I think that many members of this forum will have encountered some of the numerous web advertisements that advertise collections of Woodworking Plans on a DVD - usually something like 16,000 Plans for $45.00, or variations on that theme. The version of these advertisements that I've most often seen is from a web site called "tedswoodworking.com", but there are many many variations on the same theme, because Ted's Woodworking is a pyramid selling scheme, and as a result there are many different web sites selling the same pirated woodworking plans, but using different web site names.
Basically, these Woodworking Plans DVDs are collections of plans and articles that have stolen from the original authors (woodworking magazines, Podcasters, Woodworking Bloggers, etc). At best, they are selling pirated plans, and some of the web sites are outright scams because people pay for the plans DVDs, but never receive the DVD anyway.
A Google search for "is tedswoodworking.com a scam" gives you thousands of responses. Tedswoodworking.com even have testimonial web sites sprooking that Tedswoodworking.com is not a scam.
If you have been unlucky enough to have fallen for this scam, then if you paid using an Australian issued Credit Card, you should be able to report the scam to your Credit Card provider and get your money back. Unfortunately, a friend in Brisbane who fell for the scam, paid using Western Union (because he doesn't have a Credit Card), so he has no chance of getting his money back. He showed me his Woodworking Plans DVD. I only looked at the first twenty or so plans, and they were mostly plans that were available for free download from the Author, or they were simply sketches with no construction details. Most were poorly made scans of old magazine articles. About 50% of the plans are normally only available for a price from the Author, so buying the plans from the scam artists deprives the authors from their income source.
Over the past year, Tedswoodworking.com has also been sending spam emails promoting their Plans DVDs. I had an email last week, purporting to come from Fine Woodworking Magazine with their logos etc, but when you clicked on the link inside the email, it takes you to Tedswoodworking.com. In the same week, I also received a very similar email purporting to come from Woodcraft Magazine, but the links in that email also redirected you to one of Ted's Scam websites.
So - simple recommendation - if you see advertisements for umpteen thousand woodworking plans on a DVD for $##.##, it's a scam !
I won't bother filling up this Thread by repeating all the warning information that is out there on this subject. Instead, I've provided some links to some good explanation by fellow woodworkers:
And there's heaps more web sites that expose this scam and advise people not to buy from these scam artists.
Please don't support these scam artists by buying their DVD's. Instead, support the woodworkers who share their knowledge and experience by publishing these plans in the first place.
Regards,
RoyG
Basically, these Woodworking Plans DVDs are collections of plans and articles that have stolen from the original authors (woodworking magazines, Podcasters, Woodworking Bloggers, etc). At best, they are selling pirated plans, and some of the web sites are outright scams because people pay for the plans DVDs, but never receive the DVD anyway.
A Google search for "is tedswoodworking.com a scam" gives you thousands of responses. Tedswoodworking.com even have testimonial web sites sprooking that Tedswoodworking.com is not a scam.
If you have been unlucky enough to have fallen for this scam, then if you paid using an Australian issued Credit Card, you should be able to report the scam to your Credit Card provider and get your money back. Unfortunately, a friend in Brisbane who fell for the scam, paid using Western Union (because he doesn't have a Credit Card), so he has no chance of getting his money back. He showed me his Woodworking Plans DVD. I only looked at the first twenty or so plans, and they were mostly plans that were available for free download from the Author, or they were simply sketches with no construction details. Most were poorly made scans of old magazine articles. About 50% of the plans are normally only available for a price from the Author, so buying the plans from the scam artists deprives the authors from their income source.
Over the past year, Tedswoodworking.com has also been sending spam emails promoting their Plans DVDs. I had an email last week, purporting to come from Fine Woodworking Magazine with their logos etc, but when you clicked on the link inside the email, it takes you to Tedswoodworking.com. In the same week, I also received a very similar email purporting to come from Woodcraft Magazine, but the links in that email also redirected you to one of Ted's Scam websites.
So - simple recommendation - if you see advertisements for umpteen thousand woodworking plans on a DVD for $##.##, it's a scam !
I won't bother filling up this Thread by repeating all the warning information that is out there on this subject. Instead, I've provided some links to some good explanation by fellow woodworkers:
- Woodwork Web has a detailed report on this scam; http://ift.tt/1B3vCL6
- Steve Ramsey, on his Youtube Channel, has a video about this scam; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpC2puasRcE#t=376
- woodgears.ca (Matthias Wandell) also has a detailed report on this scam; http://ift.tt/1DJwBgg
And there's heaps more web sites that expose this scam and advise people not to buy from these scam artists.
Please don't support these scam artists by buying their DVD's. Instead, support the woodworkers who share their knowledge and experience by publishing these plans in the first place.
Regards,
RoyG
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