Unscrupulous New Shave Den Member

Discussion in 'The Chatterbox' started by jimjo1031, Jun 17, 2022.

  1. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    This new member said he'd sell me a Ranger Tech case, for a good price shipped. I sent the money to him on Cash App, then he said he needed more because he felt it was worth more. I then told him just to send me the money back, and he refuses to do so. It was only $15.00 shipped but he requested more after I sent the money, but it's the principle. His name on here is @mattburns8979, but on emails it's John Colburn (johncolburn42@gmail.com).
     
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  2. Jorvaljr

    Jorvaljr Operation Daytona 8000

    The gut is a scammer. These guys are popping up everywhere replying bst want ads. Usually they asking u to email someone else. I find that crooks and scammers use cashapp. He only joined to do this. I reported him this morning but I dont know if any of the admins did anything.
     
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  3. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    I also reported him from a message he sent me on here. luckily I didn't send a lot of money because at first he wanted to sell me the razor with the case, which I don't need.
     
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  4. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    Same thing happening over on the knife forums.
     
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  5. lightcs1776

    lightcs1776 Well-Known Member

    Sad to see this on such a respectable site.
     
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  6. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    Yeah, I've been hearing from friends that it's happening in different forums.
     
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  7. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    When he said he needed more $ because he thought it was worth more, I'd have said "Well, why dincha say that in the first place, BUDDEH?" and hung up.
     
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  8. Queen of Blades

    Queen of Blades Mistress of Mischief Staff Member

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    It's Tapatlk's fault. These scammers aren't allowed to send PMs if they were using the forum directly.

    This one was banned as soon as the first report came in. They all get banned within a day of being reported.
     
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  9. Shaver X

    Shaver X Well-Known Member

    @jimjo1031, sorry to hear you got ripped off, but thanks for the heads up!

    If Tapatalk allows the scammers to send PMs and circumvent forum safeguards, then why not disable Tapatalk? An added benefit would be that it would also get rid of the annoying Tapatalk popups when first accessing the forum.
     
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  10. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    I kind of agree. But Tapatalks main benefit to upload images of any size helps out some members. Of course, large images could be feasible on here without Tapatalk if made to do so with an alternative. But couldn't a new member just PM a member if he sees he has something on WTB in the classifieds.
     
  11. Queen of Blades

    Queen of Blades Mistress of Mischief Staff Member

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    PMs can be sent after one post, I believe.
    Sparky set it up and it's been years, so I'm not 100% on that.
     
  12. Jorvaljr

    Jorvaljr Operation Daytona 8000

    The only reason i use tapatalk is to post photos. The low mb restriction prevent me from posing photos. Our new phones dont do that low of a file anymore

    i got another pm from a new member today responding to my wtb ad. He was booted before i could respond.
     
  13. Queen of Blades

    Queen of Blades Mistress of Mischief Staff Member

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    Same person.
     
  14. Jorvaljr

    Jorvaljr Operation Daytona 8000

    No this one was named adamsmith
     
  15. Gairdner

    Gairdner Well-Known Member

    I’m sorry to read of this especially here but I feel I must defend Tapatalk as it’s my only way into this wonderful forum. I have no PC and use my old iPhone so if I’m to post a SotD picture, Tapatalk is the only way for me to do so.

    However, what’s best for the forum and its members must come first.

    Best,
    Graeme


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
     
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  16. John Beeman

    John Beeman Little chicken in hot water

    Image size reducing apps are available for both iPhone and Android devices.
     
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  17. PLANofMAN

    PLANofMAN Eccentric Razor Collector Staff Member

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    Download "photo resizer" app on android. It will let you resize stuff to under 1 MB.
     
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  18. Queen of Blades

    Queen of Blades Mistress of Mischief Staff Member

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    yup same person, different username.
     
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  19. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    He'll get his. Count on that.
     
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  20. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    I figured that.
     
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