Summitt Racing Scam

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A quick look and it's not obvious. The prices are the only big giveaway (pun intended).
Amazing that a big company like Summit hasn't got an injunction and slapped the site host already.
Be careful out there everyone.

 

The scam URL is https://usa-summitracing.com/

the real URL is https://www.summitracing.com/

see the very obvious difference? Maybe if you never look at the URL of where you are browsing, you won't see it. I always look.

 

There was another phony discount site going on for Blueprint engines too, so pay attention.

Also, S & W Race Cars is out of business and from what I've heard on another forum their website was still taking online orders.

Beware!!! Things are getting crazy out there.

 

too good to be true, usually is

 

A first time visitor to Summit wouldn’t know the differance…scary

 

I almost got roped into a very similar scam, but with a big music gear retailer. I was about to pull the trigger, then I decided to type in the actual URL of the site and figured out it was a scam.

 

Worse to come. Just wait 'til AI really starts to find it's feet......

 

Suspect the Summit scam might be a test-run by Cyberdyne Systems...



I laugh now, but not so funny when someone knocks on my door looking for Sarah Connor.

Cheers,
Harv

 

Have you seen this boy?

 

I recommend using the Summit Racing App on your phone.

 

I called Summit to report it a few days ago. They had received a few calls before that. Would be easy to get ****ed in.

 

Don’t mean to be rude but if you think you can buy an engine for $46…

 

I'm offended how lazy these scams are today. It's like they're not even trying!! $46.80 for an engine? I understand English is probably not their first language, but at least learn how decimal points work if you're going to try and scam people. Nobody takes any pride in their work anymore!!


/sarcasm if you couldn't tell.

 

Are you saying that the original price of $155.99 is a lot more believable.....???

 

With $ 8 K shipping
in / to the lower 48 ! ?

I know this is & more likely scam add ,
I have seen many adds on FleaBay
Where Item quite a bit cheaper but the shipping cost makes up the difference in the price.

One thing I would like to see Summit fix is search on there web site , Its way to
Broad , 20 thousand results and it should be Only a few Hundred .

 

2 weeks ago I was at the Summit store in Georgia, the counter guy told me they are working on a complete overhaul to the catalog.

 

Which is why flea bay now takes a percentage of shipping cost also.

 

they got the message (the real summit, that is)

 

The interesting thing about that scam site is that it has thousands of items, with images too.
I ***ume AI was used to copy the real site complete with pictures.

 

Looking at the page source, this jumps out
var shop_theme = {"global":{"sections":{"header":{"settings":{"nav":{"id":454597,"***le":"顶部导航菜单"},"
Why would a US company code in those characters?

I looked at a similar Summit crate engine page and it's html.
Page and source are different in a lot of respects.

 

顶部导航菜单 means "top navigation menu"

Yeah, it's not a local job.

 

These are common scams…most i see are using 70% as the hook on a “quality” name brand product…there’s a ****er on line every minute

 

...or an unsophisticated naif.