I recently came across a website www.megadiscount-store.com and would
like to know if it is authentic as the prices seem to be too good to
be true, any ideas on how i check this without ordering?/ (they have a
minimum spend)

Dear frasermayfield-ga,

Your $5 is not enough for a researcher to conduct a full check on this
web site, but I think these simple examples should be enough to give
you some information on which to make a decision.

The site gives the copyright dates of 2002-2006, and on one page
states it was founded in 2001, and yet the domain name was only
registered on 13 march 2006 for one year. This is very suspicious.
http://whois.domaintools.com/megadiscount-store.com

The site states the company is in Rome and confusingly states is it
also registered off-shore - but does not state where. Why not? Why is
the domain name registrant apparently in the US?
http://www.megadiscount-store.com/contact.asp
http://www.megadiscount-store.com/faq.asp

They ask for payment by Western Union. This payment would be
untraceable if something went wrong. It is often used by fraudsters.
http://www.westernunion.com/info/faqSecurity.asp

The phrase "Even if we have our offices in Rome, Italy our company is
registered in an" on a Google search appears on a number of sites,
either on chat forums regarding scams or cache versions of very
similar web sites selling goods which were clearly frauds and have now
closed down.

Personally, I wouldn?t go near this site. 

I hope this answers your question. If it does not, or the answer is
unclear, then please ask for clarification of this research before
rating the answer. I shall respond to the clarification request as
soon as I receive it.
Thank you
answerfinder

Thanks for the help

And the website expires on 14. March 2007.  The outfit is not
expecting to be in business for long, also a very suspicious sign.