possible rip on ebay. help me figure this out

[shartley]

[GT]

very true shartly,

One more big question, Dont you have to have some kind of buyer info with WDP? I would think that ordering that many angels would be diffcult for anyone let alone a large paintball warehouse like pbgear. I may post this in the angel forum or try to get TAG's attention since he deals with WDP folks everyday.

SO I guess the question is can you order 20 IR3's if you are small pb shop?

jb

[Gotenks]

4415 E Grant Road #A214 Tucson Az 85712

He lives in my city....

#a214? sounds like a post office.

If anything goes wrong, I'm in his city, so I will be able to go bust some caps.

RA-KLA-KLAK-KLAK-KLAK!!!

[Gotenks]

oh and he claims that his friends business went out of business.

theres only 2 paintball stores here in tucson, Paintball HQ, and Paintball Unlimited.

Unlimited was a pretty crappy store, I'll go down and see if they went out of business. If they didnt, then either they are lying, or his friend lives in a other city

[shartley]

Originally posted by Gotenks
4415 E Grant Road #A214 Tucson Az 85712

He lives in my city....

#a214? sounds like a post office.

If anything goes wrong, I'm in his city, so I will be able to go bust some caps.

RA-KLA-KLAK-KLAK-KLAK!!!

Could that also be an apartment? Oh, and that does not mean he LIVES in your city ether. Many "scams" are run out of rented apartments the no one actually lives in, or office space no one actually uses besides being a drop site.

Just some things to think about.... I still just say to walk away from any deal that even hints of being fishy, or questionable at best.

[shartley]

Originally posted by Gotenks
oh and he claims that his friends business went out of business.

theres only 2 paintball stores here in tucson, Paintball HQ, and Paintball Unlimited.

Unlimited was a pretty crappy store, I'll go down and see if they went out of business. If they didnt, then either they are lying, or his friend lives in a other city

[cphilip]

Originally posted by shartley
I wonder if Cphip has a brick and mortar store, or even Tunaman? And both of them sell markers (the last time I knew).

I got block and Mortor. Does that count? But its my shop in my Garage! :)

[shartley]

Originally posted by cphilip
I got block and Mortor. Does that count? But its my shop in my Garage! :)

HeeHee..... same with me, but it is my basement. But according to this thread, nope... neither of us count.

[GT]

Originally posted by Gotenks
theres only 2 paintball stores here in tucson, Paintball HQ, and Paintball Unlimited.

any of those shops do 3rd party?

Shartly and cphilip I think the difference here is that you guys have user feedback which is like gold here on the net. I think I can do 3rd party with these guys in tucson, worst case is my M/O sits around for a few weeks and then gets returned.

I have been ripped once before by Adam todd of Custom PB, you know the shop in canada that is a sponser of pbnation? I ordered a custom spyder about a year ago, returned it to them because it was "new" well supposedly it never made it back to canada. If i was closer I would have shown up at the guys house.

jb

[ogre55]

Yes, winning an e-bay auction is a valid contract, so technically, if you decide not to go through with the auction, you will be breaking the law.

However, the only thing that the seller of the item can do to enforce the contract is go to court and demand that you go through with the auction and buy the marker. So the only thing you stand to suffer from just walking away is bad feedback on E-bay.

On the other hand, you stand to gain an excellant marker at a fairly cheap price. So send this guy e-mail and demand that you use a third party. If he is on the level then you have no problem and you still get a great deal. If this guy is a scammer he will either refuse, or he won't answer your e-mails, in that case you can report him to e-bay and make this their problem.

Ogre

[GT]

I think the 3rd party is the best idea thus far. I contacted TAG via email and I think the price just covers the cost of the marker should he had ordered 20 of them. TAG did not says this directly however it seemed like a break even price so to speak.

Well who does a good 3rd party that is in between houston and tucson? I would like to use one of the local tuscon shops if they do 3rd party.

jb

[warpfeedmod]

If you havn't already use this form:

http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?UserInformationRequest#ContactInfo

to request the user info that he has on file for ebay. if it's valid you should get name, address and sometimes phone #.

Once you get that info call the number to verify, do anything you can to ensure you don't get ripped.

edit: Forgot to add if you check out all his other auctions, a majority of the current winning bidders (those auctions with 1 item) all have 1 or 0 feedback. Could be a scam setup to make it look legit.

edit again: he also lists this address in one of the auctions as to who to send the money orders to:

C. Wood at 4415 E Grant Road #A214 Tucson Az 85712

[ogre55]

I don't know about any local shops, but I know that Palmer's Pursuit Shop will act as a 3rd party. And they are pretty repulable.

Ogre

[Tom Sparkman]

Checked yahoo maps, and nearby businesses and I find:

La Mirada Apartments
4415 E Grant Rd, Tucson, AZ 85712
Phone: (520) 881-4503

You might call that phone# and see if A214 is a valid apartment#.


Tom

[GT]

thanks Tom,

here is a link to the PBNation thread

http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=1591718#post1591718