Scammer alert beware!
Lead Lap
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Texas
the best bet is still going through your credit card company. Paypal is really useless when it comes to protecting the buyer....all the seller needs is a tracking number and the buyer is out of luck. I seriously doubt paypal knows the difference between a stock and f-sport exhaust if you're trying to prove your case.
I'm in Long Island but fly to Dallas at least once a month for only about $250 round-trip. I don't know what your cash flow is but to me it's a small price to pay to handle your business if you have a real address. This guy obviously isn't the strongest tornado in TX if his big scam is only on $800 exhausts so it won't be that hard to find him.
Personally, I never trust warranties, guarantees, protection claims, or even "karma" - no one will protect but you. Even this site would rather close this thread if it turns on him rather than do anything to better protect consumers like you. That's why I never buy cheap unless I'm sure I won't care. I've never regretted spending too much, there's been plenty of times I've regretted trying to save.
Personally, I never trust warranties, guarantees, protection claims, or even "karma" - no one will protect but you. Even this site would rather close this thread if it turns on him rather than do anything to better protect consumers like you. That's why I never buy cheap unless I'm sure I won't care. I've never regretted spending too much, there's been plenty of times I've regretted trying to save.
Last edited by malujerry; Jul 21, 2009 at 09:32 AM.
Hey man, sorry to hear about that. Try to follow through but not spend extra money out of pocket doing so. Cut your loses short and like other menbers said let Karma do its job.
Best of luck
Best of luck
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I'm in Long Island but fly to Dallas at least once a month for only about $250 round-trip. I don't know what your cash flow is but to me it's a small price to pay to handle your business if you have a real address. This guy obviously isn't the strongest tornado in TX if his big scam is only on $800 exhausts so it won't be that hard to find him.
I like your sarcasm. Do you perform at birthday parties?
Yeah, I guess that part wasn't clear since I didn't want to say you could act like an ex girlfriend and cause $800 in property damage.
Last edited by malujerry; Jul 21, 2009 at 03:27 PM.
I think we can all learn a little something from this..
1. low post count 2. no itrade 3. no vouch 4. shipping and payment fiasco.
it's too bad a member suffered from all this. But I think we can sometimes take this forum for granted and believe everyone is trustful and cool. But as with all things online...trust your instincts!!!!
1. low post count 2. no itrade 3. no vouch 4. shipping and payment fiasco.
it's too bad a member suffered from all this. But I think we can sometimes take this forum for granted and believe everyone is trustful and cool. But as with all things online...trust your instincts!!!!
Hopefully some TX members will step up and go pay him a visit. Before anyone gets the wrong idea and thinks "beatdown", I'm not suggesting that (publicly... haha). I was a member of another car forum years ago and an out of state member got scammed by someone in Arizona. He had the address and gave it to me, so I went and paid a visit to the scammer.
The scammer never answered the door, but the fact that someone was willing to actually go to their house and knock on the door put enough fear in the scammer to refund the buyer's money. A lot of scammers are cowards and they count on being able to just victimize out of state buyers without fear of having to face anyone personally. It "gets real" when someone shows up at your house.
Again, hopefully some TX members will be willing to go discuss matters with the scammer.
The scammer never answered the door, but the fact that someone was willing to actually go to their house and knock on the door put enough fear in the scammer to refund the buyer's money. A lot of scammers are cowards and they count on being able to just victimize out of state buyers without fear of having to face anyone personally. It "gets real" when someone shows up at your house.
Again, hopefully some TX members will be willing to go discuss matters with the scammer.
Well he could be living at relatives house etc. Causing someone $800 of property damage will still not solve the issue. Yeah he could do that and get risk of getting caught and thrown in Jail not worth it. I would pay the guy a visit but Houston to Dallas is a bit far of a drive.
i appreciate everyones help and support on the matter. but as much as id love to get my payback with this guy, i wouldnt condone any violent matters either. but if anyone in the area would like to pay him a visit and find out why he decided to send me a stock exhaust that would be good too lol.