Anyone ever dealt with (bought parts from) Pearlz Group?

[Tyblat]

Just like the title says..never heard of these guys before but they have some parts that I've been trying to source for quite awhile. I posted my WTB ad in the classifieds and they got back to me pretty quick, Was going to give them a shot but I was curious as to if anyone has dealt with them before and how the experience was?

[ADDirishboy]

Couldn't find their website. Only thing I found was their facebook page, and it only has 39 people who *like* them. I'm gonna go ahead and say to stear clear.

[Tyblat]

Yeah, all I could find was the facebook page as well. They messaged me via email about the WTB ad I posted. I'm skeptical at best right now.

[Bmore-coupe]

When it sounds too good to be true, it probably is

[Dattebayo]

Your name makes me think of Romeo and Juliet. You trying to spell it wrong?

[Tyblat]

Your name makes me think of Romeo and Juliet. You trying to spell it wrong?

haha, no. I've got that before. It's just a name I made up in all honesty.

[Tyblat]

Has anyone gotten an email reply from these guys that has posted in the WTB section? They have emailed me twice in the past 16 hours asking me if I want to buy the part. They said they take paypal, but with no one having heard of them this does seem fishy at best.

[Tyblat]

Alright, Detective work so far. I sent a reply email asking for the paypal address. They gave me "[email protected]" so, I took this address, plugged it into my paypal, and it told me the person's name associated with the account. "Donna Mask."



So I took the name "Donna Mask" and combined it with the keyword "Pearlz" and did a google search. Low and behold what comes up as the first link.





Judging from the description under it, This "donna mask" left a comment on the wall of "Pearlz Group" on October 2nd at 8:52 A.M. so I clicked the main link and went back to the date under the description...nothing, not there. everything else was, but that comment was a ghost.






so alright, lets dig a little deeper shall we? Luckily google keeps snapshots of a webpage through time. So, taking googles good ole time machine back into the earlier days of the internets, I found the comment left by this person asking if they "built cars"



Now, I find it very fishy that someone that operates the paypal account for this business would be posting on the wall of said business asking that. so my thoughts?

I hope the mods can alert people to be careful when dealing with these people, Luckily I found this so hopefully no members will fall victim to it.