I have been dealing with this guy for two weeks now! He had wanted an assload of 84 parts that I had in trade for some audio equipment. We had been talking, and he was searching for an engine in trade for some audio equipment he had. Lets face it, you're going to be pressed to find someone to trade a complete 87 engine for car audio equipment. This whole time he is looking, and I knew it. I was fine with it.
After 10 days, I told him(as I had previously, and so had another VERY well respected member on here) that I am looking to get rid of this stuff asap, and 10 days had passed. It was time to make a decision on whether he wanted to go threw with the deal or not.
Here is what finally came out of this.
"ill tell ya what man ill cover the shipping on my amp and sub which is heavy as hell and ship each item in there original packaging which for the sub is required for warranty purposes due to extreme weight in the box. yeah just wait till you hook this ****er up.
and the amp which is going to be the 501s ill package nicely in a secure box of its size and send as well
YEAH WE WILL DO THE SWAP
so ill await for shipment to arrive you can send it commerical not residential cause it will cost three times as much to send it that way tell them my address is commercial and which it is, we are a commercial hot tub distribution facility. so
that address is******
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send me an address to send equipment to and first and last name, soon as items arrive ill send out there all ready boxed up and have been since practicely a week after i purchased it, im tellin ya i hope you know what your getting into."
I had a funny feeling once I got this email. It seemed like a scam to me. Why the hell would I ship out over 200 pounds of stuff that is going to cost an enourmous amount to ship, when he lives just 4 hours east of me and we can meet in the middle?! The reason I was getting suspicious is because I sent him another email CONFIRMING everything we were trading, what time, and where, and his come back was "as it stands right now, yeah." This was Wednesday night I sent this. That right there told me something would probably "come up."
Even after commiting to the trade, he came back twice(I have every email sent) to wait another day or two. Finally, we set a day for Thursday at 3 in the afternoon. The next morning(thursday) I took my son to the daycare, went and got the truck that I was barrowing, and came back and loaded up everything. That is a one hour trip time right there. About broke my back getting the shortblock into the bed by myself. Checked my email, and I get this
"check this out, i cant meet today, dont know if it was you or someone else i was telling but i ended up having to work, im a roofer and had a leak to fix but had been able to get to area of the leak well these people had apparently called yesterday or lastnight an said not only can i get to the area there living room is leaking bad, IN SHORT CANT DO IT TODAY ILL POST PICTURE DAMIT SORRY DOG YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT BORROWING A TRUCK I READ SORRY ABOUT THAT AS WELL WE CAN DO THIS BUT I HAVE TO DO THIS ROOF REPAIR ITS NOT AN OPTION ON MY END."
So I called him and asked him what is going on. He said he was wanting it but something "came up." I told him to tell me truth on whether he wanted it or not since I had already had everything loaded up and it was looking like from all of the previous emails and now this, that he was just trying to get out of it somehow. So, we set up a time for Friday morning at 11, and I asked him if he was SURE this time, that NOTHING would be coming up. He assured me he would be there, and would call me once he dropped his kids off at school at 9, and was on his way. So, now I had to drive back, pick up my son, take the truck back, and drive back home. Thats another 1 hour total trip time.
The next morning(Friday 15th) I leave early just to make sure I get there on time. I take my son to the daycare, and pick up the truck(I left everything in it) and head out. I was gone by 9. 9:40 hits(I have been driving now for 40 minutes) and I get a text saying this"Got called back to that leak this morning sorry man its my job an all this snow melting is causing problems it will have to be weekend if not then i understand but trully not my fault sorry i let you know soon as i did i had already left for you and got called sorry man ill call ya later if you dont get pissed and junk it" That is another 1hr40min worth of driving.
I called 1 MINUTE after getting that text, and HE WOULD NOT ANSWER. Dont act like he was already there or something. If he was truly on his way, he would have been driving for a little bit as well, and would have been right next to that phone, especially since I called RIGHT after that message. I sent him a couple text messages telling him I had been driving for 40 minutes, but no reply until almost noon.
What I am pissed about over all of this is that I spent HOURS driving between getting the truck and my house(two trips)and starting the trip to the determind meeting place, and WASTING money on gas just because this guy is making up stories. And the fact that I was even willing to meet him half way for this.
Just wanted to let everyone know that he is possibly a scammer. Its fine if he sends you money for something that you will send to him AFTER you receive payment, but dont try to make any plans with this guy. Especially, how does he say he is a roofer, but in his email he told me that his address was a "commercial hot tub distribution facility." There are two many stories with this guy, and things just DON't add up. I have been on here for almost 5 years now, and I dont want someone like this possibly dicking around with someone else on here.
