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Just thought there should be a thread dedicated to this sick case being that it seems the only one to me with the most promise (quality look to compliment the thin design + good history). I'll keep this updated up to the availability of the Brushed Aluminum Barely There case. google searching brought me to Tessco.com which has it for $40.00 but no pictures to confirm its existence. anyone gonna take a dive for it?
i would post a link but i'm on a new account under moderator url restrictions. i google'd "barely there epic touch 4g"
UPDATE: uplifted my restrictions (thanks mod)
and the preorder $20, expected availability 10/31 (silver) ***CAUTION: THERE HAVE BEEN NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FROM PPL WHO PREORDERED THEIR CASE FROM theaccessoryking.com***
http://www.theaccessoryking.com/cas...ch-4g-case-mate-barely-there-case-silver.html
another preorder emerged for $20, expected availability 10/31 (black)
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/productdetail.asp?productid=28553
I throw my support in with kain144000 for the Case-Mate Barely There Aluminum case w/ KICKSTAND (!!!!) and suggest that you all do as well since its basically the same case, except the kickstand, of course.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1283583
Edit 2: MOBILECITYONLINE IS NO LONGER ACCEPTING PREORDERS because it is already on the market, obviously
appreciate it as this is the case i more than likely will get
np. feel free to hit the "thanks" button
theaccessoryking.com has it for preorder $20.00, pretty sketchy but it gives us an expected release date: 9/29
Out of all the cases I've had for my Inspire, the Case Mate Tough was by far the best. Can't wait for their e4gt cases.
The TPU will tide me over for now, it's actually a pretty good case but I feel safer with a hard shell. Probably going to return my Samsung kickstand one to Sprint.. it's not a very good design.
Transmission sent from a Galaxy S II.
Is there anywhere we can give an 'un-thank' up in here?
FWIW (its probably a standard email)
I received this email after inquiring about the case. I didn't particularly like the "or if" part.
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Thank you for contacting case-mate and your interest in our products. At this time, we do not have any specific information on when, or if, the SPRINT Samsung Epic 4g Touch barely there case might become available. Our product development team is always working on new products. I will gladly share your feedback/request with them!
At case-mate we thrive on customer feedback! We offer several ways for you to interact with case-mate as little or as much as you would like. You can share feedback or product comments directly with the development team at: http://feedback.case-mate.com. For real time updates on product releases and promotions you can follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/casemate, or on Twitter at http://twitter.com/casemate. Our community manager will let you know as soon as new cases are available on the site. You can also sign up for our newsletter at: http://www.case-mate.com/mailing-list.asp for the latest case-mate news, product releases, and product promotions.
Thank you again for your request and feedback!
Kind regards,
David S.
Case-mate Customer Service
1-866-689-3432
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I emailed support to ask with a link to the item listed. Like I said in another thread, it looks like the kind of site that sells to 3rd party vendors, and since the packaging says Sprint branded, I suspect this is meant for non-corporate Sprint stores.
Obviously no real confirmation, but I will post any kind of non-generic answer I get.
tool2269 said:
FWIW (its probably a standard email)
I received this email after inquiring about the case. I didn't particularly like the "or if" part.
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Thank you for contacting case-mate and your interest in our products. At this time, we do not have any specific information on when, or if, the SPRINT Samsung Epic 4g Touch barely there case might become available. Our product development team is always working on new products. I will gladly share your feedback/request with them!
At case-mate we thrive on customer feedback! We offer several ways for you to interact with case-mate as little or as much as you would like. You can share feedback or product comments directly with the development team at: http://feedback.case-mate.com. For real time updates on product releases and promotions you can follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/casemate, or on Twitter at http://twitter.com/casemate. Our community manager will let you know as soon as new cases are available on the site. You can also sign up for our newsletter at: http://www.case-mate.com/mailing-list.asp for the latest case-mate news, product releases, and product promotions.
Thank you again for your request and feedback!
Kind regards,
David S.
Case-mate Customer Service
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[email protected]
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dang. that is very contradictory to the details we have found. maybe CS is just holding out on us? some companys like to keep their info to themselves until the item is officially released
/positive thinking
diaa08 said:
I emailed support to ask with a link to the item listed. Like I said in another thread, it looks like the kind of site that sells to 3rd party vendors, and since the packaging says Sprint branded, I suspect this is meant for non-corporate Sprint stores.
