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Title: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Thomas Grey on January 25, 2003, 12:31 AM
Alas, they do exist and this is the place to warn others of those 'bad guys' out there. They rip you off, send damaged goods and do not compensate and they make the trading world much less attractive to be a part of. These 'bad traders' do not necessarilly have to be people you've traded with here. Let's make this a place for posting bad traders you've run into accross the Star Wars Fan Site Universe.

I had a very negative experience at Rebelscum some time ago with "Ryjam 282" and I'm not alone. Instead of rehash it here, I'll direct you to a thread or 2 regarding our experience. He's a real doozy and has no respect for the trade code or his fellow traders.

scroll down on this page and look for a post by yours truly (rorworr)
http://forums.rebelscum.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=21;t=003468;p=1

do not hesitate to click on page 2 for more great feedback on this troll of a human being and trader.

Please add your bad traders and lets make the trading world a better place!!!
Title: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: JediMAC on March 10, 2003, 07:40 PM
Just thought I should point our members towards the following thread, where it's been brought to our attention that it's NOT a good idea to deal with Action-Figures.net.  You can read about all the people who got scammed by them here:

http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?board=24;action=display;threadid=622 (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?board=24;action=display;threadid=622)

Thanks to BigL for the heads up!
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: sp00ky on June 5, 2003, 08:59 PM
Anybody who has been on Yojoe will know what I am talking about here...

DO NOT trade with anyone from the following address:

Philips Ave.
Savannagh (sometimes Port Wentworth), Georgia.
31407

This addy is used by a known bad trader in the GI Joe world, e has been routed out there, and has moved on to the Star Wars community.

I have the exact house number, and phone number but thought it may be against board rules to post it...

Want details, email me or TopJedi!!

Scott
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Darth Kenobi on August 3, 2003, 01:14 PM
BEWARE ANYONE NAMED EVAN GOODMAN WHO SAYS THERE ARE FROM MALTON NEW JERESY.
THis was originally posted by JediMAC from Rebelscum:
"Though I haven't traded with him personally (had contact with him though), we should obviously start with this Evan Goodman "Tastetesta" clown (now posing as both "ImperialRTS" and "TheJediGuy" here in the forums) who has apparently burned a LOT of people at many different collecting sites over the past year (Rebelscum, Jawa, SSG and CSW, among others). He's usually based in Marlton, NJ but I hear he's using some Virginia addresses as well. I suggest you all read up on him since there's far too much info (e-mails, aliases, addresses, etc.) on this jerk than I could possibly post, so here's some links that I highly suggest you all check out:

http://forums.rebelscum.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=9;t=006289

http://forums.rebelscum.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=9;t=006329


5 pages long:
http://www.sirstevesguide.com/forums/showthread.ph p?s=66f9862b678681f512d45c03481b54bb&threadid=9945&perpage=15&pagenumber=1

http://forums.rebelscum.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=13;t=005277

http://forums.rebelscum.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=13;t=005229

My best advice is that if someone does not have any feedback, make them send their package FIRST, and only send out (with Delivery Confirmation) once it has been received."

I haven't heard anything about this guy in awhile but from what I have heard about him was he got caught at a couple of sites before the recent incidents in the above post and he took time off and started up again.  So I figured some people may not know about him.  
Title: Do NOT deal with r0cktr00p3r !!!!!
Post by: hannibalplan on October 27, 2003, 08:34 AM
Who ever this guy is (he calls himself "Rudy" and is located in Del Rio, TX), he is apparently a con-artist....I traded him 12 POTF2 figures for about 30 SW Lego figures...after sending mine off, I e-mailed him to tell him they were on the way, and he responded with "same here" and that I should "get them in about a week"...well, that was the 11th of October, and I have yet to see any Lego figs from him...when I tried to contact him to inquire about where they were, I recieved a message that his e-mail was not recieving messages from my e-mail...I have not heard from him since....so, to make a long story short, BEWARE!!! If anyone needs to know his e-mail addresses, I have them...DarthDave can back up my story, as he never heard from him again either after DarthDave suggested "Rudy" ship his items first...I don't want anyone else to lose out like I have...Many others have also been burned, both on the Rebelscum and Yojoe forums...watch out!!  Below is a link to a Rebelscum topic on the subject...


http://forums.rebelscum.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=010940
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Mainland05 on November 21, 2003, 02:11 PM
Darth Kenobi this guy Evan is a maniac, i swear i just read the first post a rebelscum, and got freaked out, that is the spawn of satan, i swear it is. :-X


From JediMAC:
Just so there's NO confusion here, Mainland05 is just responding to Darth Kenobi's post above about Evan Goodman, and NOT adding Darth Kenobi's name to the Bad Trader list here, as it could possibly be construed.
 ;)
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Reconsgt on November 25, 2003, 09:16 AM
Seeing the pics of the new R2 with drink trays sprks my memory-