After 10 days, I told him(as I had previously, and so had another VERY well respected member on here) that I am looking to get rid of this stuff asap, and 10 days had passed. It was time to make a decision on whether he wanted to go threw with the deal or not.
Here is what finally came out of this.
"ill tell ya what man ill cover the shipping on my amp and sub which is heavy as hell and ship each item in there original packaging which for the sub is required for warranty purposes due to extreme weight in the box. yeah just wait till you hook this ****er up.
and the amp which is going to be the 501s ill package nicely in a secure box of its size and send as well
YEAH WE WILL DO THE SWAP
so ill await for shipment to arrive you can send it commerical not residential cause it will cost three times as much to send it that way tell them my address is commercial and which it is, we are a commercial hot tub distribution facility. so
that address is******
*************
*****************
send me an address to send equipment to and first and last name, soon as items arrive ill send out there all ready boxed up and have been since practicely a week after i purchased it, im tellin ya i hope you know what your getting into."
I had a funny feeling once I got this email. It seemed like a scam to me. Why the hell would I ship out over 200 pounds of stuff that is going to cost an enourmous amount to ship, when he lives just 4 hours east of me and we can meet in the middle?! The reason I was getting suspicious is because I sent him another email CONFIRMING everything we were trading, what time, and where, and his come back was "as it stands right now, yeah." This was Wednesday night I sent this. That right there told me something would probably "come up."
Even after commiting to the trade, he came back twice(I have every email sent) to wait another day or two. Finally, we set a day for Thursday at 3 in the afternoon. The next morning(thursday) I took my son to the daycare, went and got the truck that I was barrowing, and came back and loaded up everything. That is a one hour trip time right there. About broke my back getting the shortblock into the bed by myself. Checked my email, and I get this
"check this out, i cant meet today, dont know if it was you or someone else i was telling but i ended up having to work, im a roofer and had a leak to fix but had been able to get to area of the leak well these people had apparently called yesterday or lastnight an said not only can i get to the area there living room is leaking bad, IN SHORT CANT DO IT TODAY ILL POST PICTURE DAMIT SORRY DOG YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT BORROWING A TRUCK I READ SORRY ABOUT THAT AS WELL WE CAN DO THIS BUT I HAVE TO DO THIS ROOF REPAIR ITS NOT AN OPTION ON MY END."
So I called him and asked him what is going on. He said he was wanting it but something "came up." I told him to tell me truth on whether he wanted it or not since I had already had everything loaded up and it was looking like from all of the previous emails and now this, that he was just trying to get out of it somehow. So, we set up a time for Friday morning at 11, and I asked him if he was SURE this time, that NOTHING would be coming up. He assured me he would be there, and would call me once he dropped his kids off at school at 9, and was on his way. So, now I had to drive back, pick up my son, take the truck back, and drive back home. Thats another 1 hour total trip time.
The next morning(Friday 15th) I leave early just to make sure I get there on time. I take my son to the daycare, and pick up the truck(I left everything in it) and head out. I was gone by 9. 9:40 hits(I have been driving now for 40 minutes) and I get a text saying this"Got called back to that leak this morning sorry man its my job an all this snow melting is causing problems it will have to be weekend if not then i understand but trully not my fault sorry i let you know soon as i did i had already left for you and got called sorry man ill call ya later if you dont get pissed and junk it" That is another 1hr40min worth of driving.
I called 1 MINUTE after getting that text, and HE WOULD NOT ANSWER. Dont act like he was already there or something. If he was truly on his way, he would have been driving for a little bit as well, and would have been right next to that phone, especially since I called RIGHT after that message. I sent him a couple text messages telling him I had been driving for 40 minutes, but no reply until almost noon.
What I am pissed about over all of this is that I spent HOURS driving between getting the truck and my house(two trips)and starting the trip to the determind meeting place, and WASTING money on gas just because this guy is making up stories. And the fact that I was even willing to meet him half way for this.
Just wanted to let everyone know that he is possibly a scammer. Its fine if he sends you money for something that you will send to him AFTER you receive payment, but dont try to make any plans with this guy. Especially, how does he say he is a roofer, but in his email he told me that his address was a "commercial hot tub distribution facility." There are two many stories with this guy, and things just DON't add up. I have been on here for almost 5 years now, and I dont want someone like this possibly dicking around with someone else on here.