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For Anyone Who's Been Ripped Off Etc - Don't Give Up - There Is Still Some Decency Left In The World!


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this thread is basically just a big thankyou to Adrian of South Geelong, VIC, but i also wanted to share it with you all to show that there is still some decency left in the world.

basically, adrian was selling 8 r33 gts-t gearboxes on ebay for a very decent price - the low price as a result of the fact that he was getting 8 of them in from japan in bulk. at the time i asked for his mobile # etc, called him, discussed it for 10 minutes etc it all seems sweet.

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so buy it now i clicked, and after swapping details i deposit $800 into his account for 1 x R33 gearbox.

time passes, he keeps in touch via email etc. assuring it's on way. sure enough after a while nothing. i contact him via email, that way it's all down in writing. after numerous emails, he finally replies, mentioning the jap end had done a dodgy on him, and now he can't come good with the r33 gearbox and that he is majorly out of pocket.

over the next 18 months i made an inordinate amount of phone calls, emails and even correspondence to his home address, to make sure I'd receive my money owing.

well he did refund me some money every now and then, albeit in broken amounts each time, and low and behold, today, i got my fourth instalment from him (see internet banking screengrab below) to complete a full refund of the $800 he owed me.

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So, Adrian, big thanks for getting my money back to me, regardless of the fact that it took only 18 months.

And for you forum readers, if you think you've been scammed, or it seems the person is not willing to refund your money, take solace in the fact that there are still some decent people left in the world, just like Adrian who I dealt with, that will in good time get you your money back to ensure a satisfactory result.

Sorry if this bored you to death. Lessons learnt for me:

1 - Caveat Emptor (watch out if it's too cheap)

2 - Caveat Emptor (if the seller is interstate and you can't pay him/her a visit in person easily)

and finally,

3 - Caveat Emptor

cheers, MARK

Lucky you Mark.. whats with the transaction description though lol?

dunno

guess he just felt like leaving me a nice message to read when i checked my statement

I also got riped off kind of for a whille, I bought a cooler core from a guy in syd, he said he sent it, 4 weeks later nothing??? I was at aust post everyday checking, "so was he" as he says, then i get a email saying

"look I think someone has stolen it in the mail I am going oversea's for 6 months, Ive sent ANOTHER cooler, enjoy"

2 days later I recive my cooler and I emailed him 2 days ago, and he says the other cooler is still missing, I just though it was nice of him that instead of me been out of pocket he decided to do nice thing and cut his losses. But when I recived the cooler I now know WHY it went missing the first time the box said

"HYBIRD INTERCOOLER" in big ass writting on the box :( . Now wasen't that stupid of him to send something like that over Normal mail not reg mail.

But good me for I recived my cooler :happy::happy:

i can somehow guess the subject and contents of those communications between you and him based on the netbank comment.

lucky you for getting out of it alive. 18 months is bloody ages. If he can't get it, too bad. He should have paid you back straight away.

Sucked in to him. That's what you get for trying to sell things before you take possession of them. nothing good ever comes from that.

He sounds like a scammer anyways

i can somehow guess the subject and contents of those communications between you and him based on the netbank comment.

funnily enough all communications between us were friendly to be honest. it's only that last thing he did he wanted to vent his frustration perhaps.

funnily enough all communications between us were friendly to be honest. it's only that last thing he did he wanted to vent his frustration perhaps.

i call bs! you were terrorising the c*nt to make him pay up werent you? :( good stuff!

i call bs! you were terrorising the c*nt to make him pay up werent you? :) good stuff!

would have all been over a lot quicker if he'd lived in sydney

i got done over by a ebay user two years ago. once i sussed out his details and worked out he lived at kellyville, an early saturday morning visit to his house brought the sour ebay transaction to an early resolution

LOL i love writing shit like that in my transaction details

hehe yeah. one guy who bought stuff off me put sexual favours for the transaction details. nevertheless, my accountant when doing my tax return just had to ask me about it.

that "f**k you" still deserves a swift kick in the face. not your problem the asshole got ripped.

he should have gotten the boxes before selling them.

at least you got your cash back.

yeah i reckon. cant complain. so many other people have been f**ked over without getting one penny back.

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