alnitak pointed this site out to me - the similarities in the site design to Amazon.co.uk are quite breathtaking. For the most blatant example, have a look at their safe shopping guarantee and compare it to that on Amazon - they're word-for-word identical, as is much of the "Where's My Stuff?" etc. section at the bottom of each page. Google searching turns up virtually nothing for amkells other than link shops.I'm not quite sure what's going on there, but it certainly smells like fish to me.
Updates: The email I fired off to Amazon has had nothing but a form reply so far. Googling for amkells now turns up my LJ on the first page :)
More updates: The information in this comment does lean towards their legitimacy, but on the other hand, the site appears to be down at the moment...
Amkells - once was enough
Anonymous
March 18 2004, 05:41:24 UTC 17 years ago
for it, and receiving no reply from my emails (the help page was also
'under construction') I sent them a further email stating that I
was going to shop elsewhere as they were taking too long and giving me no feedback.
Suffice to say, two months after placing the order and 1 month after
cancelling and buying the goods from another website, the package turned up.
I returned it straight away about two weeks ago and have yet to receive
a refund but I am determined to get my money back whether I have to
make a small claim or take a trip down to Basildon 'wiv da boys'...
BE VERY CAREFUL IF YOU WISH TO BUY FROM THEM...
Re: Amkells - once was enough
Anonymous
April 5 2004, 09:13:17 UTC 17 years ago
Re: Amkells - once was enough
Anonymous
April 26 2004, 07:46:36 UTC 17 years ago