Letter from Nike Regarding Soccertriads Maxxsoccer Soccerscorpion selling fake shirts
by Leigh
I have been meaning to write about this website/individual/company for some time. I believe they work under a number of names.
EDIT: Please do not buy from any of the fake shirt sellers discussed in this blog. 24/07/13
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Basically they are websites that sells football shirts at crazy prices. i.e around £20. Anyone that’s bought a replica in recent times is probably thinking that its the deal of the century. At the time of writing I am ordering the new Nike England Shirt from Sports Direct for my son that has names and numbers printed and in exchange i am handing over the princely sum of £52.99 to Mike Ashley without shipping!! So were talking about real discount prices.
Current SoccerScorpian webpage selling next season Barca shirt for £18
In the past i have bought shirts from Soccer Triads on two previous occasions. The first time i thought they were legit. Laughable really but yes i thought they were just cheap. So I’ve had adults size Barcelona from 3/4 years ago and the Dragon away shirt for Inter Milan a couple of seasons back. Both were of reasonable quality. Stitching on the badge of the barca one was a bit suspect. But overall first impressions were good. Having said that the numbers on the Inter one fell apart after a few washes. I looked for the shirts earlier but it appears that I’ve thrown them out or sent to the charity shop, so cant upload any picture of them, unfortunately.
After the Inter purchase i did Google the company for feedback, particularly after i contacted the site to basically complain about the quality and received a ‘shirty’ response. During my googling i found the blog of Leonard Challis and in particular this blog entry from 2010.
http://blog.leonardchallis.com/web-sites/dont-buy-from-soccertriads-com/
It’s a fairly amusing but true account of his experience with the site. He intended to get the England shirt prior to World Cup 2010 and received it after we had exited the tournament. In a gesture of good will Soccer Triads offered Leonard a discount if he used the site again and provided him with a discount code. The code was ‘CUN2’. Its well worth a read of the blog to get the full story on his dealing with the site.
Now, despite my experience of the site and the knowledge that they give bad customer service I still decided I would go back for a third time. So at the turn of the new season 2012 i opted to order the Santos replica shirt with none other than Neymar Jr on the back. How cool was i going to be? A thirty year old chap impressing all the cool kids with a shirt no one else was sporting (still haven’t seen anyone wearing one). I took the plunge and made the investment of £24.00. For clarity i will now provide a time line of events from that moment.
- 20/09/2012 – Order made for £24 (via Google checkout)
- 26/09/2012 – Email stating dispatch (6 days to dispatch)
- 26/10/2012 – I contacted the seller via google checkout enquiring where my goods were (dispatched 1 month ago)
- 05/11/2012 – Second chase up email through google checkout
- 06/11/2012 – Response from seller (Kevin) through google checkout, below
Hi,
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Our support has now changed to a ticket system and EMAILS ARE NO LONGER BEING REPLIED TO. Please open a ticket here: http://soccertriads.hesk.com/index.php?a=add and quote the order number.
Thanks & regards
- 06/11/2012 – Replied and advised that i would only contact through Google checkout.
- 13/11/2012 – Emailed through Google checkout around lunchtime to complain about another week going by and plainly asking whether i am going to receive it or not. (7 weeks since shipped)
So its pretty obvious that i wasn’t a happy camper at this point. The shirt had been dispatched 7 weeks ago. It should have been able to arrive within this time from anywhere in the world even with the cheapest shipping deal possible. The seller was not happy to discuss the order through the Google checkout system presumably as the message would be stored and could be monitored by Google checkout. I’m sure had i opened a ticket on his site to discuss the order he would have just fobbed me off. That day i got home to find a letter in the post. As i pulled out the letter from the envelope i immediately noticed the Nike logo in the corner, big boy shit.
As you can see from the letter below the package of one shirt had been detained by the UK Borders Agency at Heathrow airport. They confirmed the goods were counterfeit. They requested that i abandon ownership of the package and return a signed document by email within 3 days of the received letter. In addition to this they advised that Nike reserves all rights to issue proceedings seeking an injunction, damages and costs. Woah, breath mate.
