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  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: On my kitchen counter top somewhere in North Carolina.
Update: Is newmodelships.com a scam?
Posted by disastermaster on Friday, March 3, 2023 8:37 PM

Does anyone here have information about that site?

I'm starting to get a bad feeling here.

This link takes you nowhere newmodelships.com

You'll have to copy and paste this https://www.newmodelships.com/shop/ for it to come up.

I googled for it beforehand and couldn't find any negative comments so I bought this item..... free shipping, no taxes.

U-Boat Type VII C/41 Atlantic Version German Submarine 1/144 Revell Germany New In

 

$35.85 $25.00

 https://i.imgur.com/LjRRaV1.png

 

 

 
  • Member since
    January 2021
  • From: SW Florida
Posted by fuzznoggin on Saturday, March 4, 2023 5:24 AM

You have valid concern.  Seeing this price raised an eyebrow.  Perhaps a clearinghouse for defunct businesses?  Be curious to see how things fare for you with your purchase.  I may snag this one if your experience is good.

DKM U-Boat Type VIIC U-552 1/48 Trumpeter Limited Edition

$417.85 $92.00


  • Member since
    October 2019
  • From: New Braunfels, Texas
Posted by Tanker-Builder on Saturday, March 4, 2023 7:27 AM

Hmmm;

 I would wonder about this. Being an a very tight Budget I will only buy online from sites and sellers that rate high in Customer Sat. From yup" The Bay"

  • Member since
    January 2020
  • From: Maryland
Posted by wpwar11 on Saturday, March 4, 2023 8:50 AM

$92 from $417.  How can you not smell a rat?  How much markup is there on model kits?

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Saturday, March 4, 2023 11:37 AM

I clicked on their "about us" link and they referred to themselves as Broken Promises Sales.

So I searched for that online site and it linked to https://www.promisesale.com/ which sold various clothing items with a similar webstore setup. This site links to NY, but the ship site is Washington.

  • Member since
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  • From: On my kitchen counter top somewhere in North Carolina.
Posted by disastermaster on Saturday, March 4, 2023 3:17 PM

fuzznoggin

You have valid concern.  Seeing this price raised an eyebrow.  Perhaps a clearinghouse for defunct businesses?  Be curious to see how things fare for you with your purchase.  I may snag this one if your experience is good.

DKM U-Boat Type VIIC U-552 1/48 Trumpeter Limited Edition

$417.85 $92.00

Tanker-Builder

Hmmm;

 I would wonder about this. Being an a very tight Budget I will only buy online from sites and sellers that rate high in Customer Sat. From yup" The Bay"

Tanker, that sounds like a very good strategy. Thank you.

wpwar11

$92 from $417.  How can you not smell a rat?  How much markup is there on model kits?

 

 
Because this was a small rat...... in 1/144 scale. I just ain't got the room to park a 3', 6' or 9' foot sub on the kitchen counter. Thank you.

Rob Gronovius

I clicked on their "about us" link and they referred to themselves as Broken Promises Sales.

So I searched for that online site and it linked to https://www.promisesale.com/ which sold various clothing items with a similar webstore setup. This site links to NY, but the ship site is Washington.

Thanks Bob and all of you for your input. I guess I didn't mention it (because it's in the picture) but this is the 1/144 scale 05100 version and for $25 bucks it seemed like a fairly reasonable bargain. I got suspicious when I did not get an email confirmation and as of this post I've heard nothing.

 

Maybe I just might get a pass on this one. Nothing has showed up on my banking account so far.

                   Sarcastic Laugh emoticon (Yellow HD emoticons) Eventually I'll post how deep this dive goes down.
                       
 Thank all of you for your feedback on this issue.
 
 
UPDATE:
Got this today....
Still, nothing has been withdrawn from my banking account.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Sorry, we were unable to deliver your message to the following address.
 
Unable to deliver message after multiple retries, giving up.
 
---------- Forwarded message ----------
I 've not heard from you.
Please check the attachment.

 

 

 https://i.imgur.com/LjRRaV1.png

 

 

 
  • Member since
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  • From: On my kitchen counter top somewhere in North Carolina.
Posted by disastermaster on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 4:12 PM
Latest UPDATE:

 It's a scam. Stay away. I just changed my visa/debit card so whether or not they charge me, or send me nothing, it won't matter.

Check here for more details about them.

https://tvstuffonline.com/newmodelships-com

            

Stay away from from buying @   https://www.newmodelships.com/

 

 https://i.imgur.com/LjRRaV1.png

 

 

 
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