Obviously no real confirmation, but I will post any kind of non-generic answer I get.
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i figured the same, but if thats the case (haha). maybe we can pool a couple orders together and save a buck or two? that is, if they do bulk orders
UPDATE: i registrared and their expected availability is 10/04, most likely that will be when case-mate decides to put it up on their site and it starts showing up everywhere. that $20 pre order is starting to look pretty tasty
How much wait and thickness will this case add?
Love the idea of the case. But the lightness of this phone is one of its biggest pluses.
Really, really like the idea of this case though.
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How much wait and thickness will this case add?
Love the idea of the case. But the lightness of this phone is one of its biggest pluses.
Really, really like the idea of this case though.
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it'll add about 1.5 oz (not sure how noticeable that may be, but it should bump it up to the weight of the MoPho) its stream-lined fitted, snaps on snug and is pretty durable for its thinness. i wanna say its thinner than the tpu case, not sure tho. but i know for a fact its one of the thinnest cases you can get hence the name "barely there"
Some people claim this case interferes with GPS reception. =/
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theaccessoryking.com has it for preorder $20.00, pretty sketchy but it gives us an expected release date: 9/29
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Are you saying theaccessoryking.com is a sketchy seller? Or that you aren't a fan of preorder in general? Or sketchy putting money down sight unseen?
I am fine getting a little extra discount in exchange for patience...
...I'm not fine sending a sketchy seller my money.
Is theaccessoryking a reputable seller?
just got a response from Case Mate indicating that the vendor from the link is legit and that the product is real (ie model number, device, etc.) they did not indicate anything on the date however...
Just preordered my casemate tough from theaccessoryking.com for $21. I love the barely there cases but certainly not in silver, which is the only option available on that site.
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Just preordered my casemate tough from theaccessoryking.com for $21. I love the barely there cases but certainly not in silver, which is the only option available on that site.
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Do u have the link for tough casemate?
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Do u have the link for tough casemate?
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Yep. It's preorder only and there's no pic up but I took a chance.
http://www.theaccessoryking.com/cas...pic-touch-4g-case-mate-tough-case-black.html#
The iPhone version looks pretty slick
http://www.case-mate.com/iPhone-4-Cases/Case-Mate-iPhone-4-Barely-There-Brushed-Aluminum-Cases.asp
i probably will get this when it drops
geolemon said:
Are you saying theaccessoryking.com is a sketchy seller? Or that you aren't a fan of preorder in general? Or sketchy putting money down sight unseen?
I am fine getting a little extra discount in exchange for patience...
...I'm not fine sending a sketchy seller my money.
Is theaccessoryking a reputable seller?
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What i found sketchy was that it didn't exist anywhere else, not even Case-Mate verified it. I'm fine with preorder (i preordered my ET4g) its just that i did a preorder on a case once before (not from accessoryking) and it never came into stock. But i hope this doesnt scare anyone bc they didnt take my money or anything they just messed with me and gave me false hope >.>
especially after diaa08 confirmed that its live (at least i believe s/he was referring to this link) i would jump on it, its quite the deal
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just got a response from Case Mate indicating that the vendor from the link is legit and that the product is real (ie model number, device, etc.) they did not indicate anything on the date however...
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which link was this again? theaccessoryking or tessco?
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akarol said:
Some people claim this case interferes with GPS reception. =/
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the complaints i see are for the HTC Inspire/Desire and it wasnt just for the barely there, they had it for ALL cases but if there is a problem, from the threads i read you can complain to Case-Mate and they'll send you complimentary cases you could try or just sell and buy another case
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which link was this again? theaccessoryking or tessco?
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it was regarding tessco
Here's a link to the website: http://www.daydeal.com
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seems decent, i actually just ordered from xoskins.com some acessories and will post later to review some of thier product to see how good it is.
I know little about this site.
I know little about this site
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yeah me too i just discovered them through a mutual friend of mine, and have used some of their products and am pretty satisfied. here is a link to their site if you want to see what they have or learn more about them, Pretty decent stuff www.xoskins.com
Nice accessories
Nice accessories but they support only few phones
Nice accessories but they support only few phones
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Hmm their site seems to have a pretty big selection actually. What phone do you have?
