Ebay scammer? bad dealer?

Simon_M

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bgmartinsbridge

@Simon_M
That's terrible.
Did you get the cash back in the end? 

Simon_M

bgmartinsbridge said:

@Simon_M
That's terrible.
Did you get the cash back in the end? 

Yeah PayPal stepped up and sorted it out in the end. 

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Sassafras

I love the way he refers to himself in the Royal "We".
These solo bedroom dealers always call themselves us and we to fool us into thinking we're dealing with some mega-corporation, not some self important sad wanker in his bedroom.

midlifecrisis

Sassafras said:

I love the way he refers to himself in the Royal "We".
These solo bedroom dealers always call themselves us and we to fool us into thinking we're dealing with some mega-corporation, not some self important sad wanker in his bedroom.

we certainly agree with that.

WindmillGuitars

This fella is mental.. I bought a Strat from him earlier this year which arrived with an ill-fitting pickguard (wrong hole pattern for Strat) Nd paint damage which he hadn't disclosed. I kindly asked him to cover a new one as a gesture of good will and was told to "go fu*k myself.. Or post the guitar back to him in Italy." 

I wouldnt have minded however he advertised the guitar as coming from London - in which case I'd probably have landed at his door for the laugh! Reverb accepted my report and part refunded me so in the end I left it.. 

If anyone wants to send him a Christmas card I have his address in Italy 

Teyeplayer

Anchorboy said:

If anyone wants to send him a Christmas card I have his address in Italy 

Please do share, the ‘familgia’ can pay him a visit. 

octatonic

Acting crazy and offensive is a tactic some people use to minimise refunds etc.
A percentage of buyers will figure it isn't worth engaging with a nutter and just swallow the loss.

Sassafras

midlifecrisis said:

Sassafras said:

I love the way he refers to himself in the Royal "We".
These solo bedroom dealers always call themselves us and we to fool us into thinking we're dealing with some mega-corporation, not some self important sad wanker in his bedroom.

we certainly agree with that.

We felt sure you'd all see our point of view.

mbe

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BloodEagle

mbe said:

Just a really nice candid unedited chat - which has now, somewhat ironically, been edited out of this thread

Simon_M

octatonic said:

Acting crazy and offensive is a tactic some people use to minimise refunds etc.
A percentage of buyers will figure it isn't worth engaging with a nutter and just swallow the loss.

Interesting tactic. However, having been self employed and tried to chase up unpaid invoices I can agree that I tend to give up on the lunatics. 

midlifecrisis

Simon_M said:

octatonic said:

Acting crazy and offensive is a tactic some people use to minimise refunds etc.
A percentage of buyers will figure it isn't worth engaging with a nutter and just swallow the loss.

Interesting tactic. However, having been self employed and tried to chase up unpaid invoices I can agree that I tend to give up on the lunatics. 

or show them you can be crazier than they can

digitalscream

FYI, we've just had a legal threat from him...posting it here according to our rules:

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 to Thefreatboard website 

My name is Fabio Padial 

there is offences and my photos , I saw my name and my band members exposed also with photos 

all at your website we can read offences like , gay , asshole , scanner , motherfucker etc 

"and all types of OFFENCES from your website"

I ALREADY RECEIVED PERSONAL OFFENCES FROM YOUR USERS TO MY PERSONAL PAGES LIKE FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL MEDIAS..

""I will give you 2 days "48hours" to remove all those offences and photos""

otherwise I am opening a court claim Wednesday morning against freatboard.co.uk 

I already made a report to the police and showed all the offences!

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/155879/ebay-scammer-bad-dealer/p2

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/92173/fire-guitars-caution ;

https://www.sevenstring.org/threads/fire-guitars-scam-reverb-com.317469/ ;

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I've given him instructions on how to make a formal defamation complaint, but he's refused to do so and only responded with more threats. I had a quick look through this thread and couldn't see anything relating to the complaint he's made, so until he comes back with a listing of the actual comments he believes are defamatory and untrue (and why), I can't really do anything.

However, given that he's suggesting that folk have been chasing him across social media, it would really help if that didn't happen.

Also, I'm not entirely sure what he expects me to do about the thread on sevenstring.org...

boogieman

Typical JCon type “I’m going to sue you” bluster. If anything it confirms what we’ve all been thinking about him. 

Btw, the sevenstring link just comes up as a page error  Not entirely sure what you could do about him being "defamed" on another forum anyway, if anything it just goes to show that others are thinking the same way so it just undermines his case even further.

Adam_MD

You're ok it looks like he's going after some other lunatics at thefreatboard.co.uk

OilCityPickups

Someone called him a 'scanner'? David Cronenberg wont be happy!

octatonic

Has anyone registered www.thethreatboard.co.uk?

DB1

All I can say is that this bloke has attempted to have dealings with me before, and I would personally avoid him like the plague. You can't behave the way that he does and expect people not to comment adversely, especially if it's tto protect other guitarists from him and people like him.

I always wonder if its really worth being a scammer and treating other people badly, for the sake of a few quid. Obviously for some people it is. Sad. 

Sassafras

His photos are already in the public domain, how can it be illegal to reproduce them on here?