draketodd

Just want to give everyone a heads up that Asianboy will scam you. I supposedly bought a 2nd gen flyaudio unit from him and what I received was a metal box. Just giving everyone a heads up because I see that he posted more photos of items he probably does not have on photo bucket. I called paypal and will hopefully be getting my money back.

projectdna

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FYI, I reported your post for moderator attention. hopefully DaveGS4 can help you in this matter.

Sffd103

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So did I about 20 min ago. Nice work Projectdna

PumaFiveOh

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That sucks, have you gone through your CC company or through PayPal to get your money back, or do a charge back?

On a side note, now I see why this forum has so many checks and validations for sellers. I guess it's the younger demographic or something in here, as I've almost never experienced or seen people ripping each other off on the GT-R and Corvette forums I'm on. And that's usually always selling high dollar items.

Optochu

what are the measures being taken to resolve this issue? and to prevent it from happening again?

GiantsFan

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Sorry to hear man. Most people here on CL are legit and nice people - but you always get those certain few who will join just to try and make a quick buck Hope paypal gets you your money back!

reyoasian

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I was almost a victim as well, good thing i backed out last minute:

he said he had f-sport exhaust for sale, only used for TWO months..........when 20 days ago he post in my WTB thread that he's also looking for f-sport exhaust



this is his photobucket library with a couple exhausts...which i don't think ANY of those photos belong to him: http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/ke...?sort=3&page=1

this is his email: asianboyjames@yahoo.com










few days later...........

bob4256

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Hopefully you didnt gift him the money, if so you might be out of luck

Jump2man3

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Bro you know whats funny! Is that I had sent him a copy of my brother f sport system done by JM which came out to 1599. This is too funny! As i almost sold him the exhaust I had for sale but backed out because he acted so shady!

Optochu

why? paypal not responsible for gift? if non-gift paypal might get your money back?

Jump2man3

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Gifting money paypal claims no part of. And yes if you send it regular paypal protects you. Gifting is kinda like sending money to a family member or transferring from your paypal to say a business account.

reyoasian

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if you do regular paypal transaction and pay the 3%, you're protected for 40 days

draketodd

Thank you projectdna and Sffd103.

PumaFiveOh

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Exactly, why do you think PayPal takes a percentage of the payment....because they are offering a service and some protection for the buyer/seller.

If you give someone money as a 'GIFT', then you are saying that nothing was actually purchased. So PayPal doesn't take a cut of the money, and in return they don't offer any type of insurance.

I can't give you money as a gift, then file a complaint saying you never shipped me my product. PayPal will just look at the transaction type and say, well it's a gift, we don't see you purchasing anything. Hope that cleared it up...

draketodd

You know I was thinking the same thing. I was wondering why he was selling and also looking for the items. But greed took over and I needed the item. I mean he would pass on a 2nd gen flyaudio for $350.