Saturday, 21 July 2007
Other sites
If you guys would like top post reviews for any otherr sites, please send them in or comment on this page and I will add them to the site.
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GP
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GP
IGE
http://www.ige.com/
Again another site I have not bought from, based on price only. If you have had experience please send in your reviews or comment so that I can add your views to this site.
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GP
Again another site I have not bought from, based on price only. If you have had experience please send in your reviews or comment so that I can add your views to this site.
Thanks
GP
WOWmine
www.wowmine.com
I have not ordered here due to the price. so if anyone has ordered before and would like to review, please send me it or post as a comment and I will make it into a proper review.
Thanks
I have not ordered here due to the price. so if anyone has ordered before and would like to review, please send me it or post as a comment and I will make it into a proper review.
Thanks
mymmoshop
[http://www.mymmoshop.com/]
Again this is another US based company, curiously the payment goes to Atlas technology group again, but when questioned I was assured on the livechat that this site has no affiliation with gamerking at all. Shame as at least it would be reassuring that the gold would definitely be delivered.
I was more cautious when ordering this time around after being messed around so much by Gamegoods and Brogame. So I took the time to livechat the customer service on this site to find out if there were indeed stocks available for my server and whether there was a high demand.
I had a charming agent called Franz who proceeded to tell me that "I am happy to tell you that there is not much demand in barthilas alliance server" and "That is a good news for you, because if you order right now you'll be on the top of the list and your gold will be delivered fast =)". Well I took that as a good sign and expected a very quick delivery for once. So I checked again how long it would roughly take to recieve the gold..."We usually deliver in 24 hours" was the answer I got back. So I took the plunge, and stuck an order on my paypal account.
24 hours later... no gold, so I hopped on the livechat. Again, the livechat is bunged up and I am 5th in the queue, at least the wait time is shorter... think 20 minutes or so. I get told that my order is being processed and to expect the gold "soon". So I ask for an estimated time frame, and these guys sneakily sidestep by saying they don;t want to give false expectations. This lack of confidence in their service should have already been ringing alarm bells in my head.
But anyway I waited a few more days, and still was told that my order is being processed. 5 days after the order went in, I chatted to Lea on the livechat, she tells me that there is a large demand on my server so I am being held in the queue for processing still. This is after I had checked on the date of the order that I would be first in line!
So i was messing around on the site and looked at the testimonials section and noticed a bunch of new testimonials all claiming that the delivery was extra fast for them. So I asked Lea what the hell was happening, when some people were getting their gold at lightning speed (15 minutes in one case) whilst I had been waiting in a processing queue, whilst there are apparently gold stocks available, for over 5 days. I did not get an answer, which suggests that these testimonials are fabricated, or they are also moderating and manipulating the testimonials that they are getting.
Either way this site seems extremely fishy.
Anyways they offered 5% extra because of the delay as well as a 5% off coupon for my next order (not bloody likely...they way things are going). And in return I offered them an ultimatum that if they did not deliver in 2 more days, I would open a dispute on paypal and ask for a refund.
So I will have to update you on whether anything happens, although it does all seem quite dodgy.
UPDATE: This site did deliver within the 2 days I specified. It seems that they only get a move on when they are threatened with having to refund your money. Has anyone else had the same problems?
Again this is another US based company, curiously the payment goes to Atlas technology group again, but when questioned I was assured on the livechat that this site has no affiliation with gamerking at all. Shame as at least it would be reassuring that the gold would definitely be delivered.
I was more cautious when ordering this time around after being messed around so much by Gamegoods and Brogame. So I took the time to livechat the customer service on this site to find out if there were indeed stocks available for my server and whether there was a high demand.
I had a charming agent called Franz who proceeded to tell me that "I am happy to tell you that there is not much demand in barthilas alliance server" and "That is a good news for you, because if you order right now you'll be on the top of the list and your gold will be delivered fast =)". Well I took that as a good sign and expected a very quick delivery for once. So I checked again how long it would roughly take to recieve the gold..."We usually deliver in 24 hours" was the answer I got back. So I took the plunge, and stuck an order on my paypal account.
24 hours later... no gold, so I hopped on the livechat. Again, the livechat is bunged up and I am 5th in the queue, at least the wait time is shorter... think 20 minutes or so. I get told that my order is being processed and to expect the gold "soon". So I ask for an estimated time frame, and these guys sneakily sidestep by saying they don;t want to give false expectations. This lack of confidence in their service should have already been ringing alarm bells in my head.
