Tourist Scam – Bullied into Buying

I can not believe all you fools fall for THEESE scams!!!! Enjoy the holiday ,yes buy the cigs / alcohol. ( they are cheaper in the Spanish supermarkets) by the way. If everyone did this they will sharp be out of buisiness. I'm of Indian origin , been to los Christina's with family tried to con me also !!! Long storey short loads of verbal abuse but do you know what who cares!!!! Please don't let any bad experiences reflect the Tenerife holiday.

CASH CONVERSION FRAUD Another scam that goes completely unpunished is that of realtors who get a hefty commission for steering vacation home buyers to unscrupulous "Currency Specialists" on the promise of "great rates," which turn out to be the complete opposite. My wife and I were recently cheated out of over $10,000 by the firm of FirstRateFX, pushed on us by Wady Properties by lies and daily phone and email harassment. Instead of saving 4% over bank rates in Tenerife as promised, we paid far more in fees than any Tenerife bank had quoted us. Only the influence of a local lawyer, who does millions in business with the parent company of First Rate FX, was able to prevail upon them to obtain a partial refund. Almost half of the $10.000, however, had already been paid to Wady Properties as a commission for their "referral," and supposedly could not be recovered.

I am in Tenerife for over a month now. I really wonder how come these Indian stores among the beach line, spreading all the way from Cristianos Adeje are allowed to function ? Who allows them to function and rip-off people ? How about the africans (more than 200) stopping you in almost intimidating way offering you weed, coke and all that crap ? I will not be coming here back for sure. Tenerife is now just slowly loosing its tourism The tech store in particular that ripped me off was AMAZING in Las Americas. The Indian man sold me a tripod for 180eur. Only later I found out the same tripod is for sale at 29.99 eur all over the internet

I cannot belive that these scams have been goin on years WHY ! TENERIFE WAS MY FAVORITE PLACE NOT SURE IF I WILL EVER GO BACK IT MAKES ME FEEL SICK

Just back from Tenerife and really should have known better than be drawn in by con artists from Paradise Selections. I was looking at clothes racks at a shop (no name displayed above it) along sea walk below Bourganville Hotel, Las Americas - between D-Looks and a Pharmacia and was approached by a young tall Asian named Tony asking if I was interested in viewing football matches on a Samsung tablet (only 39 euros) The picture was very clear and I was told I would be able to view that night with wi-fi in my hotel. Paid the money then another man came to show me how to use the tablet and said that Tony was wrong and an app at 10 euros was needed, and why not buy a package of apps etc taking the total to 99 euros. So okay I paid the rest, but then talked into another model which will be easier to connect to computer back home. My wife and I are in our 70's and although use technology can be easily blinded by science. Anyway then they have to send the tablet to their workshop for Spanish to be removed and English installed - which is ridiculous, but they have our cash. As soon as we were able we looked at "ripped off in Tenerife" on internet and of course Paradise Selections and many more are listed with similar scams going back years, with some people taken for large amounts and card fraud. I did email the Tenerife Consumer people (OMIC) at macuqc@adeje.es and sent them a copy of our receipt and a phone number 604300149 that Paradise had tried to contact us when we missed an appointment with them. We returned to the shop with two friends accompanying us as several Asians seem to appear at the first sign of any disagreement and we made it clear we would not be staying and would not be paying for any additional items and that we were not entirely happy with our deal. We took the tablet, with the guarantee stamp and left. Days later we had an email from mariarv@adeje.es (OMIC) saying she had phoned Paradise Selections and that if we took the tablet back they would give us back our money. However we were flying home next morning and wanted a pleasant last evening not confrontation. We didn't expect the tablet to be brilliant for that price but we could have easily been coaxed into parting with more and more cash for add ons etc. At least OMIC took action on this occasion, so it is worth making a complaint.

Not just Tenerife, but Lanzarote as well. Playa Blanca to be precise. I was sold a Clickonica Exclusive optical lens, which is just rubbish.