Good website. I've ordered a couple accessories from there.
I have checked the cases for iPhone 4s. They seem to be good in quality but the style is not my taste.
Good website, the next time I buy something, i can go.if U want to find more choices, check out Tinydeal,if you are lucky enough, you can use the Coupon Code 2O3749A9Q5 to get 5% off.I have bought a lot things in the TinyDeal, its very good.:highfive:
Today, Samsung announced a new Kindle for Samsung app through their Samsung Apps Store. Rather than trying to rewrite their blog post (http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/?p=35871), i'll just copy from their summary:
- Samsung and Amazon agreed to launch ‘Kindle for Samsung’, a custom-built eBook service offering millions of best-selling books, newspapers and magazines on readers’ mobile devices including over 500,000 exclusive titles.
- Samsung and Amazon will also launch Samsung Book Deals, a service providing 12 free eBooks a year to all Kindle for Samsung Galaxy smartphone and tablet users. (Basically, they let you choose one of four books to get for free every month).
I already installed the app. It looks better than the official Kindle app in my opinion. And the first 4 free books to choose from are already up.
The fort
http://goo.gl/MrL8QI
Elizabeth Street
http://goo.gl/yQobiM
Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End
http://goo.gl/1DitEI
Bone River
http://goo.gl/3Axwjz
I think i'm gonna go with Apocalypse Z.
Download a free open-source e-book reader and you get a million more of these than Amazon is giving you, and without the con. I didn't check your complete list but the one you chose is definately free:
*Mod Edit: No Piracy On XDA*
Frank
With android, almost everything is free and I love freebies! I'll go first with Apocalypse Z too.
Frank Westlake said:
Download a free open-source e-book reader and you get a million more of these than Amazon is giving you, and without the con. I didn't check your complete list but the one you chose is definately free:
Frank
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What con are you talking about? Samsung is offering books for free. Books that you would otherwise need to pay for.
And contrary to what you posted, the Apocalypse Z book is not free. I went to the link you suggested. Doesn't look legit or legal. I searched for some other books that I know are not free (The Goldfinch, Hunger Games, LOTR). Guess what? They all came up as 'free' with a 'download now' button next to them. But not before the download link took me to two (yes, two) other sites (usearchmedia(.)com and mediasuns(.)com). And of course, there was the obligatory disclaimer at the bottom of the ebook-share site:
"DISCLAIMER: None of the files shown here are actually hosted or transmitted by this server. The links are provided solely by this sites users. The administrator of this site cannot be held responsible for what its users post, or any other actions of its users. You may not use this site to distribute or download any material when you do not have the legal rights to do so. It is your own responsibility to adhere to these terms."
Why would you criticize Samsung for providing free LEGAL books, call it a con, and then point users to some crap illegal file-sharing site?
Lorettaa said:
With android, almost everything is free and I love freebies! I'll go first with Apocalypse Z too.
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Yes, there's a lot of free stuff for Android. Still, I like where Samsung is going. They are really pushing hard to separate themselves from Google, Amazon, and all the other manufacturers. If that means giving me free stuff, like Milk and Kindle for Amazon, then i'm all for it.
deleted. I failed reading comprehension. ?
At least we get what we pay for. They should give more to their loyal customers.
Great step
Great step taken by 2 Giant. I love it. Thanks for this great step.
toastido said:
deleted. I failed reading comprehension.
LOL! Same here. Im sure you're a busy person.
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Frank Westlake said:
Download a free open-source e-book reader and you get a million more of these than Amazon is giving you, and without the con. I didn't check your complete list but the one you chose is definately free:
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Frank
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In this case I was conned, but more often than not it is the reverse. Many times I see these online book publishers selling public domain work which I have downloaded freely from Project Gutenberg. So in general I am right, I just chose a bad example. I download books only from Project Gutenberg but in an attempt to demonstrate my point here I just made a quick Internet search on the one title.
My recommendation is still to download a free e-book reader and to freely down free public domain books.
Frank
You have your point man, and we respect it. Actually I never spent $ on e-books, reading should be free.
Lorettaa said:
You have your point man, and we respect it. Actually I never spent $ on e-books, reading should be free.
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Reading is free. It's the books that sometimes cost money.
