Rathje70 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Was seeking out an AI Controller and KSPSREEF (Kris Watson supposedly) reached out with pictures of one she/he had for sale. Was very responsive up until I sent money via PayPal and haven't heard since....what should I do about this??? Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 8 minutes ago, Rathje70 said: Was seeking out an AI Controller and KSPSREEF (Kris Watson supposedly) reached out with pictures of one she/he had for sale. Was very responsive up until I sent money via PayPal and haven't heard since....what should I do about this??? If you didn't send it as friend/family, than dispute it. However, how long has it been? Edit: Looks like that user just joined March 30th. Quote Link to comment
Rathje70 Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 I sent it over as if I was sending money for a "purchase". I sent it early yesterday morning and haven't heard anything since. Though, the user was very responsive right up until I sent the money and then went silent which is why I don't feel very comfortable. Quote Link to comment
Nocturnal Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 5 minutes ago, Rathje70 said: I sent it over as if I was sending money for a "purchase". I sent it early yesterday morning and haven't heard anything since. Though, the user was very responsive right up until I sent the money and then went silent which is why I don't feel very comfortable. Dispute with Paypal. They will freeze the funds and he will suddenly want to talk to you. 24 hours isn't that long of a time though. It's entirely possible he just got busy. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rathje70 Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Agreed - it was literally such a quick response time with the seconds before I paid. After I paid...nothing - even though he/she said they would send me a message after it was shipped. Thanks for the feedback! Quote Link to comment
FISHnChix Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Hopefully you get your package, but I would wait more than a day before blasting someone as a fraud.. 4 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 If you paid with a purchase than you can just dispute it so its not a huge deal. I don't think you gave that member long enough to respond, let alone ship it. When people scam, they generally have you pay as a 'gift'. It is sort of pointless to scam otherwise since paypal can just reverse the charge. If you are extra paranoid you can film the unboxing of the item incase someone ever tried to mail an empty box. 1 Quote Link to comment
RayWhisperer Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 The reason this may be an actual scam. First, OP was searching for the item. Not replying to a for sale thread. Reason 2, sellers name is Watson, first name Kris, with a K. Possibly another account created by kimballreef. kimballreef was permabanned, as was the other account. This is kimballreefs exact MO. I hope I’m wrong. However, if this is a scam, inform CM, and link this thread. Gotta keep these shitbags outta our site. Edit. Just looked at your thread in hardware. Just like kimballreef, this was done via PM. Let CM know we might have another kimballreef on the site. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Just dispute it now. I think paypal is pretty good about having a buyers back. Quote Link to comment
Rathje70 Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 I will report to CM and disputed it a couple of days ago though haven’t heard anything yet from PayPal and money already has left my account.... Quote Link to comment
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