This member dubxfiv0 called himself Ryan is a complete *** hole and one M fxxker! I've never felt so naive and stupid in a long time....since the college days. So here's the story:
dubxfiv0 sent me a PM asking to borrow a ball joint separator tool from me after seeing my DIY on removing and installing ball joints and stating that he's living around my area. So I said fine, you can borrow it. So we met and I lent him this $30 tool and he said he'll return it the next day. I didn't write down his driver's license number or asked for a deposit, thinking that who would go thru all the trouble to steal a $30 tool. He's an Asian dude in his early 30s, standing 5'8" and weights ~160 lb. Seems like a decent guy. So I lent him the tool 4 wks ago, and have not heard from him ever since. I've been calling and emailing him for the past wk; he didn't answer his phone (voice mail box is full) and didn't return my emails. I just couldn't believe that I've just met a scum bag. I'm really upset at myself for being so naive and stupid. I guess I've been a professional for too long and have always met the nicest people until now. This is definitely a wake up call for me. There are all kinds of scum bags (in different shapes and forms) in this world.
If I ever see him on the streets again, I'll show him that there's another way in using this tool -- popping out his ***** w/ that ball joint separator and then he can keep that tool.
His last posting is here:
https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...ng-3-days.html
dubxfiv0 sent me a PM asking to borrow a ball joint separator tool from me after seeing my DIY on removing and installing ball joints and stating that he's living around my area. So I said fine, you can borrow it. So we met and I lent him this $30 tool and he said he'll return it the next day. I didn't write down his driver's license number or asked for a deposit, thinking that who would go thru all the trouble to steal a $30 tool. He's an Asian dude in his early 30s, standing 5'8" and weights ~160 lb. Seems like a decent guy. So I lent him the tool 4 wks ago, and have not heard from him ever since. I've been calling and emailing him for the past wk; he didn't answer his phone (voice mail box is full) and didn't return my emails. I just couldn't believe that I've just met a scum bag. I'm really upset at myself for being so naive and stupid. I guess I've been a professional for too long and have always met the nicest people until now. This is definitely a wake up call for me. There are all kinds of scum bags (in different shapes and forms) in this world.
If I ever see him on the streets again, I'll show him that there's another way in using this tool -- popping out his ***** w/ that ball joint separator and then he can keep that tool.
His last posting is here:
https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...ng-3-days.html
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well - congrats on being a nice guy -- only $30. Surely the karma will come back 2-fold for both of you -- So, :-)
30 bucks is nothing,I got ripped off 420 and it took me a year to get it back from him
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Maybe he's been in an accident. Maybe he's dead or in jail or whatever.
... although now I see that Skratch got burned from him.
... although now I see that Skratch got burned from him.
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it sucks that you reach out to help a member and you get the weenie. next time, the most trustworthy guy there is may not get the same help because you are understandably apprehensive.
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Curt, can i borrow the ML?Originally Posted by cal1
it sucks that you reach out to help a member and you get the weenie. next time, the most trustworthy guy there is may not get the same help because you are understandably apprehensive.
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That sucks that he stole the tool face to face, but I'm sure there is a reasonable explanation, but scratch's story worries me that this guy is an ***..
Are we sure Skratch is talking about the same guy??
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Are we sure Skratch is talking about the same guy??
oh ****, good point, sorry for misreading??
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$30 or $300 either way that was uncalled for. What a douche, so much for helping other members when jerkoffs like this exist. Props to you for helping, as far as his airmatic install goes... karma will prevail 
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haha Originally Posted by E55Bullet
Curt, can i borrow the ML?
what, you don't want to borrow the SL because it's too slow?
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+1 Originally Posted by tbal
$30 or $300 either way that was uncalled for. What a douche, so much for helping other members when jerkoffs like this exist. Props to you for helping, as far as his airmatic install goes... karma will prevail
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what, you don't want to borrow the SL because it's too slow?
LOL 60's are too slow Originally Posted by cal1
haha what, you don't want to borrow the SL because it's too slow?