Not all of the books I want to read are public domain. I don't mind paying for decent books. I'm not going to spend $20 on an ebook, but I don't mind spending a few dollars. I bought Hugh Howey's 'Silo' series for like $3 and it was worth every penny. On the other hand, I went out and bought 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' for $12 because all my friends swore by it, but I couldn't get past the first 50 pages. Just not my writing/reading style. Wish I could return it. lol
80% of my ebooks and audiobooks I get from the library anyway. I just finished the Dune audiobook last week, and now am reading the Dune Messiah ebook. I got both from the library via Overdrive.
I must say reading books should be free. Thanks for correcting it. I can see you're a bookworm and this freebies are for readers like you. Enjoy the freebies
Lorettaa said:
I must say reading books should be free. Thanks for correcting it. I can see you're a bookworm and this freebies are for readers like you. Enjoy the freebies
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Shame on people charging money for spending their time writing books. Taking is free so phones should be free too?!? Dumb.
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You have your point, and I was wrong, but that was not I'm trying to say. Sorry about that.
Bataga said:
Shame on people charging money for spending their time writing books. Taking is free so phones should be free too?!? Dumb.
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I see you're from Lilburn. I was in Atlanta for a conference and decided to drive to Lilburn to visit some family. Nice drive, nice town (or city). I didn't get lost once, which made me very proud considering I am from NYC and don't drive that often.
Anywho...
Lorettaa said:
You have your point, and I was wrong, but that was not I'm trying to say. Sorry about that.
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I know what you were trying to say. I seek out freebies every chance I can get too. I hardly ever turn down a free book, even if it's something I don't think i'll read. I got two free Audible audiobook credits that I am trying to decide what to use on (I was originally going to go with LOTR, but I only have two credits and don't want to have to pay for the third book.) I recently got 'Heart of Darkness' and 'A Princess of Mars' cause they were free on Amazon (along with the Audible audiobook free as well).
I live by two rules. Never look a gift horse in the mouth. And never turn down a free book.
I'm trying to get a group discount for tudia cases for the One.
There is a site called Massdrop which contacts the Manufacturer (Tudia) to get a discount for a group.
All you need to do is vote here: https://www.massdrop.com/vote/smartphone-case
After we get 200 votes we will get a discounted price from tudia.
Voting does NOT commit you to buy anything.
*massdrop usually ships internationally very cheaply which makes the deal even better.
Have a nice weekend and thanks for the support.:good:
i2k13 said:
I'm trying to get a group discount for tudia cases for the One.
There is a site called Massdrop which contacts the Manufacturer (Tudia) to get a discount for a group.
All you need to do is vote here: https://www.massdrop.com/vote/smartphone-case
After we get 200 votes we will get a discounted price from tudia.
Voting does NOT commit you to buy anything.
*massdrop usually ships internationally very cheaply which makes the deal even better.
Have a nice weekend and thanks for the support.:good:
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thanks. voted
Thanks Voted
Voted
voted
voted
Voted.
I wanted to order one but being in the UK I'd have to have one shipped from the US with a 7-23 day wait
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Voted .... Did you list this in the forums on the oneplus site? It would help get some people im sure.
95 more to go. Come on guys.
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We've got 120 of 200, please support even if you're not planning to buy.
Support the community!
voted..
Voted
Voted! Said 152/200.....now I just need an invite for the 1+1 :crying:
I voted for the metal/slate option, which is one of the two versions of the Cygen case that Amazon never offers with Prime.
Notice that the metal/slate case is the most requested version of the Cygen on Massdrop. Requests for that model outnumber others by almost two thirds.
The black/black case is the other version of the Cygen that has to be ordered directly.
i2k13: Have you thought about promoting that Massdrop page on other forums?
Possible places to promote it: The OnePlus Accessories Forum and Android Central's OnePlus One Forum (with *Accessories* as the tag).
I've posted on oneplus forum, if you have any other forums you know you are free to copy-paste this thread
We are @ 187/200 ATM
DONE!!!
Only Oneplus to go for 200 !!
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WTH, I went there to vote (I did) but I found out the target had already been reached. Cool!
Any update on this now that we are at 200??