Letter from Nike
First things first, i considered the facts. I wasn’t getting my Neymar Jr shirt. Disappointing, but i wasn’t going to accept losing my £24 particularly with possible costly legal battle vs Nike.
- 13/11/2012 – I requested a refund via Google checkout, including scanned images of the correspondence by Nike.
- 16/11/2012 – Response by Google Checkout to confirm refund and to advise that they no longer allow Soccer Triads to process orders vis their site.
So that was sweet, i got my refund. But i had to address the issue of the Nike letter. What annoyed me wasn’t that they had confiscated a counterfeit item. It was what they had accused me of being. The letter asks me to sign a document that confirms that i will no longer be importing counterfeit items. I’m sorry but hold up a minute. Am i importing goods? Hell no. I merely purchased a single item on a website that portrayed that they were a genuine outfit, even Google were processing the orders!. In my mind that is a massive difference. I sent an email on the same day to the address provided in the letter. I advised the addressee that i was disgusted with the tone and the accusation within the letter. I got no response. A few days letter i sent a chase up email. And again a few days later. In all email i requested an apology. I would have continued had it not been that i stumbled across this article on-line.
One of the craziest story ever. A guy buys a pair of trainers on-line. They turn out to be fake. Nike sues the guy for trademark infringement and WINS. Judge determined that it was irrelevant that the guy did not know they were fake. Come on that makes a mockery of the justice system. People in the wrong, the manufacturer and the vendor. Not the customer!!!!! Take this scenario. I walk down to my local second hand car dealer. I buy a motor without doing a HPI check of my own. I take the salesman’s word on the motor. I then get stopped the next day by the old bill for driving a stolen vehicle. Who is in the wrong? Am i the criminal for being in possession of the car? Hell No. Here are the facts. Someone stole the car, who is the criminal. The salesman was negligent for not ensuring the vehicle was legit or sold knowingly. Whereas i was just naive about the whole thing. This is exactly the same as Soccer Triads and Co. I’d like someone to give me a common sense reason or explanation as to why I’m wrong, not technical bullshit or jargon, shoot.
SoccerTriads current Facebook page 4k ‘likes’ and recent posts
So basically i decided to leave it be and see how it went. I haven’t heard anything since and hopefully i wont. Its definitely turned me off buying stuff on-line in this way ‘just in case’. The joke of this story is that the vendor continues to operate, as i said he just changed the name of the site and sells thousands of shirts each month on a world wide basis. I bet Nike haven’t done a thing to him.
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I once looked into the company and it was registered to an address in scotland, well the google checkout account was.
And the shirts fly in from Thailand or somewhere.
Thanks for the link to my blog. It certainly is an eye-opener isn’t it. I’m surprised they’re still going – regardless of how many times Google have been told about them.
No problem. I think they have been going for about 5 or so years? without being reprimanded. Which when you think about it, is incredible.
What else is interesting is that, though Google Checkout have stopped them using their service, they have just moved over to 2Checkout. I wonder how long until they shift again?
I also have a feeling (at least some) of the letters sent may even be fake (irony right there) but regardless it’s a totally messy situation. Maybe it’d be worth us getting in touch with both 2Checkout and their web host…
I guess they will move once someone puts in a complaint.There must be hundreds of ways of processing cash on-line. So i would guess that the fella in charge wouldnt lose much sleep in that respect.
Their web site is hosted by some service named “ipchina163.com” – when you go to http://ipchina163.com/ you get a very dodgy looking 1st sneakers page. I reckon this is a lot bigger than some dudes sitting in a room in their house selling dodgy shirts.
You would assume from that site that they probably have hundreds of sites flogging moody gear..
I’ve bought a few shirts from Soccer Triads in the past and they’ve been really good. I doubt they are real but you cannot tell and they’re over half price too. Haven’t bought one in a while though after I ordered a Santos Neymar Jr shirt and it did not arrive. Luckily I got a refund.
So we had the same idea on the Neymar Jr. They are definitely not real. But, yeah you couldn’t tell that they are snide.
I luckily got a good deal on eBay for one not long after. I never really get current season shirts now as they’re just too expensive bought from proper shops.
