Aquatraders

[MightyO]

What's going on with Aquatraders been trying to order from them for a while now

[bud29]

I've been wondering the same thing - they "anticipated to have the site back up" nine days ago.

[Oohitsae]

The last time the site went down, like 8 weeks ago, they weren't back up for 2-3 weeks. They finally got it back up but everything I needed was out of stock.
I also e-mailed them to ask when they would have the things I was looking for back in and never recieved a reply.

I don't know what's going on, but it seems like they are going down hill.

[MightyO]

That's what I think but I hope not

[pankelephant]

I read elsewhere that someone called the police in the city in which they are based. Apparently the warehouse is empty and they've left behind plenty of unpaid bills. Their number is disconnected as well.

I ordered some lights from them about 4 days before their supposed "maintenance" and haven't heard anything. I ended up filing a claim with PayPal. Aquatraders had 10 days to respond. Today is day 10. If they haven't done anything be the end of the day, I get my money back. Let me tell you - I'm sticking with PayPal for online stuff from now on.

[Oohitsae]

Wow! That's insane!!

[pankelephant]

My guess is that they ditch their warehouse periodically and set up somewhere new. They could easily create a new company with a new name while keeping the website. In fact, their parent company is actually called Gobiidirect and is based in Houston.

Coincidentally, the only other online seller of Odyssea products is topdogsellers on Ebay, who are also based in Houston. I've no idea if that means anything, it just struck me as odd.

Either way, I'm kind of glad my stuff didn't arrive. As soon as PayPal issues the refund I'll order the Catalinas should have gotten in the first place.

[MightyO]

Wow smh I just ordered a light from top dog an it just came so they are good

[pankelephant]

Good to know!

[bud29]

Just as an update, the site is back up!

[Insane4discus]

Thanks bud