Ever Used These Guys?

Marko · September 20, 2012, 10:36:11 AM

Status Report:

the website http://www.murahbagusshop.com/

Murah Bagus Shop
Jl. Martadinata No. 7

95127 MANADO
Indonesia
Phone: 0431-858623 ==> the phone number is fake- an unregistered phone number!

Do not try to make any transaction with this online shop!

end of report

wallacewt · September 20, 2012, 10:51:15 AM

when i went to indonesia a while back and met up with marko i went to a couple of legal tackle shops.their prices were dearer than usa and australia.rods and reels are expensive.i did manage to get a couple of dealers thrown off alibaba and ebay.very similar to what you are seeing here.they advertised a shop online,not there's, and the owners had never heard of the thieves.

Bryan Young · September 20, 2012, 02:23:33 PM

There you have it guys!

Thank you Marko!!!

Keta · September 20, 2012, 02:41:34 PM

Quote from: Marko on September 20, 2012, 10:36:11 AM
Do not try to make any transaction with this online shop!

end of report

Thank you

alantani · September 20, 2012, 04:44:34 PM

thanks!

conchydong · September 20, 2012, 06:39:52 PM

Thanks Marko for taking the time to confirm our suspicions.

Alto Mare · September 20, 2012, 07:35:55 PM

Good job Marko, you saved some members a lot of headaches.

franky · September 20, 2012, 08:11:58 PM

Yes a BIG THANKS to Marko and this site!

Talk about saving people the grief...

A so called brand new Shimano Trinidad 30a for $263.00...wow, that'll get a lot of attention.

Amazing on how fast the word goes out...

Thanks again.

Dominick · September 20, 2012, 08:39:23 PM

A new name Marko the Narco.

He's our investigative undercover narc.

Dominick

redsetta · September 20, 2012, 08:51:02 PM

Thanks Marko - much appreciated.
Cheers, Justin

Marko · September 21, 2012, 03:43:21 PM

No problem Guys..

lawaia · September 21, 2012, 11:08:39 PM

Mahalo to you all and especially to Marko! This site is the best!

I asked the same question on other sites (probably why Panama felt deja vu) and never got as definitive a reply as from Marko. Some responders immediately jumped to the same conclusion as Nessie Hunter and flamed me for asking an honest question that I thought would benefit everyone either by revealing a great bargain site or a fake/scam site. Now, thanks to Marko, at least the members of this great site are safe from falling into the trap that he's told us the Murah Bagus site is. Looks like Murah Bagus must be Indonesian for "more bogus".

Again, mahalo nui loa for your replies and for treating a fellow forum member, who's a frequent reader but seldom posts, fairly and with open and understanding minds. Bryan, thanks for sticking up for a fellow kanaka (or should I say pah-ke?

).

franky · September 22, 2012, 12:57:28 AM

Howzit Lawaia,

Eh Brah, you Pah-ke too? Same hea....

Thanks for the heads-up topic. The great thing about this site is we all stand up for each other like you did for all of us on this topic...again Mahalo bruddah.

Nessie Hunter pointed out "possible spammer" because his intention, like yours, was to shield us fellow members from possibly tapping in and getting all flooded with spam....Thank you Nessie Hunter. Please understand, I guess by seeing the amount of posting under your screen name as one (1), lots of others probably thought the same. $:-\$

For Brian and I, it was a little easier to recognize "not spammer" because us bruddahs come from Hawaii and we recognize some of the pidgin

I'm sure you know, unlike the other "flammers" on the other sites, Nessie Hunter meant well as he always does with all the valuable information that he shares with us all.

Again, thanks to everyone who helped to uncover this retail online scamming site. I just could not imagine putting in an order, giving a credit card number, and then seeing all of this...what a headache!

Aloha,

Frank

wallacewt · September 22, 2012, 01:21:22 AM

if the murah bagus shop is legit,they wouldnt even know the thieves are using their shop as a front.thats what the scammers do.they use a photo of the shop with a false phone #; or they are in on it.SHOP LOCALLY.

alantani · September 22, 2012, 06:04:50 AM

we are all looking out for each other. everytime you turn around, another reel "company" is popping up. even my garage has turned into something of a mail order house. i'm sending out a hundred orders a month. i've always insisted on having the purchaser wait until the parts or reels arrive first. at first, there were only a couple of guys that "lost" things. with the number of packages going up, the number of guys forgetting to send checks as gone up. i'm going to stick with this for a while, though. i hate paypal.