But anyway I waited a few more days, and still was told that my order is being processed. 5 days after the order went in, I chatted to Lea on the livechat, she tells me that there is a large demand on my server so I am being held in the queue for processing still. This is after I had checked on the date of the order that I would be first in line!
So i was messing around on the site and looked at the testimonials section and noticed a bunch of new testimonials all claiming that the delivery was extra fast for them. So I asked Lea what the hell was happening, when some people were getting their gold at lightning speed (15 minutes in one case) whilst I had been waiting in a processing queue, whilst there are apparently gold stocks available, for over 5 days. I did not get an answer, which suggests that these testimonials are fabricated, or they are also moderating and manipulating the testimonials that they are getting.
Either way this site seems extremely fishy.
Anyways they offered 5% extra because of the delay as well as a 5% off coupon for my next order (not bloody likely...they way things are going). And in return I offered them an ultimatum that if they did not deliver in 2 more days, I would open a dispute on paypal and ask for a refund.
So I will have to update you on whether anything happens, although it does all seem quite dodgy.
UPDATE: This site did deliver within the 2 days I specified. It seems that they only get a move on when they are threatened with having to refund your money. Has anyone else had the same problems?
Gamerking
[http://www.gamerking.com/]
Well this is a site run by Atlas tech group, I believe it is a US based company. They advertise a very swift service, but the reality is the service is slow. They do actually deliver however so they are not the worst site around. Although it did take about 5 days. However this is to be expected when the order was 450G. and to be fair I did get an extra 5% chucked on top of my order for the delay.
Customer service was patchy, although there are some good eggs out there, like evangeline. If you get her on the livechat, consider yourself lucky, as she was the one who eventually sorted my order out. Although again this site can have 1 hour waiting times for the livechat.
Pricing was also rather competitive. I paid about $20 US for 450G, although on checking the site recently the price has doubled. Although this seems to be case with all the other sites too, so I guess that is just the market state right now.
They have an option for customers to post their testimonials on the site, of which most of them suggests a very quick delivery. This suggests that they moderate these comments, which is a bit of a dodgy practice. I did send in my own testimonial, which was honest about the service and speed, and it has not been put up on the site yet. We will have to see if anything comes up.
My conclusion, is that I would use the service again as they do deliver, but probably only when it has cheap offers, as clearly speed is not their strong point. WOWmine would probably be a better idea if you want speed.
Well this is a site run by Atlas tech group, I believe it is a US based company. They advertise a very swift service, but the reality is the service is slow. They do actually deliver however so they are not the worst site around. Although it did take about 5 days. However this is to be expected when the order was 450G. and to be fair I did get an extra 5% chucked on top of my order for the delay.
Customer service was patchy, although there are some good eggs out there, like evangeline. If you get her on the livechat, consider yourself lucky, as she was the one who eventually sorted my order out. Although again this site can have 1 hour waiting times for the livechat.
Pricing was also rather competitive. I paid about $20 US for 450G, although on checking the site recently the price has doubled. Although this seems to be case with all the other sites too, so I guess that is just the market state right now.
They have an option for customers to post their testimonials on the site, of which most of them suggests a very quick delivery. This suggests that they moderate these comments, which is a bit of a dodgy practice. I did send in my own testimonial, which was honest about the service and speed, and it has not been put up on the site yet. We will have to see if anything comes up.
My conclusion, is that I would use the service again as they do deliver, but probably only when it has cheap offers, as clearly speed is not their strong point. WOWmine would probably be a better idea if you want speed.
Gamegoods
[http://www.gamegoods.co.uk/]
What can I say about this site? Very ugly service, owned by Apollo internet Limited based in Bucharest. Smells of scam from the get go. They tell you that gold will arrive within 24 hours. After a few days I emailed back and asked how things were getting on. Got a reply saying that my order had been lost and that it had been placed back in the processing queue. Spent the next few days going on the livechat and the delivery kept getting put off by the customer service for another 12-24 hours. The livechat itself is absoulutely ridiculous. I found myself waiting for up to 2 hours to speak to a customer service agent, who can do absolutely nothing.
Anyway, after 7 days...nothing, opened a dispute with paypal. Still nothing. SoI asked for a refund. Have yet to recieve a single penny and will most likely have to escalate the issue to a claim with paypal.
