Comments on: Dirty Microbe Scam

By: emily

emily — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:28:21 +0000

I figured they were college students in Gainsville, Fl and then when they all graduated or something they just decided to quit the online t-shirt biz.

It’s a scam that they’ll still take your money and send you robotic customer service emails… I wonder who’s Dirty Microbe Credit Card is getting all our t-shirt money…? It’s probably funding some post-college kids bar tab or coke habit.

“Knowing is half the battle, the other half is free money!”

I’ve called, faxed and emailed and I doubt I’ll ever get my 20 something bucks back.

Oh well!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:57:09 +0000

I ordered stuff from Dirty Microbe and had issues with it a while back. My credit card company double processed the order. Christian, the guy who ran the site, contacted me multiple times to make sure everything got taken care of. He was in communication with me right up until I got the issue resolved. The customer service when the site was around was great. Most likely they got the site pulled out from under them, and whoever bought the domain name just kept scamming people to try to make some money.

Looking up the WHOIS data shows that the last update to the information was “Updated Date: 01-jun-2007″ which seems to be right before everyone started having trouble. I’ve no idea if this is what really happened or not, but every dealing I had with the company was great, and it is hard to believe that after a fair amount of good service they would just start screwing people over.

http://www.whois-search.com/whois/www.dirtymicrobe.com is where I got the whois information.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:07:43 +0000

Heh, now you get redirected to a weirdo christian site. I’m wondering, did these guys buy the domain name to try to get some folks to go to their little chat or the old owner redirects there because he’s part of that christian network?

By: allison

allison — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:54:33 +0000

i’m out $50 from them since August ‘07. is there anything that we can do to get our money back? i’ve emailed them multiple times without any response.

By: Dan A.

Dan A. — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:24:30 +0000

i ordered the toast shirt a while ago and and there was a problem with shipping or something but i did eventually get the shirt and a lifetime coupon for 15% off. I was trying to get the zombway one now but the sites offline and i guess this coupon is void. pretty disappointing.

By: Zack

Zack — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:39:50 +0000

And now we’re getting a redirect to some Christian site.

@Austin: I’d like to believe you, but *sigh* honestly, I don’t think I’ll ever end up doing business with DM even if they do come back. It’s not a huge deal to me, though that $25 from my allowance sure seems far gone now…

By: Austin

Austin — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:02:36 +0000

Recently my no-account nephew, Eric, posted via “Colin”, a completely untrue account of my brother, Christian, and the whole situation with Dirty Microbe. I urge all of you to read my reply. Eric is a complete pathological liar with emotional and behavioral problems. This was the last straw in my attempt to keep from calling him out on his “antics”. Christian’s business Dirty Microbe was in no way a “scam”, I assure you. Please file with your credit card company for a chargeback for any unfulfilled orders. His company going out of business was due, in part, to a company that registered the domain name. The company, Registerfly, has caused similar troubles for literally THOUSANDS of individuals and businesses. For more information, visit:

http://www.icann.org/announcements/factsheet-registerfly-registrars-26mar07.pdf

I too had a website completely pulled out from under me by Registerfly, and a friend of mine from Australia had the same thing happen costing him thousands of dollars.

For what it’s worth (and those of you who have known him can attest), Christian is the most honest and decent person you could ever hope to meet. He did his very best to operate the business and was trying his best to fulfill all orders that were behind. When Registerfly screwed him over, he lost his ability to get in touch with his client base, and had to close down. He tried to let as many people as he could know that they could file a charge back with their credit card companies. Unfortunately he couldn’t contact everyone.

Dirty Microbe was NEVER a scam. I urge you to visit the thread I mentioned to read my reply to my sick in the head, nephew. You will see comments from others mentioning the fact that he is a known pathological liar. Please do not believe for a second that Christian was anything less than 100% “on the up and up”. He is one of the greatest people you could ever hope to meet. Many of you who might know him personally, already are aware of this.

By: plysovej kaktus

plysovej kaktus — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:02:38 +0000

Know anyone payment gate ( account, we all sent money to ) to complaint money back? I left there over 100 USD :/ Please send it someone to my mail.

By: Zamanta

Zamanta — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:44:56 +0000

Dang! I was about to order some shirts (had to pay first my semester with my card) thank God I didn’t order anything with ‘em! I’ll stick with 80stees, never fail me in the past.

Man, they got amazing shirts in Dirty Microbe. Do anyone know if someone will buy the inventory that they didn’t sell?

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:24:43 +0000

Ugh, I ordered in May, and nothing. It’s so irritating. I never order anything online, either.

I’ve sent them so many e-mails too. Bastards could have at least issued a refund.