November 27, 2020
Same thing happened to me. I ordered 4 of these mini-chain saws for Christmas gifts, but I received 4 hand held pruning saws. I ran the purchase through PayPal and then filed a complaint through PayPal. The first resolution offer was a $50.00 refund on a $108.00 purchase and I keep the 4 junk hand saws, which by the way he is selling on his website for $9.99. I refused. So he agreed to offer me a full refund if I sent the junk saws back. The USPS wants $63.00 to send them back to China and UPS wants $157.00 to send them back. LOL This guy is a real piece of work. He is making profit no matter what he does. I’m still waiting for a resolution from PayPal. This is my last response to them.
Not as described – claim
Case ID: PP-D-90356443
The seller has offered a full refund if I send back what he sent in error or on purpose. To send the items back to China it will cost $63.00 USPS or $157.00
UPS. This was a $108.00 transaction. What sense does this make. No matter what I do the seller still makes a profit on the transaction and I loose because of his unscrupulous tactics. His first offer was a $50.00 refund and I keep the junk he sent me. I guess I’ll have to accept that offer. If he accepts then I will be paying $58.00 for $20.00 worth of merchandise. If that’s the best that I can do then so be it.
Scammer’s website Mars196.store
Scammer’s email [email protected]
Country China
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Initial means of contact Email
Product ordered mini battery wood cutter chain saw lithium battery. Price $33.00. This was confirmed on email from Mars. Product received was cheap hand saw probable shop price $5.00. When I complained they said you ordered the standard saw! The deluxe one is $ 108.00. I referred them to their email confirming order.
Why would I order a cheap hand saw online for $33.00? Pay Pal ignored complaint. My bank refunded the money. This company has to be stopped.
Same happened to me. They are saying I picked that cheap hands as not the chainsaw. I contacted my credit card company.
exactly the same happened to me , have been offered $8 refund
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I ordered a battery mini chain saw with lithium battery 50% reduction for Xmas. Total cost $33.00. Their email confirmed this order and states battery mini chain saw wood cutter with lithium battery. 50% reduction.
One month later I received a cheap handsaw that can be bought in any shop for $5.00. I emailed the company and they had the temerity to tell me I ordered the standard saw. The deluxe one costs $108.00. Such blatant lies. This company has to be taken down. They are conning and scamming the public. This must be stopped! Fortunately I had contacted my bank as the delivery was taking too long and they refunded my money. I also contacted Pay Pal. No response from them. My advice is only deal with reputable companies such as Amazon. Do not buy from companies that advertise on social media. They are probably working from a bedroom.
I ordered rechargeable chainsaw to help in the garden, received a metal saw, ( of which I already have 2 (only £5 from morrisons), that cost over £25 not happy.
This Store is a rip off. They’ve gotten atheist a $100 off me for merchandise not recieved or recieved and was not what was ordered. Fb should pull wish from their page because that’s where this site and others are popping up at.
The mars196.store ip address no longer works
I opened case with PayPal. Please don’t buy anything from this seller! Evil to scam so many innocent buyers I hope karma will prevail!
Fraud & scammers DO NOT BUY ANYTHING from this company AS EVERYTHING IS A LIE more satisfying to flush your money down the toilet!
I ordered one when it was supposed to be buy 1 get 1 free. After 2 months the tracking never updated, and every time I emailed I got the same response. They sent me the same tracking information that I saw on line. I finally contacted PayPal and got a refund instantly because I had not received my product. I did have to provide the email that was on my receipt and explain that I paid with my credit card, but it went to their paypal account.
Country United States
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
Initial means of contact Not applicable
I have ordered a rechargeable wood cutting lithium chainsaw and what I received was hand tool wood cutting saw.
Exactly the same happened to me I lodged a claim through PayPal & received full refund. What a disgusting company total rip-off ! & thank you PayPal
Thats exactly what I got to😡
I have just done the same and I’m a pensioner who bought this for my son for a xmas present as he has a damaged shoulder so thought a small rechargable chain saw would help him trim his trees. Now I have no present as what they sent is disgusting, no money and no place to contact them!