Wir waren im November 2015 in Teneriffa, Puerto de la Cruz. Ich habe ähnliche Erfahrungen gemacht wie verschiedene andere auch. In dem Fotofachgeschäft in Puerto de la Cruz, in der Straße, wo Quintanta - San Telmo zusammenstoßen, wurde ich opfer eines Betruges, worüber ich das Tourismusbüro informiert habe. Der Ablauf ist gewesen, wie sie in den vorstehenden Artikeln geschildert wurden. Wortreich wurde ich in das "Fotofachgeschäft" gelockt und ebenso wortreich und geschickt hat er mir einen Filter für eine Kompaktkamera für 89,00 € verkauft. Nachdenklich bin ich später geworden und habe zuhause in einem seriösen Fotofachgeschäft nachgefragt nach einem Filter für diese Kompaktkamera. Mir wurde erklärt, dass es für Kompaktkameras keine Filter gibt, da man sie nicht aufschrauben kann. Von aufkleben war ihnen nichts bekannt.

1st October 2015 I have just been scammed in Playa de las Americas Tenerife the shop name is Paradise Selection CC Bouganville LOC 29-32 38670 Adeje . They told me lots of lies and the goods I came away with are worthless They took nearly £3000 from my credit card . I admit I was gullible , vulnerable and lacked the knowledge of technology . They tell you that PC World or Currys will uphold a guarantee for two years which is a complete lie. They told me the money would not be taken out of my account until 2020 , how stupid am I for taking these people on trust , I feel really emotional and it has ruined my holiday , the problem is that I am not a stupid Woman and they have taken my dignity and I feel worthless and helpless to do anything about it . Please be warned do not go into any of these shops or be lured with compliments drinks and meals as they only want to take as much money as possible from you .

August 2015 As we approached Sherina  Electronics, Centro Comercial San Eugenio, Local 33, Playa de Americas, X-1381968-J, Tenerife,  the shop assistant asked me what kind of camara I had ? I was interested in a 70-300 lense to which I purchased for 188€ . He then perpersuaded me the Tamron equivalent was a better quality and had a macro option to which I agreed to pay an additional 144 € . On returning home to england the next day checking prices I found the nikon costs £299 the tamron only £89 on Amazon. I was conned big style. Iwill not be going back again and will do my home work in future before making a similar purchase

WE HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM TENERIFE AND THESE SCAMS ARE STILL GOING ON DOWN ON THE SEA FRONT IN LOS CHRISTIANOS AND AMERICAS WENT IN TO BUY SOME CIGS AND HOW I WAS CAUGHT INTO BUYING A TABLET FOR 49 EUROS IS BEYOND ME ,BUT REALISING IT WAS RUBBISH I UP GRADED TOO ONE COSTING 150 EUROS THEY ARE VERY GOOD THESE INDIANS AT THE THINGS THEY DO WHY WAS I EVEN LOOKING AT THIS RUBBISH REALLY JUST GOT CAUGHT IN THE MOMENT EVEN FELL FOR THEIR TAX FREE PAPER WE NEEDED TO GET IT OUT OF THE COUNTRY BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TOMMOROW AND PICK IT UP IN THE MEAN TIME HE WOULD HAVE IT PUT IN ENGLISH FOR US TOTALLY FORGETING THAT IN SETTINGS YOU CAN CHANGE IT YOURSELF THE NEXT DAY THEY EVEN COME AND PICKED US UP FROM OUR HOTEL WE NEW IT WASNT RIGHT BUT WE STILL WENT WITH THEM ALL I CAN SAY IS IM GLAD THEY DIDNT GET ANY MORE OUT OF ME AFTER READING THESE REVIEWS AND PROBABLEY I WONT BE THE LAST ONE TO BE SCAMMED THEY ARE MENACING AND FRIGHTENING WHEN YOU WONT BUY MORE THEY SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN

We was also targeted by a shop there. It was some people from India. They were all scammers. They sold my son a Panasonic camera but it was a Pentasonic that was not worth any thing at all. I went to the shop ready to have a verbal fight with them the next day. I didn't get my money back but I almost ended up inn an fight with the store owner. The only reason I did not knock him out is because it was my vacation with my familie and I didn't want to spend that in jail. Don't ever trust an Indian shop owner, they will take your money and smile all the way to the bank!

From what I experienced having some 8,900 pound taken from our accounts for cheap copies made in PRC I think I have been very moderate.

YASHICA EOROPE EQUIPMENT IS NOT SOLD BY CURRYS PCWORLD OR ANY OTHER UK STORE.THEY ARE NOT GUARANTEED BY ANY OF THE ABOVE STORES,'SPARK CASH AND CARRY' OF TORVISCAS AND LAS AMERICAS ARE THE BIGGEST ROGUES ON TENERIFE.THEY WILL RIP YOU OFF .MY PARTNER AND I HAD OUR BANK ACCOUNTS EMPTIED BY THEM.AVOID THEIR STORES LIKE THE PLAGUE.THEY ARE THE BIGGEST ROGUES UNDER THE SUN.

