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karline-2000 From EBAY
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ItsThatGuy
Well-Known Hunter
cblackthorne
New Hunter
Hello,
I was the 501st member who started the thread on the seller Karline-2000 on the 501st forums.
Basically, this guy is a fraud and a crook. He tried to steal $300+ dollars from me for some Vader armor. He shipped two different items over a week apart and claimed they were "lost in the mail."
He then tried to extort positive feedback from me when I filed my PayPal claim to get my money back.
His standard mode of operation is this:
1. He recieves your payment.
2. Never ships the item.
3. Fails to provide any tracking information, customs documentation, or anything to prove he mailed the items.
4. He will stall for time to exceed the 45 day PayPal deadline for filing a dispute.
5. His usual excuses include, lost in the mail, stolen in transit, on vacation and unable to get the paperwork, out of town for military leave, and on holiday.
6. If you leave negative feedback, he will retaliate with negative as well and then try to blackmail you into "mutually withdrawing feedback." His account has at least 12+ times that feedback has been withdrawn, which is extremely high.
I have been in contact with at least a dozen former customers from all over the world and his pattern is the same. All of these people, including myself, have filed complaints with Ebay, yet he is allowed to stay in business.
The only thing the public can do is stay away from him.
Regards,
SL/TK-8100
70th Explorers Garrison
501st Legion
I was the 501st member who started the thread on the seller Karline-2000 on the 501st forums.
Basically, this guy is a fraud and a crook. He tried to steal $300+ dollars from me for some Vader armor. He shipped two different items over a week apart and claimed they were "lost in the mail."
He then tried to extort positive feedback from me when I filed my PayPal claim to get my money back.
His standard mode of operation is this:
1. He recieves your payment.
2. Never ships the item.
3. Fails to provide any tracking information, customs documentation, or anything to prove he mailed the items.
4. He will stall for time to exceed the 45 day PayPal deadline for filing a dispute.
5. His usual excuses include, lost in the mail, stolen in transit, on vacation and unable to get the paperwork, out of town for military leave, and on holiday.
6. If you leave negative feedback, he will retaliate with negative as well and then try to blackmail you into "mutually withdrawing feedback." His account has at least 12+ times that feedback has been withdrawn, which is extremely high.
I have been in contact with at least a dozen former customers from all over the world and his pattern is the same. All of these people, including myself, have filed complaints with Ebay, yet he is allowed to stay in business.
The only thing the public can do is stay away from him.
Regards,
SL/TK-8100
70th Explorers Garrison
501st Legion
Darth Clouds
Jr Hunter
Hi SL/TK 8100,
Thanks for posting. This is EXACTLY what is happening to me. Though the dollar amount is not high for the transaction, I feel pissed by this action of deceit. Sure enough, he will appear as another ebay seller sometime later, despite his claims of selling off his moulds to someone else.
Does anybody have the return address from this seller? I need this to write to the authorities in his area and file a police report in my country. And I will get the law enforcement here to help contact the the law enforcement agencies in the UK.
Please pm if you have and the date of the delivery.
For those who are dubbed, what do you say..8)
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?p=508496#post508496
Peace.
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Darth Clouds
Jr Hunter
Hi SL/TK 8100,
Can you help establish the list of date or dates of reply to the respective buyers from the ebay seller regarding the alleged thief of his shipments by the postal worker/s? This is material fact to the case.
I would opt for this in the open rather than PMs so that our fellow community members can make up their own minds and be more careful in future as well. I am seeking this information for evidence and case to present to the authorities and enlist international law enforcement involvement.
I want to do the right thing and establish facts, so as not to penalise the seller for his administrative incompetence. But deal is a deal, if no delivery or refund for payment received, then it is a default on the contract.
I look forward to your reply. Please provide this link to your 501st.
Solochaser, I do not mean to hijack this thread. If so, I apologise. LMK. This thread is still yours.
Peace
Can you help establish the list of date or dates of reply to the respective buyers from the ebay seller regarding the alleged thief of his shipments by the postal worker/s? This is material fact to the case.
I would opt for this in the open rather than PMs so that our fellow community members can make up their own minds and be more careful in future as well. I am seeking this information for evidence and case to present to the authorities and enlist international law enforcement involvement.
