Do NOT use submitprice.net for airline tickets or hotel reservations. Just like the person prior to me who submitted a report about this "company", I was also scammed by them. The airline ticket prices are so tempting, but beware, after learning the hard way, that low price was essentially paying them a small amount of money up front to steal my account from me. Here is what happened:
I found an unbelievable price for an airline ticket through the submitprice.net website, less than half of what other agencies were quoting me. However, when you submit your itinerary, the ticket prices are not printed on the screen.instead you will see a message telling you "price too low to be shown" and a notice to "click here" for the ticket price. It's clever as it is tempting to see what the fare might be and that it must be good if they don't want to directly advertise the amount.
Unfortunately, if you don't heed any nagging suspicion (s) you might have, this is where you are sucked in. The ticket price is so low that instead of considering it is a scam, you take that next step after seeing the low cost and attempt to book the flight. This is where you will be asked for your billing information, including your credit card number.
If you've made purchases online, you've seen the small "lock" icon at the bottom of your screen indicating the site is secure. This icon does not appear, even though you will be assured by them that the information is secure. If you continue on with the purchase from this point, you will then receive this email from them:
"After investigation of the problems encountered by our customers today, it seems that the payment gateway we are using is not capable to meet our demand and is no longer processing our orders. We are making progress in signing new merchant contract with one of the available, but they require fat contracts and it will take a while before everything is set up and working. All new requests are put on hold and we cant to clear all currently non-paid duties (users that have agreed to our terms) via the only acceptable option Ive found - the Western Union system.
They offer secure and high privacy online credit card payments. Please go to (Western Union website address is then provided) and make the amount payable with Expedited Availability to my manager, currently on a business trip in Europe: Kalin Dikov, Radisson SAS hotel, Room 512, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria, mobile: 359888269234. All taxes and fees are to be covered by our company so please reduce them from the total amount (your ticket price is then provided). Meanwhile, it is very important to send the Western Union Money Transfer Control Number, as well as the exact amount transferred addressed to: [email protected] with a CC to [email protected] and [email protected]. Thanks for understanding and sorry for the inconvenience!"
(I submitted this word-for-word, including typos). BEWARE! There are many scams out there involving sending money to Western Union, only you never receive what you paid for.instead you are robbed of that money and quite possibly your credit card account as well. Unfortunately, I was tempted by the low ticket price, did not heed the lack of a "secure" icon at the bottom of my screen when making my purchase. Only after I received their email did I truly realize I was being robbed. The wording of the email, the request to send money to Western Union, the "manager" being in Europe on a business trip, the comment about payment gateways wanting "fat contracts"..., is anything but professional, let alone legitimate.
The only good thing for me is that I was able to cancel my credit card before any illegal charges were made on it. DON'T let these thieves do this to you. DO NOT use them and tell anyone you know who is looking for inexpensive travel not to use them. Spread the word!
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