  Ricks Toys

 I made a trade with him a year ago- He got my fig I sent but I never received the drink carrier he was to send me- After fighting with him about it and empty promises he made time and time again I chalked it up to a loss. I see he is again active on other boards( RS)  I would advise to stay away from
. So as far as I am concerned he is on my bad trader list.
Title: *BAD TRADER*= sofa-king,AKA Terry Lee...
Post by: DualSaberMaster on April 27, 2004, 05:10 PM
Do not do business with sofa-king AKA Terry Lee of Athens,Ohio/New Marshfield,Ohio .  We had agreed to trade two of my Saga figs,for two of his Saga Figs shipped USPS Priority w/DC.  We had also agreed to ship around the same time as each other.  He received my figs within 3 days on 3-27-04.  The last contact I had with him was on 3-30-04 and he said he took on too many trades,busy,yadda yadda,and that my figs were on the way.  Well it's exactly one month later and guess what no figs and no response to my emails.  BEWARE of this guy. ::)

Ricardo
Title: Re: *BAD TRADER*= sofa-king,AKA Terry Lee...
Post by: JediMAC on April 28, 2004, 01:28 PM
That really sucks Ricardo, but don't give up just yet.  Stay persistent and hopefully things will still work out, or he'll at least just pay you for what you sent him.  He's probably hoping you'll just throw in the towel and let it go, so don't give in to the Dark Side!   ;)  I've been involved in a few trades that wound up running well past the 1 month point, but eventually all got worked out, so hopefully you'll have similar luck with this situation.

I'll leave this thread separate for a while so our members can check it out and heed your warning, but eventually I'll probably just merge it into our Bad Trader thread (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?board=24;action=display;threadid=388) for permanent reference for everyone to peruse.

Good luck buddy!

- Matt
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Darth Kenobi on April 28, 2004, 11:53 PM
Just adding the new link to the RS Bad trader thread since the change over caused the lost of the previous link.Bad Trader (http://threads.rebelscum.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB21&Number=605782&Forum=f21&Words=&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Main=605774&Search=true&where=bodysub&Name=453&daterange=1&newerval=3&newertype=y&olderval=&oldertype=&bodyprev=#Post605782)

When I have time I will also add the new links for the links that I have in one of my above post so others can see them.

PS Sorry Matt for causing this thread to be above the Trade Feedback so you have to bump that one up. ;D
Title: Re: *BAD TRADER*= sofa-king,AKA Terry Lee...
Post by: jkno on May 7, 2004, 03:44 AM
look at this please!!!!

http://threads.rebelscum.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB21&Number=612488&fpart=&PHPSESSID=  ???
Title: Re: *BAD TRADER*= sofa-king,AKA Terry Lee...
Post by: jkno on June 13, 2004, 10:01 AM
sofa-king is back, watch again the link above. I'm really curious what will happen and if I get my $ 20 back
Title: biolachris' feedback
Post by: DualSaberMaster on July 16, 2004, 04:47 AM
Negative feedback retracted and deal resolved with biolachris aka Chris Stanley.
Title: Re: DISHONEST SELLER = biolachris aka Chris Stanley
Post by: JediMAC on July 16, 2004, 07:01 PM
Sorry to hear that Ricardo.  Damn, you've got bad luck on the boards...  Maybe best if you just stay away from the Rebelscum classifieds.   ;)  Speaking of which, you might want to check out this thread (http://threads.rebelscum.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=152343&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1#152343) over at RS (read through the whole thing, so you don't miss the "fun" part  :P), where there's a lengthy discussion about the propensity for the Theater Edition Luke's bubble to become separated from the card.  For whatever reason, this is a pretty common thing now, and it's even happening on mine a little.  Regardless, yours obviously shouldn't have been sent in a bubble envelope.  That's ridiculous!   ::)  Did you ask for a refund from him?  Did he have any feedback over there to start with?  If not, you should've definitely had him send the stuff first.   :-\

I'll let this warning sit out here for a while, and then I'll probably merge it in with the Bad Trader thread eventually.  Thanks for the head's up on this guy though.  Better luck next time, bud.

- Matt

P.S.  See ya' next week hopefully!   ;)
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Hemish on July 20, 2004, 03:22 AM
Ok he left me with no other choice
This is a trader warning about Wai
I sent my stuff 2 months ago  and am still waiting for his to arrive, the first time i got a email saying he received mine but the stuff he sent was returned because of no postcode.
So he said he would sent it again airmail 7-10 days that was over a month ago.
Traders beware.....
Wai if you get in touch with me and let me know whats going on i might delete this post.
Title: Re: STANDUP SELLER = biolachris aka Chris Stanley
Post by: DualSaberMaster on July 29, 2004, 05:06 PM
For the record biolachris came through with a full refund as promised and very quickly I might add.  I was way too quick to post negative feedback,as I was ripped off a while back and thought this was clearly another case.

I apologize for any harm or damage I may have caused to biolachris's reputation or future dealings on this board.  It seems I still have a thing or two to learn about patience and giving someone the benefit of the doubt before spouting off at the mouth,or in this case the keyboard.

FWIW,I have edited the title to reflect the resolution of the transaction and have deleted my initial post.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Hemish on August 27, 2004, 12:35 AM
I received word from Wai today that my item is sent and i should have it soon.
Hope this arrives.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Jesse James on August 27, 2004, 01:03 AM
I hope so too Hemish, and we hope for Wai's credibility that he comes through on this.  Wai if you're around reading, we hope you're taking care of all business outstanding you've not completed yet.

