ElectronicsNerd
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Hey all. I recently agreed to purchase a camera package from a gentleman here. The original post is here:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?242332-FOR-SALE-DVX100B-and-Letus35-Extreme&p=2310566
I originally emailed the gentleman (as well as PM'd him here) and he gave me a phone number to call (646-702-0348). He said his name was Fred. His email was: enlight3ned@yahoo.com
In the initial emails Fred said that he expected to sell it locally which struck me as odd since he posted his camera here. So I called him. Fred sounds kind of dopey on the phone, not the type of person you'd expect to own gear like this or even know how to use it but he knew what the components he had were and he knew what each of them did so I gave him the benefit of the doubt despite having some reservations.
Fred and I exchanged a few phone calls and he finally got his Paypal situation figured out. He instructed me to send payment to tweety102075@yahoo.com. I did this and after not receiving the camera two weeks later, contacted Fred who answered the phone and instructed me that he did send it out but that he sent it out USPS through their cheapest method with no tracking.
After 3 weeks I bumped the original post and was promptly PM'd by someone here who also paid him for the same camera package and got the same "no tracking number" story. I'll let him speak up on his behalf if he wants.
So far I've determined that the Paypal email address goes to a Michelle Hicks in Columbus, Oh. Not really much in the way of super-sleuthing, just googled the email address. She's on Facebook, Myspace and a couple other Social Network sites. She apparently owns a dog breeding company with her husband.
To what degree she's involved in this, I don't know. Perhaps she's directly involved and knows about the scam, perhaps she allowed a friend or family member to use her Paypal account and then they took the money or maybe someone just seized her Paypal account/ Paypal address and she doesn't know. I don't know. All I know is I apparently paid her as did the other gentleman and neither of us have anything.
If anyone can offer any kind of assistance it would be greatly appreciated. I've had overwhelmingly good experiences on DVXUser and I think most people here have as well so I think it behooves everyone to deal with a scammer quickly. The money isn't a big deal so much as having someone out there who's going to continue to scam people and expect no one to do anything. So I'm doing something.
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?242332-FOR-SALE-DVX100B-and-Letus35-Extreme&p=2310566
I originally emailed the gentleman (as well as PM'd him here) and he gave me a phone number to call (646-702-0348). He said his name was Fred. His email was: enlight3ned@yahoo.com
In the initial emails Fred said that he expected to sell it locally which struck me as odd since he posted his camera here. So I called him. Fred sounds kind of dopey on the phone, not the type of person you'd expect to own gear like this or even know how to use it but he knew what the components he had were and he knew what each of them did so I gave him the benefit of the doubt despite having some reservations.
Fred and I exchanged a few phone calls and he finally got his Paypal situation figured out. He instructed me to send payment to tweety102075@yahoo.com. I did this and after not receiving the camera two weeks later, contacted Fred who answered the phone and instructed me that he did send it out but that he sent it out USPS through their cheapest method with no tracking.
After 3 weeks I bumped the original post and was promptly PM'd by someone here who also paid him for the same camera package and got the same "no tracking number" story. I'll let him speak up on his behalf if he wants.
So far I've determined that the Paypal email address goes to a Michelle Hicks in Columbus, Oh. Not really much in the way of super-sleuthing, just googled the email address. She's on Facebook, Myspace and a couple other Social Network sites. She apparently owns a dog breeding company with her husband.
To what degree she's involved in this, I don't know. Perhaps she's directly involved and knows about the scam, perhaps she allowed a friend or family member to use her Paypal account and then they took the money or maybe someone just seized her Paypal account/ Paypal address and she doesn't know. I don't know. All I know is I apparently paid her as did the other gentleman and neither of us have anything.
If anyone can offer any kind of assistance it would be greatly appreciated. I've had overwhelmingly good experiences on DVXUser and I think most people here have as well so I think it behooves everyone to deal with a scammer quickly. The money isn't a big deal so much as having someone out there who's going to continue to scam people and expect no one to do anything. So I'm doing something.
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