I want to do the right thing and establish facts, so as not to penalise the seller for his administrative incompetence. But deal is a deal, if no delivery or refund for payment received, then it is a default on the contract.
I look forward to your reply. Please provide this link to your 501st.
Solochaser, I do not mean to hijack this thread. If so, I apologise. LMK. This thread is still yours.
Peace
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Darth Clouds
Jr Hunter
SOLOCHASER
Active Hunter
Darth i'm ok with you seeking info. i would like justice to be served as well. if i can help in the case it would be wonderful.
cblackthorne
New Hunter
Hello,
Regardless of his present life situation, it doesnt excuse the pattern of behavior he has demonstrated. If a local postal worker was stealing that much stuff from him, the postal authorities would be investigating if he filed a complaint. Knowing our USPS investigators and assuming the UK inspectors are just as quaified, that worker would be in jail by now.
It does not explain his reluctance to provide simple paperwork for verfication of shipment. If he is running a business, he would have receipts for shipment, tracking information, and customs documents for his overseas customers.
Which brings up another point. It appears that most of is victims (i.e. those lost in the mail) are the overseas customers. Which is convenient since filing criminal charges from another country is extremely difficult, if not impossible.
As far as the high points of my case, I purchases two items from him. The first was paid for on Dec. 4 and he claims was shipped on Dec. 6. The second item was paid for on Dec. 11, he never gave me a date this item was ever shipped. Later that month, he claimed both items were shipped together, which is contradictory to his previous message. I filed a dispute with PayPal the first week of January 2008. PayPal investigated and gave me my money back.
During the entire month of December, I sent messages to the seller asking for updates on shipping and never received any proof of shipment, only excuses as to why he didnt have it available. Towards the end, he stopped answering e-mails until I filed the claim with PayPal.
Sorry, but this seller has given no reason whatsoever for benefit of a doubt, nor am I buying his "hard luck" excuses.
Regards,
TK/SL-8100
Regardless of his present life situation, it doesnt excuse the pattern of behavior he has demonstrated. If a local postal worker was stealing that much stuff from him, the postal authorities would be investigating if he filed a complaint. Knowing our USPS investigators and assuming the UK inspectors are just as quaified, that worker would be in jail by now.
It does not explain his reluctance to provide simple paperwork for verfication of shipment. If he is running a business, he would have receipts for shipment, tracking information, and customs documents for his overseas customers.
Which brings up another point. It appears that most of is victims (i.e. those lost in the mail) are the overseas customers. Which is convenient since filing criminal charges from another country is extremely difficult, if not impossible.
As far as the high points of my case, I purchases two items from him. The first was paid for on Dec. 4 and he claims was shipped on Dec. 6. The second item was paid for on Dec. 11, he never gave me a date this item was ever shipped. Later that month, he claimed both items were shipped together, which is contradictory to his previous message. I filed a dispute with PayPal the first week of January 2008. PayPal investigated and gave me my money back.
During the entire month of December, I sent messages to the seller asking for updates on shipping and never received any proof of shipment, only excuses as to why he didnt have it available. Towards the end, he stopped answering e-mails until I filed the claim with PayPal.
Sorry, but this seller has given no reason whatsoever for benefit of a doubt, nor am I buying his "hard luck" excuses.
Regards,
TK/SL-8100
Darth Clouds
Jr Hunter
Darth Clouds
Jr Hunter
Hi,
Anyone who paid and not received the item please pm me here or at the rpf. Lord Abaddon has managed to get a reply from Karline-2000. Please follow the link to rpf for an update. I will compile a list and send to Lord Abaddon. This cannot stay open forever, so I will open this until next week monday. Please pass this message along to those you know.
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=38812&page=3
Your real name, shipping address and what is owed. (If you are comfortable with it)
Peace.
Anyone who paid and not received the item please pm me here or at the rpf. Lord Abaddon has managed to get a reply from Karline-2000. Please follow the link to rpf for an update. I will compile a list and send to Lord Abaddon. This cannot stay open forever, so I will open this until next week monday. Please pass this message along to those you know.
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=38812&page=3
Your real name, shipping address and what is owed. (If you are comfortable with it)
Peace.
