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Title: Scammer alert
Post by: burn_your_money on October 26, 2007, 07:49:11 am
I seem to be getting hosed for a 1.9 head as seen here
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3418506

This is the guys info

Screen Name: martelmarkus
Email: [email protected]
Address: Marc-Andre Martel
1985 Cr Turgeon
Brossard, QC
J4W 3G6

Just thought I'd send out a heads up
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: Op-Ivy on October 26, 2007, 08:55:27 am
That's not good at all. For $250 it might be worth it to take a trip... I have grandparents literally 10 minutes away from where he lives.

I think there is a thread on vortex that has buyer/seller info. Maybe post something there about this.

Sorry it isn't working out :(
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: jtanguay on October 26, 2007, 02:31:29 pm
i would ask him for a receipt from canada post.  get him to scan it, fax it, or whatever.  if he can't provide that then yea... pay him a visit  :twisted:
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: subsonic on October 26, 2007, 02:58:09 pm
spilled brake fluid on some paint once.  wow, they should just lable that stuff paint remover...................... :wink:
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: rallydiesel on October 26, 2007, 03:26:54 pm
I've got one that posts here sometimes:

Mk2Fanatic

I sent him money and he sent me a false tracking #. He never did send me the part. I have yet to get my money back after a month.

Avoid dealing with this person.
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: Vincent Waldon on October 26, 2007, 04:27:24 pm
Quote from: "rallydiesel"
I've got one that posts here sometimes:

Mk2Fanatic

I sent him money and he sent me a false tracking #. He never did send me the part. I have yet to get my money back after a month.

Avoid dealing with this person.


Yikes... don't tell me that... waiting on a K14... and waiting... and waiting... with the tracking code that doesn't work....


A darn shame too.. I can understand gasser owners treating each other this way, but diesel dudes ??!!!
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: jimfoo on October 27, 2007, 04:43:34 pm
Maybe the 3 of you better contact the police or postal service or both.
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: Vincent Waldon on October 27, 2007, 08:55:51 pm
Quote from: "jimfoo"
Maybe the 3 of you better contact the police or postal service or both.


Or we could hire your big truck to drive over someone's foot ??  Seems to have worked for Britney Spears ??!!!
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: jtanguay on October 27, 2007, 10:26:53 pm
lol i'm sure he reads this forum... he'll probably be ready for 1) brake fluid on paint 2) nails in driveway...

probably go nuts from the paranoia!  :lol: hopefully there is just some sort of mixup... i just don't understand why anyone would want to defraud another person for chump change.

pretty sad... hopefully there's just a mixup!
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: subsonic on October 28, 2007, 07:24:10 am
Quote from: "libbybapa"
Quote from: "subsonic"
spilled brake fluid on some paint once.  wow, they should just lable that stuff paint remover...................... :wink:


I spilled a box of aluminum roofing nails in my driveway once.  Those little buggers are non-magnetic and so fairly difficult to clean up entirely on a dirt driveway.  I kept getting poked tires...

Andrew


HEE HEE HEE, Snicker Snicker :lol:   Thats old school.  By the way, brake fluid will work just fine for a short period loaded into a squirt gun or spay bottle.  Makes a funny pattern when it hits too.
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: Wolfsbur on October 28, 2007, 09:18:25 am
When I lived in Portland,  somebody was hitting parked cars with paint stripper in ballons.

Sorry about the rip-off!

I had a similar experience with a seller in Jersey--guy was using his Grandmothers mailing address.  3 other victims and I contacted the local police who opend a complaint file--shook the guy up pretty good.  

Still didn't get our money back,  though.
Title: ....
Post by: Darkness_is_spreading on October 28, 2007, 02:30:33 pm
I think you should contact police, you have more than enough complaints to get the police suspicious.
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: Mk2Fanatic on October 28, 2007, 08:19:45 pm
Quote from: "Vincent Waldon"
Quote from: "rallydiesel"
I've got one that posts here sometimes:

Mk2Fanatic

I sent him money and he sent me a false tracking #. He never did send me the part. I have yet to get my money back after a month.

Avoid dealing with this person.


Yikes... don't tell me that... waiting on a K14... and waiting... and waiting... with the tracking code that doesn't work....


