Howard T.

AVOID SCAMMERS same biz as LogoShines, AussieLogo and LogoVenture.com and.net
For the last few years we have had a site imitate our offering and then rip people off. They call themselves aussielogo rather like our own Aussie Logos - running for 17 years! They offer logo packages for a price, nobody in Australia could possibly do (red flag 1) They have an 03 Victorian number but claim to be based in Sydney (red flag 2) and then either don't deliver anything or when the work is completed the company demands $1400-$2000 extra to register intellectual property in Australia for all states- which is false (red flag 3). Not a week goes by when someone calls me a mother f***** for ripping them off. When they have calmed down we explain what has happened and they ask well why aren't you doing anything about it? We explain we have contacted the FEDERAL POLICE- and they say to us unless we can provide an address they cannot do anything. Because this company has a.com domain address they can and have purchased domain privacy (you cannot see any company information or contact details behind the domain) so they could actually, be anywhere in the world. To add insult to injury, and to our business, we as a.com.au cannot hide our address or names. So as a result I have also had the ATO on our backs for falsely issued invoices by this company with our details as the issuer! We have explained we haven't done any work with these companies (and there are thousands), nor received any monies. Finally this week the Intellectual Properties Office contacted me and told me Australians have been ripped off to the tune of hundreds of thousands/maybe millions of $'s by this fake company and can we help them take it down. So our humble advice to you if considering starting a new company is; when a website offers something at a price (and is a.com) that seems too good to be true, then it definitely is too good to be true - they could be in Russia, China or North Korea for all you know and you might as well be throwing your $'s down the drain. See a sample of complaints about this company in Australian Product Review beware of the scammers and work only with genuine Australian design businesses with a.com.au,.net.au or.au (because you can only get these web addresses if you are based here in Australia and have an ABN) Be prepared to pay a little bit more-we all know what things cost in Australia and you cannot go too far wrong. To the people that have been ripped off through Covid and where your hard earnt money was/is tight to follow your dreams-my heart goes out to you all, but it wasn't me and we will still be here to pick up the pieces at an affordable price.