I purchased 5 of these “LIFELIKE SHARKS” and they are garbage, not worthy of being a dog toy. When I reached out to the MARS196 company, this is their response:
Dear customer,
The shark in the video is made by a computer. There is no such shark toy in reality. What we show on the details page is the shark model we sell, which is also very realistic.
If you are not satisfied, we can give you a partial refund, thank you very much.
I have escalated this as a complaint to paypal. Mars196 has said they will give me $8. I paid $59.97 for 5 of these pieces of crap as gifts. Now they said via paypal that if I return them they MIGHT give me a full refund, and the return cost will be over $30, and it will take 9 weeks. REALLY? I want a full refund, I am glad to return these pieces of crap with a prepaid return label. I AM NOT willing to settle. ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS indicate they intentionally FRAUD their customers.
Connie,
The same thing happened to me, same product, same reply, same issue with having to ship package back for a refund. Needless to say, I didn’t send it back due to shipping cost, I didn’t get a refund and now i’m stuck with a box of toy sharks that by the way, are cheap as all get out. I was so excited about the shark I thought I was going to be able to give my mother for her 75th birthday. I’m also disappointed in pay pal for not backing me up since I do most of my business through them. It has all been very discouraging.
Please contact your credit card company directly to open the dispute. DO NOT open with PayPal they absolutely have no idea of what they are doing. I was refunded within the first 15 minutes of our conversation. I hope this is helpful.
I had same experience as all the others. purchased 2 sharks that were not interactive as video displayed. In email they stated the video was computer generated and the cheap plastic non moving sharks I received was correct item. Paypal will not refund my money unless I file a report with an agency. My police dept won’t let me file a report online. With all the complaints paypal is getting, they should be shutting down their transactions to them instead of allowing them to go through. I may still try to file a complaint with another agency.
I bought the animatronic baby shark from their facebook advert and received the hard plastic cheap rubbish too. when I messaged them they said the one in the advert was computer generated and didn’t even exist and offered me $4.00
they have denied defrauding me every time. currently have a PayPal case open with then.
Paypal won’t reimburse without me filing police reports. No one is going to do this for me. I fell for this scam too and disappointed in paypal since they have had so many complaints against them for this.
I also have a PayPal complaint open with them. Complete Scam.
I saw an online photo ad posted by Mars196 of a motorized water float at a price of $69.99. It even had a video showing how a person operating the float in a lake. We live on a subdivision lake, so we ordered two of these motorized floats. We had to wait for about 9 weeks before our floats arrived, then we opened them to discover they shipped us two standard non-motorized pool floats (can buy these at Walmart for $10/each). I immediately emailed Mars196 and got no response back. After sending several emails with no response, I filed a dispute through PayPal since I paid them through PayPal. After another 3 weeks, they finally agreed to give me a full refund if I shipped back the wrong ones they had sent me at my expense and they said I had to pay for tracking. I packaged them up, went to the post office to ship them and was told since the products came from China it was going to cost me $108 to ship them back. Why would I pay $140 +$108 just to get the two floats I originally ordered? Needless to say, I believe Mars196 does this as part of their business. They have figured out a way to charge you for something they have no intention of sending you, then they send you a cheap version knowing that you won’t pay to ship it back. So they get the big profit and you get stuck paying 6-7 times more for something you didn’t even want. This company should be shut down – they are totally misrepresenting what they are selling, ripping people off, and making big profits.
Debbie Lampman
(208) 880-1455
Same thing ad totally misleading just cheap plastic shark toy No battery digital etc page has disappeared! Saw it in etsy going to file complaint there too
Same happened to me. Wish I would’ve done more online research before I got totally scammed. Too good to be true!