Keep us updated Hemish, please.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Hemish on September 8, 2004, 12:25 AM
Ok i got my stuff from Wai .
It was packed perfectly and carefully.
I understand things can happen when in a trade but  a simple email could have avoided the mess it turned into.
Would i trade with Wai again , Yes but he would have to send his side of the trade first.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Jesse James on September 8, 2004, 12:58 AM
Hemish, I'm real glad that got worked out between you and Wai...   We've all been curious about that.
Title: FranticJedi - good or bad??
Post by: Talon_Karrde on November 16, 2004, 09:32 AM
We agreed on a trade back in october, I sent my stuff and he received, but now I am getting concerned after finding this thread (link below)  Numerous excusses and no responses to my PM's leave me no choice but to warn others.  Thank goodness it was a relativley small trade but thats beside the point.  be wary of this guy.

http://threads.rebelscum.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=949589&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1#949589
Title: Howard Sorensen
Post by: cohens4 on November 30, 2004, 01:57 PM
i wanted to add another horrible trader to the list.  HOWARD SORENSEN.  i sent payment to him for a star wars comic back in the middle of july.  of course, i never received it.  he guessed it was lost in the mail and would refund my money. he said, he wasnt getting paid for the whole month of september, so would i mind if he mailed it in october. i said yes, what other choice did i have.  that was supposedly mailed in the first week of october. and would you believe it, that also was lost in the mail.  he then said he would send another refund.  this time, he was concerned that so many things were getting "lost in the mail" that he would prefer sending it to a different address. so i gave him an alternate address to send it to. that was nov 2  and i have yet to receive the refund or hear from him again. 



http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=5873.0

here is this scums address, so others dont get screwed by him as well:

Howard Sorensen
1502 Pine St. #2
Brainerd, Minnesota 56401

steer clear of him big time!!!
stephen 
 
 
 
Title: Do not buy from Bill's Toys and Games UPDATE
Post by: Ben on January 15, 2005, 03:32 PM
I ordered some stuff two weeks ago from these tards. An LOTR Gil-Galad figure and a Imperial Scanning Crew Trooper. With shipping, the total was a couple bucks under $30.
I got an email saying the stuff shipped on January 3rd.
Here it is, January 15th, and I don't have it.
I sent them an email, and they said it shipped. Clearly, it hasn't, as no domestic carrier takes two weeks to get a package here. That and I never got a tracking number.

I've read of bad experiences before, and here's another one. Save your money for a store that isn't going to steal it.


Update!
I finally received my package this week, and the hold-up was with the store's local post office, which sat on the package all this time. ::)

This whole ordeal was none of the store's fault, so I take back what I said about them. :)
They're a good store after all. Just be cautious of the local USPS.

Title: Re: Do not buy from Bill's Toys and Games
Post by: JediMAC on January 16, 2005, 04:46 AM
Ben, is this an e-tailer, or what?  Never heard of 'em.  Sorry you got nailed by them, but hopefully they'll surprise you and still come through.  Keep at them though!

Maybe I should merge this in with the bad traders/sellers thread where more people would see it...  Whatchya' think?

- M
Title: Re: Do not buy from Bill's Toys and Games
Post by: Ben on January 16, 2005, 05:40 PM
Yep, it's an e-tailer.
It's probably a good idea to put it with the Bad Traders/Sellers list.

http://www.billstoysandgames.com
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: didactic on June 24, 2005, 08:07 PM
Sorry to say, I have to make an addition. Matt McManigal of Eagle Lake, Minnesota (iluvstarwars on the Rebelscum board) has decided to not follow through on sending his half of a trade agreed to on May 11 after receiving a holographic Yoda from me on May 16. He has not posted under his name since May 12, nor read recent PM's. DO NOT TRADE with this person unless he sends first.

didactic
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Scott on June 26, 2005, 11:39 PM
Hmmm

I wonder if this is the same guy from Minnesota that was trouble before...
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: tykrazen on June 30, 2005, 04:45 PM
I hope this issue will get resolved, but just in case, here's a heads up to the you all.

I had been working a trade with jerkytoys over on the NJSWCC:  My Canadian Clone Wars Animated Blue Clonetrooper for 4 common figures from him.  Apparently there was miscommunication and jerkytoys thought that it was a one for one deal.  When I received a single figure from him, I responded to him that we should try to straighten it out -- either he could provide the other three figures or he could return my figure and I would return his.  That was well over four weeks ago and I have yet to get a response from him.  The administators of NJSWCC have confirmed he has read both the PM's and thread related to the issue and he has chosen not to respond.  Both NJSWCC and thejawa.com have banned him over this.

I hope he's going to make good on the deal, but until he does I'd recommend everyone here avoid trading with him for the time being until this is resolved.

