Please be aware

[ben]

anybody remember thE RUSTY saga Angry Angry Angry  i got ripped off $450 from one of our memnbers, wraithnite gor ripped off 500 nearabouts, it does happen~!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i thought i was the one getting ripped off. $450..

wraithnite got something out of him i rang him 10 times and never got anywhere. cant afford the phone calls to NZ mobile.

[BlackBedford]

G'day

I got ripped off on another forum when I posted a wanted add for Transit ventilated discs.
The bloke contacted me and had the parts I wanted. I sent him the money but got no parts. I reported to the moderator who said that he had been a member for a while but had not been very active. There were no contact details and no other members knew him. I reported it to the Police but nothing happened.

Also the Just Parts magazine ran an warning a while back, about scum targeting people who place  wanted adds. They sound genuine and have the right parts, but after the money is sent, no parts are forthcoming.

So beware!

[MaTTe]

in situations with unknown buyers/sellers Cash on Delivery is a great option as the buyer cannot have their money stolen due to lack of posted items (unless incorrect items are packaged) and the seller will only lose $10 or so if the buyer does the dodgey and doesn't pick the order up.

Its a great shame that one mans word can be less valuable than the dirt I try to wash off my hands, but that is life and we all need to be weary.

[Bedfordcrazy]

Sadly matte you are correct, and the problem is getting worse, seems that some are out for what they can get for nothing. I was talking to my sparkys wife this morning, when i picked up my new cruise control for the van, and i said that it is time to get some of the punks into the military, they want to leave shool, then draft the little ba****ards. I had my first job at 13, milk run, and for 35yrs i held down a job right up till losing my legs, @ work, and even now i dont know how to slow down, and just to be clear, NO i dont get ANY assistance from the gov, i am on a self funded pension from my years of work, so no im not living off the tax payers purse. Never been on the dole, and never will.

george.

[John Abbott]

I'm gonna sound like an old bugger here...But i have often thought the same as George. All of the overseas students (china and singapore) here at the uni that i work  have to do national service over there. I am gobsmacked at the constant barrage of stories in the press about grannie bashings and total disrepect for the basic morals and manners that i grew up with. I am convinced that a stint in the forces would be a good thing for those antisocial elements (male and female) of our society.

[jimsvan]

i got ripped one time on an item i brought but never got cost me $1700 then they tried getting more too in the end i counted me loss's but tell ya what come around goes around if i knew who he was or where he lived i tell ya he wouldnt be alive those people shouldnt be alive there just low lifes and cant get a job and need to rip people off who do earn there money so i know how ya feel

[rossie]

It must be on the rise and going on' any way, an american company want a copy of my bank statment to verify who l am. BEFORE they deal with me, with all the crap thats happening, l'm hesitating to do it but l need the parts and l can't find anyone else

[tazinnz]

Whats the part ?

[newtothegame]

It must be on the rise and going on' any way, an american company want a copy of my bank statment to verify who l am. BEFORE they deal with me, with all the crap thats happening, l'm hesitating to do it but l need the parts and l can't find anyone else

Rosie, if they are a legit company ask them to pay via Paypal.. i was reading somewhere on the WWW that 90% of american business do majority of there online trading using paypal... there is no way in the world I would be handing over my private and confidental data like that (next they will be asking for 100 points of id).

[able]

be careful with paypal... they have a habit of freezing your account right after you make a large deposit... many horror stories with them if you check the net...

more then likely members here have had dramas with them?

i deal with ben and im happy to send the money in advance because in my experience with him he is honest and good for his word. i would do the same for other prominent members if they were too far away to just drive there and do the deal cash but i would never deal with a new member or long registered but infrequent contributor unless it was a face to face cash on pickup... im not direct depositing large sums to a stranger who has zero cred on this forum fullstop! to risky....