Factorymanuals.net is a SCAM website.
There are not many good things to say about factorymanuals.net, unfortunately.
They started their "business" a year and a half ago, and the first thing they did was create a copy of factory-manuals.com's website. The next thing they did was take over the brand Factory Manuals and leverage the good reputation of factory-manuals.com.
They quickly found a way to trick both ShopperApproved and Trustpilot into collecting good reviews, but what they deliver to their customers is cheap but of inferior quality. Starting from small promises, such as a PDF file with hyperlinks and bookmarks, to actually providing an ISO image OV file or an HTML file, which are in no way PDFs. The PDFs, when they are delivered, are just printed copies from websites like AllData, Chilton, or Haynes, which are in no way factory manuals as this website claims. They also claim to deliver manuals using the car's VIN, which is another lie; in fact, they deliver manuals for an entire year or generation, not for a specific vehicle. And of course, they infringe on the copyright of those who actually wrote those manuals, be they Chilton, AllData, Haynes, or copied from the manufacturers.
Customers upset with their products were sent to the Trustpilot page of factory-manuals.com, thereby avoiding numerous very bad reviews and attacking the good faith and reputation of factory-manuals.com. Finally, they gave up collecting reviews, probably because their customers also wrote things that they didn't really like. For example, they illegally copy manuals from GMC, Chevrolet, Buick, etc.
They insert a fake reviews collector under every selling page product, hoping they can fool the customers:
We select one review, to made all the readers to understand what they are really selling:
Manual is not fit for purpose
I purchased a Mercedes manual. It is difficult to use. It does not give you any real useful info. Googling/ChatGPT gives clearer information. You have to download and set up a virtualmachine which I had to spend sometime in finding out what this was and how to set it up. This is not mentioned in the advertisement.
If you want to read more:
https://www.trustpilot.com/review/factorymanuals.net?stars=1
A SCAM website can always be checked quite simply. On the contact page or About us, there should be a legal company with a registration number from the country where it is registered, and it should also pay its taxes there. A real phone number from the country where they come from. In the case of this factorymanuals.net, it is pretty easy to draw a conclusion. A so-called Alan, from Bulgaria, controls this website, but to be clear, that name Alan is actually invented, for the simple reason that there is no Bulgarian citizen with that first name in Bulgaria. Alan is only used to lying to customers about the real identity of those behind this website, factorymanuals.net, which is clearly a SCAM.
Furthermore, there is no real headquarters, phone, or registration number of any company in Bulgaria or any other country. If you ask for an invoice, you will receive something that has absolutely no legal value, anywhere in the world, and the invoice does not mention any registered company anywhere. It is a generic name of a company that does not actually exist.
Furthermore, there is no real headquarters, phone, or registration number of any company in Bulgaria or any other country. If you ask for an invoice, you will receive something that has absolutely no legal value, anywhere in the world, and the invoice does not mention any registered company anywhere. It is a generic name of a company that does not actually exist.
Tax fraud is also evident, and from here on, we are talking about criminal acts committed by these individuals. Evading taxes in Bulgaria, or any other country, is a criminal act. Not collecting VAT is a criminal act if you are a company in the EU. Tax evasion certainly does not stop here; they certainly avoid paying legal taxes in their country.
How can this affect you? Let's say you are trying to deduct your expense with this fake invoice. The IRS from the country you are coming from will take this as fraud, and you can be punished for tax evasion, because this website and its invoices are actually fakes.
We hope that the right people will read this short article and take measures against these website owners. For example, the IRS in Bulgaria, I think, would be very interested in the tax evasion of this "Alan". We are 100% sure that in the end, the owners of this website will get what they deserve, soon.
Want to see for yourself? On their contact page or chat, ask for the company name, the country of registration of the company, their company registration number, and the exact location. Check that answer, whatever it is, on Google, and you will have the answer to the question: Is factorymanuals.net a SCAM?
Yes, factorymanuals.net is 100% SCAM. And for the simple fact that they do not make the company data public on their website, it is enough in the EU. It is a violation of EU laws, no matter the country of origin. You, as customers, should not ask these things; they should be public on the website, with real contact details.
Obviously, they violate many criminal laws, regardless of which country they come from.
Yes, factorymanuals.net is 100% SCAM. And for the simple fact that they do not make the company data public on their website, it is enough in the EU. It is a violation of EU laws, no matter the country of origin. You, as customers, should not ask these things; they should be public on the website, with real contact details.
Obviously, they violate many criminal laws, regardless of which country they come from.
Our advice? Do not encourage these guys by ordering products from them. You will be scammed and supporting criminals.
We invite all these SCAM websites to respond to this article in the comments. We will publish anything they write. They have the right to defend themselves.