Bumping this up, I had the misfortune of trying to buy a 4:10 LSD from this guy without doing some background searching first....big mistake, didn't find this thread until after I was scammed. Posted my experience in his feedback thread, basically this guy needs to be banned, he's a scammer through and through.
Long story short....I posted a WTB add looking for a 4.10 LSD, he posted that he had one and to PM him for details. I PM'd him asking condition of the diff and to see some pictures. He sent me pictures of the diff including a pic of the 4.10S ID tag. Everything seemed good, I've bought and sold a lot of bmw parts through forums before and never had a problem....until this guy.
Coelho said if I paid him that weekend (1/26/12+1/27/12) then he'd ship it out Monday. He also requested that I send my paypal payment 'as a gift' to avoid fees. My huge mistake....I did......don't berate me for this, I know what I did was stupid....lesson learned
, just posting this here to do what I can to make others aware of this guy so they don't make the same dumb mistake that I did. Monday came and went.....no tracking number, I PM'd asking if it had shipped, he replied that he'd get me more info tomorrow, still nothing, Thursday I asked if it had shipped, he said it would ship Friday, Friday came and no info. I started searching and just found this thread.....I've been scammed.
I just sent an email to his paypal email as well, no response yet. Since I sent the money as a gift I can't file a complaint through paypal...going to call my bank and see if they can help in any way.
If anyone else wants any details regarding my experience with this guy, let me know, yes I'm an idiot for letting myself get scammed, but I've definitely learned from it, hopefully I can help prevent others like myself from falling for this guy's scams as well.
I've met a lot of great people through the bmw community and made a lot of great friends who all share the same passion for these cars and it only takes one guy like Coelho to screw that up......If you feel the same way, bump this up and help me get this guy banned to help keep scammers out of r3vlimited!
Also, if you know any usernames he may operate under on e30tech or bimmerforums, post those up as well.
FU Coelho
-Sam
Long story short....I posted a WTB add looking for a 4.10 LSD, he posted that he had one and to PM him for details. I PM'd him asking condition of the diff and to see some pictures. He sent me pictures of the diff including a pic of the 4.10S ID tag. Everything seemed good, I've bought and sold a lot of bmw parts through forums before and never had a problem....until this guy.
Coelho said if I paid him that weekend (1/26/12+1/27/12) then he'd ship it out Monday. He also requested that I send my paypal payment 'as a gift' to avoid fees. My huge mistake....I did......don't berate me for this, I know what I did was stupid....lesson learned
, just posting this here to do what I can to make others aware of this guy so they don't make the same dumb mistake that I did. Monday came and went.....no tracking number, I PM'd asking if it had shipped, he replied that he'd get me more info tomorrow, still nothing, Thursday I asked if it had shipped, he said it would ship Friday, Friday came and no info. I started searching and just found this thread.....I've been scammed.I just sent an email to his paypal email as well, no response yet. Since I sent the money as a gift I can't file a complaint through paypal...going to call my bank and see if they can help in any way.
If anyone else wants any details regarding my experience with this guy, let me know, yes I'm an idiot for letting myself get scammed, but I've definitely learned from it, hopefully I can help prevent others like myself from falling for this guy's scams as well.
I've met a lot of great people through the bmw community and made a lot of great friends who all share the same passion for these cars and it only takes one guy like Coelho to screw that up......If you feel the same way, bump this up and help me get this guy banned to help keep scammers out of r3vlimited!
Also, if you know any usernames he may operate under on e30tech or bimmerforums, post those up as well.
FU Coelho
-Sam
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