Scammers, in a nutshel. Purchased Aldo Casoni shoes from the store website. Ovstore charged premium for shipping supposedly via DHL. Received my package today, an eParcel containing some Chinese unbranded shoes, not even resembling the ones I ordered. The sender was a Chinese person from Guangdong province.
Ovstore also charged my account for the amount higher than stated on my invoice. The invoice was in my currency so the exchange rate couldn't be a factor.
I contacted them re the reason for the difference - didn't receive any reply. The company behind the Ovstore is lotusrealm.co.nz, pretending it's a New Zealand outfit.
Ari from Belgium seems to think it's a Dutch company. I can see it's Lotusrealm.co.nz which tells me it's a New Zealand firm.
It's most likely neither, just a website set up to fleece people of their money. I am going to report them to ACCC in Australia under scam report.
Chinese scammers tend to set up websites supposedly based in credible countries. I almost bought a pair of shoes from what was shown as a UK website. When my transation didn't go through, I rang my bank. I new I had morfe than enough funds for this transaction.
Well, the bank told me the transaction amount ($AUD600) exceeded my balance and the company was Chinese, not UK. According to the website check-out the amount was under $AUD100. I am glad I didn't have $600, so I couldn't be scammed.