... Is Yutopian legit or is it a scam? Has anyone else actually ordered from them successfully? Are the owners still active or is the website dead? I'm thinking of doing a chargeback through my credit card company because the books never arrived and the communication has been terrible. They have my card details so I'm also starting to think that maybe I should cancel my card and get a new one in case it is a scam. Maybe that's just being paranoid though?...

My teenage son really likes go and I want to encourage him so I bought him some books as a Christmas present. I'm just a beginner go player myself (I'd love to get better at it too but I don't have much free time with work and family) so I found this forum and looked for advice here. I ended up ordering the books Attack & Defense, Opening Theory Made Easy and Tesuji from a website called Yutopian in early November.

Since then I've heard nothing from Yutopian. I've sent them no less than six emails asking for information and received no reply. The books never turned up either. It's been almost two months now so I'm really starting to wonder what happened. I'd had my doubts about them (their website looks kind of scammy) but someone recommended them here so I went ahead with the purchase anyway. Now I'm wondering if I made a big mistake.

I was hoping some people could help me with a few questions please? What I want to know is this. Is Yutopian legit or is it a scam? Has anyone else actually ordered from them successfully? Are the owners still active or is the website dead? I'm thinking of doing a chargeback through my credit card company because the books never arrived and the communication has been terrible. They have my card details so I'm also starting to think that maybe I should cancel my card and get a new one in case it is a scam. Maybe that's just being paranoid though?

I'd still like to get these books for my son though. I had to get him something else for Christmas but I really wanted to get him some books about go too. Is there someone else who sells these books who will send them to Canada? Preferably someone who's more responsive to email and more legit?

Can anyone recommend any other gifts I might get for a future birthday or Christmas present (from someone other than Yutopian)? I think my son is 8 kyu on kgs.com at the moment but he improves quickly (he's far too good for me now) so I'm not certain. Any advice would be appreciated.

A couple weeks ago they sent me the wrong book. I'm now working with them to get the right one. They're a bit slow, but I've never had any serious problems before,

I have ordered from Yutopian before and have purchased books and equipment without any issues. The shipping is a little slow, but Katherine combines shipping for me and I prefer to save money for slower book rates.

I have just ordered a bunch of Go books over the holidays from Yutopian, as well. I will let you know when I receive my books.