e50zero

I met a member on this forum BRABUS_E500 and purchased some things from him a while ago and basically never got half of the things including wheels and tires. Now I have no idea how to get a hold of him and am out a lot of $$$..this sucks because I am pretty tolerant with stuff but I thought I would put this out there and see if anyone can help me.

andy_c63

Sorry to hear that. Did you give him cash?

97W202

damn this sucks when it happens hopefully some of the mods might be able to help with an i.p address or such. good luck

ryhi

ouch. that sucks. hopefully this gets resolved.

e50zero

yah..i gave him cash cause i trusted him but ended up empty handed.

MBFLO

Did you meet him in person . I would think so since you gave cash . Bcuz mailing it is nono. Where did you meet before ? Where did this happen ? See if hes member on other forums . Im sure he can be tracked down. That sucks

e50zero

of course no mailing..i did meet him in person and got his number but he never called back and no other contact info. i know some people on this forum know him so hopefully they can help me find him.

VeeDubbVR6

good luck, that's not a fun position to be in.

PGT

you'd have to narrow it down to a name.....

e50zero

His name was Jay. Member was BRABUS_E500.

PGT

you gave him money and walked away with no products, expecting delivery at a later point? unless you have something in writing like an IOU, you're basically screwed.

only way to get him to cough up anything is probably through the forum here.

HeissRod

Agreed. Why would you do this?

e50zero

i basically trusted him cause i bought some other stuff off him but then never got the wheels and could never get a hold of him. just seeing if people on the forum can help me out. thanks.

PGT

got a last name? I'll find out what he had for breakfast the first day of his senior year of high school

ek9cv5

Cash seriously? I dont even trust paypal now a days.

e50zero

PGT i wish i did. just a number and email. if anyone knows this guy and can help that would be appreciated.

phat209

good luck mate. nothing sucks worse than getting screwed by someone you trusted.

gregory13lil

You know that you can do a reverse phone search and come up with the first and last name and possibly even the home address that it is registered to. It is public information. It will cost you 10-15 bucks but it will be well worth it.

Greg

vpdfan

His profile says southern California. Someone also posted a questions that says his pictures look like Woodland Hills, CA which is in Southern California. Just and FYI.

e50zero

thanks for all your suggestions. i will try all that and see if anyone on here knows this guy.

W203E35

Sucks...he seems like a legit member though..surprised he would do that. Have you tried emailing him?

ProductionsSoCal@gmail.com

https://mbworld.org/forums/wheels-ti...tto-nt555.html

When did this happen? Says last activity 05-06-2009

e50zero

yah it was a while ago but I figured someone may know him on here and possibly help me out. but sucks cause I helped him with some stuff.

W203E35

Good luck, hope you get this all sorted out.

electricalbox

BOL with it all OP... crap like this should not be tolerated in the least.

Benz-O-Rama

I wish you the best in recovering your money or the wheels, but I have to ask....

What was the agreement that had you hand over cash, under the assumption that you would receive the wheels later? Why not just wait until you met again for delivery? Was this only a deposit or payment in full? I can only assume that you were to meet him to pick up the wheels, as shipping them wouldn't make sense since you live close enough for a face to face with him.

I don't get it, why the prepayment? Something sounds like it's being left out.

Anyway, good luck. His last login here was 5/2009


**EDIT**

I did 10 minutes of sleuthing for you, and think I discovered where he might be employed.

I found another forum that he is a member of, and it lists www.shopmoderne.com in his sig. He also lists "sales" as his occupation on this forum, so it fits. Unfortunately, they only list a PO Box as a mailing address but thought it might help, somehow. You can at least give the number a try.


Moderne, LLC.
P.O. Box 2037
Yorba Linda, CA 92886

(714) 290 - 8513 - Office


**EDIT 2**

A few more minutes of investigating shows that the owner of shopmoderne.com is:

Janet Hamada - Owner
Phone number - (714) 381-8630

Any chance that's his last name?

Hopefully he still works there and you can use this information to track him down.

Good luck.