These are cheap hard plastic toy sharks rigid mouth doesnt even open cannot take batteries cheap junk! Page doesnt exist now! Ill be buying A LOT less online no consumer protection
Hi to everyone! Oh my…, what an experience! I don’t even know how such frauds keep exciting, well of course we all got interested in the cool shark toy but still, how long have they been doing this? I received a cheap plastic tiny shark that can be bought on amazon for $5 and the most horrifying looking baby Yoda, my 2 year old was shocked 🤦♀️ Ugly as hell… Obviously calling the credit company to file a complaint, paid over $50 for the most cheap made toys have ever seen…, and even if as they say they can be returned or don’t meet expectations how can it be done, if there is no order slip, no return slip, not possible and now on their website those products don’t even exist?! Of course a fraud, and I got in something like this first time in my life…Good I took photos And videos with their address attached because now they can’t be found, and saved just because I was sending my husband to look at.., evidence I hope will help to stop this hopefully, i Hope everyone gets their money back and forget about all this! Just a little hiccup Even though very upsetting, good luck 😃
Same thing bought 2! Just cheap junk toys page gone csnt contact seller
Pretty much the same story as everyone else above. Total misrepresentation of the product. It’s a dollar store toy being sold as something it is not. Also, check out their responses to my refund request.
I ordered a baby shark toy. The tickle ones. All I got was a hard plastic 1$ shark toy. When asked for a refund after spending 35$ they want to refund me 4$. I don’t think so. This place is a rip off. I either want what I ordered or I want my money back. I will be posting all over social media what a joke this place is.
Yep. Me too. I’ve been going back and forth via email. Now they are up to offering $9 back. What a joke. These scammers need to be put out of business. I’m disputing the charge with my credit card company. Hopefully I’ll get my money back that way.
Bought 2 these moving sharks for$34. And we got 2pieces of small non moving cheep rubber shark toys
This company needs to be reported! I could of went to the dollar store and bought this for a dollar a piece
I have the same complaint of fraud as all of the other posts. It appears they are unwilling to fully refund, so I filed a complaint against them with my state attorney general’s office. Hope everyone else does the same.
I too bought 2 of the sharks! I could not believe what I received! I have emailed back and forth with them. They offered a $6 refund out of $40! This is total fraud!
I WAS TAKEN IN BY THE TOY SHARKS TOO. BOUGHT 2 FOR CHRISTMAS. GOT A HARD TOY I COULD HAVE BOUGHT FROM THE DOLLAR STORE. IT SAYS MONEY BACK IF NOT HAPPY, WELL IM NOT HAPPY. CAN’T GET MONEY BACK. TOTAL SCAM! [email protected] IS THEIR CONTACT EMAIL. WE SHOULD CRAM HIS INBOX WITH REVIEWS OF HIS PRODUCT. THIS IS TOTAL FRAUD!
How about we all get together and make a class action law suit ?
I am in! so mad that paypal won’t refund my money.
I ordered the life like baby shark that wiggles and growls when it’s tummy is is rubbed. Thats not what I recieved. I paid $68.90 for 2 of them. What I got were 2 small plastic sharks that do nothing. These were for my 2 grandsons birthdays and now I have nothing for them and I am out $68.90.
DO NOT ORDER ANYTHING FROM THESE SCAMMERS! I ordered a toy shark from a video I saw on Facebook. It showed the shark laughing, rolling over, and opening and closing it’s mouth, and it was very flexible. Even the website said the shark is motion activated, rolls over and sings, and requires 4 AA batteries. Fact is, it is a hard piece of plastic that does nothing…it doesn’t even have a slot for batteries. Since their site guaranteed customer satisfaction, I contacted them about returning it (I paid 35.00 with shipping). They said they would give me $4.00 back if I didn’t want to return it. What the hell. They said if I returned it, they would give me $7,00 back but I would have to pay the $30.00 shipping fee. Let me get this straight. I paid $35.00 initially and was scammed on the product. If I want to return the product and pay shipping…with my refund, I end up having to pay with shipping a total of $59.00 for the shark. Even with a refund, they are taking more money than what the original price of the item was. Return it and we get $24.00 more from you. I have fought all week with them to no avail. I finally had to escalate it to Paypal, so hopefully they will sort it out. This customer knows nothing about customer service and doesn’t take responsibility for their deceptive and misleading advertising. I have purchased from other China based companies that stand behind their guarantee, but not MARS196. I trust this companies products and guarantee about as much as I do their viruses.
