Fordman7795
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The crazy purchase history you posted earlier just screams scam to me. If he does come through, he will go down in history as the worst, best seller ever.
Miller 211 Welder
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The crazy purchase history you posted earlier just screams scam to me. If he does come through, he will go down in history as the worst, best seller ever.
There is an option on the tracking page to hold the package at a hub or whatever. Pick that ***** up tomorrow!
"Private Feedback - This member, gillaca, has decided to make his/her Feedback comments private. Feedback can still be left for this user and the Feedback ratings left are shown above in summary format. Learn more about private Feedback."
I think this seals it... if this isn't a scam, I'll eat my hat!
edit: this also prevents you from viewing his purchase history... I wonder if he's aware of this thread and the sleuthing going on within it...
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Strouty
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Yup 4 negatives now, I will be interested to see what you guys get in the mail.
dkroth
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You can't see the individual feedback but the aggregate is still there.
He's up to 4 negatives now. It was two just a few hours ago. Either he chose to make it private to hide the recent negatives, or eBay does that for their own reasons related to negatives.
dkroth
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Please, please, PLEASE run over to FedEx tomorrow and get that box. I don't think the rest of us can wait until Monday to find out what's in the box!
What's in the box!
AAAAaaahahahahaha!
Strouty
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I am going to be very interested how this gets handled by ebay and paypal. With all the people warning them that this was a scam, they should have been on it days ago. I know I reported the items to ebay two days ago.
trackwelder
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If I was him I would block it too. I cannot imagine the emails and messages he is getting not only from his buyer's but all the extra people sticking their nose in it.
Strouty
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So are you still under the belief he is actually a welding supplier selling stock on ebay?
Strouty
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I have seen flaky sellers before, but some of the feedbacks he had and some of the comments he made to buyers were just too out there. You have to give him credit, it is not too often you see ones like this.
Fordman7795
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Four negatives in one day and switching his feedback to private is the nail in the coffin for me.
Lx460
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I sent notice to eBay that it was fraudulent as well.
It's amazing how greed (which is what it is when you find a deal too good to be true) can put blinders on a person.
So maybe this comment can get erased too because I'm spoiling the party by telling the truth instead of what people want to hear.
Sorry to all who have their money ******* in this, hope you get it all back. I'm still interested to see the box of rocks that gets delivered though.
It's amazing how greed (which is what it is when you find a deal too good to be true) can put blinders on a person.
So maybe this comment can get erased too because I'm spoiling the party by telling the truth instead of what people want to hear.
Sorry to all who have their money ******* in this, hope you get it all back. I'm still interested to see the box of rocks that gets delivered though.
Strouty
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Delay the inevitable. Now we can't see why people left negatives. My guess is those numbers will skyrocket or ebay will just NARU his ***.
Strouty
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I bet it will be a small light package, too much profit would be lost shipping something heavy. All they did was delay things long enough to get the money.
As for the greed, you nailed it. Ebay was greedy, the seller is greedy and well you get my point.
bczygan
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This thread is better than a soap opera.
The LONGING......!
The DRAMA.......!
The SUSPENSE.......!
The LONGING......!
The DRAMA.......!
The SUSPENSE.......!
Strouty
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If you open it in front of them, maybe they could right a statement for you? Is yours still showing heavy weight or did it drop to .2 pounds?
trackwelder
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No I do not believe that. Could he be a reseller that bought a distributors stock...maybe.
It still shows 70 lbs and it departed Rensselaer, NY at 9:19 pm today.
Strouty
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That is where it is strange, we know that a 211 should be 86 pounds, but we don't know if fedex updates weights as it hits locations. Believe me, I will be so happy if some of you do get the deal, could be part of the scam. I really believe this is a long con of sorts.
Stealership
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Did anyone see what the negative feedbacks said before they went private?
Fordman7795
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You have to take delivery of it. If you refuse the package you lose your buyer protection. Everyone take note of this
I think that's exactly what he told someone earlier in the thread. I really think this will work itself out, which is totally out of character for me.
I guess it won't even be in the running until everyone gets their packages.
Strouty
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If it is a scam, we need to Wenzel him.
Strouty
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Two were for 8 day old tracking numbers that were not verifiable. I missed the last two.
sounds like the same seller that sold the fastest CD burners on ebay when they first came out. pay the guy 120 bucks and he sent you a bic lighter
Strouty
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I was just wondering the same thing. Anyone?
The first two mentioned something about the tracking numbers being bogus and seller wouldn't refund... both feedbacks from welders purchased like 8 or 9 days ago.
Strouty
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sounds like the same seller that sold the fastest CD burners on ebay when they first came out. pay the guy 120 bucks and he sent you a bic lighter
I always wanted to sell a guaranteed weight loss program, say 10 pounds in 24 hours or less. Then have the instructions be that you take a chainsaw and cut off your leg. The problem is some idiot would do it.
A bunch of us saw those, but I bet the 3rd and 4th were up for a very short period of time.
This. I'm so glad I didn't pony up for one of these now, but if I had, I would be proactively calling eBay customer support right damn now, and giving them a heads up that things are going south, and do what they advise. At least that way, there's a note in your account regarding the transaction. Might help once you do have to open a dispute case.
I take it the seller is no longer responding to emails either??