Good day, My name is Kermit Hawthorne I am presently in the US. I am a starting my own retail business but I ran into a snag or scam from two websites from china the first website is www.shoesleague.com I ordered shoes from them 12 pair for $348.00 used on June 11, 2008 and have 1) Yet to receive my order 2) the tracking number they gave me for EMS has yet to work 3) I found out through a forum I posted that they have given out the same tracking number to more than one person EA767184095CN you can try it doesn’t work. Their contact person is a Ms. “Scam” Selena. She a refused to answer any email from me. She first informed me of the delay because a Chinese holiday I will forward you all email conversation with this person. The last conversation I had with this person was June 16, 2008 7:47pm EST. I asked for a refund and all communication from this person has ended. And this business is supposed to be trusted through www.hisupplier.com and member. The second website the bears false advertisement is www.top9nike.com I order 2 8gb iPod touches from this person for 200.00 used on the same day he sends me a knock off small touch screen that is not an American iPod that is on his website and now he has broken off communications with me after I inform him that this is not what I ordered or discussed with him I ask for a refund and I got no answer. Is this how all Chinese business does business with America. Is there anything that can be done. Are there any laws in China that can stop this? Is there anything that can protect a consumer like myself from getting scammed? If you need any email conversation please email me. ANYONE CAN EMAIL ME FOR THE EMAIL CONVERSATION BETWEEN MS. SELENA AND I

I made an order of 3 pairs of shoes on 6/6/08 and never got my items (today being 6/17/08). They gave me an old tracking number from 10/2006, an associate of mine ordered an item from them on 6/10 and they gave him the same tracking number they gave me. When I emailed Ms. Selena she said she would verify the tracking number and get back to me ASAP. She never did, I sent more emails to find out about my items or money and Ms. Selena never opened them and I recievd several emails saying all the emails I sent were undeliverable (even the ones from 6/6/08). Dont trust these people, they make decent Chinese businesses look bad.