get the money back, if you lay by credit card.

I’m not an expert, but I wonder if the small letters don’t protect credit card companies from very obvious and unreasonable behaviour? I mean, if I buy a house from a hoodie site on the internet for £500, can I really go back to the credit card company and ask them to foot the bill? I seriously doubt it.

CoyoteOldMan

LMSC Mind you - keeping the price below £100 makes it more difficult to get assistance from the credit card company, as they aren’t jointly liable for any problem…

LMSC

Doram CoyoteOldMan

I would like to think that section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act offers a protection. One should be able to claim against the credit card company. The card companies would pursue the seller; if the money is beyond recovery, the insurance payout should kick-one.

The offer under discussion might be genuine — I am under the influence Morphine now, or suspicious. If not the former, I do not think the £100 is relevant.

Of course, I have no prior experience of buying like this. But, have had calls from a card provided alerting me to verify transactions - irrespective of the amount.

I think the real risk is not £90+ but your PII and card details.

Paying by debit card is a different story.

LMSC

Let’s remember, the joint liability is typically between £100 and £30000! For items under £100, the card company can reject as CoyoteOldMan said. However, the card company can use the chargeback route to reverse the transaction. The seller can contest it.

Edit:

The normal / safe practice is try to use a 3rd party sites like Paypal or eBay, who have their own protections for consumers.

LMSC

The wording — misrepresentation - is critical

CoyoteOldMan

The £100 limit is relevant, in as much as it defines an amount below which the credit card provider is not jointly responsible for the misrepresentation or breach of contract. They may well help, chase and - in some cases - even refund out of goodwill (and possibly get their money back dealing directly with the merchant/scammer), but they don’t have a specific legal obligation to do so.

Consumer Credit Act 1974, Section 75 (as amended and in force as at today - my emphasis):

75 Liability of creditor for breaches by supplier.

(1)If the debtor under a debtor-creditor-supplier agreement falling within section 12(b) or © has, in relation to a transaction financed by the agreement, any claim against the supplier in respect of a misrepresentation or breach of contract, he shall have a like claim against the creditor, who, with the supplier, shall accordingly be jointly and severally liable to the debtor.

(2)Subject to any agreement between them, the creditor shall be entitled to be indemnified by the supplier for loss suffered by the creditor in satisfying his liability under subsection (1), including costs reasonably incurred by him in defending proceedings instituted by the debtor.

(3)Subsection (1) does not apply to a claim—

(a)under a non-commercial agreement.

(b)so far as the claim relates to any single item to which the supplier has attached a cash price not exceeding £100 or more than £30,000

[…] (Section 75 continues)

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