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Mod edit: Anyone interested in Club1941 may contact the OP for further information or discussion or in the thread below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/experience-comments-club1941-t3043990
THIS THREAD HAS NOW BECOME AN APOLOGY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED BY MY REVIEW
AND FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS PURCHASED A DEVICE FROM THE SCAMMERS I NOW KNOW CLUB1941.COM TO BE
@ivivdim created a separate thread about this seller due to @OscarBlue researching the seller and finding many perculiarities about the site in question
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/experience-comments-club1941-t3043990
after reading a thread over at china-devices.com today 05/03/2015 that a user posted about receiving just a screen protector instead of a tablet and power bank
http://www.china-devices.com/Thread-Be-careful-Club-1941-com
i have now decided to amend this thread OP with an apology for any and all people who were taken in by this scammer and made a payment to them and who now have to go through the process of a dispute with paypal or their credit card company to have their funds returned
i do not know how to apologize enough for my actions in posting my review here that made all the people go and use this site and i have decided that since i am one of the few people who received a real working device that i will host a giveaway of the device i received by way of an apology for any inconvenience caused by my actions
i have asked @OscarBlue to help me with this....and if he does not then i do not blame him as i would be very angry myself if i had read the review i posted and then made a purchase with this company only to find out that they were scammers
i thank all of the people who warned me about this potentially being a scam and am sorry i did not listen to your advice and question the companies motives myself
what i have learned from this experience is to be more vigilant before jumping in at the deep end and dragging other people with me...and to do more research before commiting myself fully into such endevours in the future
please if you are interested in joining the giveaway for this device i will post a link soon here in this thread
it will be at my expense and i will pay for all shipping anywhere in the world to deliver the device to whoever receives it
this will be done as a small way of saying sorry for any hurt i may have caused anybody by my actions
mrsim
great review
just tell me please, do you work for "cub 1941" or get pay to publish them ?
Why there is no stickers inside your phone? I mean usually there are some stickers like imei number.. hologram etc..
Thank you for the review.
Anyway, hope that you understand that if it proves that club1941.com is a scam that many people may lose their money thanks to you and this review.
I do not have anything against you and I apologize for writting this in your topic.
I just want to advise members of this forum to be carefull and to think twice before they buy a phone significantly below current market price, esspecially from the online store that just recently has been opened.
Thank you.
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great review
just tell me please, do you work for "cub 1941" or get pay to publish them ?
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He is being paid to do a review. I.e., he will get his phone refunded if the store is satisfied with his review.
The problem may be that these trial devices may be the only devices shipped from that seler.
They are selling enourmous numbers these days at very low price of cca 170$ for a 3GB version of Jiayu S3. Maybe even lower in some cases.
TheCityAndTheStars said:
Thank you for the review.
Anyway, hope that you understand that if it proves that club1941.com is a scam that many people may lose their money thanks to you and this review.
I do not have anything against you and I apologize for writting this in your topic.
I just want to advise members of this forum to be carefull and to think twice before they buy a phone significantly below current market price, esspecially from the online store that just recently has been opened.
Thank you.
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He is being paid to do a review. I.e., he will get his phone refunded if the store is satisfied with his review.
The problem may be that these trial devices may be the only devices shipped from that seler.
They are selling enourmous numbers these days at very low price of cca 170$ for a 3GB version of Jiayu S3. Maybe even lower in some cases.
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More people already bought the devices from this store.. I guess we'll have to wait other reviews too.. but still, this site sounds too good to be true.
He is being paid to do a review. I.e. said:
thank you
now its clear to me why ,,,,
and i think that he " pushed" to give a good review because his interest too.
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TheCityAndTheStars said:
Thank you for the review.
Anyway, hope that you understand that if it proves that club1941.com is a scam that many people may lose their money thanks to you and this review.
I do not have anything against you and I apologize for writting this in your topic.
I just want to advise members of this forum to be carefull and to think twice before they buy a phone significantly below current market price, esspecially from the online store that just recently has been opened.
Thank you.
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He is being paid to do a review. I.e., he will get his phone refunded if the store is satisfied with his review.
The problem may be that these trial devices may be the only devices shipped from that seler.
They are selling enourmous numbers these days at very low price of cca 170$ for a 3GB version of Jiayu S3. Maybe even lower in some cases.
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Are u sure he is being paid for that?
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Are u sure he is being paid for that?
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he know what is he talking about.