A darn shame too.. I can understand gasser owners treating each other this way, but diesel dudes ??!!!



Vince here's the canadapost info for your item we talked about saturday:





English   Français
 
NOTE: Please do not reply to this e-mail as Canada Post and the shipper will not receive your message.
 
You are receiving this email at the request of the shipper to provide you with updates on the progress of this shipment.
______________________________________________________________
IMPORTANT SHIPMENT DETAILS
 
Tracking Number: 0346195000264756
 
Shipment Status: Item accepted on October 27, 2007
 
Please go to canadapost.ca for more details.
_________________________________________________________

rally diesel if i can have an address as i asked for before to refund your payment.  I'm going through a messy divorce, and since my credit cards were joint with my spouse, I can't process transactions through them.  contact me via IM, email or phone so we can resolve this by friday.

Sylvester
226 788 3321
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: jtanguay on October 28, 2007, 10:33:52 pm
So.... just a huge misunderstanding...?  :D
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: subsonic on October 29, 2007, 07:14:11 am
Perhaps we should do kind of a informal inhouse rule thing about making sure buyers / sellers go through some kind of dispute abc 123 process before names get posted as to who is or is not reputable.  Basics like, did you e-mail him, did you request tracking#, Did you request copy of shipping bill or receipt.?  Just a thought.
 No one likes getting ripped off for sure,  it's just hard to call a " my bad" after you light off the flame on someones rep.

If someone IS a scammer, Please send out the watch/ warning/ black list and let us know so no one else get's screwed.  Flame on.

(and watch for roofing nails and spilled brake fluid) :wink:
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: zukgod1 on October 29, 2007, 10:50:24 am
Quote from: "subsonic"
Perhaps we should do kind of a informal inhouse rule thing about making sure buyers / sellers go through some kind of dispute abc 123 process before names get posted as to who is or is not reputable.  Basics like, did you e-mail him, did you request tracking#, Did you request copy of shipping bill or receipt.?  Just a thought.
 No one likes getting ripped off for sure,  it's just hard to call a " my bad" after you light off the flame on someones rep.

If someone IS a scammer, Please send out the watch/ warning/ black list and let us know so no one else get's screwed.  Flame on.

(and watch for roofing nails and spilled brake fluid) :wink:



I agree, I was getting all ticked off reading through here thinking here @ TDI we have a small enough community that this type of thing doesn't seem to happen very often, as a matter a fact I feel like I have gained some good friends off this board through purchases.

Sorry to hear about he divorce Sylvester, even a clean one sucks.
I hope you can get things figured out with our fellow TD'ers soon and hope your life gets better. Gotta feel for a fellow going through that crap..

dan
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: Mk2Fanatic on October 29, 2007, 05:29:01 pm
thanks zukgod1 and hopefully my situation for parts arrival should b resolved within the next week.
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: Turbinepowered on October 29, 2007, 08:25:12 pm
Quote from: "libbybapa"
I spilled a box of aluminum roofing nails in my driveway once.  Those little buggers are non-magnetic and so fairly difficult to clean up entirely on a dirt driveway.  I kept getting poked tires...


I can get boxes of those pretty cheap to donate to the cause.... :D Comes with being a contractor's kid.
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: jtanguay on October 29, 2007, 08:58:36 pm
Quote from: "Turbinepowered"
Quote from: "libbybapa"
I spilled a box of aluminum roofing nails in my driveway once.  Those little buggers are non-magnetic and so fairly difficult to clean up entirely on a dirt driveway.  I kept getting poked tires...


I can get boxes of those pretty cheap to donate to the cause.... :D Comes with being a contractor's kid.


and hopefully we'll never need to resort to that...
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: burn_your_money on October 30, 2007, 05:13:08 am
Quote from: "jtanguay"

and hopefully we'll never need to resort to that...


Unfortunately I'm not dealing with mk2fanatic (sorry about your situation man)

I'm just going to go to the police. I haven't heard from the guy in almost two weeks which was when he supposedly shipped it UPS from Quebec to Ontario, which I know would take 5 days max and would come with a tracking number. Hopefully I have enough information to get some action
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: subsonic on October 30, 2007, 06:38:56 am
You should ask him if he shipped it insured.  Even if he never shipped it, If he gives you false info to put in a claim, the postal service would be all over him for postal fraud.  In the US, the postal service is serious about that stuff.
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: burn_your_money on October 30, 2007, 08:52:37 am
He's not talking anymore so that's not an option unfortunatly
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: subsonic on October 30, 2007, 11:25:07 am
Perhaps he ripped someone else off and is finding it hard to talk with no teeth.  :o
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: 95gltd on December 17, 2007, 11:56:46 am
did you guys get your parts?

