tarbrush Posted November 6, 2020 Share #1 Posted November 6, 2020 Does anyone have any experience good or bad dealing with Internet Hobbies. I ordered a kit from them about a month ago, haven't received anything yet and they don' answer my e-mails. thanks for your help John future build: to finish Mary Rose http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/8507-mary-rose-by-tarbrush-scale-172-1545/?hl=%2Bmary+%2Brose completed builds: Constructo Steam Launch Louise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeD Posted November 7, 2020 Share #2 Posted November 7, 2020 If they were in EU I would easily rank them as fraud. No references or links to safe trading institutions, no independent reviewers site where you can check them out. Call them, seems they list a phone number. mtaylor and Canute 2 Current build 7 Provinciën (Englisch thread): http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13719-the-7-provinci%C3%ABn-by-yankeed-scale-150-1665-according-to-drawings-by-mr-o-blom-first-wooden-scratch-ship-build/ For Dutch readers (Dutch thread): http://www.modelbouwforum.nl/threads/nederlands-historisch-zeilschip-het-schip-van-de-ruyter-de-7-provinci%C3%ABn.216834/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffT Posted November 7, 2020 Share #3 Posted November 7, 2020 I've never purchased from them. I second giving them a call. mtaylor and Canute 2 Jeff In progress: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Company -1/2" scale USS Constitution - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Granado - CAF Model - 1:48 HMS Sphinx - Vanguard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTHokiEE Posted November 7, 2020 Share #4 Posted November 7, 2020 Did you order by credit card? Given the lack of ability to validate the store I would seriously consider disputing the charge if possible. I’m not certain if you have to do that within a certain timeframe or not. mtaylor and Canute 2 Current Build: HM Sloop Echo 1781 (First Scratch Build) Previous Builds: HM Cutter Alert, Sharpie Schooner, Chesapeake Bay Flattie, Half-Hull (NRG) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted November 7, 2020 Share #5 Posted November 7, 2020 sorry but a quick google checks says avoid at all cost http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/general_discussion/f/50/t/182060.aspx Canute and Ryland Craze 2 Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on All the best Kevin SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS. KEEP IT REAL! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On the build table HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023 Belle Poule 1834 by Kevin - OcCre - 1/90 - French frigate - started June 2024 - - On hold MHS Britannic by Kevin SD 14 - Marcle Models - 1/70 - March 2022 - Bluebell - Flower Class - Revel - 1/72 U552 German U Boat - Trumpeter - 1/48 Amerigo Vespucci 1/84 - Panart- HMS Enterprise -CAF - 1/48 Finished Hercules by Kevin - OcCre - 1/50 - Tugboat - Finished - May 2024 Nectan-Mountfleet-models-steam-trawler-1/32 - Completed June 2020 HMS Victory - Caldercraft/Jotika - 1/72 - Finished Dorade renamed Dora by Kevin - Amati - 1/20 - Completed March 2021 Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 -Finished Lady Eleanor by Kevin - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1/64 - Fifie fishing boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbrush Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted November 7, 2020 thanks for your help guys!! I will contact my bank on Monday and see if they can do anything. will let you know how it turns out mtaylor and Canute 2 John future build: to finish Mary Rose http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/8507-mary-rose-by-tarbrush-scale-172-1545/?hl=%2Bmary+%2Brose completed builds: Constructo Steam Launch Louise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbrush Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted November 9, 2020 I called my bank this morning and am going there this afternoon to file a fraud claim. the bank had an additional number for Internet Hobbies which they asked me to call first. when you call you get an answering machine telling you to leave a message, you hear the beep and when you start talking it hangs up. when you call the phone number on their website the answering machine says the mailbox is full and can't take any more messages. hopefully I don't wind up losing my money for the purchase. did I learn anything from this? you bet! mtaylor, Landlubber Mike and Canute 3 John future build: to finish Mary Rose http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/8507-mary-rose-by-tarbrush-scale-172-1545/?hl=%2Bmary+%2Brose completed builds: Constructo Steam Launch Louise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaager Posted November 9, 2020 Share #8 Posted November 9, 2020 Since GOOGLE search brings them up as a spam ad superimposition on the page., and they are either a full blown scam or have crashed - with a full mailbox and no live contact, perhaps a rough wave washed the whole crew out to sea - GOOGLE should be notified that they are enabling a criminal enterprise. The way GOOGLE handles it will indicate whether GOOGLE too is a scam at base or legit. Canute and mtaylor 2 NRG member 50 years Current: NMS HMS Ajax 1767 - 74-gun 3rd rate - 1:192 POF exploration - works but too intense -no margin for error HMS Centurion 1732 - 60-gun 4th rate - POF Navall Timber framing HMS Beagle 1831 refiit 10-gun brig with a small mizzen - POF Navall (ish) Timber framing The U.S. Ex. Ex. 1838-1842 Flying Fish 1838 pilot schooner - POF framed - ready for stern timbers Porpose II 1836 brigantine/brig - POF framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers Vincennes 1825 Sloop-of-War - POF timbers assembled, need shaping Peacock 1828 Sloop-of -War - POF timbers ready for assembly Sea Gull 1838 pilot schooner - POF timbers ready for assembly Relief 1835 packet hull USN ship - POF timbers ready for assembly Other Portsmouth 1843 Sloop-of-War - POF timbers ready for assembly Le Commerce de Marseilles 1788 118 cannons - POF framed La Renommee 1744 Frigate - POF framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkuehn Posted November 12, 2020 Share #9 Posted November 12, 2020 Looks like they have an "F" on the BBB site. https://www.bbb.org/us/pa/mayfield/profile/wholesale-hobby-supplies/internet-hobbies-0241-235973355 Canute and mtaylor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted November 17, 2020 Share #10 Posted November 17, 2020 The BBB website lists multiple complaints similar to the above. Canute and mtaylor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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