On Wednesday 2nd October 2013 I made purchases from a Tenerife Store Registration number NIF X 3502125-F. CC Troya – Local 10A, Avd San Francisco Andrade Fumero, Playa de Las Americas 38600 Arona Tenerife. We were persuaded into the store by Vicky (a man) on a special offer of a Sony Camcorder and we bought this for €25 and then a further €20 for a larger recording space. We paid cash but were then told by a man called Rocky that this Sony camera was reaching then end of its shelf life because the demand was now for high definition cameras. He produced a Currys’ catalogue (that I know now was a fake) and showed us a Yashica HD 348A video cam which in the catalogue costs around £750 but they had the same one in stock that because of taxes and their enormous buying power would cost much less. We were assured that this item carried with it a UK warranty that was valid in Currys, Argos and Boots and if we bought it they would register the item with the UK retailers. We bought the item for €300 and paid with credit card and were then told that the present hard drive would only record around 20 minutes and the battery life was only an hour or less so to be really effective we would need to buy much larger hard drive and they kept insisting that this should not be confused with a memory card. Then they called David who was the owner who would have to sign and register the guarantee. He then started his sales patter as to the other items that could be synchronised with the camcorder and were essential in the long term – these were the larger hard drive (and again the Currys catalogue appeared – these were a hard drive with 240 minutes recording time, a memory stick for storage of all recordings from the camcorder, a long-life battery, a Click onica Movie Tablet and a Yashica Touchpad all with UK guarantees and in the Currys fake catalogue in UK would total £2,700 but I could buy from them for €1,448. I then paid this amount with my credit card and was told that they would synchronise all of the items overnight and I could collect them next morning at 1030 but that the bill of sale and the guarantees would take four days to come through since these were registered on line with Currys, Argos and Boots so that I would be adequately protected back home. They would email these to me and they attached my card with contact details to the bills of sale. When we did not receive these by Tuesday 8th October we went back to the store and talked with Vicky and Rocky to be told that the reason that we had h not received these was that the UK providers had not got back to them and they would sort it out that afternoon and Rocky would hand-deliver these to our hotel by next day. When these were not forthcoming I telephoned the shop and was told Rocky was on lunch and would call me back which did not happen. Since Wednesday was our last day we went back to the shop on Wednesday night and talked with another man whom we had not met before Alexander who told me Vicky, Rocky or David were not available. I told him that when I got home I would complain to my credit card company about this non-compliance and the lack of documentation. This seemed to cause concern and brought urgency to his response. He immediately telephoned Vicky and David who came to the store and assured my wife and I that the registrations were taking longer than first envisaged and that I would definitely receive these by email early next week. David pointed to their registration certificate in the store as official dealers and that since all of the items carried a ‘CE’ mark that they were genuine so there was no need for any concern. I have photographs of the store in question that I can email you. We arrived home with these items on 10th October and started to try and use them. I checked with Currys to be told that the catalogue did not represent them and was a fake and that the goods would not be covered by any guarantees in the UK and that they were more than likely worth a fraction of what I paid for them. I unpacked the items and find that the touch-pad that is necessary to use the tablet does not work properly with all of the keys on the left hand side of the board refusing to operate which makes both the tablet and touch pad unusable. I visited by local Currys Store and spoke with the team leader and their technical expert who both assured me that these were not brand names was either stocked or sold by Currys and that no warranty would be forthcoming from Currys in the event of any problems. They also examined the ‘hard drive’ that I bought as an extra and assured me this was a standard memory card. On inspection they concluded that the goods were of very poor quality and that the claims made in the shop were manifestly untrue. Fortunately when I took this case to my credit card company who requested specialist reports on the equipment which we supplied and we got a full refund. The lesson from this is that you go on holiday to relax and not to shop and if anything seems too good to be true it usually is. When buying equipment of this nature restrict yourself to buying where you can easily return to and eyeball the seller!

I warn you for MAATA RANI in Playa de las Americas, nearby Hard Rock Cafe. Sold me Yashica Ultra HD 8K Optical and Yashica Macro Objective, useless stuff. The Indian fraud me with wrong settings an my own cam, to show me the great stuff from him. I'm so furious. Never again tenerife. Hope the police stop this fuck indian scammer.