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tomaleric · 02:26 PM

For sale:

Single 1.8Ghz G5
Airport Extreme
160GB Hard Drive
1 GB RAM

$850 or Best Offer

PM or Email me for pics. Have good ebay feedback.

discotronic · Nov 21, 2005, 02:01 PM

You need to post an asking price per the forum rules.

Also, is this the first model 1.8GHz with or the last model that was released?

weazbert · Nov 21, 2005, 04:27 PM

Yhpm

NYK Ace · Nov 21, 2005, 08:04 PM

is this sold?

i could be interested

deermatt · Nov 21, 2005, 11:34 PM

why did you post the powermac for sale in the classifieds? we had a deal that i would buy it once your paypal is confirmed??

we had a deal for me to purchase, are you backing out cause i asked for you to get your paypal confirmed so it would be a safe transfer?

tomaleric · Nov 22, 2005, 08:57 AM

Will sell to the person that makes the best offer, that's how it works. 100% Ebay feedback.

weazbert · Nov 22, 2005, 09:32 AM

payment sent. i am a lil nervous about non confirmed paypal as well. i hope this works out

tomaleric · Nov 22, 2005, 09:36 AM

Sold

deermatt · Nov 22, 2005, 11:55 AM

that is so rotten of you tomaleric. we had a deal and you agreed to sell it to me once the paypal became confirmed in a few days , and went behind me and sold to someone else. i doubt you will last long here

new newton · Nov 22, 2005, 05:55 PM

That is a pretty poor way to go about things. It's unethical. It's sad when a man can't keep his word over a few dollars, but that's just a reflection upon the character involved.

Hope you've arranged for shipping insurance, weazbert, if anything gets shipped at all...

weazbert · Nov 22, 2005, 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by new newton

That is a pretty poor way to go about things. It's unethical. It's sad when a man can't keep his word over a few dollars, but that's just a reflection upon the character involved.

Hope you've arranged for shipping insurance, weazbert, if anything gets shipped at all...

ouch, i didn't mean to get involved in the situation. i had no idea of the back story to this item. i really hope all goes well.

weazbert · Nov 30, 2005, 04:24 PM

wow,this is great, no record of the "tracking number" no G5 received, and now no answered emails!

i think we can say scammed

leading up to christmas..........this is great

new newton · Nov 30, 2005, 05:49 PM

Having worked as a moderator at a very busy buy/sell forum (150,000+ users!), here's my advice. Call the guy. Find out what the deal is. If you don't have his number (always a good thing to get on an expensive deal), there are usually ways to find it based on his name and address. Failing all of that, send him an e-mail and CC yourself on it. Get the moderators here involved, and find out if they have any dispute resolution methods that they've used in the past.

If you can't contact this guy (or he refuses contact) get his local police department involved. Ask to speak to a detective, and be ready to forward all of your correspondence and information to him. Usually a knock on the door by the local authorities is enough to motivate a deadbeat. The local authorities are usually willing to help, as they don't want this sort of crime going on either. It's just a matter of finding out who the go-to guy is.

You'll also want to pursue it with whatever method of payment you used. Postal Money Orders kick butt in that regard.

Good luck.

weazbert · Nov 30, 2005, 10:09 PM

thank you for the advice, i am just really pissed because its canadian, and that makes everything more difficult, i paid with paypal and filed a claim today.

mods, what do i do now?

new newton · Nov 30, 2005, 10:34 PM

Call him.

deermatt · Dec 1, 2005, 12:09 AM

knew it was too good to be true. glad i didnt send money. best of luck to you.

weazbert · Dec 1, 2005, 12:09 AM

Originally Posted by new newton

Call him.

paypal dosent list his phone number, i guess i will try online lookup

NYK Ace · Dec 1, 2005, 12:39 PM

im really sorry weazbert

its scumbags like him that ruin the system for the rest of us

SuvsareRetarded · Dec 1, 2005, 12:55 PM

... um.... yeah. You sent money to someone who was a new poster to these forums, and you didn't have his phone number, and the price was too good to be true.

No offense, but ....uh... that's your own damn fault for being stupid.

weazbert · Dec 1, 2005, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded

... um.... yeah. You sent money to someone who was a new poster to these forums, and you didn't have his phone number, and the price was too good to be true.

No offense, but ....uh... that's your own damn fault for being stupid.

no its people like this who ruin it.

thanks suvs, i needed an extra kick.

anyway thanks to everyone else, who took time out of their life to not be an a$$ hole.

new newton · Dec 1, 2005, 05:07 PM

Have you made an effort to get the CMP involved? When I was a child, my father had a tackle box stolen during a fishing trip to Canada. He filed a report, knowing that it was probably a waste of time. Sometime later, what is hand delivered to our door by a Mountie? His tackle box.

These things can and regularly are resolved. You need to put in the effort to make that happen, however. While the other poster was a bit of a dick, he makes a good point. It's better to put the effort in prior to making a deal than when something goes wrong. A little diligence can go a long way.

SuvsareRetarded · Dec 1, 2005, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by weazbert

no its people like this who ruin it.

thanks suvs, i needed an extra kick.

anyway thanks to everyone else, who took time out of their life to not be an a$$ hole.

