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Hey everyone

I would like to let everyone know about my unfortunate dealings with a Ryan Lowe aka tranf4m.

on May 17Th i received payment for a turbo i was selling which came off my r32 gtr in perfect working order.

May 18Th - i mailed the turbo from Brisbane Queensland to Roasedale Victoria.

May 20th - turbo arrived to this Ryan Lowe

May 24th - i receive a txt msg about how the turbo is "broken" i queried it and received a pic of a oil line with a crack in it. I was also told the turbo would not fit his standard r32gtr. after it being taken off my stock 32 i found it hard to believe.

May 24Th - I took his word for it and sent the money back that afternoon(both with the same bank so the transfer was instant)

May 26Th - was told it was posted at 9am

June 4Th - queried the postage of the turbo back to me as it has been 9 days which is ample time for it to get from Victoria to Queensland even if someone had to use a push bike to get it here. was told it was posted last Tuesday which equates to the 30th still 4 days later then i was told first time it was mailed.

June 11Th - still no turbo(gave him another week before contacting again just in case he posted it on the 5Th)

no reply back

June 13Th - still no turbo

no reply

June 15Th - still no turbo

no reply

I have called him 6 times and left a message every time. i have not made any threats or questioned the reasoning behind the mystery turbo not fitting or the random crack that appeared in the oil line. i sent it and he didn't want it so i sent the money back in good will with the thought of getting the turbo back.

He will not return my calls so he is being difficult or he has died with his phone on charge because it rings out before going to the msg bank.

If you know this ryan lowe aka tranf4m tell him i want my turbo back.

I would not recommend you buy anything or sell anything to this bloke as you can all see a simple good deed doesn't always go in your favor. If you are ryan lowe and you are reading this i can guarantee karma will get the better of you my friend

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1st rule of issuing refunds as a business: no refund until the product is in your cold dead hands. Treat everyone as a potential criminal, for everyone has the potential to be one. This can and should extend to private selling. Unfortunately you had to learn this the hard way :(

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as above,

im a financial banking ombudsman. not advice, but what i would do

call my bank and lodge a dispute on the funds as "un received goods"

They may decline the matter due to authorising the transfer through internet banking.

If they decline it, make an ombudsman threat. as it will cost the bank over $680 if you simply lodge one.

i know it suck that they may get away with it, but doesnt mean you should be down the deal.

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1st rule of issuing refunds as a business: no refund until the product is in your cold dead hands. Treat everyone as a potential criminal, for everyone has the potential to be one. This can and should extend to private selling. Unfortunately you had to learn this the hard way :(

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I used to deal frequently on OCAU and had a few scammers try this on me. I always tell them - no item, no refund....

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Yeh you live and learn. It wasn't much but it was the principle that there are some bad people about so let this be a lesson to other legitimate skyline owners don't trust anyone.

i have contacted the bank and was lucky enough to get askyline enthusiest on the other end and raised a dispute, he has 30 days to reply :)

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what they do is they send three requests to the other bank to return the funds - it sucks that its at the discretion of the party who has to provide the goods

if they say no it gets rejected and he'll have to escalate it.. thats where the ombudsman threat will helpthumbsup.gif

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as above,

im a financial banking ombudsman. not advice, but what i would do

call my bank and lodge a dispute on the funds as "un received goods"

They may decline the matter due to authorising the transfer through internet banking.

If they decline it, make an ombudsman threat. as it will cost the bank over $680 if you simply lodge one.

i know it suck that they may get away with it, but doesnt mean you should be down the deal.

Wish I knew this a long time ago :(

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Hey fellas just a update of the situation

17th june - called bank and lodged a dispute

17th june - told ryan lowe i have lodged a dispute with the bank

22nd june - still havent heard anything from this guy.

He has loged onto sau and changed his preferences to stop showing his last activity. = proves he hasent drove his car off a cliff on the way to post my turbo back.

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