Fraud

hazelhoff

hazelhoff

Senior Member
Beware guys ! I asked for an Owen-DynetoOD-C1B for sale in the Swap Meet.
A relatively new Barn member calling himself “Victory James”, gave me an email address: worldpart44@gmail.com.
I bought a wiper $ 150 shipped. Then - upon sellers request - I transferred another $ 50 to cover shipping internationally. Seller - Dustin Griggs - just keeps asking for more money. He will not even send some pictures to prove existence of the wiper.
I am not used to meeting people like that on The Barn ... and I shouldn’t be afraid of that !

Just beware ! That’s what I’m asking ...

Henk
 
I only deal in the US of A when buying...........


when selling- I only deal with cash. (cleared bank wire)



Just how it is.
 
Ugly
If posters don’t have a long history and don’t post location ...beware
There are numerous posts about scammers
It happened to me once but for just a small amount of money
Watch out for Kevon too! He’s a POS scammer and hit several on FB
 
Here are four, all connected attempted to scam me on one item, one kept referring to another. Songregg, somjohn, sandroamelie, and mitchsandy22. Beware!
 
ok guys on a brighter note, I sold some 1935 hubcaps to a guy I didn't know and he sent me the money first. I asked him if he was ok with that as he never heard of me either. He told me he has never been ripped off by a Model A guy. There is still honest people out there! Stay safe!
 
hazelhoff said:
Beware guys ! I asked for an Owen-DynetoOD-C1B for sale in the Swap Meet.
A relatively new Barn member calling himself “Victory James”, gave me an email address: worldpart44@gmail.com.
I bought a wiper $ 150 shipped. Then - upon sellers request - I transferred another $ 50 to cover shipping internationally. Seller - Dustin Griggs - just keeps asking for more money. He will not even send some pictures to prove existence of the wiper.
I am not used to meeting people like that on The Barn ... and I shouldn’t be afraid of that !

Just beware ! That’s what I’m asking ...

Henk
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How much did u get ripped for ?
 
$ 200. $ 150 purchase + $ 50 shipping. It’s (luckily) not a big deal to me, but it really hurts being ripped within The Barn. Before I felt perfectly safe !
 
As you will see from my moniker, I live in New Zealand, and these b.......ds make it really difficult to do business on sites like this. We are fortunate the NZPost has set up a depot in Oregon so that we can get bits shipped within the U.S. Paypal / credit card is our best option for paying, as the banks want an arm and your leg for a bank cheque these days.
 
It is unfortunate that there are such rotten people on this earth. As BAL1962 says, there are still a lot of good people here too. I've been in the cam business since the mid 1970's, and ship them before billing the buyer so I know the actual shipping costs, and I have never been stiffed by a Model A guy! I've been had, but not by an A guy!
 
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