Got this from Estes Industries today warning about a bogus store using their name and products. Thought it was worth sharing.
"Estes-Stores" — beware!
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I just got this email today. Went to estes-stores dot com, and it looks very valid with very good prices. I chuckled when I saw "Helicopters" on their top menu, which when you click on it takes you to "Estes 1/2A3-4T Engine Educator PkHAZ (24) for Motors" which when I checked last, I don't ever remember any model/hobby helicopters that use mini model rocket engines. Also, here is what their "about us" states - this is also hilarious:
"...Estes Online Shop.’s purpose is to inspire and educate its community through fashion, design, art and music."
I can see the "design" part, and maybe even the "art" part, but what does fashion and music have to do with model rocketry??
"...Estes Online Shop.’s purpose is to inspire and educate its community through fashion, design, art and music."
I can see the "design" part, and maybe even the "art" part, but what does fashion and music have to do with model rocketry??
dr wogz
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Fashion:
Who has the coolest shirt?
Who has the best brand shirt?
Who has the most practical shirt?!
Something other than jeans? Or jean shorts? Or cargo shorts? (I do wear a kilt to some launches!
)Music:
There is always that one song at a launch.. Whether being played, or just in your head.. Bowie.. Elton John..
There is that song, that album you play to / from launches.. that sets / closes off the day.. (or that jingle that is now stuck in your head from the quick-e-mart when you stopped for field supplies (or breakfast..))
see they fit..
"the fashionable rocketeer"
Estes Industries has sent out a message stating that there is an online retailer using the Estes name and logo under the guise of "Estes-Stores" but is not affiliated with the Estes we all know and love and is in fact a company operating out of China.
Scamadvisor.com has this to say:
Scamadvisor.com has this to say:
I got the email as well….and the grammatical errors in the (apparently) real one from Estes gave me pause as well. Whoever is writing this stuff for Estes marketing, as well as who is approving it, needs to pay better attention.
There were, at one time, small quadcopters with the Estes brand. But not since the Hobbico purchase, never mind the current ownership.
There were, at one time, small quadcopters with the Estes brand. But not since the Hobbico purchase, never mind the current ownership.
Now that I'm looking at the link address, it does look quite fishy, like it was sent from a domain that only contains the name "estes" but is not on their network/domain. I've forwarded my copy to service@estesrockets dot com asking if this is a legit "warning" and if estes-store is actually a scam or if it's legit. Mine also came from "marketing@estesrockets" dot com.
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Interesting. Mine shows [email protected]. What do you see?
Can I buy stuff for 40% less than estesrockets.com and not get screwed me over with shipping to Hawaii like AC Supply does? Maybe not...
I don’t know about music, but Louis Vuitton has some very fashionable model rockets for the chic geek.
I went to the estes-stores website and my anti virus program kicked me off of it saying it was infected.....
NeilD beat you to the thread by 1 hour
How many music threads do we have on this forum?
lots.....Music from the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000, etc
Here ya go. Would this count?
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From: https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/estes-stores.com
"Negative highlights
The website's owner is hiding his identity on WHOIS using a paid service
This website does not have many visitors
We discoved the website is served from a high risk country
This website has only been registered recently."
"Negative highlights
The website's owner is hiding his identity on WHOIS using a paid service
This website does not have many visitors
We discoved the website is served from a high risk country
This website has only been registered recently."
Diabolical.
Is NOTHING sacred these days?
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Kind of funny that estes-store dot com was already taken (for a legitimate use). So the scammer had to register estes-stores dot com.
Short of expensive, legal action, Estes can file a DCMA notice for the pages which will remove them from search engines fairly quickly. They might also try to dispute the domain name registration with ICANN which would take a while and isn't guaranteed to succeed.
Short of expensive, legal action, Estes can file a DCMA notice for the pages which will remove them from search engines fairly quickly. They might also try to dispute the domain name registration with ICANN which would take a while and isn't guaranteed to succeed.
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Dirty Sons-A-Bitches...
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Well do they have any good deals over there?
Could probably hire some bots for a DDOS attack pretty cheap....
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Probably very good. You send them money, they send you nothing.
OK, a good deal for THEM.
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What the heck did I just watch?
It's the new "Estes-Stores" advertising campaign.