Ruin what? Hey, tell you what. I can get you your money back, just send me $100. Oh, and I won't give you any personal info, but I promise I'll get your money back. Oh, and send cash, not a money order or anything traceable. Yep.

weazbert · Dec 1, 2005, 09:41 PM

Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded

Ruin what? Hey, tell you what. I can get you your money back, just send me $100. Oh, and I won't give you any personal info, but I promise I'll get your money back. Oh, and send cash, not a money order or anything traceable. Yep.

i sent paypal ya boner. anyway your previous comment wasnt really needed. where other members simply said "sorry that sucks" you decided to flex your surpreme intelligence and tell me "its my own damn fault cause i'm stupid" did you expect me to say "Gee! thats exactly it!" its simpy you being a dick and it was unnecesary.

so to keep it short, please piss off

zerostar · Dec 1, 2005, 10:06 PM

Stay on top of paypal, they might just have a way to trace him, get any info you can out of them. Either he transferred the money to a "real" paypal account, he took it out the ATM (which case they have his address) or he sent it to his bank account. If this was out of the country you are possibly screwed and can stand in line with the thousands of others.

Never EVERY send payment when something is fishy, especially never when they are unverified.

Lastly, that is a shitty thing to do, esp. around Christmas! If this is true tomaleric is a real scumbag.

mobdragon · Dec 1, 2005, 11:19 PM

Contact troll hunters, and I recommend that the forum start using heatware.com.

http://www.trollhunters.com/

weazbert · Dec 1, 2005, 11:22 PM

thanks zero star, i know it was a risk, and i really hope this one works out. paypal has him listed as a business on the details page of our transaction, and i received the email that if he dosent respond by dec 8th that the case is ruled in my favor. However i am unsure if a ruling in my favor means my money is returned. the details also state that the transaction is elgible for paypal buyer protection. so once again heres hoping :-(

zerostar · Dec 2, 2005, 06:19 AM

Originally Posted by weazbert

thanks zero star, i know it was a risk, and i really hope this one works out. paypal has him listed as a business on the details page of our transaction, and i received the email that if he dosent respond by dec 8th that the case is ruled in my favor. However i am unsure if a ruling in my favor means my money is returned. the details also state that the transaction is elgible for paypal buyer protection. so once again heres hoping :-(

Strange, if you are eligible he would need to be verified? Anyway, if you ARE eligible yes you will be returned your money, did you pay with a CC or thru your bank?

weazbert · Dec 2, 2005, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by zerostar

Strange, if you are eligible he would need to be verified? Anyway, if you ARE eligible yes you will be returned your money, did you pay with a CC or thru your bank?

i used paypal funds.

SuvsareRetarded · Dec 2, 2005, 01:43 PM

.... just curious, where are you from?

weazbert · Dec 2, 2005, 03:24 PM

what do you mean.....country? state?

weazbert · Dec 4, 2005, 02:38 PM

bump for 5 more days until the verdict.

weazbert · Dec 7, 2005, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by weazbert

bump for 5 more days until the verdict.

THIS GUY IS STILL ON THE BOARDS TRYING TO SELL A POWERBOOK.

weazbert · Dec 9, 2005, 11:50 PM

this is simply awesome

"After careful review, we have determined that the seller is at fault but
regret to inform you that we were unable to recover any funds from the
seller's account. As stated in the PayPal User Agreement, recovery of funds
associated with a Buyer Complaint cannot be guaranteed. "

i am done here i think. this just completes the stress of finals, and car issues, and now f*cked holidays.

deermatt · Dec 10, 2005, 01:21 AM

cant return your funds? ugh this makes me sick, thats terrible . im really sorry.

Walker · Dec 10, 2005, 02:05 AM

How much would it cost to hire a private detective? Maybe the private detective could figure out the identity & address of this person.

I'll personally donate money to your cause if you hire a private detective. I'd love to see an a**hole like tomaleric held accountable for his deception. pm me if you want to follow through with this idea.

weazbert · Dec 10, 2005, 02:14 AM

Originally Posted by Walker

How much would it cost to hire a private detective? Maybe the private detective could figure out the identity & address of this person.

I'll personally donate money to your cause if you hire a private detective. I'd love to see an a**hole like tomaleric held accountable for his deception. pm me if you want to follow through with this idea.

he gave his address to one of the peoe he was trying to sell that 12" powerbook to. hes in montreal.

weazbert · Dec 10, 2005, 02:16 AM

here we go, i don't have a way to verify, but its a start.

Alex Tasser
5-1186 St-Mathieu
Montreal, Quebec
H3H 2H5
514-573-9234

weazbert · Dec 10, 2005, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by weazbert

here we go, i don't have a way to verify, but its a start.

Alex Tasser
5-1186 St-Mathieu
Montreal, Quebec
H3H 2H5
514-573-9234

i have contacted the FBI, and they are giving assisting me with the canadian authorities.

weazbert · Dec 10, 2005, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by weazbert

i have contacted the FBI, and they are giving assisting me with the canadian authorities.

i have filed a complaint with the FBI fraud department, and i listed these two threads, and some of the user names incase they wanted to talk to more than just me. you guys are the clostes things to witnesses i have

so i hope something comes of it.

thanks again for all the help

teleute · Jan 11, 2006, 01:17 AM

OMG! I got scammed on a laptop by a guy on Yahoo Auctions almost two years ago, and he gave the same address and phone #, but gave his name as John Howard. Did you ever succeed in reaching anyone at that number? Do you mind contacting me at my user name at shaw dot ca? I'd love to hear how things are going, and if you've gotten anywhere. I've still got copies of the emails from the whole fiasco, in case the headers may come in handy. Thanks!

-Allison

cahoots · Feb 16, 2008, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by teleute

OMG! I got scammed on a laptop by a guy on Yahoo Auctions almost two years ago, and he gave the same address and phone #, but gave his name as John Howard. Did you ever succeed in reaching anyone at that number? Do you mind contacting me at my user name at shaw dot ca? I'd love to hear how things are going, and if you've gotten anywhere. I've still got copies of the emails from the whole fiasco, in case the headers may come in handy. Thanks!

-Allison

I was also scammed on Yahoo Auctions in 2004. Same phone #, same guy in Montreal. Anyone get anywhere?