Dodgy Site, or what…..

[Jensen]

Eccoukeshoe.com came up in search history when I searched for Ecco golf shoes. They have various pairs, but the pricing is ridiculously cheap. It looks fake as a comma is used instead of full stop for pricing. In addition there is no contact telephone number or address. The site address also has a padlock.
if it’s too good to be true it usually is, but out of curiosity has anyone ever come across them before ?

 

[rudebhoy]

Came across it last week. Incredibly dodgy!

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I would ask myself why a supposed UK retailler is using a .com address instead of .co.uk.

Just read the returns spiel, and the rather poor English and punctuation.... says all you need to know

 

[tugglesf239]

I would ask myself why a supposed UK retailler is using a .com address instead of .co.uk.

Just read the returns spiel, and the rather poor English and punctuation.... says all you need to know

To be fair. Plenty of very legitimate UK retailers use .com addresses.

I work for one incidentally.

 

[Bratty]

I would ask myself why a supposed UK retailler is using a .com address instead of .co.uk.

Just read the returns spiel, and the rather poor English and punctuation.... says all you need to know

Yeah, avoid johnlewis.com for sure! ?
You're right about the poor English though.

 

[Foxholer]

Absolutely dodgy!
Shipping & Returns are the 'best' area to identify such sites and, in this case, not only is the English poor, but they also mention Ladies Swimwear - which Ecco does not sell!

 

[rulefan]

Eccoukeshoe.com came up in search history when I searched for Ecco golf shoes. They have various pairs, but the pricing is ridiculously cheap. It looks fake as a comma is used instead of full stop for pricing. In addition there is no contact telephone number or address. The site address also has a padlock.
if it’s too good to be true it usually is, but out of curiosity has anyone ever come across them before ?

This site can’t be reached
Check if there is a typo in eccoukeshoe.com.

• If spelling is correct, try running windows network Diagnostics.

DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

 

[Baldy Bouncer]

Absolutely dodgy!
Shipping & Returns are the 'best' area to identify such sites and, in this case, not only is the English poor, but they also mention Ladies Swimwear - which Echo does not sell!

Really?
You being the King of Pedants.

 

[Foxholer]

Really?
You being the King of Pedants.

I'm happy to renounce my 'throne'! In your favour of course!

 

[Oddsocks]

I would ask myself why a supposed UK retailler is using a .com address instead of .co.uk.

Just read the returns spiel, and the rather poor English and punctuation.... says all you need to know

I used to run a mail order company but because I shipped across Europe purchased and traded under a .com domain. It’s pretty common.

 

[Raziren]

Eccoukeshoe.com came up in search history when I searched for Ecco golf shoes. They have various pairs, but the pricing is ridiculously cheap. It looks fake as a comma is used instead of full stop for pricing. In addition there is no contact telephone number or address. The site address also has a padlock.
if it’s too good to be true it usually is, but out of curiosity has anyone ever come across them before ?

Never heard of them but too many red flags. No address, basic English mistakes & it is clearly translated from another language e.g. they call the corona pandemic the crown pandemic (corona is Spanish for crown). I wouldn't touch them. It's not so much you might not get what you ordered, but it's where my credit card details are going (or being sold to).

A lot of websites including John lewis, Google & even this forum have a padlock and usually a HTTPS instead of HTTP at the start of the web address. The S stands for secure and means the website should be safe when you share data e.g payment details. I think companies have to pay for this extra security which encrypts your data. You should really look for this when buying online but it's still no guarantee going by this website.

If i was shopping on a legit european website I wouldnt worry about the commas in numbers - they do this in Europe.
"When we write numbers in English we use commas where continental European countries often use points, and points where continental Europeans use commas.
So, for example, while many continental Europeans would write 45.678,90 (forty-five thousand, six hundred and seventy-eight and 90 cents), native English speakers would write 45,678.90."

 

[Golfnut1957]

I can confirm that it is dodgy as I bought street shoes from them. To be fair they were only slightly cheaper than a well known high street outlet shop which didn't have my size.
After buying them I thought let's have a look at the golf shoes. It was when I saw that the Biom 2 Yak leather Goretex lined shoes were only £80 the alarm bells rang. I contacted my bank immediately, but they had the cash which took quite a bit of chew to get back.
One of the contributory factors in not thinking anything untoward about the site at the time was that after googling the specific shoe they were advertising them for sale in a Google Ad at the top of the results page. I wrongly assumed that this made it all genuine. I reported this to Google, but it turns out I was wrong on every account and that Google are not interested in scam sites. Lesson learnt.
N.B. I did receive a scarf of them.

 

[Orikoru]

Definitely not genuine, and for some reason this has been going on for a while with Ecco specifically:

https://forums.golfmonthly.com/threads/cheap-eccos.104323/

https://forums.golfmonthly.com/threads/scam.107384/

If you want Eccos, go to their official site or a retailer you already know, such as Clubhouse Golf etc.

 

[Beedee]

Never heard of them but too many red flags. No address, basic English mistakes & it is clearly translated from another language e.g. they call the corona pandemic the crown pandemic (corona is Spanish for crown). I wouldn't touch them. It's not so much you might not get what you ordered, but it's where my credit card details are going (or being sold to).

A lot of websites including John lewis, Google & even this forum have a padlock and usually a HTTPS instead of HTTP at the start of the web address. The S stands for secure and means the website should be safe when you share data e.g payment details. I think companies have to pay for this extra security which encrypts your data. You should really look for this when buying online but it's still no guarantee going by this website.

If i was shopping on a legit european website I wouldnt worry about the commas in numbers - they do this in Europe.
"When we write numbers in English we use commas where continental European countries often use points, and points where continental Europeans use commas.
So, for example, while many continental Europeans would write 45.678,90 (forty-five thousand, six hundred and seventy-eight and 90 cents), native English speakers would write 45,678.90."

No it doesn't. The S does indeed stand for secure, but it means the transfer protocol is secure, NOT that the receiving site is secure. All it means is that your details will reach the receiving website without being read by anyone else en route. The receiving website could be deeply dodgy. Getting a certificate for the S is trivial.

I agree 100% with the red bit. NEVER share your details on a site that doesn't use HTTPS, as your details can be read by anyone on the path between your computer and the server, but NEVER assume that HTTPS sites are automatically trustworthy just because they use HTTPS.