His real world info is:

Brian Grison in Emerson Nj
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: jerkytoys on August 22, 2005, 05:24 PM
hi
Just so you know this is what went down with my trade
with tykrazen.  I never bothered replying because I
just don't have the time.  I would say just read the
PM's between us, but I think they may have been erased
since being banned from the NJ site.  the first mail messages stated
that he had a Blue Canadian Clone he said he was
interested in my Lak Sivrak, J'Quille, Jawa with
Gonk(either no holes version or with holes), & 2 other
figures.  I can't remeber what they are right now.  at
this point I 'm thinking his figure is about a $7-$8
figure so the most straight up trade would be the no
holes CTC jawa.  so I responded asking which Jawa he
wanted.  he said he was going to open it so he didn't
care.  so I said how about the regular one?  he
aggrees.  lets's do the trade I say, thinking he is a
great guy hooking me up with a blue clone. he gets
mine and asks where the others are, and I am like what
is he talking about?  I get the figure from him and it
is packaged to perfection, but the figure has a ding
in the upper part of the bubble.  but obvious it was
damaged prior to mailing. no big deal.  but he is then
telling me that the deal was the 5 figures for the
clone and that he paid a lot for it.  I am like screw
you!  your not ripping me off for $25 worth of figs
for one of yours and it isn't even mint!  none of this
was stated in our trade emails.  if he told me BEFORE
that he was expecting 5 in return for 1 there would
have been no deal.  I could see if he wanted 2 of mine
for his then maybe, but 5 ?  I paid $4-$5 for all of
mine.  it is not my fault he paid a lot for his clone.
 don't try to pawn off his getting ripped on a dented
bubble figure on me.  I don't care how long he has
been on SW sites or how many posts he makes.  he is a
scalper and a waste of my time trying to respond.  The
rule I broke was not returning his figure,  that is my
bad.  I thought keeping it would let him swing in
wind.  plus, I already wasted $4 shipping him the
trade, I not wasting another $4 to get his back to
him.  Now I know why it took 3 years for him and I to
try a trade.  I know I contacted him in the past, but
his requests to do a trade had always been outlandish.
 I should have known better. 

Brian
Jerkytoys
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: JediMAC on August 24, 2005, 02:05 PM
If a deal goes wrong not responding because you don't have the time is no excuse. If a trade was made, it is your responsiblity to fufill your end of the deal to the letter of your agreement. If you agreed to the 4 figures before, without realizing it, it is your fault. Be more careful the next time, but you still have to complete the transaction the way it was first agreed on. Ty is a good guy so I turst that he isn't lying about this.

Just for kicks I looked up the value of a Blue Cartoon Clone, Brain's Toys has them at C-9 for $35. Canadian are even more rare than that, so even if it wasn't mint. Brian's Toys are also fairly big scalpers so there's prices will be higher than anywhere else, shy of maybe E-bay. Considering all that, I say you got a fair trade. You also have to do your research when going into any trade to make sure you are getting a fair trade. Ty apparently did, I'm guessing you didn't since you were guessing on it's value.

And you being banned from the NJSWCC doesn't say much for your credibility. I highly suggest you come through on your end of the deal.

Woah, slow down there Ryan.  You may have traded with tyrkazen before, but jerkytoys (Brian) here has traded with three different JD staff members, including me a couple of times, and had impeccable feedback (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?board=24;action=display;threadid=885) here (+10) prior to this problem.  So I'm willing to vouch for him just a bit too.  Plus, being banned from a particular site doesn't necessarily ruin someone's credibility.  Hell, many of us here at JD, including myself, have all been banned from RS, and I'm pretty sure we're still all very credible people.

This sounds like the original trade was a major communication problem on BOTH sides.  Brian obviously never agreed to trading four of his figures for just one of Ty's, so that's an incorrect statement to say that he did.  You also need to keep in mind that this transaction occurred about 4 months ago, so any pricing you do right now isn't accurate (especially using Brian's Toys), even moreso considering this is a Canadian (Tri-lingual) Clone, which is usually valued significantly less than it's American counterpart.  A loose Blue Clone (which is effectively what this is since it's on a Canadian card), currently goes for about $5-8 on eBay - certainly not worth $20+ in four other figures.  MOMC Blue Clones (on U.S. cards) have ended anwhere between $9.99 and $21.65 of late.  So I'm not overly surprised Brian didn't think he was supposed to trade 4 of his figures for it.

Granted, I would've probably handled things differently upon learning that the trade didn't go as planned, and yes, there definitely should've been some communication on Brian's part after the trade went to ****.  But swapping the figures back and losing $8 - $10 in shipping costs and getting NOTHING out of it would admittedly suck.

I would also want to point out that Ty trading a figure that was currently available at retail (which the Blue Clone was at that time) for such a HUGE markup in terms of value is definitely not cool, and is frowned on by most board members and traders.  Since most of us only deal with current retail prices when trading current product, it's even less surprising that jerkytoys thought that this was supposed to be a one for one deal.  Had tyrkazen been selling that figure for the trade value that he was asking for it in return, it would've been considered scalping.  But it's a bit more of a grey area when he's just trying to trade it for such an inflated value.  Like I said, most of us frown on such lopsided trades of current product, and we definitely wouldn't be considering anything more than retail value in a trade for a current item.

