[Closed] Getting ripped off on STW - a shame and what would you do?

I'd give them a bit of time to respond then raise a dispute through PayPal. You say a regular, is it a regular forum user or classifieds only?

We haven't had one of these for ages, kettles on.

Bookmarked.

Has it been long? Could they have just popped away?

*not the first to rummage through Aus's forum activity am I?*

1. Work out which sale you're referring to in the classifieds
2. Jump to conclusions.

Seems to be pretty much standard for STW 😉

More seriously, I'd name and shame if I was reasonably certain that the seller really was avoiding me (not just on holiday, in hospital, etc) and that my issue was definitely reasonable.

Pay Pal Gift?

*Checks AUS posting history*

^^clicks on his member

[Market Trader]

Pitchforks! Pitchforks! Get your pitchforks here ladies and gentlemen!

[/Market Trader]

I'll have one please, extra pointy please. Digestive?

[i]bruneep - Member

How many kittens can you get in a phone box?

Posted 1 day ago # Report-Post[/i]

3004

ah a 99% classified user 🙂 bless

cant believe you were the first, Stoner, you sure werent the last.

still ntmu Aus, like you say an open honest trustworthy but importantly free marketplace here. you wanna name and shame, or wait till someone else decides to for you?

Aus contacted us with a real name, [s]said he couldn't remember the username[/s] and the given name didn't match up with anything I could find. I don't think we actually replied though, did we? That was an oversight if not, probably hit a dead end at "nowt we can do" and got lost, sorry about that. [EDIT - sorry, he didn't provide a username, I was misremembering.]

Consider though; the seller responded to a Wanted ad, so it's entirely possible that the seller isn't even a forum member. It'd be trivial to go "hi, I'm [someone else's username at random]" via email, and difficult for the buyer to validate.

Aus, if you want to give me the email address you've been corresponding with, I can look it up in the metabase to see if there's anything like it. (Hit 'Report-Post' on this post and enter it there if you like.)

#wheresyourP?

[i]kettles on. [/i]

*is now wearing a kettle*

Hits kettle with mallet

Sounds rather more like a scam now... In the past, I've asked people who've replied to a wtd ad to post on the thread to at least show that they are who they say they are.

bruneep - Member

How many kittens can you get in a phone box?

nah, 3004.65 kittens

😛

[i]nah, 3004.65 kittens[/i]

More if you slice them.

Apparently.

[img] [/img]

*is now on a kettle*

😯

Was it a diet plan that you bought?

*Hits Timmy Mallet with a kettle *

Sounds rather more like a scam now... In the past, I've asked people who've replied to a wtd ad to post on the thread to at least show that they are who they say they are.

How, out of interest? Genuine curiosity like. May kill one or two of those kittens before phone box based suffocation gets them.

*Kettles everyone with a kettle*

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Avoids Aberdeen

Wtf is a metabase?

[i]Wtf is a metabase[/i]

an entry level Commencal?

Someone posts wtd ad, I'm a scammer, I reply to the wanted ad via email claiming to be someone who posts lots and looks like they have a decent reputation - let's say 'njee20', buyer trusts me as a result and pays via PPG. Job done...

Is this more liable to happen to type A people ?

nemesis - Member
Someone posts wtd ad, I'm a scammer, I reply to the wanted ad via email claiming to be someone who posts lots and looks like they have a decent reputation - let's say 'njee20', buyer trusts me as a result and pays via PPG. Job done...

But why bother sending them anything?

[i] 'njee20' [/i]

Burn him!

Maybe they are only semi scammers?

Can I have a left handed pitchfork please cfh.

Unusual for an internet scammer trawling forums for people to con to actually send something though? I thought they'd just take the case and run.

Personally have bought and sold from Aus, and he was great to deal with. Hope it gets sorted.

Wtf is a metabase

an entry level Commencal?

LQTM.

Wtf is a metabase

Sorry, force of habit. The Metabase is what Microsoft calls the database behind its web server. Let's pretend I said "database" instead so that I don't sound like a pretentious tossbag. (And an inaccurate one at that.)

njee20? This is how rumour start. Mind I always knew there was something not right about njee20.

Someone posts wtd ad, I'm a scammer, I reply to the wanted ad via email claiming to be someone who posts lots and looks like they have a decent reputation - let's say 'njee20', buyer trusts me as a result and pays via PPG. Job done...

