j23
12-06-2010, 11:34 PM
Since we all use Gunbroker quite a bit it seems, we should have a little database of deatbeat buyers/scamming sellers and put it in a sticky.
I have been using Gunbroker for something like 7 years now?? I have done maybe 50 or so transactions, I dont know.. anyhow, I attempted to sell a $65.00 AR15 free float tube on there like 2 weeks ago. Had a guy bid. Won. No contacts me despite several emails to him, including one with my cellular phone number. No dice. So I called him, cold contact, and got his voicemail [Farmer's insurance?!] which was full. So I say forget it, eat the costs and repost it. I didnt even bother leaving him negative feedback.. for what thats worth [how much can you say in 200 characters!?]
At any rate, I relist the item, still after not having heard from the guy in nearly 2 weeks, and low and behold, he bids again!?! So I try to block his bid; doesnt work apparently after they have already bid on your item. So I figure Id give him the benefit of the doubt and call him. I caught him Sunday evening, he's like hey whats up, all friendly and asks me where Im at. From his tone, he thought I was someone else.. I said yeah, you had bid on my Gunbroker item and never got back with me, and suddenly his tone changed and he stated he was walking into church and asked if he could call me back in about an hour. Never heard back from him.
Fast foward to this evening.. about an hour ago I suppose, I get a call on my phone from an unknown number. It's this guy, asking me what I had wanted. I said, yeah, you bid on my item, won and didnt contact me for almost 2 weeks. I relisted the item, ate the fees, and now youre bidding again. Do you want it or dont you? First he states that he was out of town at the end of the previous auction, and forgot all about it. I said hey I tryed to leave you a few messages on your Voicemail and he told me that people had lives. I told him that relisting it, though not a big deal costs money, and people need to take responsibility. He then tells me that 'technically' it had only been 12 days since the win, and Gunbroker states that a 'reasonable' payment time is two weeks. I said ok, thats fine, if you would have called or emailed me to say that I wouldnt have cared. Then I reminded him that Gunbroker states upon winning every auction that you have 5 days to contact the other party. He said he had never heard of that one, and starts to get rude.
He said that he would like to pay me for the item, but I only accept money orders, and he has a problem with that, as he is too busy to go out and pick one up. I said thats fine, some people work business hours, then you shouldnt have bid on my item, as it states pretty clearly in the description "USPS money orders only." His answer was, "Yeah, yeah, well I am going to pay you through Paypal. I said first of all Paypal doesnt accept gun related transactions, and I dont have a Paypal account. He said, well how about a credit card? I said, listen buddy if you dont want the item, or you cant pay for it you shouldnt have bid once... definatly not twice. Then he starts the ranting. I told him thanks but no thanks and hung up on him. :takinWiz:
The guy sounds educated and speaks rather affluently. I am guessing he is an insurance agent [based upon his Voicemail Box] and let me just tell you, this guy is quite a pompus ass. If you cant get along with me, probably the most laid back person on Earth, theres something wrong.
I started peering through his feedback, like over 500 ratings, and strangely enough, they are mostly positive.. BUT, if you look at them closely, every tenth auction or so, this guy gets a negative comment/rating whereas he pulls the same ****: he wants to pay his way, or when he wants, or both, and then when he gets the negative feedback, he uses words like "feedback blackmail," "rude," and "horrible customer service," and is just appaled that he received a negative rating.
So at any rate, if you made it this far, and use Gunbroker, just add this guy to your blocked list and save yourself the hassle. SUZZY
Thanks for letting me vent. Joe
I have been using Gunbroker for something like 7 years now?? I have done maybe 50 or so transactions, I dont know.. anyhow, I attempted to sell a $65.00 AR15 free float tube on there like 2 weeks ago. Had a guy bid. Won. No contacts me despite several emails to him, including one with my cellular phone number. No dice. So I called him, cold contact, and got his voicemail [Farmer's insurance?!] which was full. So I say forget it, eat the costs and repost it. I didnt even bother leaving him negative feedback.. for what thats worth [how much can you say in 200 characters!?]
At any rate, I relist the item, still after not having heard from the guy in nearly 2 weeks, and low and behold, he bids again!?! So I try to block his bid; doesnt work apparently after they have already bid on your item. So I figure Id give him the benefit of the doubt and call him. I caught him Sunday evening, he's like hey whats up, all friendly and asks me where Im at. From his tone, he thought I was someone else.. I said yeah, you had bid on my Gunbroker item and never got back with me, and suddenly his tone changed and he stated he was walking into church and asked if he could call me back in about an hour. Never heard back from him.
Fast foward to this evening.. about an hour ago I suppose, I get a call on my phone from an unknown number. It's this guy, asking me what I had wanted. I said, yeah, you bid on my item, won and didnt contact me for almost 2 weeks. I relisted the item, ate the fees, and now youre bidding again. Do you want it or dont you? First he states that he was out of town at the end of the previous auction, and forgot all about it. I said hey I tryed to leave you a few messages on your Voicemail and he told me that people had lives. I told him that relisting it, though not a big deal costs money, and people need to take responsibility. He then tells me that 'technically' it had only been 12 days since the win, and Gunbroker states that a 'reasonable' payment time is two weeks. I said ok, thats fine, if you would have called or emailed me to say that I wouldnt have cared. Then I reminded him that Gunbroker states upon winning every auction that you have 5 days to contact the other party. He said he had never heard of that one, and starts to get rude.
He said that he would like to pay me for the item, but I only accept money orders, and he has a problem with that, as he is too busy to go out and pick one up. I said thats fine, some people work business hours, then you shouldnt have bid on my item, as it states pretty clearly in the description "USPS money orders only." His answer was, "Yeah, yeah, well I am going to pay you through Paypal. I said first of all Paypal doesnt accept gun related transactions, and I dont have a Paypal account. He said, well how about a credit card? I said, listen buddy if you dont want the item, or you cant pay for it you shouldnt have bid once... definatly not twice. Then he starts the ranting. I told him thanks but no thanks and hung up on him. :takinWiz:
The guy sounds educated and speaks rather affluently. I am guessing he is an insurance agent [based upon his Voicemail Box] and let me just tell you, this guy is quite a pompus ass. If you cant get along with me, probably the most laid back person on Earth, theres something wrong.
I started peering through his feedback, like over 500 ratings, and strangely enough, they are mostly positive.. BUT, if you look at them closely, every tenth auction or so, this guy gets a negative comment/rating whereas he pulls the same ****: he wants to pay his way, or when he wants, or both, and then when he gets the negative feedback, he uses words like "feedback blackmail," "rude," and "horrible customer service," and is just appaled that he received a negative rating.
So at any rate, if you made it this far, and use Gunbroker, just add this guy to your blocked list and save yourself the hassle. SUZZY
Thanks for letting me vent. Joe