Too good to be true?

@btaitlive its possible even cheaper, depends on location. Not easy to resell, but good if you can use it. As for scam, suggest some research into the company. I have been using one agent since 2007. Took a risk at beginning, but worked out well and I fully trust him/the company

@btaitlive yes it's quite normal and thousands have done it, best do your research on who you are buying from before you decide.

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@Wertbasiertes1

Welcome to the Expat.com forum, great to have you join us!

You're a bit late to the "scams" party, this was active last year. If you have some questions/comments, you might get more response if you start a new topic.

I don't know anything about IP blocking, but it certainly seems unlikely that these guys would bother. Certainly, as far as I know, BulgariaDirect has plenty of clients and is totally legit.

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-@Wertbasiertes1

Do they? I don't think so!!

I am in Austria and can see the website perfectly well. I have a VPN, that I can set for a load of countries and neither are blocked.

Or maybe they have had cyber attacks that were Romanian based. Many people have dealt with them satisfactorily.

@Wertbasiertes1

We can just agree to disagree, but you're kinda making a big deal of this. It doesn't seem like you know anything about the company, so you're just speculating... and speculating based on one small piece of evidence, that your IP was blocked.

Who knows why your IP was blocked? I certainly don't, and you don't seem to either. Leaping to the conclusion that company X specifically blocked my IP, and they are therefore a scam seems a bit unwarranted. I think it's good to have a bit more to go before one raises the "scammer" alert! No? :-)

They are not a big company, I don't think anybody said that. And they're not a big marketing outfit either, they have an extremely simple model: they find a Bulgarian village house (95% of the time), they buy it (I believe), and then they list it on Ebay (dot co dot uk) and nowhere else (as their website bulgariadirect dot com points at their Ebay listings for property info). You can check their Ebay feedback:

Member since 2003. 2.5K items sold. Seller Feedback (755). No negative feedback that I saw, you should have a look at the comments!

I'm not a customer, but I've bumped into them a number of times over the years, and they've always been friendly and helpful. My suggestion that they are "legit" is based on their contributions to the forum, their Ebay feedback (and long-standing membership) and the forum members who have bought from them and popped up here to confirm the purchase went smoothly without any scamming going on.

But you are free to make up your own mind, of course. And it's your hard-earned money and you are perfectly entitled to spend it however you want. And if you don't want to spend it with this company, and prefer another Bulgarian agent, that is totally your call. And I hope you find a great property at a great price (and come back and tell us all about the experience, and the agent who helped you).

@gwynj

I agree over all with youre logic. I'll do a deeper research and come back with details.

Also I will let you know about finding a new agent with who I will purchase a nice house in Bulgaria

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-@Wertbasiertes1

This has just been brought to our attention, what an interesting way to do so.

Could you perhaps have simply called and asked us to check prior to jumping to such conclusions?

Furthermore, we have not received any emails from anyone in Romania recently. Could you please provide further details about said email?

There is no discrimination against Romania here, as our (currently one and only!) Romanian client will testify!

As grahmastark1 suggests, as a result of a spike in web attacks a range of Romanian (and many other) IPs from where bot traffic originates are indeed blocked on our site right now.

If you can, try sending your IP here in a message and I'll gladly check the reason your IP is unable to access the site.

PS - just read your earlier message. We are on the trade register, you can look up past returns or anything you deem necessary to check. Remember the company name is one word and not two. I'll take a guess that's the reason you cant find it. Otherwise use the EIK: 200938648

PPS - It's impossible for you to be unable to email us. Or do you mean sending message through the site, i.e not an actual email?

Just checked the firewall and it's not just the previously mentioned range. All IPs next door were blocked, sorry Romania!

This now raises the question of why Romania isn't included when ticking the "European Union" box in the Sucuri firewall settings, unless it was an automated setting following the recent spike in web attacks.

Dear northern neighbours, we've only ever had the pleasure of welcoming one single Romanian buyer, though please be assured we certainly don't want to miss out on the next one.

Wertbasiertes1, the site should now load anywhere from Galati up to the highest peak on Mount Moldoveanu, and back down across to Bechet port for the ferry to Bulgaria! Happy (safe) browsing and best of luck with your property search!

Hello everyone,

Please note that several posts that could be misleading have been put aside from this thread.

We request members to get in touch with the service provider's customer service if they have any issue or need for info.

That said, I am permanently closing this thread as the OP posted once and never came back.

All the best

Bhavna

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