So with that in mind, I'm almost inclined to say there was some poetic justice involved here.  Regardless, it was a messed up trade from the get-go, and both sides share some of the blame.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Darth Slothus on August 24, 2005, 02:33 PM
I agree with JediMac's reply- That's simply a ridiculous trade- 5 figs for one current retail figure...What?? IMO it's more understandable/allowable two make an offer like this 3-5 years down the road if it was determined the figure to be a HTF
/rare item. Certainly not for a current item. Don't be pursuaded or fooled by a LEE'S, TOMART's, Brian's Toys self proclaimed values of CURRENT retail items. The value is only as good as what/how badly someone wants it for.  Realistically, I'd be willing to bank that most people won't go to such desperate lengths for a current figure they still have a legit crack at- Or, at least, they done it once only to find the item in a store later and learn their lesson(guilty).

On the other hand I think the scalper remark is incorrectly placed here- If it were for $ value over the figure then I believe it would be legit-calling out someone out as a scalper-but, since this trade was designed for common figs/not money(which I don't see making alot off of) then I think there's no place for that comment.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: JediMAC on August 24, 2005, 02:56 PM
On the other hand I think the scalper remark is incorrectly placed here- If it were for $ value over the figure then I believe it would be legit-calling out someone out as a scalper-but, since this trade was designed for common figs/not money(which I don't see making alot off of) then I think there's no place for that comment.

That's kind of what I said, Jon.  I said if he was selling it for the value he was trying to trade it for, it'd be scalping.

Had tyrkazen been selling that figure for the trade value that he was asking for it in return, it would've been considered scalping.  But it's a bit more of a grey area when he's just trying to trade it for such an inflated value.  Like I said, most of us frown on such lopsided trades of current product, and we definitely wouldn't be considering anything more than retail value in a trade for a current item.

Grabbing a current retail item and trying to trade it for 3 to 4 times it's retail cost is obviously not "scalping" by the literal definition, since no money is being exchanged.  But it's the trading equivalent thereof, which is still considered pretty unethical by today's collecting standards.  I only deal with retail costs on current items, as does everyone else that I know, so I probably would've assumed a one for one deal just the same as Brian did there, if it wasn't specifically stated to the contrary (which it sounds like it wasn't).
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Darth Slothus on August 24, 2005, 03:03 PM
LOL ,your second point was what I said in my first pararaph-
"rediculous"=unethical ;)

My first point..yeah, I said what you said again/ a different way- so what! :P :-*
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: JediMAC on August 24, 2005, 05:03 PM
I was just responding to your "the Scalper comment doesn't belong" statement, which I thought was directed at my earlier post, so I was just trying to better explain the context that I used it in.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Ryan on August 28, 2005, 04:51 PM
Allow me to reword what I said earlier, sleep deprivation makes writing and think clearly very hard sometimes.  ;) Sorry if I came off sounding like an ass. :-\ :-[

All I really meant was if you really did agree to a 4 for 1 trade, you should go through with it, no matter how unfair you think it is. Just be sure you know what you are tading for next time.

If the trade really did happen when the Blue clone was at retail then it definitely wasn't a fair trade. If the clone wasn't at reatil then I think it a could be considered fair trade, since the price does vary on them, I guess I can see how both of you thought it was fair. I guess I didn't really know what  was talking aout, I thought the Canadain Blue clones were harder to find because they were very shortpacked up North, but I was wrong. :-[

In the future I'll stay out of this kinda crap that doesn't involve me, I have a bad habit of doing that. Sorry for sounding like an ass.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Darth Slothus on August 28, 2005, 05:21 PM
yeah, good point..It's none of my business either, sorry Matt and everyone involved :(
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Gregorbian on September 1, 2005, 05:37 PM
I just have to say - I have traded with Mitch (tykrazen) several times, always with excellent results.  While I was not privy to the exact details of the NJSWCC trade, I do know that Mitch tried several times to communicate with Brian (jerkytoys) to no avail.  I have nothing against Brian and, as JediMAC said, people have conducted great trades with him on this board.  The only reason that I am responding to this is to let people know that tykrazen is a good guy and this whole mix up was apparently an unfortunate result of very poor communication. 
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Dressel Rebel on September 24, 2005, 11:11 PM
Hell, many of us here at JD, including myself, have all been banned from RS, and I'm pretty sure we're still all very credible people.


This is proven.  You are not cool until you've been banned, or at least threatened at some point.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Darth Slothus on October 6, 2005, 12:12 AM
Well, I haven't been banned from anywhere else yet or here(coming soon maybe) so I must NOT be cool- But I CAN attest that jerky toys IS a good trader(we just finished a deal with him)
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Nicklab on October 25, 2005, 02:17 PM
Chiming in on this issue since I have been directly involved in the situation as one of the Administrators of the New Jersey Star Wars Collectors Club.

-Both traders had a good record of trading at the NJSWCC prior to this incident.
-Communication on this trade was not evidently not clear.
-This was a trade for a MOMC variation.

-The site this transaction was coordinated through (the NJSWCC) attempted to rectify the situation after a complaint was made by Tykrazen.  Jerkytoys was uncommunicative.  Based on the lack of communication and Jerkytoys unwillingness to void the trade altogether (including both parties shipping the goods back to one another) led to this dispute and his banning from the NJSWCC.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: JediMAC on October 25, 2005, 07:13 PM
Yeah, I think we already covered all that Nick.  Thanks.  I think it's time to move on from this now...

