mferrand
Inspired
Just got to get this off my chest and see if there is any help.....
So, I've been looking for an FC-6. I put up a WTB ad here and after a couple of weeks I get a message from from a guy who says he can help me with a lead. He says he's dealt with this guy 'Tony' a few times and he's been good to deal with. He includes the email address and I contact him. Tony replies back and says that he does have this pedal for sale. Decent price so I tell I'll take it. He says that he can't do Paypal as his account is messed up but can do Venmo. O.k., so I don't have a Venmo account so I set one up and send him the money. He asks for a screen shot while he's waiting for the money to show up. I send it to him and he says he'll get the pedal in the mail. All this is over email. A couple days or so goes by and he says he's not been able to get to UPS. I say o.k. but he could try USPS. He' says he'll text me the tracking number that day. A couple more days go by, nothing. I email, text, call. Nothing. Then the emails bounce back and the phone number doesn't work. Two week have gone by now. So, I contact Venmo.
They reply back, apologize for my loss and say that I should only send money to someone I know. They recommend that I call local law enforcement and have them contact Venmo. So I call the police. "O.K. so you've sent money to someone you don't know, you don't have an address, phone number or any contact info. What do you want us to do"? Boy did I feel like an idiot. So, I contact my credit card company... won't cover cash loss. Back to Venmo, sorry, nothing we can do.
So here I am. Minus $300+, scammed or ripped off. I have probably done 500 on line transactions over the years and never had this happened. It looked so legit up front.
Screwed and not Happy.....
So, I've been looking for an FC-6. I put up a WTB ad here and after a couple of weeks I get a message from from a guy who says he can help me with a lead. He says he's dealt with this guy 'Tony' a few times and he's been good to deal with. He includes the email address and I contact him. Tony replies back and says that he does have this pedal for sale. Decent price so I tell I'll take it. He says that he can't do Paypal as his account is messed up but can do Venmo. O.k., so I don't have a Venmo account so I set one up and send him the money. He asks for a screen shot while he's waiting for the money to show up. I send it to him and he says he'll get the pedal in the mail. All this is over email. A couple days or so goes by and he says he's not been able to get to UPS. I say o.k. but he could try USPS. He' says he'll text me the tracking number that day. A couple more days go by, nothing. I email, text, call. Nothing. Then the emails bounce back and the phone number doesn't work. Two week have gone by now. So, I contact Venmo.
They reply back, apologize for my loss and say that I should only send money to someone I know. They recommend that I call local law enforcement and have them contact Venmo. So I call the police. "O.K. so you've sent money to someone you don't know, you don't have an address, phone number or any contact info. What do you want us to do"? Boy did I feel like an idiot. So, I contact my credit card company... won't cover cash loss. Back to Venmo, sorry, nothing we can do.
So here I am. Minus $300+, scammed or ripped off. I have probably done 500 on line transactions over the years and never had this happened. It looked so legit up front.
Screwed and not Happy.....