Bad Seller/Poor Communication

[jeff]

Agreed. But a post like that one absolutely raises a red flag for me. A post count that low for a high ticket item = no sale for me every time. Risk, reward just not worth it imo. Unless it were local, of course.

Yes - and the guy did not respond to my question but still bumped his thread. That's a red flag for me.

 

[Thirty-Two]

I just realized I sold my All-Weather Mats to this guy. He took forever to send payment and kept having trouble but I insisted and specified what he needed to do and the correct process to follow. I was thinking it was a little fishy but I was selling the mats so I guess I had a little more control in the situation. Ended up fine, but damn reading through this thread sure made me grateful everything went well. But it does make me wonder if he even has a FiST which probably means he turned right back around and scammed someone with the mats.

I'm truly appalled at the whole situation, but applaud everyone on here for handling it so well and catching this guy. I also hate to think that the scammed money was probably used to the buy my mats, but in the end justice is served.

The paper thing though... what in the world?!? Shaking my head, man.

 

[me32]

Never ever send money as a gift unless you know the person and trust them. Very long read of 31 pages. Sorry for all involved learning lesson for all involved.

 

[Butterybunz]

I received my refund today. Has anyone not been refunded yet?

 

[jaysinstrife]

Mine came thru as well.

 

[TrickSTer]

Glad you got your money back!
Was your refund from Paypal or the seller?

 

[jaysinstrife]

Mine came back thru my dispute with PayPal. The sellers refund never went thru. They credited it back to my card so now I have a bunch of credit for my PayPal credit card lol.

 

[Butterybunz]

Glad you got your money back!
Was your refund from Paypal or the seller?

My refund came directly from the seller, although if it didn't Paypal would have covered the refund on the 24th.

 

[Butterybunz]

I gotta bump this thread. If anyone hasn't read through it... you should it's hilarious.

 

[Boomba Racing]

I gotta bump this thread. If anyone hasn't read through it... you should it's hilarious.

What'd you end up doing with all the paper? lol

Brought it to work like you said?

 

[Butterybunz]

What'd you end up doing with all the paper? lol

Brought it to work like you said?

Yes! I work for a nonprofit organization and we used it all up so it went to a good cause

 

[MichiganST]

This was a fascinating thread to read. I've definitely learned a lot about buying/selling on forums. I've only ever bought three things (all on FF) but definitely feel lucky that I wasn't scammed. Everyone should take the time to read this thread.

Whatever happened to the guy? Was legal action pursued?

 

[OguNinja]

Wow! This is a very interesting thread and I'm glad it was resolved.

Makes me glad my only transaction on the forum went very smoothly.

 

[Zoran]

definitely worth reading! Lesson learnt.

 

[SPhilli911]

Reading this thread this morning was like watching a TV show, I couldn't wait to see what was in the box! I was definitely not expecting paper, but it was a good twist.

In all seriousness, this was an eye-opener. I don't sell a lot of things, but one thing I always do when buying/ selling car parts is local pickup. I got scammed on Ebay years ago (out of about $500) and Paypal did not want to help me, so I've strayed away from that.

 

[Bames_207]

This just made my morning. Im glad everyone got there money back. Way to come thru Paypal.

 

[Butterybunz]

Glad everyone enjoyed the read! I don't believe anyone took things further than getting their money refunded.

 

[EightOhFiveFiST]

What a read. I just finished reading through every single post and holy shit what was that guy thinking sending all that paper, smh. Glad it all got resolved at the end and all of you got a refund. I would have liked to see him get arrested and face a judge because this is a blatant fraud case that had plenty of evidence to prosecute the guy. Did you guys decide it was just not worth the trouble to follow through with law enforcement? Any update in this?

 

[AceSt]

 

[Butterybunz]

What a read. I just finished reading through every single post and holy shit what was that guy thinking sending all that paper, smh. Glad it all got resolved at the end and all of you got a refund. I would have liked to see him get arrested and face a judge because this is a blatant fraud case that had plenty of evidence to prosecute the guy. Did you guys decide it was just not worth the trouble to follow through with law enforcement? Any update in this?

I can't speak for everyone, but for me it was a busy time of year for me recently started a new job and moved to a new city. Looking back I wish I would have at least called local authorities in the scammers city and saw how they wanted to deal with it.