Dear Realb,
I would advise against doing business with this company for the following reasons.
On their website they claim they have years of experience and are one
of the fastest growing companies.
?At MivaStyle.com, we believe in service with a smile. With years of
experience and a track record as one of the industry's fastest growing
companies, MivaStyle.com has what it takes for continued success.?
http://www.mivastyle.com/about.php
NOT TRUE
NO company by the name of Miva Style or Mivastyle or Miva-Electronics
or Miva Electronics is registered at the California Secretary of State
Business Portal
The information supplied by the California Secretary of State Business
Portal is current as of "JUN 02, 2006" and is updated weekly .
http://kepler.ss.ca.gov/list.html
DOMAIN SEARCH
A whois search shows that Mivastyle.com has only been online for 37 days.
http://whois.domaintools.com/mivastyle.com
The domain name for Mivastyle.com has only been registered very recently.
Created: April 30, 2006
Expires: April 30, 2007
This is suspicious. Generally, a dishonest company registers a domain
for a short period of time and then discards it.
Another red flag:
This company doesn?t provide their registrant information.
A reputable company would provide their name, address and telephone
number. They would have no reason to conceal it.
Registrant:
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
Administrative Contact:
Private, Registration
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
Mivastyle.com only provides ?Domains by Proxy? as their registrant
information and ?Private? as the administrate contact. They do not
want to reveal their true contact information.
http://whois.domaintools.com/mivastyle.com
CONTACT INFORMATION
Regarding the addresses provided on their website:
http://www.mivastyle.com/contact.php
They claim their warehouse address is: (For Product Returns)
Miva Electronics Inc.
717 S Los Angeles St
Los Angeles, CA 90014
However this address is listed as:
Giorgio Brutini Suit Retailers
NEW WAREHOUSE
717 SOUTH LOS ANGELES ST
LOS ANGELES, CA 90014
(213)-623-6570
http://www.giorgiobrutini.com/news/news.cfm?CFID=8173979&CFTOKEN=6360437&pid=43&waid=_b
They claim their mailing address is:
Miva Electronics Inc.
333 S Hope St # 52
Los Angeles, CA 90071
However this address is listed as Capital Group Companies and AMERICAN
FUNDS. American Funds is part of The Capital Group Companies.
Capital Group Companies
333 South Hope Street, 52nd Floor
Los Angeles,
CA,
http://www.jobsinthemoney.com/html/comps/253984.htm
AMERICAN FUNDS
333 South Hope Street, 52nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071-1447
Phone: 800-421-0180
http://www.forbes.com/funds/Tearsheet.jhtml?tkr=AWSHX
Capital Group Inc
333 S Hope St Floor 52 - Los Angeles, CA
323-486-9200
http://losangeles.zami.com/Investment_Advisor/Investment_Management
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
333 South Hope Street, 52nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
http://sec.freeedgar.com/displayText.asp?ID=1026575
American Funds is part of The Capital Group Companies, a leading
global investment manager with hundreds of billions of dollars in
assets under management. The Capital organization was founded in 1931;
we remain independent and employee-owned.
http://www.americanfunds.com/about/what-makes-us-different/capital-group.htm
Even if the number 52 is for a suite on the fifth floor, I found out
that this address on the fifth floor address belongs to:
Capital Research and Management Company
333 South Hope Street
5th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
http://sec.edgar-online.com/2005/04/11/0001193125-05-073721/Section14.asp
Regarding the phone and fax numbers:
1-213-232-3766
1-213-559-0503
I called both numbers a few times during the morning and a generic
message without any company identification answered the calls. A
respectable company who has been in business for many years would
identify themselves.
For all the above reasons I would not do business with this company.
Sources:
California Secretary of State
http://www.ss.ca.gov/
Whois Domain Search
http://whois.domaintools.com/
I hope the information provided is helpful!
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
