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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 12:25 AM
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Thumbs down getaforknjob- Just Frustrating!

I really hate to do this but I'm just frustrated with the situation. At the begging of the month I purchased his RS3 grill through PayPal from "getaforknjob" and I have yet to receive it from him. The worst part about it is he has become completely unreachable to the point I am almost sending him a PM on SL everyday or every other day just wanting to know what's going on.

So, on 9/5/10 Sent payment for grill he said he would ship it sometime in next few days. A few days go by and I sent him a few PM's regarding the situation. It wasn't until 9/13 he had informed me that his drive axel was broken which meant he had no transportation I assume. He had said that he would have it shipped out the next day with tracking #. I told him to let me know when it was shipped.

I'm a pretty understanding guy, I get it poop happens. I had waited about 5more days until he messages me on 9/20 saying that he would ship it the next day... that his car was ready.

It is now 9/30 I still have nothing. If anyone on here knows him personally and let him know that i'm wondering where the grill is and whether he shipped it or not. Maybe shoot a PM my way.

Link to his F/S thread.https://www.scionlife.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=192355

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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 02:39 AM
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That sucks man hope u get it soon
Old Oct 1, 2010 | 10:57 PM
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paypal dispute being filed

I have already triend contacting seller through AIM, no response.
Old Oct 4, 2010 | 04:13 AM
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He hasn't responded to AIM, PM's here, PayPal, guy fell of the face of the earth along with my money.
Old Oct 4, 2010 | 04:43 AM
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Isn't the guy a mod on here too?
Old Oct 4, 2010 | 05:05 AM
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I believe so, if anyone can help me get in contact with him or has any info to help me out I'll greatly appreciate it!
Old Oct 4, 2010 | 05:24 AM
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paypal dispute being filed

I have already triend contacting seller through AIM, no response.
Sorry to hear a fellow Team ScioNRG mate is havin' problems with a purchase deal here on SL. Yeah, his profile shows that he is a forum moderator. Not sure which one's he's in-charge of. I just checked his profile, and it shows that his last SL login under that user name was on 21/Sept/10. I wouldn't expect negative behaviour on SL from someone that is a fellow forum moderator. Certainly not intentionally. Maybe he just personally had a bunch of issues hit the fan at the same time. Seems like you've been pretty understanding.... at some point, sometimes it comes down to doing what you have to do to reclaim a loss. Hope it all works out for ya.
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escalated to a claim, too bad I really wanted the grill....

stay away from this guy.
Old Oct 14, 2010 | 04:53 PM
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I have pretty much given up hope on ever hearing back from this guy, I just want my money back PayPal claims take forever when the other person does not respond or try to work it out with you....
Old Oct 14, 2010 | 05:09 PM
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Good luck dude.
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Yea GL, I can imagine how frustrating that would be. Nicholas seemed like a good guy to me. Hopefully, everything works out.
Old Oct 14, 2010 | 07:52 PM
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Wow this is interesting to here he did this. So unlike him!
Old Oct 15, 2010 | 02:26 PM
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good luck
Old Oct 15, 2010 | 02:33 PM
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wow! I don't know him personally but he seemed like a cool guy.
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i think i've got him on fb; i'll shoot him a message to jump on or to get in contact with ya if he's on it
Old Oct 18, 2010 | 08:42 PM
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got my money back, all I got out of it was an incredible waste of my time and having to deal with this clown. He never made a single attempt at contacting me and the PayPal process went along he did not even get back to me. If he had no intentions on sending me a grill them just refund me my money why play this game it took me forever to get my money back. I believe out of all the people on this forum I should have to worry about being able to trust a moderator on here of all people.
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Ya no kiddin he def lose moderator abilities just glad u got ur money back..I hate flakey and sketchy peeps..guaranteed that dude has nothing going for him in life
Old Oct 18, 2010 | 08:48 PM
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well I got my money back, but what an incredible waste of my time. Out of all the people on this forum I should not have to worry about trusting a mod here. If he had no intentions of sending the grill out then refund me my money. Don't play games with me it took me forever to resolve this issue.

Nick,
thanks for finally logging onto scionlife last thursday and not trying to get a hold of me to resolve this mess but it's ok I took care of it.
Old Oct 19, 2010 | 12:10 AM
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Glad to hear you got your money back!
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this is the second moderator thats having issues with people right now



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