Hey fellas. I've been doing some "researching" on this company as I had placed an order with them back in June of this year and have been getting excuses as the shipping date keeps changing. The kit I ordered has been available in Europe since July - several eBay sellers and LEGITIMATE businesses (Hannants for example) have already had stock in and available.
Now maybe this old news, but during the course of my researching this company, I made an interesting discovery. Their website posts the contact number 570-483-6918. This is the SAME phone number as a company that I deal with several years back and experienced EXACTLY the same issues as many of you are now experiencing with HobbyModels.com. Is anyone here familiar with a company called Internet Hobbies, also in PA. Coincidentally, both are in the same neck of the woods, close to Scranton.
If you pull their locations up on a map, HobbyModels.com has a PO Box addy in South Canaan Township. Internet Hobbies' address is 504 Scranton Carbondale Hwy in Eynon, PA. Route 6 flows off the I-81 by Scranton, passing Eynon and around Carbondale the highway name changes from Main St. into Canaan St. - starting to connect the dots to the addresses of each of these 2 supposedly different businesses yet?
The same phone number, very similar, nay, identical histories of not fulfilling customer's orders or responding to emails, types of complaints, I'd say that the clincher is the geography of it all. I believe these scammers are one in the same.
I honestly do not know how to proceed with this to have it investigated further and properly. There is something criminal going on here (bit of an understatement perhaps?).
I am contacting my credit card company in the morning to charge back the transaction and will pass along this info. My hope is that someone here can or knows the right people to pass this information to so that it can be looked further into with perhaps the appropriate criminal charges being laid.
There are more than enough scammers in the World as it is. It would be great to eliminate one of them - wouldn't it?
Update, I just filled a complaint with the BBB and supplied them with the information in my post here. I outright requested that law enforcement be made aware of these 2 (1 - ?) companies.