Mk2Fanatic
jumped all over my wanted thread where i was looking for a pump.

I called him and no response. Left 2 voicemails and nothing.

Glad i paid with a  CC.
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: rallydiesel on December 17, 2007, 12:55:05 pm
No, I never got my part but at least he did refund my money eventually.
Title: Scammer alert
Post by: 95gltd on December 18, 2007, 07:49:34 am
Thank god for the CC buyer protection.
Title: Re: Scammer alert
Post by: theex on January 03, 2010, 11:37:16 pm

This is the dickwad sylvesters ex... and we were never married, he is all lies!!! We split cuz of his lies.  His wife's engagement ring was my old ring... he stole money from our 9 year old in the sum of 500 dollars, he owes me 6 g's now for our daughters, I hope all has been resolved, but anyone who knew him or me I hope the truth is known now, he effed up!  Sorry i'm goin off but seriously, i like how he said that we had a messy divorce... never married, and was never any issues during the break up.  if any of you need his address feel free to drop me a line and i will provide you with any info you need. 









Quote from: Vincent Waldon
Quote from: rallydiesel
I've got one that posts here sometimes:

Mk2Fanatic

I sent him money and he sent me a false tracking #. He never did send me the part. I have yet to get my money back after a month.

Avoid dealing with this person.

Yikes... don't tell me that... waiting on a K14... and waiting... and waiting... with the tracking code that doesn't work....


A darn shame too.. I can understand gasser owners treating each other this way, but diesel dudes ??!!!


Vince here's the canadapost info for your item we talked about saturday:





English   Français
 
NOTE: Please do not reply to this e-mail as Canada Post and the shipper will not receive your message.
 
You are receiving this email at the request of the shipper to provide you with updates on the progress of this shipment.
______________________________________________________________
IMPORTANT SHIPMENT DETAILS
 
Tracking Number: 0346195000264756
 
Shipment Status: Item accepted on October 27, 2007
 
Please go to canadapost.ca for more details.
_________________________________________________________

rally diesel if i can have an address as i asked for before to refund your payment.  I'm going through a messy divorce, and since my credit cards were joint with my spouse, I can't process transactions through them.  contact me via IM, email or phone so we can resolve this by friday.

Sylvester
226 788 3321
Title: Re: Scammer alert
Post by: theex on January 03, 2010, 11:41:24 pm
oh and the mofo and i never shared no damn credit cards... lmao.  dude has no credit... its in the ***ter with the rest of his morals and values
Title: Re: Scammer alert
Post by: Rabbit on Roids on January 04, 2010, 07:59:34 am
oh and the mofo and i never shared no damn credit cards... lmao.  dude has no credit... its in the ***ter with the rest of his morals and values

thats kinda a nail in the coffin for him if you are who you say you are.
Title: Re: Scammer alert
Post by: rallydiesel on January 04, 2010, 09:51:54 am
I haven't seen Sylvester post in a while. At least he refunded my money. Baselyne/fwd_motion screwed me out of $200. Real name is Jeff DesRoche. Steer clear.
Title: Re: Scammer alert
Post by: burn_your_money on January 04, 2010, 06:15:46 pm
partingvw is Jeff's new name on vortex.
Title: Re: Scammer alert
Post by: diesel smoke on January 08, 2010, 08:34:43 pm
There's something that is being brought to my attention. So far now I have gotten 2 PM's from people saying I have sold them parts and that they haven't gotten them. One PM I even got on TDIClub from someone. However I have never sold any parts on here or on TDIClub. They are saying that a member by the name of 'dieselsmoke' sold them the parts. My username is slightly different. There's a space in mine. So please people, it's not me. Don't hate me.

Me:
http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=8232 (http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=8232)

NOT me:
http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=6895 (http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=6895)

I'll put this in a new thread too for more people to see.