I do agree that the prices are so excessive nowadays. They seem to be so expensive for what they actually are. As a pal of mine said once ‘there just a cheap Nike t shirt with an extra badge stuck on and they’re charging an extra 30 quid for that badge.
I order off them all the time are they are perfectly fine.Never had any problems. Would defo advise to purchase from them.They are same standard as the real thing, only difference is you dont have a company making a killer profit. A child in Thailand gets paid £2 a month to make these shirts and Nike bang them out at £70.00 a pop!!! Who is the real criminal???
Interesting comment. The fact that they look comparable to the real thing doesn’t escape the fact that they are counterfeit. If the Nike kids are getting £2 a month what are the Soccer Triads kids getting? It must be all pro rata. Either way.The key issue here is who is in the wrong? You just said that you regularly use them. Would you describe yourself as an importer of counterfeit goods? Nike would.
Hi, For the best quality shirts I use http://www.aliexpress.com – strike up a conversation with a seller and they will be only too happy to help. I’ve ordered a dozen or so shirts since 2012 and only had a problem with the sponsor logo on one but was given a free replacement. Shipping is sometimes free to UK via china air – takes less than 2 weeks.
ive been thinking in buying form aliexpress but people often say its untrostworthy. donty you have problems with costums ?
The fact that they come straight from china, tells you all you need to know.
Unlike ebay the seller does not get paid until you confirm safe receipt. I think you get around 30 days before the money is released to the seller or you can set up a dispute.
ALL my orders so far have been received safely.
I now use the site more than ebay.
I once bought a Tablet from AE. Thats a funny story in itself (for another day) and therefore i am not a fan. Despite the fact, it’s definitely going to be counterfeit there all kinds of tax issues that you can get nobbed for on delivery.
Did you send the letter back to nike as well as emailing them? what happens if you ignore the letter?
No, i did not send the letter back. The reason i didn’t was because i felt what they were asking me to agree with was wholly wrong, inappropriate and inaccurate.
i run a facebook page soccertriads sell fake shirts. i too received a letter re: my goods being held by customs. it was from adidas though. these companies need shutting down. i have posted a link to this on the facebook page.
Cheers pal.
I have had numerous shirts from soccer triads …. Bought one 29 July from soccer scorpion money gone out of account but no shirt !!! What do I do
Depends how you paid. The tip online these days is if you can pay by paypal then do.
i have been ripped off buy maxxsoccer 2 lpool shirts last season
I got scammed from Soccertriads, soccerscorpion recently. Nothing held by customs just no shirts sent.
Kevin is a serious scam artist, and should be doing 30 years in prison. Even if you are selling counterfeit, do it genuinely and do not scam the customers who are paying you.
NEVER order from them, because you are taking a real gamble with your cash.
I just wish Kevin was in the UK, because I would hunt him down like a dog, and teach him a serious life lesson for scamming me.
Just to add to that, it is pretty easy to cost Kevin, and his cohorts a lot of money in the search engines, and as professional marketers, I will be instructing my team to do just that.
Hope the £43 was worth it Kevin…. 😉
I had an issue last year with a shirt. Kevin said the shirt had shipped. I asked for tracking after 30 days.. He couldn’t provide so I contacted google wallet about the issue. The next day he refunded my purchase. I made sure I put in counterfeit shirts in the complaint.
Another shirt site (knightofjersey.com) did it this year and I had to do the same with paypal and also post on their facebook account how they rip people off. Kept doing it and they refunded the next day.
I ordered 2 Celtic Away tops last year, they never came despite Kevin constantly telling me they were due in stock, in the end and after a 2 month wait I requested a refund and got it within 24 hours.
Even strangely the tops in question did come into stock a few days later, I ordered again and lo and behold they came.
I am not sure if they go out of their way to rip people off but they can be economical with the truth when they need be.
Overall the quality is the same as the original but stay away from printing as thats not up to the same standard as official outlets
Hi, I have 4 sons wanting full kits for Christmas. Foolishly dealt with SoccerTriad last year without doing reviews first. Just started looking for this year and stumbled across “Total Sports.” Does anyone know if these are legit?? Don’t want to make the same mistake.
I’ve used them 10 times. Of course they are Ricky Lakers, but they do