ATTN: if you have bought something from me

[Jonny Cash]

No, I think you might have missed the point. The guy is not a scammer, he is a flake. While they appear to be the same thing in the moment, I think that you can see now that he's just a space cadet. A phone call to the police probably would've done the trick and could've been sorted out much easier after you got your stuff. The call to the FBI could've waited at least a week after the call to the police.

Well the guys that sent him money didnt know the difference at the time. Whats the difference anyway? True, the PD call probably wouldve been enough. But at the time noone knew that he was posing gay on facebook and was easily accessible. He couldve been any average scammer. Maybe Yan's been ripped off before, (like me) and wanted to slam the kid, who knows. I try to give the benefit of the doubt, but in this case it seemed he would of tried to slide if they had just let it go. "ah fuck it, its only a couple bucks" - Kind of thing.

[gazellebeigem3]

ooooohhhhhhhhhhhh its this kid

[structured]

No, its like preventing a scammer from ever playing with peoples money again. Doesent matter if its five dollars, i think you missed the point.

No, I think you might have missed the point. The guy is not a scammer, he is a flake. While they appear to be the same thing in the moment, I think that you can see now that he's just a space cadet. A phone call to the police probably would've done the trick and could've been sorted out much easier after you got your stuff. The call to the FBI could've waited at least a week after the call to the police.

[Jonny Cash]

It's like pulling a gun on someone for calling you butthead...

Ooooooverkill.

No, its like preventing a scammer from ever playing with peoples money again. Doesent matter if its five dollars, i think you missed the point.

[mpowers_04]

'and yes, $150 is big money for me. My vin number has a S in it. hahahah "

Sell the car!

[Raxe]

It's like pulling a gun on someone for calling you butthead...

Ooooooverkill.

[STAGGERED M3]

FBI for a Wii console. Ahahahahahahaha I love this forum.

+1 crazy crazy crazy.... :loco:

[sector6]

guys, its simple. when you have the responsibility of sending out something someone paid for, no matter how much, you should make sure it happens in a timely way...

I haven't dealt with the guy, don't know him personally, but have to agree (transactions with who ever), the transactions here on r3v (for me at least) are mostly based on good faith and trust (unless you know the dude). Simple communications go a long way! Just a common courtesy when dealing with other peoples money. Perhaps I speak for myself, but also a matter of personal pride??

If you don't take pride in what you do, why do it.

[mnstepchildrider1]

took the words outta my mouth... want my paypal account buddy?

How many days was it from the transaction that you started getting concerned?

also no, if i didnt just purchase a car i would though :rofl: no lie

and i do believe he could have communicated much better than he did, i know i would have atleast but who knows

[YAN-3]

guys, its simple. when you have the responsibility of sending out something someone paid for, no matter how much, you should make sure it happens in a timely way.

Getting on Facebook, Myspace, R3Vlimited, & VWVortex daily and not replying to a single email, PM or phone call for 15 days, to 4 different members is out of line.

No questions. If he had access to a computer and could log on, there is NO REASON why he could not have send a short line saying im sick, or im sorry but its gonna be a while.

He needs to learn to cut this crap out, as this is NOT the first time he is pulling this kind of thing.

and yes, $150 is big money for me. My vin number has a S in it. hahahah

[iambennett]

Lol. If these were expensive items I can slightly understand this insanity, but it was all cheap shit. I've found that people, 9 times out of 10, are inherently good and will try and make things right. It took a whole year for a guy to pay me for my 240sx but he did. No one thought he would, but he did. I was owed money for a clutch job I did for almost a year as well. Eventually it was paid. Out of hundreds of transactions I've had, I have only had one bad one. Ever.

thats great, im glad you have had such great luck, however your money is not my money and therefore i will handle the way id like, the big issue here wasnt so much not having the product, it was the fact that this kid dropped off the face of the planet, yet still was logging into r3v, facebook, etc. it seemed as if he was purposely avoiding 4 different people at once... 4 people that apparently know how to handle there business and dont mess around. i dont take chances on crap, you have windows of time for paypal claims and crap, it had already been over 2 weeks. bottom line, if he woulda sent me an email sayin dude im sick ill get back to you asap, i woulda said cool get better, thats all it would have took. im done beating a dead horse.

[newman]

Lol. If these were expensive items I can slightly understand this insanity, but it was all cheap shit. I've found that people, 9 times out of 10, are inherently good and will try and make things right. It took a whole year for a guy to pay me for my 240sx but he did. No one thought he would, but he did. I was owed money for a clutch job I did for almost a year as well. Eventually it was paid. Out of hundreds of transactions I've had, I have only had one bad one. Ever.

[chadthestampede]

Just to clarify; I'm not saying that I wouldn't have done the same thing, I just think that it's ridiculous that the FBI would be even remotely interested in a $200 private internet purchase. That kind of shit happens every two seconds on ebay, they must be very busy.

Crime is crime.

[Kruzen]

Just to clarify; I'm not saying that I wouldn't have done the same thing, I just think that it's ridiculous that the FBI would be even remotely interested in a $200 private internet purchase. That kind of shit happens every two seconds on ebay, they must be very busy.

They have a division just for internet fraud handled by a contracted group of people.

[pureaudio]

dude glad your feeling better. I understand if the wii guy is angry, but 40 dollars is chump change. Seriously why wasthe pd' s time i mean there are those other people in actual great need that could have been helped during the time they IMO wasted on a report that could have easily been avoided if you could have waited.

When someone successfully screws another out of money, even a chump change $40, they are probably gonna do it again. If you crush a guy for screwing people out of a small amount now, he probably will think twice about doing it to someone like you when you're in the market for some used parts. I hate it when people act like e-ballers acting as if a certain dollar amount isn't worth pursuing as if you people wouldn't give a crap about getting screwed out of the same amount of money.