Ok but what about PayPal protection? Will club1941 get money if buyers won't get phones? I ordered phone and I'm worried now :<
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Ok but what about PayPal protection? Will club1941 get money if buyers won't get phones? I ordered phone and I'm worried now :<
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21 days after you made your payment the funds are normally released by paypal and the seller can do what he wants with the money, unless you file a dispute with paypal, then the funds, although they are in the sellers paypal account are put on hold, and the seller cannot access them until the dispute is ended, you can end the dispute at any time if you are happy with the sale, the seller can end the dispute at any time by issuing a refund. I ordered one of these phones from this seller and was suspicious of the website, so I opened a dispute and the seller issued a refund straight away, despite the fact that the seller said he had posted the phone and issued a tracking number, he had until 19th march to respond to the dispute but chose to refund instead, draw your own conclusions
Also the agent at paypal told me that if I didnt file a dispute and the sale later was found to be fraudulent I would still get my money back from paypal, although I wasnt told how long that would take, nor what evidence I would have to produce.
Edit... I have since found out that paypal only put a 21 day hold on your funds if you are dealing with a new seller, or if the seller has problems/disputes, otherwise the funds could go directly to the seller, unless you open a dispute.
aliya.dicaprio said:
Why there is no stickers inside your phone? I mean usually there are some stickers like imei number.. hologram etc..
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if you look again at the photo's of the device you will see that these are inside the back cover not behind the battery,i also explained this in my review,and yes i applied for a trial version which i paid for,if my reviews are good i will get my money returned to me,have also made enquiries for opening their eu warehouse as they are looking for a base here in europe...does that sound like scammers to you...i think not
@oscarblue48
Seems like filing a dispute is reasonable way of protecting our interests. Would you mind telling us what reason of dispute you chose and what did you write to make your statement understandable as disputing to make money freeze for more than 21 days?
I tried myself this few minutes ago but not sure what to write not to be understanded as a panicking one by PayPal service.
TheCityAndTheStars said:
Thank you for the review.
Anyway, hope that you understand that if it proves that club1941.com is a scam that many people may lose their money thanks to you and this review.
I do not have anything against you and I apologize for writting this in your topic.
I just want to advise members of this forum to be carefull and to think twice before they buy a phone significantly below current market price, esspecially from the online store that just recently has been opened.
Thank you.
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He is being paid to do a review. I.e., he will get his phone refunded if the store is satisfied with his review.
The problem may be that these trial devices may be the only devices shipped from that seler.
They are selling enourmous numbers these days at very low price of cca 170$ for a 3GB version of Jiayu S3. Maybe even lower in some cases.
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thank you for your comment on my review
also everybody is entitled to their opinion and i fully agree with you that it is better to err on the side of caution...there are a lot of scammers out there i am glad that you are warning people let's just hope that they all are using paypal to purchase their devices as this is a 'safe' way of doing buisness on the internet
i myself paid with paypal and it all went very smoothly
i read over in s7ylers thread that some people had problems and were offered the chance to pay with western union...never ever pay with western union as there is no option to get your money returned to you if you do get scammed
i suppose only time will tell if this shop is legitimate or not...but me personally...i received a working fully functional Jiayu S3S which has passed the MTK droid tools test...i cannot speak for other people,but i sincerely hope that everybody gets their correct device in good time and for the same price i paid for it
desson1 said:
Are u sure he is being paid for that?
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i am sure i have already received an email from Club1941.Com advising me of returning my payment for the review...so my payment is the device for taking the time to help their sales by making the above review
Venael said:
@oscarblue48
Seems like filing a dispute is reasonable way of protecting our interests. Would you mind telling us what reason of dispute you chose and what did you write to make your statement understandable as disputing to make money freeze for more than 21 days?
I tried myself this few minutes ago but not sure what to write not to be understanded as a panicking one by PayPal service.
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I used the grounds that the item had not been received (even though it had only been ordered a matter of hours) and in the message box I just wrote, I do not believe the sellers website to be genuine. and then I think you are given a date that the seller has to respond by, in my case 19 march, i believe if you need to extend the dispute beyond that date, you have to escalate the dispute before that date is reached, I'm not entirely sure about that as I didnt get that far, as I got my refund right away.
