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post #21 of 111
10/17/05 at 3:40am
Sorry to hear this Brad and others. " Arnio " almost got me too but I became suspicious of him and didnt send any money. Sure glad I trusted my instincts.

What a bastard. His email came to me as "golf man" and his email address he went by was golfman20005@yahoo.com . I also posted about our transaction on this board, about a week ago, when I believed he was a scam.

I tried to warn others but i guess he was "rounding us all up" around the same time frame. The Mutherfrucker!!
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post #22 of 111
10/17/05 at 3:55am
After a little investigating of the address posted above, it looks like it is the office of the sunset park appartments in Burnaby, B.C.

Here is the webpage http://www.sunsetparkapt.com/ and the phone number to the office is 604-291-8197 Fax: 604-291-7999

Give our buddy Ron a call and see what he has to say for himself!
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post #23 of 111
11/8/05 at 5:41am
Thread Starter 
arnio
<email removed>

Be careful and look out for these scammers.
confirm everything. if it looks shady, it IS shady.
a really good deal isnt so good if you get scammed.

also, check this related post:
http://www.notebookforums.com/showpo...8&postcount=12
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post #24 of 111
11/12/05 at 6:41am
Two years ago I got ripped off to the tune of $2,000 from a web designer who provided a couple incomplete "beta" templates and a bunch of screen shots and that's it - I don't think he was out to rip me off; just your typical young guy with talent who takes on way too much work and once he gets behind he sticks his head in the sand situation that is all too common in the freelance web design world.

Anyway, I used Paypal but paid with my Visa. Visa got all $2,000 back from Paypal by simply reversing the charges. Paypal was pissed - they actually called me (try getting a call from them when you are the one with the problem) to ask why I didn't go through their fraud investigation process first. They contacted the guy who was not able to provide them with proof of the job being completed, so tough luck there.

The moral of this story is always, ALWAYS use a credit card with Paypal - you get the best of both worlds that way, protection from your bank, and an anonymous transaction with the seller so you don't have to hand your card number over to strangers - as my story shows, that puts the burden on Paypal, not you, to resolve the dispute. Once the bank reversed the charge on them they paid attention in an awful hurry.
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post #25 of 111
11/12/05 at 11:04am
i TOTALLY agree with what marsknight said about the fact that for every scammer there are 10 good honest people out there.
i recently bought a laptop from bluedevils32701 . Great condition, everyone should trade with him lol

anyway bradley, hope you recover all your funds! and it sounds like you would!
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post #26 of 111
11/15/05 at 3:20pm

up

I wonder if its the same guy as jessea = jabgral20005@yahoo.com also a bad trader. (avoid at all costs)
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post #27 of 111
11/18/05 at 10:35pm
dang trolls like jt allen *sigh* they r like roaches... they keep multiplying!!!
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post #28 of 111
12/1/05 at 8:04pm

Way to get your money back!!!

I lost money on ebay myself but it was a sum of $3500.00. No luck getting my money back from Ebay. But my home owners insurance said they would be willing to cover $1500.00 so you may want to talk to them. The money that was stolen from you want do them any good!!! Have A Great Day
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post #29 of 111
12/1/05 at 10:33pm
i once bought something on ebay with paypal and the seller left ebay (they were a powerseller too with 1000s of feedbacks) and paypal got my money back in 10days.
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post #30 of 111
12/5/05 at 8:19am
Guys...another forum I read has an employee of Paypal who works in their fraud department. He's constantly questioned by people about scams.

This is his answer: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/we...cy_spp-outside

Read the whole thing...carefully. If you follow it, exactly, Paypal will cover any lost funds...but most people don't go through the processes they list in the link.

I, myself, don't use paypal. I don't think I can. I got conned out of $400 about 4 years ago and I had my Visa do a chargeback on it. Then Paypal sent a collection's agency after me(which I had to settle after I threatened to sue them since I felt Paypal messed up...but I was dealing with a collections company then, and not Paypal...so they let me pay $40 and pulled it from my credit report...still lots of fun). I'm fairly certain that Paypal wouldn't accept me as a customer now...but I'm not signing up either way. I operate under money orders only and I verify that I know how to contact seller. There's always a risk though...so never risk more than you can afford to lose.

Good luck.
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post #31 of 111
12/8/05 at 12:20pm
Another good resource for paypal problems www.paypalsucks.com BD51
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post #32 of 111
12/8/05 at 12:50pm
I stick with the saying: "If it's too good to be true, it probably is!"...and I rather look away, when a nice deal comes by.

I was in a search for an Alienware A-51 7700, and you can't imagine how many scams there are on Ebay for this NB. 80% of 'em!
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post #33 of 111
12/14/05 at 9:56pm
and all this is the reason I only use craigslist now, cash and local only please!
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post #34 of 111
12/14/05 at 10:22pm
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Originally Posted by doc_simple
and all this is the reason I only use craigslist now, cash and local only please!
Yes but thats calling the whole barrel bad for a few bad apples. If you do your homework, and follow some of the excellent posts on how to trade, you can cover yourself quite well. JMO BD51
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post #35 of 111
12/15/05 at 12:08am
Have you contacted the Troll Hunters yet? http://www.trollhunters.com/ These guys mediate between the victim and the scammer. They have quite the reputation from what I understand.
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post #36 of 111
1/31/06 at 11:46pm
If Im a seller and I use paypal, Im going to feel like nobodys going to trust me.
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post #37 of 111
2/22/06 at 1:56am
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Originally Posted by tullnd
Guys...another forum I read has an employee of Paypal who works in their fraud department. He's constantly questioned by people about scams.

This is his answer: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/we...cy_spp-outside

Read the whole thing...carefully. If you follow it, exactly, Paypal will cover any lost funds...but most people don't go through the processes they list in the link.

I, myself, don't use paypal. I don't think I can. I got conned out of $400 about 4 years ago and I had my Visa do a chargeback on it. Then Paypal sent a collection's agency after me(which I had to settle after I threatened to sue them since I felt Paypal messed up...but I was dealing with a collections company then, and not Paypal...so they let me pay $40 and pulled it from my credit report...still lots of fun). I'm fairly certain that Paypal wouldn't accept me as a customer now...but I'm not signing up either way. I operate under money orders only and I verify that I know how to contact seller. There's always a risk though...so never risk more than you can afford to lose.

Good luck.

Wow, that is about a thousand things a seller has to do to qualify for the Protection Policy. I found the hardest one to be proof of reciept from the buyer (signed or otherwise). Is this just delivery confirmation? I think it means you would have to pay for signature confirmation for anything over $250 USD
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post #38 of 111
3/8/06 at 4:03pm
PLease add this Guy

Centurion
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post #39 of 111
3/9/06 at 8:46pm
mikemex: trustworthy? He has a lot of neg rep.

He wants to swap my 6800 Ultra + $200 for his 7800GTX. Apparently he made a hash of trying to get the 7800GTX into his Precision M70, breaking the heatsink in the process so is going to send me the chip only, in exchange for just my chip and the cash.

What do you guys think? Seems fair enough to me, if the 6800 Ultra heatsink'll fit on a 7800GTX and work.
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post #40 of 111
3/10/06 at 1:05pm
AVOID THIS SELLER AS WELL AT ALL COSTS!!

indrakaran

HE POSTED A REPLY IN MY THREAD TRYING TO SELL HIS OWN DELL 9300!! WTF!! HE'S TOO LAZY TO MAKE HIS OWN THREAD!! SOMEONE LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT BE TRUSTED IF THEY CAN DO SOMETHING AS LOW AS THIS!!!

http://www.notebookforums.com/showth...=138110&page=2
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