Sorry, I got the how the scam works (and it's devilishly simple in its fiendishness), although that njee20 character sounds as dodgy as anything, I meant how do you get someone to prove they are who they say they are?

'njee20'

Burn him!

😆

At least a wtd ad scammer isn't going to pretend to have my username.

I once got accused of ripping someone off after a sale on here. Turns out he hadn't bothered to charge it up before trying to use it. Reverse pitchfork needed.

[quote=Cougar said]
I've no idea offhand whether STW is hosted on a Windows or a Linux platform

Linux

Reverse pitchfork

Sounds sexy.

[b]Reverse pitchfork[/b] [i]"patent applied for"[/i]

I could probably even tell you where it is hosted to within about 10 metres 😛

Linux

Sorry, I ninja-edited to remove that as it wasn't relevant. The forum posting data wouldn't be in the Metabase anyway even if it was a Windows platform, it was a simple slip of the brain on my part when I was typing and I was subsequently over-explaining.

Reverse pitchfork

So what you need there is a Krophctip.

The forum posting data wouldn't be in the Metabase anyway even if it was a Windows platform, it was a simple slip of the brain on my part when I was typing and[b] I was subsequently over-explaining.[/b]

Just as well you've stopped yourself doing that, hey?

😉

Krophctip

That would be a reverse pitch[b]P[/b]ork!!

Film trailer voice} Having trouble with those pesky posters,bitten off more than you can handle ?
No need for that straw man/Edinburgh defense back down apology,just use [b]Reverse pitchfork [/b]! , [b]Reverse pitchfork[/b] a post fixing wonder device ..[i]available at all good forums.[/i] [i]Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your Reverse Pitchfork[/i].{ Film trailer voice

CaptainFlashheart is it just full pitchforks you're selling or do you also sell fork handles?

[i]What would you do?[/i]

Obviously we'd all take the situation very seriously indeed and try to help out to our utmost ability. 😯

Sorry, I ninja-edited to remove that as it wasn't relevant. The forum posting data wouldn't be in the Metabase anyway even if it was a Windows platform, it was a simple slip of the brain on my part when I was typing and I was subsequently over-explaining.

WHY MUST YOU TURN THIS FORUM INTO A HOUSE OF LIES?!

and you wonder why so many people avoid the bike/chat forumsis

Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your Reverse Pitchfork.

..your pitchfork may go down, as well as up.

CaptainFlashheart is it just full pitchforks you're selling or do you also sell fork handles?

Has Flashman moved up from paperclips?

[i]Sorry, I ninja-edited to remove that as it wasn't relevant. The forum posting data wouldn't be in the Metabase anyway even if it was a Windows platform, it was a simple slip of the brain on my part when I was typing and I was subsequently over-explaining.[/i]

Now you've gone and over explained your over explain 🙂

I suggest a targeted drone strike, they're all the rage right now.

[i]Has Flashman moved up from paperclips? [/i]

it's more across...

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[i]four candles? [/i]

No, fork 'andles! 'Andles for forks! Wonders if he also stocks o's

*Toasts Timmy Mallet's plums on a pitchfork over four candles*

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and you wonder why so many people avoid the bike/chat forumsis

I know,it's full of thieves and liars .

*suspects you may not be a fast haggis after all*

That would be a reverse pitchPork!!

Oh hell's bells.

Now you've gone and over explained your over explain

And that one. *sulks*

Damn,busted 😛

So in summary, in answer to the OP's question, what we would do is sit here and talk bollocks for two pages.

Bump.

*Shares*

So in summary, in answer to the OP's question,

If anyone ever rips me off,I threaten to send my mum round to have a strong word with them.

So in summary, in answer to the OP's question, what we would do is sit here and talk bollocks for two pages.

I notice he's not come back. Maybe the item started working.

(unless somebody's already said):

njee, you could prove you were you by posting something specific here at your "customer's" request (made by email) - stw equivalent of taking a photo with a fish on your head, or whatever

*balances a turbot on Timmy Mallet's head*

I'd just ask for a photo with a fish on their head.

Still, I think by playing dumb I've managed to throw folk off the scent. I'm off to harvest the wanted ads!

*balances a turbot on Timmy Mallet's head*

Thanks all - has put a smile on my face! I've moved on now 😉

Cougar - have emailed you with chap's details/username.

I'm off to harvest the wanted ads

Conbuying harvester?

[i]at some point, Jamie's going to have to respond to that sort of provocation[/i]

Why?