On December 19, 2003 I tried to place an order (over the phone) with go-L.com. This was an effort to debunk once and for all this hoax site. Here is what followed:
I was on the phone for a full half hour. I spoke to a woman initially and then a man when I placed my "order".
I asked for some literature on their laptop line. The woman said "they had just run out".
I asked about shipping of the big monitors and they said "they shipped in large crates with foam".
They said the reason there are no reviews is because the products are so new.
Once we placed the order, they said they would charge the account around $500 at a time as they built the machine. This is a form of credit fraud AFAIK.
The credit card number was provided four times and I was told it was approved on the fourth time.
Traffic noise could be heard in the background of the sales office.
Our product was not currently available and had to be built. They said it was delayed because parts had to be ordered and because Intel keeps pushing the date back on the chip. When asked when the original chip release date was, they did not know. When asked when the chip was expected, they did not know.
No order number confirmation was provided. No estimated date of shipment was provided. (I forgot to ask on both accounts).
The only real information provided was my email.
As of one hour later I have not received any emails about any inaccuracies in my information.
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Here is the leading debunking site:
http://plex.us/outbursts/liebermann.html
At this point, it is my opinion that something very fishy is going on. I still can't officially confirm it without a doubt, however. Many of the products they show do in fact exist, but they are DEFINITELY NOT g-L.com products. They are third party products somehow repurposed (at best) by go-L.
I'm sticking to my guns. Hoax of some kind, but exactly how I'm less sure.
I'm still waiting on that direct link to the product review, BTW.