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dubxfiv0 sent me a PM asking to borrow a ball joint separator tool from me after seeing my DIY on removing and installing ball joints and stating that he's living around my area. So I said fine, you can borrow it. So we met and I lent him this $30 tool and he said he'll return it the next day. I didn't write down his driver's license number or asked for a deposit, thinking that who would go thru all the trouble to steal a $30 tool. He's an Asian dude in his early 30s, standing 5'8" and weights ~160 lb. Seems like a decent guy. So I lent him the tool 4 wks ago, and have not heard from him ever since. I've been calling and emailing him for the past wk; he didn't answer his phone (voice mail box is full) and didn't return my emails. I just couldn't believe that I've just met a scum bag. I'm really upset at myself for being so naive and stupid. I guess I've been a professional for too long and have always met the nicest people until now. This is definitely a wake up call for me. There are all kinds of scum bags (in different shapes and forms) in this world.
If I ever see him on the streets again, I'll show him that there's another way in using this tool -- popping out his ***** w/ that ball joint separator and then he can keep that tool.
His last posting is here:
https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...ng-3-days.html
What a real dirt bag. Sorry to hear about that, and I am sure that most of us on this forum would have been taken also. Who thinks that a forum member would steal a tool so cheap? This is what the world is coming to. Originally Posted by SZMB
This member dubxfiv0 called himself Ryan is a complete *** hole and one M fxxker! I've never felt so naive and stupid in a long time....since the college days. So here's the story:dubxfiv0 sent me a PM asking to borrow a ball joint separator tool from me after seeing my DIY on removing and installing ball joints and stating that he's living around my area. So I said fine, you can borrow it. So we met and I lent him this $30 tool and he said he'll return it the next day. I didn't write down his driver's license number or asked for a deposit, thinking that who would go thru all the trouble to steal a $30 tool. He's an Asian dude in his early 30s, standing 5'8" and weights ~160 lb. Seems like a decent guy. So I lent him the tool 4 wks ago, and have not heard from him ever since. I've been calling and emailing him for the past wk; he didn't answer his phone (voice mail box is full) and didn't return my emails. I just couldn't believe that I've just met a scum bag. I'm really upset at myself for being so naive and stupid. I guess I've been a professional for too long and have always met the nicest people until now. This is definitely a wake up call for me. There are all kinds of scum bags (in different shapes and forms) in this world.
If I ever see him on the streets again, I'll show him that there's another way in using this tool -- popping out his ***** w/ that ball joint separator and then he can keep that tool.
His last posting is here:
https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...ng-3-days.html
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30 bucks and your *****ing?? wow......i get the point and it sucks but i wouldn't jump to anything just yet unless you see that he still signs onto mbworld but maybe something happened to him....
sucks people are kind and others take advantage of it but i guess you live and you learn....
sucks people are kind and others take advantage of it but i guess you live and you learn....
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Looks like it's time for another MBWorld West Coast get together, only this time for a different purpose. 
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well he's not dead ... he logged in thursday according to his profile.
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well it's time to find him and hang himOriginally Posted by eye_s
well he's not dead ... he logged in thursday according to his profile.
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Sucks, you sound like a nice guy. I agree with the karma comment, play lotto...3030
Sucks, you sound like a nice guy. I agree with the karma comment, play lotto...3030
The whole issue here is not about the $30 tool I'd lost or stolen. It's never about the money, otherwise I would have written down his driver's license and asked for a deposit. I think I'm more upset at myself than at this guy -- I let my guard down and let myself be taken advantage of. Look, we teach kids never to trust strangers, but here I'm -- right in the middle of it. I just simply couldn't comprehend that a MB E55 owner would go thru so much trouble to steal a $30 tool. It just simply can't -- and yet it did. Well, maybe something have happened to him, maybe he got hurt and ended in the hospital, and couldn't answer emails or phone calls. OK. I chose to believe that's what happened, so I could feel better. Oh well, lesson has been relearned after all these years.
how to trust others again. You will always have this in the back of your head as you do business or meet someone new>>>>
We have all been there................me many time.. but its always friends...
BTW I have seen this in the Mazda Honda forums...never would MB BMW world also would be the same.....
We have all been there................me many time.. but its always friends...
BTW I have seen this in the Mazda Honda forums...never would MB BMW world also would be the same.....
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Sorry to hear about this SZMB! It sucks that anyone would do this, regardless of the vehicle they drive and/or what ethnicity the person is! Hopefully he will see this and come clean, if nothing else, to clear his conscious...
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Little dosche bag! Its sad you take time out of your day to drive and meet this jerkoff, you give him your property no matter what the value, and the little dousch bag dissapears with it. Its ******** like this that are why this country is becoming a trash pool of idiots that ruin it for the people that built this country. I sent him a PM
