03-17-2021, 01:08 PM | #1 |
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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: [email protected]. 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 |
03-17-2021, 01:31 PM | #2 |
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Rough. Thanks for the heads up.
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03-17-2021, 06:07 PM | #3 |
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Sounds like you lost your money. Don’t send anymore.
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03-17-2021, 07:12 PM | #4 |
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"Victory James" joined on March 12 and has 0 posts. Report him to Ryan before he rips somebody else off.
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03-18-2021, 03:27 AM | #5 |
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I only deal in the US of A when buying...........
when selling- I only deal with cash. (cleared bank wire) Just how it is. |
03-18-2021, 07:05 AM | #6 |
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03-18-2021, 07:15 AM | #7 |
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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 |
03-18-2021, 08:07 AM | #8 |
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Has Ryan been informed? He has no patience with these guys.
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03-18-2021, 10:24 AM | #9 |
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Here are four, all connected attempted to scam me on one item, one kept referring to another. Songregg, somjohn, sandroamelie, and mitchsandy22. Beware!
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03-18-2021, 11:19 AM | #10 |
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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!
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03-18-2021, 11:35 AM | #11 |
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Let’s stick together and ban these people. Otherwise it just might become our Model-A corona
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03-18-2021, 11:38 AM | #12 |
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03-18-2021, 11:42 AM | #13 | |
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03-18-2021, 04:26 PM | #14 |
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$200 per his post.
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03-18-2021, 04:29 PM | #15 |
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$ 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 !
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03-18-2021, 04:51 PM | #16 |
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$1. Is too much IMHO.
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03-18-2021, 05:50 PM | #17 |
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Victory James tried to sell me a TR-C2B and he is a scammer.
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03-18-2021, 06:23 PM | #18 |
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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.
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03-18-2021, 07:07 PM | #19 |
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03-19-2021, 11:06 AM | #20 |
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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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