-This was a trade for a MOMC variation.

I also wouldn't consider a Canadian card a "variation".  It's just a "foreign" release, and Canadian cards are usually less desirable and less valuable than domestic releases anyway, but I believe we've already covered that here as well...

- M
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Darth Slothus on October 25, 2005, 07:34 PM
GJ Matt, thanks ;)
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: soulydyes on December 2, 2006, 01:00 PM
James Vargas is a bad trader-avoid at all costs-He's on ebay too-Villa Park, Illinois.
I've only been here a couple times, but I sure don't want anyone to be burned by this individual>:(
http://threads.rebelscum.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2235325&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1#2235325
Title: Transaction gone bad with Mini-rock/Agentrock ebay name
Post by: Jockavich on March 23, 2007, 07:09 PM
Hey Guys, I know I am new here but thought I would give you a heads up.
Do not deal with this guy, especially if you live outside the USA.
This took place over on the RPF.
I agreed to pay Mini-rock $385 for a set of MR Jango Blasters complete.
Sent $400US over three transactions. The last being on the 8/11/06.
He emailed on the 9/11/06 saying the blasters would be sent on the Monday and he would provide me with a tracking number.
No return of emails and no site of him on the RPF or The Rebel Scum forums.
Lodged a dispute with paypal for the 3 transactions.
Two of the transactions were awarded in my favour. The first I ran out of time and was deffered.
He emailed on the 25/12/06 saying he had been away on vacation and asked if I would like a refund or the item. This co-incided when paypal awarded the dispute in my favour. I asked for what I had payed for.
He has been banned from the RPF, Scummers and Sideshow Freaks for being a scammer.

This guy has no conscience, do not get taken like me.
Title: Re: Transaction gone bad with Mini-rock/Agentrock ebay name
Post by: solrac on March 23, 2007, 07:45 PM
you got an address on this a#$ hole just in case he changes his name.
Title: Re: Transaction gone bad with Mini-rock/Agentrock ebay name
Post by: Jockavich on March 24, 2007, 05:39 AM
I have his house address if thats what you mean. He may go by anything with a rock on the end of it, Mini rock, Lil rock or agent rock.
Watch out for this guy. He is a real piece of work. Check this out

http://sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17431
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Ryan on July 5, 2007, 02:42 AM
I hate to be the one bumping this back up... >:(

I had the misfortune of finally being on the end of a bad trade here at JD. Back at the begining of June I bought three McTroopers from Squad-7 (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?action=profile;u=1986) here in the forums. I bought them for $31 shipped which a little high, but it wasn't too bad, better than the $38 he was asking initially. After paying him back on June 3rd I didn't here from him again until the 26th of June, even after sending him a few PMs and emails. He was logging on here at JD too, so it wasn't like he was without PC access. I asked several times fro a tracking number but he never gave me one. At one point he told me his wife had e-mailed it to me but I never saw it. I filed a PayPal dispute and I'm going to have to try to get a refund that route.

The guy's name is Valance, he goes by Squad-7 as well. The e-mail address is pandstoys@skyenet.net and the PayPal Account name is Protect and Serve Toys.



EDIT: After over a month and a half I finally got my package. Of course I had to file a claim with PayPal to get any response from the guy. Deal with him at your own risk.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: darth_sidious on July 29, 2007, 02:50 PM
Blackwolf13 never sent the agreed trade - its been 2 months, and still havent received anything.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: SilverClone on November 26, 2007, 04:58 PM
Should have read YOUR feedback before I purchased the BattleFront-II pack from Squad7 over at Rebelscum.com forums. He totally ripped me and two others off and cleared out his paypal account of funds so we could not recover money from him!

SQUAD7 is a thief!

I hate to be the one bumping this back up... >:(

I had the misfortune of finally being on the end of a bad trade here at JD. Back at the begining of June I bought three McTroopers from Squad-7 (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?action=profile;u=1986) here in the forums. I bought them for $31 shipped which a little high, but it wasn't too bad, better than the $38 he was asking initially. After paying him back on June 3rd I didn't here from him again until the 26th of June, even after sending him a few PMs and emails. He was logging on here at JD too, so it wasn't like he was without PC access. I asked several times fro a tracking number but he never gave me one. At one point he told me his wife had e-mailed it to me but I never saw it. I filed a PayPal dispute and I'm going to have to try to get a refund that route.

The guy's name is Valance, he goes by Squad-7 as well. The e-mail address is pandstoys@skyenet.net and the PayPal Account name is Protect and Serve Toys.



EDIT: After over a month and a half I finally got my package. Of course I had to file a claim with PayPal to get any response from the guy. Deal with him at your own risk.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Ryan on November 26, 2007, 07:43 PM
Should have read YOUR feedback before I purchased the BattleFront-II pack from Squad7 over at Rebelscum.com forums. He totally ripped me and two others off and cleared out his paypal account of funds so we could not recover money from him!

SQUAD7 is a thief!


