[Tango-L] Bogus Tango Internet Store?

[chenth@comcast.net]

The website lists the following phone numbers:
1-888-8TANGO8 (882-6468)
International calls at 1-415-573-5735

Website is registered via Godaddy with the following information. The address
corresponds to the one on the website:

Registrant:
The Tango Shop

4360 Montecito Avenue
Santa Rosa, California 95404
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: THETANGOSHOP.COM
Created on: 03-Feb-04
Expires on: 03-Feb-09
Last Updated on: 06-Apr-06

Administrative Contact:
hornos, gustavo thetangolesson at hotmail.com
4360 Montecito ave
santa rosa, California 95404
United States
4155735735

Technical Contact:
hornos, gustavo tangodance at usa.com
1530 armstrong ave
novato, California 94945
United States
4155735735

Domain servers in listed order:
NS3.VOLUSION.COM
NS4.VOLUSION.COM


Registry Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Status: clientRenewProhibited
Registry Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Status: clientUpdateProhibited

Google maps imagery does not clearly illustrate whether this is a real store front
address as the arrow seems to overlie greenery:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=4360+Montecito+Avenue,+Santa+Rosa,+California+95404&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.426353,59.414063&ie=UTF8&ll=38.468059,-122.692121&spn=0.003788,0.007253&t=h&z=17

Their website appears to get a decent amount of traffic:
http://siteanalytics.compete.com/thetangoshop.com/?metric=uv

The technical contact is listed as Gustovo Hornos whom Google reveals as having
registered this website as well: http://www.tangoclasses.com/

Registrant:
gustavo hornos
1530 armstrong ave
novato, California 94945
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: TANGOCLASSES.COM
Created on: 27-Jan-04
Expires on: 27-Jan-10
Last Updated on: 14-Feb-08

Administrative Contact:
hornos, gustavo tangodance at usa.com
1530 armstrong ave
novato, California 94945
United States
4155735735

Technical Contact:
hornos, gustavo tangodance at usa.com
1530 armstrong ave
novato, California 94945
United States
4155735735

Domain servers in listed order:
NS09.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS10.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

The www.tangoclasses.com website lists the same contact information and phone number in addition to
a photo of the registrant. You may wish to call the phone number and see if you get a positive response.
Failing that you may wish to discuss a chargeback with your credit card issuer on the original charge although
you may be outside the chargeback window now.

There are additional complaints posted on the internet. Always consider the source when evaluating the validity of
anonymous internet postings:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/302/RipOff0302518.htm
http://www.dance-forums.com/showthread.php?t=20827