A year ago I almost ordered a pair of skis from 123mountain. They claimed to have them in stock when almost all other retailers did not. Fortunately I did some research before submitting the order and figured out they were likely scammers.
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Re: The Husband-And-Wife Team Behind the Web’s Most Infuriating Outdoor Retailer
#12Can't find an item anywhere else, yet one place claims to have dozens in their warehouse? You can almost rest assured that this one place isn't a special unicorn that has items no one else has. What you can reliably bet on is that there's some scamming going on somewhere in the process. I can't tell you how it's going to go, but at some point the company is going to behave dishonestly. Take these guys as an example:…
While it is smart to take precautions, it still doesn't change the fact that the operation is nothing but fraud, and the people behind should go to jail.
I was not arguing that the two are mutually exclusive.