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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 10:51 PM
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Buyer Beware: Member "Old Skool"

I had to open a paypal dispute against him for a set of HRE wheels that he listed for sale on this forum. I paid for them almost two weeks ago and still no wheels. I asked for shipping/tracking info and have not heard back in a week, though I know he gets notifications on his phone from our previous back and forth PMs BEFORE he took my money. Also in shady behavior, a couple of days after listing them he deleted the thread despite me posting in the thread that he had sold the wheels to me. I started worrying then but he responded to a PM at the time so I gave him the benefit of the doubt.

He has several items for sale in the classifieds and I advise you to steer clear.

After speaking with other members who he has attempted to scam or successfully scammed, it looks like this low-life's game is to say he still has these parts for sale and keep collecting money for them. Who knows if he ever did or not, but I have proof he is still offering them for sale even after having "sold" them. He even deleted the for sale thread because I posted in it saying that the item was sold to me, when other parties were starting to volunteer payments.

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Old Jun 30, 2012 | 11:41 AM
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Paypal sided with me after he didn't respond, and I was able to get my money back despite this douchebag's attempt to steal it.
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Old Jul 2, 2012 | 10:11 PM
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/\ Thanks for the heads up. Glad you got your money back.

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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 03:18 PM
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Scary, but glad to see you were smart using Paypal.... Nice work letting the community know about him.... Shawn
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 09:47 PM
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Sorry to hear about your experience. I hate people like that.
Glad to hear Paypal helped out. They are on the buyers side.
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 09:58 PM
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