CSMacLaren
Active Hunter
Darth Clouds, cblackthorne,
That was totally his m.o.
I had sent this to eBay Disputes. This is the problem with believing someone to follow through and allowing them to drag you past the maximum allowable time for eBay to penalize them. After the allotted time, eBay "greys out" the old transaction and removes the auction ID from the database and thus you can't file a dispute claim against an inactive number.
That was totally his m.o.
I had sent this to eBay Disputes. This is the problem with believing someone to follow through and allowing them to drag you past the maximum allowable time for eBay to penalize them. After the allotted time, eBay "greys out" the old transaction and removes the auction ID from the database and thus you can't file a dispute claim against an inactive number.
And now the messages from karline-2000. I gather you guys went through the same blasted grief I have.
CombatBaby
Well-Known Hunter
sure says "mate" a lot
Darth Clouds
Jr Hunter
Hi Mac,
I can add you to the list on the first page of the thread at the rpf. Need your ebay name or real name, shipping address, paypal address, item bought, amount owed. Please the the information requested by Lord Abbadon in that thread. With your permission I will add your name to the list. LMK and you can then either pm me or e-mail the above information to Lord Abbadon directly. I want to keep every one in the radar so I am building a list.
Peace.
I can add you to the list on the first page of the thread at the rpf. Need your ebay name or real name, shipping address, paypal address, item bought, amount owed. Please the the information requested by Lord Abbadon in that thread. With your permission I will add your name to the list. LMK and you can then either pm me or e-mail the above information to Lord Abbadon directly. I want to keep every one in the radar so I am building a list.
Peace.
fettpride
Well-Known Hunter
Sorry I missed this and it's been so long bud. I didn't remember, so I looked it up as it still shows as an active dispute because they told me that if ever there was anymore funds added to the account, they would snag it. Never happened. His E-Bay ID was "david.schneider.70". Just FYI. Not sure if it was another alias of "The Tool". But ya never know.
FP
Darth Clouds
Jr Hunter
Fp,
Karline2000 is from the UK. One of the customers received his Tk armor parts today, so seems he is starting to come through.... hopefully for all. And a good ending for all.
Peace.
Karline2000 is from the UK. One of the customers received his Tk armor parts today, so seems he is starting to come through.... hopefully for all. And a good ending for all.
Peace.
SOLOCHASER
Active Hunter
i'm still skeptical. who was the customer? and is he outside of the uK? it seems international customers are the ones getting scammed.
Darth Clouds
Jr Hunter
Our objective is clear for this gathering of his customers who paid but not received the item either: receive an item same as pictured and described, a refund, or reduce the risk exposure to unethical business practices for our peers and young one. And not to target individuals' character or create soap. There are many life issues to attend to as well.
After what we have gone through, it is natural to be skeptical. And to address this, I decided to put up a name list that is open for public scrutiny and accessment. We can collect data, track, analyze and prove beyond doubt. But before this is done, I will refrain from any conclusions. Furthermore, it is also good for the seller that we publish a list, if all is make good, justice is done for the seller's reputation.
In general, keeping things private and fragmented has it's pitfalls in this endeavor for all.
I was given a post tracking number on the 6th of February 2007 which is not good for tracking and was told that it has been sent. If it is sent, I should be receiving it somewhere now or next week.
Let's be positive and give the guy a chance to come through, he may have been a victim of Murphy's law (where disaster strikes unexpectedly and maybe continously). Having said that, he has not proven the theft case which IMO would be easy since the authorities would have been involved.
Does the guy and gals over at the rebelsum and other forums know?
Peace
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Darth Clouds
Jr Hunter
Just a quick check. Since the time some of you supplied your details at the rpf for a resolution; have you receive what you asked for? Or has anyone contacted you and delivery, or refund is in-progress.
LMK. And some updates over at the rpf on this case. Now the guy says he is migrating.
http://www.therpf.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=529363
Peace
LMK. And some updates over at the rpf on this case. Now the guy says he is migrating.
http://www.therpf.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=529363
Peace
SOLOCHASER
Active Hunter
Migrating?...I know it's winter still (or is it) ...anywho the guy definantly needs to be brought to justice.
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