Hey brother I like the 100.000 people that fell for this scam how can we get back at these Chinese monkeys ? I am so pissed. What can be done ? Get back to me
Scammer’s website mars196.store
Country China
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Initial means of contact Online classifieds (e.g., Craigslist)
This company commits complete fraud and scams. I ordered animatronic shark that were supposed to arrive in 5-15 days. Almost a full month later and several inquiries, I discovered it was company from China. When it finally did arrive, it was not what I had ordered at all. Instead of an animatronic shark, it was palm sized, cheap plastic shark you would be able to find at a dollar store. Definitely not worth the $58 I paid. After complaining I was told that they would refund me $10 without having to return the item, OR, if I wanted a full refund I would have to return the item which would likely cost ME $30+. This is a complete scam. Seller does a bait and switch on the product and then refuses to provide a refund instead saying that the buyer has to pay to return the item before a full refund will be given. Do not do business with this company! They will rip you off!
Chinese company scamme, pay 46.80 for baby 🦈 n 5 weeks later a got a little shark that has nothing to do with the one I ordered, disgusting
Ok, everybody’s been ripped by this company. Now what’s next, leave a comment here which will do no good or hope the BBB will intervene? I don’t care about the money as much as I want to see this person burn!
I feel the exact same way. I want to make it my life’s mission to take this fake, scamming company down.
Same as all of the above ! What we all NEED to do is open a Class Action Suit against this scammer and this “company”.. If they can be found. I’m sick to death of the Chinese getting our $$$ !
I saw an ad on Facebook for this robotic baby shark that moves sold by MARS196. Special offer BUY 1 Get 1 free! So I bought it for my shark loving son and when the package arrived, it contain 2 cheap little 6″ hard plastic shark toys. WHAT A SCAM! DO NOT FALL FOR THIS! No way to really return it or get a refund. Never buying anything promoted on FACEBOOK again!
The same baby shark scam got me too. Company name TOYGEAR paypal shows payment made to a Zhang Boheng. Scammers, liars, thieves & cheats in China, will never buy Chinese again.
yep i was fooled by this and have the same picture. Uggh no refund via paypal
The same thing happened to me when ordering the motorized floats and got the $10 ffloats in the mail. I contacted the company and they said I needed to pay to have the wrong floats returned and then they would Give me a partial refund of $46 When I paid $139.98 for them. This is a scam company!
I am in contact now with them for the same reasons as everyone else,but I am not laying down for this! It says right on their website,FULL REFUND WITHIN 30 DAYS NO REASON.”See the shark turn and face you and his mouth open and close as he sings!” “Featuring Synchcromotion technology:motion activated.” “Requires 4AA bateries(not included.” I am filing a complaint with PayPal to get my money back,also I am forwarding A video of the ad with their video & text to the Attorney General of Missouri (where I live) for false advertisingAlso looking into if I can file this with the F.B.I. since this constitutes International Fraud/
I have sent MANY emails to these scammers with no reply.
I’m so mad I don’t even know where to start !
Ordered this life size baby shark that had motion sensor. Shark was life like and was to move. https://mars196.store/products/lifelike-baby-shark?_pos=1&_sid=6277a42ff&_ss=r and got small plastic do nothing dollar store rubber shark.
Their response was true, non existent! Partial refund lol!
Dear Customer,
The shark in the video is made by a computer. There is no such shark toy in reality.
What we show on the details page is the shark model picture we sell,which is also very realistic.
