Anyone else scammed by J Collingridge, photographer AKA Lexerr emerger jridge scalded_ape

hobbio

Nope, it's fundamentally the fault of the cock socket who's decided he has the right to take peoples money and only give them the V's in return.

I might just have to send out a few awkward tweets to him and his business contacts.

ellangus

fastboy said:
I must admit being nosey I did go and check out his Facebook pages and see that he locked down his personal page and now you have to ask for his contact details on his business page so clearly he's reading this page and knows people are on to him. 

If he is reading this page, is there any way of telling if he's using yet another username as I don't think he's visited it as Lexerr since the 17th Feb

hobbio

He could just be a guest.

ellangus

Ah! of course, Duh!!

hobbio

I wonder if there's any way of easily getting a link to this thread to all of his contacts. I can't do it from where I am unfortunately, but someone here might be able to.

fastboy

joeyowen said:

What a cock juggling thunder cnut, I hope someone traps his balls in a kettle.

I always insist on avoiding PPG for buying or selling, and I hope people don't get offended when I say no to PPG, just covering my arse, and this is exactly why

I usually do the same. Recently I bought a pedal from Norway for £200. The guy wanted to clear 250 Euros including postage so I said let's call it 260 Euros and I'll pay you through normal PP. That way I ensured I had some form of recourse if a complete stranger didn't send me my goods. Cost me an extra £8 but I was happy to pay it for piece of mind. 

I appreciate it's a game of trust as well as I recently had someone send me £1750 through paypal gift for a Les Paul where he replied to my gumtree ad. He didn't know me but could tell from my Ebay ad and my ad here as I directed him to this forum and the good traders thread that I was trustworthy. I hadn't specifically asked him to gift it but I guess he got a sense of trust from me and having some credentials to back it up with. Needless to say he's over the moon with the Les Paul that arrived with him the following working day from posting. 

I think sometimes as a seller I would usually take the hit on PP if it's very small if I really want rid of something and the buyer wants reassurance. 

So anyway, Mr Dodgy Seller now that your address is out there, are you going to be a bit nervous every time the door bell rings now??

I think you guys with his address should post it on an open thread for everywhere he's doing these scamming transactions. I bet he'd get his come uppance pretty quick.....

TTony

Heartfeltdawn said:

The [admin edit - wife's name removed] mentioned is almost certainly the one mentioned in the first post here by Mr Jbob aka Mr Collingridge..

From where her email address and direct dial phone line are easily available ...

Deadman

Another small lead is that fucko's brother worked for Amersham Audi in 2007.

Beexter

The "closed" threads relating to the mythical items this crook was allegedly selling seem to have disappeared? Have the mods still got access to these in case evidence is needed?

fretmeister

@TTony

can you preserve all relevant threads for evidence?

TTony

fretmeister said:

@TTony

can you preserve all relevant threads for evidence?

Yes.

Lexerr and all his aliases have been banned, so he can't edit anything.  

Misty

I am not new here, but don't post very often and so I will not be "known" to many folks here. However, I've read this thread with interest and thoroughly applaud you guys for your work in tracking down this scoundrel. I sincerely hope the matter is resolved for all concerned. It does also raise a related issue which has been mentioned in various posts already, and that is how to provide some sort of safeguard for anyone interested in buying through the classifieds where the seller is a newbie, or someone like me, ie without a track record. I did sell a couple of items through Musicradar a while back, and in the last year or so I have posted one or two items for sale here, but got very little response, not that I'm complaining about that though I think my asking prices were fair, but I was aware at the time that if I were an established forum member I would be wary of buying from me, simply because of my lack of track record. I'm sure the moderators here have given this a good deal of thought already, but maybe at least there should be a probationary period for new forum members, as there is on another forum I subscribe to, during which they are not able to post items for sale. Also, maybe there could be a more upfront feedback system; I have in the past referred possible buyers to my eBay feedback profile for reassurance, though of course there's no real proof that the identity I point them to is actually me. I don't have any real solutions here, just vague ideas which may or may not be helpful. I also realise that the good people who run this forum give up their own time to do so.

 Anyway, I hope this shyster is caught.

TTony

Beexter said:

The "closed" threads relating to the mythical items this crook was allegedly selling seem to have disappeared? Have the mods still got access to these in case evidence is needed?

@Beexter - the threads are still there - eg here - although Jonathan Collingridge (keep stating the name, you never know what Google's indexing will pick up) has removed the photos from his Photobucket account.

[edit]

@ellangus - I've just edited the title of your thread to name Jonathan Collingridge (scam merchant) specifically in the thread title. Just to help Google's indexing ...

DesVegas

Jonathan Collingridge @ttony it might be worth putting 'Jonathan Collingridge Photographer' in the thread title to tie his scams to his business

not_the_dj

DesVegas;527505" said:

Jonathan Collingridge

The untrustworthy scammer and thief Jonathan Collingridge?

DesVegas

Yes ntdj thats the fellow Jonathan Collingridge 

NPP

this thread about Jonathan Collingridge currently appears only on p 3 of Google search results

DesVegas

not if you type Jonathan Collingridge scammer, but then who's going to type that??

Beexter

TTony said:

 

@Beexter - the threads are still there - eg here - although Jonathan Collingridge (keep stating the name, you never know what Google's indexing will pick up) has removed the photos from his Photobucket account.

Cheers @TTony - I was fearful that he may have taken them down. In a way, it's good to know that Jonathan Collingridge has removed the photo's from his Photobucket account as it shows that he is aware of the impending shit-storm heading his way and is clearly trying to hide his tracks. He is hopefully starting to feel really quite uncomfortable. I wonder if Mrs Collingridge is aware of his antics. I'm sure she'll become aware soon. More potential discomfort for Jonathan Collingridge to contend with.

Hootsmon

bet he's shittin' himself..............and selling it for the roses/compost