After he got my recons, he kept asking me to send him more recons without him paying first. Red flag.
This guy was smart though. He waited until January 5, 2011 to stab me in the back long after I had forgotten him and thrown away all receipts and the ebay records had expired. I lost a total of $60 on the regular unpainted recon, and I'm about to lose $130 for the painted one, all shipping included.
On January 5th, he issued 2 chargebacks claiming unauthorized payment, chargeback reason code 37. This put a hold on my money. Only I didn't find out about the chargebacks until today, and you only get a week to respond to a chargeback. So the one case got closed and this is all paypal had to say, "We've finished reviewing this case, and we've determined that it's unlikely that we could successfully dispute this chargeback. To cover the processing for this chargeback, we have debited your account a chargeback settlement fee." So let's get this straight, if somebody issues an unfair chargeback against you, and steals your money, you get to pay a fee also.
The thing about it is, chargebacks are handled through the buyer's card company. When a buyer issues a chargeback, paypal has to settle with whatever card the buyer has, so they freeze your money until the issue is resolved. The only chance I have now of winning the money back for the $130 recon are the ebay messages I received from bloozn70 because they prove he got it. I would advise everybody reading this to block this guy right now. Go to your ebay block bidder page and block him. When you get messages like this, make sure to keep a close eye on your paypal account because you never know when they might turn on you.
Sent Oct 31, 2010 10:13 PM
Dear autonerf,
hello, about this gun. im sure u can trust me now
since i paid for if after u shipped it. can u ship
me another one, that means, can i buy another
black recon up to 100ft one. but this time. can
you make it so u just DRILL out the air
restrictors and not put anything into it. for
example the gray thing u put in that recon u
shipped ( the black one ) and also. the one you
just shipped it doesnt go 50 ft flat OR 40 feet
about 35 feet so can you make it really go 50 feet
flat also, just DRILL out the air restrictors and
not put anything into it. for example the gray
thing u put in that recon u shipped ( the black
one ) so basicly, I just want to :
1:buy a new one. just like last time you ship it
to me then i pay
2:please just DRILL out the air restrictors and
not put anything into it. for example the gray
thing u put in that recon u shipped ( the black
one )
3:and last making it really going 50 feet FLAT
( if you can really make it 50 FEET FLAT then dont
do step 2.
please and thanks.
- bloozn70
I told him I was in the middle of moving to another house so I couldn't make more recons for a long time. Besides, I had to ask more than once for his payment the first time. Now he wants more without paying?! I offered him a refund several times, hoping he would send them back because I had a feeling the chargeback was coming. I just knew from the spelling and grammar.
Sent Nov 1, 2010 3:36 PM
Dear autonerf,
ok ill just keep it. when you make another one. tell me. i surely will buy it
- bloozn70
There you have it, the evidence speaks for itself. He decided to abuse the paypal system to chargeback his money. Surely that thieving liar will not be buying anything from me again.
Edited by autonerf, 25 January 2011 - 01:25 AM.