If you are not satisfied, we can give you a partial refund.
Susan Montgomery 于2020年9月9日周三 上午6:46写道:
I got the same crap too! I am reporting and filing for a full refund too! I didnt pay for a freaking plastic toy!
They are such scammers !
I ordered the buy one get one free life like baby sharks for my grandson for $38.24 and what I received was a $5.00 hard, plastic shark that is not battery operated and is not life like but hard and immovable. This was recommended on FB and it is a total SCAM. Stay away. They do not answer their emails.
I purchased the lifelike singing baby shark for 39.00 buy one get one free. What I received was two dollar store fake plastic sharks. I complained to them and they offered me 5 dollars back or no refund at all. Their add said said money back guarantee. It’s a scam. The add show’s a battery operated robotic shark but they send a solid plastic dollar toy.
This happened to me too. Not what was advertised. I want my money back. It was supposed to be a lifelike baby shark but I got a rubber dollar store toy worth 5.00.
I ordered two of the motorized baby sharks. They arrived yesterday. What I received were two 6″ long solid baby sharks. They do nothing. I thought it was a joke and found this scammers website with everyone stating the same thing. I e-mailed them but probably won’t hear from them . Very disappointed.
We too were [censored] and fell for the shark scam except we bought 4 of them for our grandkids, so we were double [censored]. We are disputing it with our credit card company. My husband has captured both the video and pictures from their website. Along with the pictures of the actual hard plastic crap sharks should hopefully do the trick. Shame on them.
Scammer’s website Mars196.com
Scammer’s email mailto:[email protected]
Country United States
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Initial means of contact Social media (e.g., Facebook)
I fell for the baby shark like everyone else did. I lost $39 for the large shark. I always check reviews on companies; especially the ones I see on Facebook. I’ve learned my lesson. I’ll only order from reputable vendors.
I was “BITTEN” by the bogus shark for $39.00. I truly believe in Karma and know people like this will receive some misfortune eventually.
I bought the shark that was electronic and would move- instead I received small plastic sharks about 6 inches long. Scammed! They were for my grandsons – horrific! No movement just plain old plastic!
Baby shark. It’s a scam. It’s just a bit of hard cheap plastic, not motion and doesn’t take batteries. They Won’t contact me back via email after sending so many complaints. Shame on them. They need to be shut down
Same exact thing happened to me. I just got mine yesterday. Not happy!
Scammer’s website Mars.196
Country United States
Type of a scam Counterfeit Product
Initial means of contact Social media (e.g., Facebook)
I ordered a lifelike motion activated baby shark and what i received was a hard plastic non-motion activated shark. The shark does not even take batteries. Definitely a scam. They will not reply to my email attempts to contact them. They need to be shut down. I paid through PayPal and I don’t know if they will refund my $24.96 or not. The two pictures are completely different.
The exact same thing has happened to me. I’m mortified and digusted that they would do that to someone. It ended up costing me $53 Australian dollars. It gives a bad name for all online shopping. Have you had a reply yet or should I just go to consumer affairs?
Mars196.store is a complete scam. I agree 100% this store/merchant is not to be trusted. Please get the word out to as many people as possible. I ordered a motorized Inflatable Swimming Pool Lounger for $80. When the package arrived it was a $20 float for a swimming pool. I contacted them about receiving the wrong product. I was told this was not their fault but the fault of their warehouse. I was also told they no longer had the product and sorry for the inconvenience. When I reached back to ask how they were going to fix the problem. I was told they would offer me $25 for my trouble or I could send it back to China at my expense. I replied with I am willing to even take $50 and call it even, the reply was no send the product back and that would be my only choice to get any of my $80 back. I was so shocked I could not believe it. Please warn everyone possible.
I ordered two motorized pool floats for $69.99 each and they sent me two pool floats I could get at Walmart for $5 each. They said I can return the ones they sent me but I would have to pay shipping. SCAM COMPANY!