Its a shame, because the site does look very professional and the prices are good. A little too good!
Again would love to hear your comments, as we will only know which are the best and worse sites to buy from, if we all pool our experiences.
What can I say about this site? Very ugly service, owned by Apollo internet Limited based in Bucharest. Smells of scam from the get go. They tell you that gold will arrive within 24 hours. After a few days I emailed back and asked how things were getting on. Got a reply saying that my order had been lost and that it had been placed back in the processing queue. Spent the next few days going on the livechat and the delivery kept getting put off by the customer service for another 12-24 hours. The livechat itself is absoulutely ridiculous. I found myself waiting for up to 2 hours to speak to a customer service agent, who can do absolutely nothing.
Anyway, after 7 days...nothing, opened a dispute with paypal. Still nothing. SoI asked for a refund. Have yet to recieve a single penny and will most likely have to escalate the issue to a claim with paypal.
Its a shame, because the site does look very professional and the prices are good. A little too good!
Again would love to hear your comments, as we will only know which are the best and worse sites to buy from, if we all pool our experiences.
Brogame
[http://www.brogame.com/]
A notorious site, which recently has been upsetting a very many players. A chinese company, so these are the chinese gold farmers people love and adore!
I have only ever had 1 good experience with them and that was when I was dealing with really small volumes (50G). I made another order for 200G and after 12 days, am still waiting. I filed a dispute with paypal after a week, and after that I kept getting messages threatening that I would not get my gold unless I closed the dispute.
Well, I am not stupid, and beware, If any of you do open disputes, once you have closed them, paypal will not let you reopen them. They are basically informal claims, that can be used to put pressure on the seller, and once you cancel them, paypal assumes that everything has been resolved, and you will not be able to escalate the issue to a full blown CLAIM (where paypal uses legal pressure to ensure things get done).
So anyway, i kept getting these messages, and everything just smelled too fishy so I asked fora refund. After which, they started sending me messages saying that they would not refund until I had closed the dispute. Now you decide yourselves.... does that not just shout SCAM, nice and loud.
I will keep you updated as to whether I do manage to get the refund, or if I had to escalate to a claim for paypal to sort out.
Until then it would nice to here from the rest of you about this site too. Please do post your comments below!
UPDATE: 26/7 I finally got that refund almost 3 weeks after I made the purchase. Well, at least we know paypal have some power over the blatant scam machine that is Brogame
A notorious site, which recently has been upsetting a very many players. A chinese company, so these are the chinese gold farmers people love and adore!
I have only ever had 1 good experience with them and that was when I was dealing with really small volumes (50G). I made another order for 200G and after 12 days, am still waiting. I filed a dispute with paypal after a week, and after that I kept getting messages threatening that I would not get my gold unless I closed the dispute.
Well, I am not stupid, and beware, If any of you do open disputes, once you have closed them, paypal will not let you reopen them. They are basically informal claims, that can be used to put pressure on the seller, and once you cancel them, paypal assumes that everything has been resolved, and you will not be able to escalate the issue to a full blown CLAIM (where paypal uses legal pressure to ensure things get done).
So anyway, i kept getting these messages, and everything just smelled too fishy so I asked fora refund. After which, they started sending me messages saying that they would not refund until I had closed the dispute. Now you decide yourselves.... does that not just shout SCAM, nice and loud.
I will keep you updated as to whether I do manage to get the refund, or if I had to escalate to a claim for paypal to sort out.
Until then it would nice to here from the rest of you about this site too. Please do post your comments below!
UPDATE: 26/7 I finally got that refund almost 3 weeks after I made the purchase. Well, at least we know paypal have some power over the blatant scam machine that is Brogame
WOW gold sites
hi all of you
As noone has thought of doing this properly or impartially. I thought I would start it off. This will be a site for all us WOW players to discuss and review our experiences with the different GOLD selling sites available.
I have experienced a few of these sites and I am afraid a very many of them seem to be scamming for money. Always pay by paypal! so that you get some sort of cover in these cases.
Please note that my experiences are on the Barthilas Alliance server.
As noone has thought of doing this properly or impartially. I thought I would start it off. This will be a site for all us WOW players to discuss and review our experiences with the different GOLD selling sites available.
I have experienced a few of these sites and I am afraid a very many of them seem to be scamming for money. Always pay by paypal! so that you get some sort of cover in these cases.
Please note that my experiences are on the Barthilas Alliance server.
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