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21 days after you made your payment the funds are normally released by paypal and the seller can do what he wants with the money, unless you file a dispute with paypal, then the funds, although they are in the sellers paypal account are put on hold, and the seller cannot access them until the dispute is ended, you can end the dispute at any time if you are happy with the sale, the seller can end the dispute at any time by issuing a refund. I ordered one of these phones from this seller and was suspicious of the website, so I opened a dispute and the seller issued a refund straight away, despite the fact that the seller said he had posted the phone and issued a tracking number, he had until 19th march to respond to the dispute but chose to refund instead, draw your own conclusions
Also the agent at paypal told me that if I didnt file a dispute and the sale later was found to be fraudulent I would still get my money back from paypal, although I wasnt told how long that would take, nor what evidence I would have to produce.
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i cannot speak for the seller on their reasons for why they instantly refunded you your money,but you are correct in that paypal WILL refund your money if you do not receive the device or if it appears to be fake,the evidence would be the paypal payment that you made,tracking number given to you by the seller,and also any email interaction between the two of you so my advice would be to contact the seller and strike up a conversation talking about the device and delivery method,and payment,also a screen shot of your account details with the item in question from the seller would also be good
these will all contribute to you receiving your payment back from paypal...hope this helps.....
edit: forgot to mention connect the device to mtk droid tools either record this from receipt of the item at your door till the spec info pops up on droid tools or just take a screen shot
mrsim said:
i am sure i have already received an email from Club1941.Com advising me of returning my payment for the review...so my payment is the device for taking the time to help their sales by making the above review
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Congratulations mrsim, you have done well, if you google 'club1941.com review' you come top of the pile, you know why? because you are the only person who has ever received anything from that site, They must have thousands of orders by now, but they're still sending them out, must have massive stocks I guess, odd how some of the other suppliers seem to be having difficulty obtaining this device, must be their massive buying power, as a worldwide Wholesale/retail outlet, with years of growth behind them(from their 'about us ' page) just google the name and you'll get some idea of their history, except it only goes back to January of this year, never mind, check out the glowing reviews for the 600 odd items for sale on the site, strange the only items with reviews are the Jiayu S3 2 and 3gb versions, oh and they dont seem to be proper reviews either, never mind I'm sure it'll be ok, at least you can claim your money back from paypal.
there's none so blind as those who will not see
Congratulations oscarblue48. You got your money back. what was the dispute you had again please ? What would Paypal do if they did'nt have people like you ?
Surely this seller has done nothing wrong yet so why not give him a chance ? Its not thousands of phones anyway judging by his order numbers its more like 30-40 per day. Also his address is Shenzen so maybe his brother or wife works in Jiayu or there could be thousands of reasons why he has access to phones. fact is the S3advanced has been released and reason most of Aliexpress sellers havent got them yet is they are not yet back to work after New Year.
BTW thanks Mrsim for another great review for what is obviously a great phone.
Oh the only connection to Club1949 I have is I got a tracking no for my purchase S3 advanced from both Paypal and club1949 so no dispute until I have something to dispute about.
Geting a bit feisty in here...is there some 'history' that I am not aware of as a newcomer? At the very least this can be a thread about club1941.com so the main thread can be left to the actual phone.
Yes it seems silly cheap, but there is still that PayPal safety net, which you don't have at dhgate etc. It reminds me of a site called mionbuy.com -cheaper than all the others I could see BUT no PayPal which is why I didn't buy from there. I still cannot see why they would offer PayPal knowing that if everyone complains(which they will in the event of a scam) they won't see any money. Unless they have found a way to defraud people via PayPal-does anyone know if this can be done ?
So who is sticking with it and who is baling?
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And more to the point, instead of pointing out a site is too cheap , why not scrutinise somewhere like efox which effectively rips people off by simply erasing $, then printing €, and THEN they have the barefaced cheek to charge for shipping! Then you might have no choice to buy an sd card! And people buy from there! Mindboggling.
seems like a pretty honest review to me so well done for scoring a free phone! I'm not bailing just yet as surely we are protected by paypal aren't we?
was surprised to see there is no led notification as thought that was pretty standard these days and also disappointed about the poor camera(expected better) and not so good twin speakers as I chose this phone partly because having 2 speakers must be better than just one! maybe I will bail and change my order to the ecoo aurora also with twin speakers but mounted on the bottom bezel not the rear so should project the sound slightly better, might save another $10 as well