Buyer beware!

Agent Double-O Daniel

Hello all,

I just wanted to share a recent incident with a purchase that I attempted to make.

Some of you may recall that I was looking for a Barbour Commander jacket and I was contacted by a member by the name of Joe May, user name legendmay and we agreed on a price of 225 GBP which I sent to him via PayPal.

After that purchase I bought another item from a member from the UK and I received it in less than two weeks. Now the Barbour was being sent from the Netherlands and it still has not arrived and the purchase was back in the middle of September. I have attempted to contact Mr. May both on here, where he has not been back on since then and through PayPal to no avail.

I am currently in the dispute process with PayPal in hopes of getting my money back.

I shouldn't have to tell you that I am very disappointed and troubled by this experience although I have to say I have made a few purchases from members here and this is the first time I had any problems, and to those members I say thank you.

Next time I will only be making purchases from established, trusted members so the chances of this occurring again can hopefully be avoided.

Also if anyone ( trusted members) has a Barbour Commander in medium that they want to sell please let me know. Thank you. Cheers. -{

texas007

so sorry to hear ... hope this got resolve soon

Agent Double-O Daniel

Thank you sir. Yeah I hope so too. I have to admit I'm a bit embarrassed by the whole circumstance.
I am well aware of the unscrupulous and shady people out there and the internet makes it that much easier for people to do things like this, especially when you really have no idea who you are dealing with and so forth. Plus it is a bit of a challenge to rectify any issues that arise from making purchases from a private party as opposed from an actual retailer.

texas007 wrote:

so sorry to hear ... hope this got resolve soon

007JBDCMWR

Dont feel embarrassed. Trusting someone to treat you as you would treat others is the better part of human nature.
And even the good guys start off selling with no feedback.
Ive sold (and bought) a lot on here. And a 1000 100% ebay account too. But never had one issue.
Hard to take but hopefully PP will sort it out.

Agent Double-O Daniel

Yeah thanks, I know what you mean and I'm not going to let this incident get to me.
I will be a bit more discerning with whom I do business with however.

I don't want to play the victim card but I just had to make it known that this particular member or former member as the case may be pulled this kind of stunt.

Again thanks for the support. Cheers gents. -{

007JBDCMWR wrote:

Dont feel embarrassed. Trusting someone to treat you as you would treat others is the better part of human nature.
And even the good guys start off selling with no feedback.
Ive sold (and bought) a lot on here. And a 1000 100% ebay account too. But never had one issue.
Hard to take but hopefully PP will sort it out.

Commandant

Hope you will get your money back!

Monty010

I’m sorry for what happened mate.
And even more sorry that a fellow Dutchman of
Mine did this.

I hope you used PayPal goods and services. If so you would be able to
Get your money back, seeing there is no proof of shipping etc.

I hope this gets sorted quickly.

Enjoying Death

That sucks, especially since it was a member on this forum. It's why I will only purchase using PP G&S so that if something like this does occur, I have some recourse.

I've had nothing but positive interactions with other members here. I do believe the charlatans are few and far between.

Hope you get reimbursed. -{

Smithers500

Good luck with getting your money back my friend, sincerely.

Hate hearing about things like this especially on those rare occasions when its a member here.

Thankfully having been a member for some considerable time and bought countless things from members, such events are few and far between.

Agent Double-O Daniel

Thanks again and yeah I did use PayPal G&S so I will hopefully get the money back.

And yes other than this particular incident I have good experiences dealing with the other members here.

While I am a new member I have been a "lurker" for a few months prior to joining and I have been impressed with the class, camaraderie and knowledge that is possessed by most of you here.

I look forward to further chat, insight and yes even more purchases in the future.

Thanks again guys and here's to you all. Cheers. -{

Sir Miles

If you’d like to drop a Moderator a PM with more information, that would help us to investigate further...while AJB can’t enforce anything, maybe we can help with some information or try and contact the member...apologies and thanks.

Agent Double-O Daniel

OK, I will give the information that I have and thank you. I don't want to make this appear like the crime of the century and I'm sure it was an isolated incident but I appreciate the concern.

Thank you again sir. -{

Sir Miles wrote:

If you’d like to drop a Moderator a PM with more information, that would help us to investigate further...while AJB can’t enforce anything, maybe we can help with some information or try and contact the member...apologies and thanks.

Sir Miles

Agent Double-O Daniel wrote:

OK, I will give the information that I have and thank you. I don't want to make this appear like the crime of the century and I'm sure it was an isolated incident but I appreciate the concern.

Thank you again sir. -{

Sir Miles wrote:

If you’d like to drop a Moderator a PM with more information, that would help us to investigate further...while AJB can’t enforce anything, maybe we can help with some information or try and contact the member...apologies and thanks.

I understand your viewpoint but AJB doesn’t like to see its members being taken advantage of - or ripped off !
The more information we get on deals/transactions that ‘go wrong’, the better we can try and prevent them in the future.

MrZareba

I think in situations like this (because I guess the buyer was not an old member with a few hundred posts) some trustworthy members might help as escrow (if that's the correct word to use here).

So if you don't know a member who wants to sell/buy something, ask someone who has a PayPal account (even me) and is willing to help by keeping the money until the item arrives. That would work similar to the way eBay works.

Or maybe that's a stupid idea but it's not the first time unfortunately someone was ripped off like this

Chriscoop

I actually started a thread with trusted sellers that members could add to when they'd bought from other members, let's be honest, many things that change hands on AJB aren't pocket change items, anyone can have issues with postage, I think I had to resend 3 or 4 pin badges out of 70 that I sent around the world, shipping is the sellers responsibility. I hate dishonest sellers or shameless profiteers particularly on a forum such as this.