I'm really sorry to hear that man. So did you guys attempt to file PayPal claims against him? I wouldn't think clearing the funds out of your PayPal account would make you immune from claims and refunds. PayPal has to have some sort of security measure that prevents that sort of thing from happening or the whole claim system is fatally flawed. If it isn't too late I'd highly recommend all three of you go that route (if you didn't already try). What kind of excuses did he give you guys?
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: SilverClone on November 26, 2007, 09:00 PM
Paypal stated they would "go after him [Squad7]" to get funds from him the best they could but if there are no funds there is little they can do but ban him from paypal. This has happened to me once before and I was able to get some but not all of my money back.

We three "duped" at rebelscum all filed a claim against him. I also put in a claim w/ my credit card company and the other guys with their bank. Last time my credit card company was more helpful.

Oh and the excuses he gave ranged from a "Week from hell" to "behind on a term paper" to worst of all, his "wife had a miscarriage" -all which had nothing to do w/ anything because he PM'd and emailed us all before his excuses that he had mailed out our items and gave us bogus delivery confirmation numbers -then the excuses started rolling in about the delays...we were like, you said you mailed them and gave us bogus DC #'s. And then no communication at all. HE has not even responded to inquiries from paypal. Just removed his money from the paypal account he had.

Squad7 then attempted to discredit every one of us on the forums and no surprise was not fooling anyone once we presented evidence of his crime -yes, crime!

Well...live and learn folks...if you are reading this and see him on this or another site..avoid Squad7 at all costs!

Should have read YOUR feedback before I purchased the BattleFront-II pack from Squad7 over at Rebelscum.com forums. He totally ripped me and two others off and cleared out his paypal account of funds so we could not recover money from him!

SQUAD7 is a thief!


I'm really sorry to hear that man. So did you guys attempt to file PayPal claims against him? I wouldn't think clearing the funds out of your PayPal account would make you immune from claims and refunds. PayPal has to have some sort of security measure that prevents that sort of thing from happening or the whole claim system is fatally flawed. If it isn't too late I'd highly recommend all three of you go that route (if you didn't already try). What kind of excuses did he give you guys?
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Jesse James on November 26, 2007, 09:58 PM
I've said it before, and I'll say it again...  Scum's trading/classifieds have unfortunately become a haven for scammers.  They're not closely monitored at all, which really hurts the community.  His actions would ban him here...

If Scum's community had half the mod team we've got, that place would be cleaned out...  Curto's one guy there doing all the work modding people (modding that counts...  Not the bull**** stuff like locking/moving threads and keeping things tidy).  I don't even stop over much, but when I do I always see a number of people I'd hand out suspensions/warnings to in any given thread, much less the knobs who are scamming/scalping routinely over there anymore. ;)  I think their membership would get cut in half, haha.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: JediMAC on November 27, 2007, 05:08 AM
SQUAD7 is a thief!

This seems to be a recurring problem with this guy.  It's probably about time we drop the ban hammer on him here at JD, to protect our trading community from any further problems with this clown...

Sorry to hear about your bad trade, but thanks for the head's up on this scammer.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Desfiy on November 28, 2007, 01:49 AM
I was another one from Rebelscum who got rooked, I go by the name of Desfiy on there, we have requested Philip to ban him but he didnt want to know, so for your own safety I would ban Squad7 on here, and like you have said unfortunately it does appear that rebelscum has turned into a paradise for scammers, luckily this is the first time I have been rooked and I am hoping the last.

Oh and buy the way I am moving in here folks, so please welcome me aboard for good this time, I dont like how Rebelscum has gone.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Jesse James on November 28, 2007, 02:31 AM
To act, we'd need to see some evidence/correspondence, email addresses, etc.  Contact one of the admins/staff here privately to discuss the matter.  I'm available, as are most of the rest of us, or it can be passed on to whoever is available.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Ryan on November 28, 2007, 02:50 AM
Feel free to contact me too, as I have all the stuff Jesse mentioned after he attempted to scam me. I shall crush him. :)

Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Squad-7 on December 13, 2007, 11:04 AM
All of you are omitting the fact that you either received your item or I gave you a complete refund.  In the case of one you, you have both your money and the items.

I did NOT clear out my Paypal account because of you and your Paypal claims.  I do NOT keep more than a dollar or two in my Paypal account at any given time.  It gets transferred out to my checking account so that it can actually be used.  Your complaints actually made it difficult to transfer money back in to give you your refunds.  Would you like the proof from Paypal's Dispute Resolutions team?

As for calling me a thief, that is libel

And my wife did have a miscarriage - would you like me to email you all the doctors reports, testing results, etc?  Hopefully you never have to go through the death of a child, because it is literally more than a week from hell.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: SilverClone on December 14, 2007, 12:25 PM
On libel and thief- Webster Defines it as:
Libel-"A statement or representation published w/out just cause..."
Thief-"One that steals..."
Steal -"To take the property of another"

