Buyer beware!
Agent Double-O Daniel
Posts: 159MI6 Agent
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. -{
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. -{
Sorry but that last hand... Nearly killed me.
Comments
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.
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.
1. CR. 2. TSWLM. 3. LTK. 4. GF. 5. SF.
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. -{
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.
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. -{
Bond: “I must be dreaming.”
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.
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. -{
Thank you again sir. -{
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.
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