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Title: Does this seem too good to be true? (Mod Edit: It most likely is)
Post by: aircav on 02 January 2021, 12:13:53 PM: Saw this free brush set at paint miniatures now, never heard of this web site before I saw the link on FB!

Seems too god to be true though

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https://paintminiaturesnow.com/scriptliner-brush-set45039968
Mod Edit: Link deactivated to avoid accidental clicking.
Title: Re: Does this seem too good to be true?
Post by: Daeothar on 02 January 2021, 01:35:23 PM: Always wary when I see things like this... ::)

I'm prone to go with the age old adage 'if it looks too good to be true, it probably is...' here.

I think I saw something about the set being free with your first purchase (when scrolling way down), so that might be the catch?

And this may be personal preference, but I never liked these very long bristles, so I would be giving this a wide berth, but YMMV...
Title: Re: Does this seem too good to be true?
Post by: BZ on 02 January 2021, 02:50:22 PM: No company name, no adress, no phone number... Smells like swindle.
Title: Re: Does this seem too good to be true?
Post by: robh on 02 January 2021, 06:23:50 PM: No accreditation on the "quotes" either.

Swindle.
Title: Re: Does this seem too good to be true?
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 02 January 2021, 06:33:28 PM: More than a bit dubious. Possibly a data gathering honeypot, with maybe something iffy going on about the shipping & handling fees.

I removed the active link from the OP.
Title: Re: Does this seem too good to be true?
Post by: pixelgeek on 02 January 2021, 06:35:58 PM: Quote from: aircav on 02 January 2021, 12:13:53 PM
Saw this free brush set at paint miniatures now, never heard of this web site before I saw the link on FB!

If it is on FB the. It is most likely a scam.
Title: Re: Does this seem too good to be true?
Post by: Tactalvanic on 03 January 2021, 10:26:05 AM: Privacy policy is a generic, fill in the blanks pdf copied from somewhere, they have not filled in the blanks ( I have just been working on some so it stands out instantly (insert company name here) etc, littered through it)

Returns policy they have filled in some as it only needs the website name for those bits.

same with T&Cs

site hosted on amazon aws somewhere, I don't know the company providing the dns hosting, but not amazon, although they might be paying amazon for hosting websites in association (resell)..

its the landing page of the website, you don't get anywhere else with out going further in purchasing, so not like they are selling anything else

brushes are "free" postage/shipping is not, no indication of those charges without going further. Not doing that...

Even if its only purchase scam, guarantee they are not worth the shipping charges....

Also I am sure the photoshopped pictures include pictures of painted miniature and/or bust I have seen somewhere else before, and might have had nothing to do with those brushes...
Title: Re: Does this seem too good to be true?
Post by: The Dozing Dragon on 03 January 2021, 10:31:52 AM: I looked a few days ago and assume it is a spam... I fell for an Iron Man figure a while back... wonderful one advertised, terrible plastic one sent... more fool me. Fortunately I paid by credit card and got the money back.* The company had offered a number of partial refunds if I sent the figure back at my expense... hence I went to the card company.

*anyone need an Iron Man figure?
Title: Re: Does this seem too good to be true?
Post by: Tactalvanic on 03 January 2021, 10:47:38 AM: Quote from: The Dozing Dragon on 03 January 2021, 10:31:52 AM
*anyone need an Iron Man figure?

free shipping?

no, no thankyou

It's a shame we have to see this kind of thing so much now, and have to stop, think, discard etc, so much tat, so little money others want that we need to spend on proper shiny, so little time to paint it.

Read an article recently, and think BBC aired a news doc on similar regards youtube/facebook etc and over "motivators" being sponsored to promote products and how many of them either don't have the staff or time to vet the sponsership requests, or if they do, how unscrupulous some (not all - some are actually very efficient at simply rejecting the crap requests) of them are regards, yeah sure, pay me and I will push your tat to my "followers".

Similar to with posts on pinterest and other "social media" resources.
Title: Re: Does this seem too good to be true?
Post by: Dr DeAth on 03 January 2021, 01:00:22 PM: It's not free shipping - I filled out the first part of the form with some random details and went to step 2 and there's a £7.30 shipping and handling charge for 1 set, £14 for 4 sets or £21 for 8 sets.

Someone's making a nice profit on some (probably) cheap shoddy brushes. lol

I won't be buying them.
Title: Re: Does this seem too good to be true?
Post by: Dags on 03 January 2021, 01:19:55 PM: Saw this ad this morning on FB.... the comments on there rip it to shreads
Title: Re: Does this seem too good to be true?
Post by: Tactalvanic on 03 January 2021, 04:21:19 PM: Quote from: Dags on 03 January 2021, 01:19:55 PM
Saw this ad this morning on FB.... the comments on there rip it to shreads

Good, I don't facebook, so good to here its getting canned for what it is, disserves nothing else :)