I believe myself to have just cause as here are the facts:
1. My money (property) was accepted w/ agreement to provide such item in a timely fashion and w/ agreement to provide proof of delivery (DC#) and this did not occur.
2. I was told the item was mailed and provided an initial DC# that was unrecognizable on every occasion
3. I was told the item would be delayed but mailed after-the-fact of being told it WAS in fact mailed -an untruth (still the original DC# was not valid and recognizable)
4. I gave ample opportunity for delivery time and refund
5. A second / different DC# was provided to paypal by squad7 a few days before they were to launch their formal investigation on my claim -this second DC# too was unrecognizable on every occasion as ever existing...
6. My credit card company and paypal came to investigative procedures and the evidence was presented to them
7. My credit card company has credited the money to my account pending it's conclusion of investigation
8. The item I purchased NEVER ever arrived...still has not
9. I recovered my money which at no time was voluntarily refunded by squad7 prior to my pursuing a claim and investigation of funds

Defined:
My property was taken (money) by Squad7, w/out being provided the product and w/ evidence (lack of response, invalid DC#'s, need to pursue recovery) that the product would be provided or as such a voluntary refund provided (and as such on numerous occasions was requested)

Evidence of multiple accounts and witnesses:
Both on this site and Rebelscum, no less than 3 other individuals have reported: similar experiences of purchasing and item, not receiving item(s), having delays, not receiving voluntary refunds, requiring pursuit to recover monies, filing claims against squad7.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: jadesfire on February 20, 2008, 08:05 PM
It's too bad I have to post here....I really thought Famine would come through with the money he owes me from the beginning of August.  I feel six months is enough time to wait....escpecially when he popped back in here and said he would take care of it two months back and still nothing.  It's not even the money....it's the trust I put in a fellow JD member to do the right thing -  :'( :'(.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Desfiy on April 3, 2008, 02:40 PM
Watch out on Ebay if your dealing with someone called Emina1, there is no communication with them, the figures they send you are junk, I have now a Princess Leia Hoth - You know the Rare Kind the one that came with removable head.

I will post pics so you can see what I mean.

As for S&H most people do combined S&H, so I asked him this was ok, he didnt reply so I took as it must be, well he sent them combined shipping, so I thought cool, however he did not put any in even the basic of protection, hell wrap them in a kitchen paper, that stuff is pretty tough, anycase I digress, he had them all rammed into an envelope that I wouldnt even clasify as a small package, try tiny package, lol.  I have to laugh otherwise, I would cry.

When ordering from abroad, get someone to check them for you when they arrive or get them sent straight to you, it was partly my fault as I went combined shipping.

Title: My eBay BAD SELLERS list!
Post by: JediTray on August 21, 2008, 02:10 AM
I have started a BAD SELLERS LIST (http://home.comcast.net/~jeditray/ebay_bad_sellers_list.html) after my recent screwover from yet another eBay seller.

I am trying to get this portion of my site as much traffic as possible, and will continue to build on it and leave the bad sellers there.  Unless of course they do the right thing, which ain't going to happen as long as eBay continues to protect these losers.

I'm thinking about adding bad experiences from others to the page as well.  I must request that if you wish to be added, I need every last little bit of information about your transaction.

Look at the one I did for an example, and see if you have enough info.  Mine isn't finished yet, but it's a good start.

-JT

 (I find this post ironic considering JediTray was banned from JD for scalping and dishonest trading practices... ::))
  -Ryan
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: JediTray on August 22, 2008, 02:01 AM
By the way, the bad eBay seller's ID is neo.and.trinity.  It's all in my link.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: CookieeMonster on September 8, 2008, 06:20 PM
I am sorry to say I got taken by this guy shawnmatthewtoys on Ebay, Ebay as ever wasnt any use.

I paid for an item on the 13th Aug, 3 weeks later it hadnt arrived so I asked for a Refund, never heard any reply, so I put a claim in with Paypal, the next day after doing this, he replys and refunds me the money.

Now heres the kicker, he raised a Dispute saying he never received the funds from my account and he never refunded me because there was no money given to him, and Ebay had believed - even though I sent when the money went from my account and when it was put back in.  And now I have final fee pending (I am not sure what that means) and a Strike Against me.

So like I said be very, very careful when buying from him.  And I am not the only person he has done this to, he took someone for 275.00 dollars seemingly.
Title: Re: Bad Trader Thread
Post by: Milan on September 16, 2008, 06:52 PM
Hi, I've got a problem with an online store not giving me refund for figures I paid for incl shipping, but they never shipped it.
I've contacted the store and they told me that they had it on back order,
but for the last couple off months they had it listed as "instock".
I placed this order containing some SHS figures in early June,
they shipped the cheap ones but didn't incl the ones that costed more,
the Electra figure alone costed me 35 $ and even more so with the shipping.
I contacted the store several times and they keep going on with the same B.S, they'll send me my money back within the week, they'll refund my card asap and thanking me for my patience...
This has been going on for almost 10 weeks now.
I got a strong feeling that this store claims to have items they don't,
and they are stealing money from people buying these items.
I could also be so they are targeting international costumers cause it would be harder for us to visit this store with a baseball bat and not leave until we got our money back.

The store in mind is http://www.TOYGLOBE.com
Is there anything I can do to get back at these a$$ holes.


edit: 2008-09-25

www.toyglobe.com sent me back my money today.
Funny, I sent them a crazy mail about me posting about this in 5-8 different forums each day untill I get my money back and it worked, three days and the money was on my account.  :-D