I’ve seen their ads on Facebook for a baby what you that looks adorable. Facebook needs to cancel these scammers. After all, they censor everyone else.
I purchased two of the motorized floats for $69.99 each and received two much cheeper non motorized floats that can be bought online for $13. The add on their website said 100% Money Back Guarantee. I contacted the seller and complained and they said I would have to pay to have the wrong units sent back before they would give me a partial refund. They said that was their policy when their adds stated 100% money back. I asked for a 100% refund as stated in their adds for the motorized floats plus a prepaid shipper label for the inferior cheeper units they shipped me. I also sent all information to PayPal explaining that I was not sent the units I paid for and they sided with the seller saying I did receive something. Not at all good customer relations from Mars196 or PayPal. Im out $139.98 and have two $13 floats I did not order and I don’t want.
I had the identical experience. Saw an add for motorized inflatable pool lounger at a discount on Facebook. Decided to lookup the sellers web site (Mars196.store), verses ordering from Facebook. Their site looked like one of those sites that offers many unique items. Their price was stated as “Special” and was about 50% off list. The total was around $70 so I took a shot. Took about 4 weeks to be delivered but it was not what I ordered. It was an inflatable pool seat (not motorized) which I could buy for $23 on Amazon, which is also not even listed in their web site. I tried to return for refund and when reading their return policy, discovered that I had to mail it back to an address in China at my expense and only then they will decide if they want to give me a refund. I sent many emails to the only contact information provided (no phone number) and have heard nothing. The scam is a bate and switch, selling something at a great discount for a price that would make it not worth mailing to China for a refund, then ship you something much cheaper, making a great profit. The lesson learned, which I need to warn people of, is to be careful of anything advertised on Facebook or Twitter and read the return/refund policy before you purchase to see if they need you to return it to China instead of where it was shipped from, if so, it’s a scam and run.
I am afraid I have also been scammed – several weeks now and I have not received anything. They offer a package tracking app but you have to install special software on your computer, I am afraid the software is some type of spyware so I have not tried to load it. There is no conventional way to track the shipment
Scammer’s website Mars196.store
Country United States
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Initial means of contact Internet messaging (e.g., WhatsApp)
Saw an add for motorized inflatable pool lounger at a discount on Facebook. Decided to lookup the sellers web site (Mars196.store), verses ordering from Facebook. Their site looked like one of those sites that offers many unique items. Their price was stated as “Special” and was about 50% off list. The total was around $70 so I took a shot. Took about 4 weeks to be delivered but it was not what I ordered. It was an inflatable pool seat (not motorized) which I could buy for $23 on Amazon, which is also not even listed in their web site. I tried to return for refund and when reading their return policy, discovered that I had to mail it back to an address in China at my expense and only then they will decide if they want to give me a refund. I sent many emails to the only contact information provided (no phone number) and have heard nothing. The scam is a bate and switch, selling something at a great discount for a price that would make it not worth mailing to China for a refund, then ship you something much cheaper, making a great profit. The lesson learned, which I need to warn people of, is to be careful of anything advertised on Facebook or Twitter and read the return/refund policy before you purchase to see if they need you to return it to China instead of where it was shipped from, if so, it’s a scam and run.
Wish I would of seen this prior to ordering! My pool float just arrived and yes, it’s not as pictured! They should be shut down! scammed!
Victim Location 07066
Total money lost $70
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Found the advertisement on Facebook. Ordered a motorized pool lounger for adults. Looks really cool. Scammer uses PayPal. Took about 3 to 4 weeks to arrive and it is a baby inflateable pool float. Horrible. Can’t contact to return. This person is listing this under different names/ads.
Same thing happened to me. I logged a complaint with PayPal, hope they can help. The return policy says not to return back to where it was shipped but rather ship it to China then if they accept the return they will give a refund. The only contact is via email and they never respond. They shipped a $23 item that is not even listed on their website. Stay away from this site they are a scam.