Bought a power steering pump and lines from this guy about a month ago and have received nothing. His for sale thread is here:

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=768945

I've tried emailing him as well as numerous PMs and have heard nothing. Has anyone heard anything? Would not recommend buying from him.

 

It's sad to see how often this kind of thing happens around here. Best of luck to you.

 

I was also ripped off, paid for the boost controller on the 8th and haven't gotten it. No response to pms or e-mails.

I have filed a claim with paypal.

Vincent

 

It really is sad thats some one has to do is to a hard working person , ppl must be really desperate but it still not an excuse to do such a thing ! Best of luck on resolving the problem .

 

is it me or is this starting to become more common these last couple of months.

 

Despite the best efforts of the mod staff, it's be coming much more common...

 

It's really gone down hill in the last 2 or so years...no fault of the mods or admins, just scammers seem to be working a lot harder and there are a lot of trusting people on this board. Parts are hard to come by for these cars, so it makes a very easy market for a scammer. Just say you have a random rare part that a lot of people usually need, and ask a good price for it. Bait is in the water...just wait for someone to come along and take it. Most people won't bother going to a lot of trouble for $20, $30, etc....which is why the scammers usually sell small parts for cheap, and sell a lot of them on a lot of different forums. Instead of "selling" 1 item worth $1000 (which would cause someone to go apeshit and track them down) they will "sell" 50 $20 items and make the same amount from unsuspecting people and raise a lot less of a shitstorm from any one individual person.

 

You hit it on the head sprockett. I wish there was some way I could get an address or phone number for this guy. What made his scam more believable than others was that he had pictures of the parts he was selling.

 

I usually only deal locally due to being ripped off before...

be patient and things usually become available locally. also if someone seems desperate, I avoid dealing with them except in person... alot of people bite off more than they can chew and if they are in trouble they are certainly concerned about themselves first.. not some dude sending e-mails.

 

thats why I only buy from you

 

Yeah, you put my *** on the line to get the parts for you lol

 

he hasen't been online for a while.

 

There's more to it than just that. Lots of times people will just send you pictures they find themselves on the internet or from searchin' on this forum.


I actually have a pretty solid checklist that I use for determining which members or people in general I will or won't buy off of. I've thought about posting it up for everyone, but the problem I foresaw was that the scammers could use it as a tool as well. If I help the members, I help the scammers. Doesn't seem like the best plan to me