Bah... WHAT TO DO? FS/FT PROBLEM! ? Buyer with 0 posts ...

[Turkish]

Ok, I have a sale thread at FS/FT and this guy wants to get my Thermaltake PSU ($40 shipped).... here is our conversation:

Toann85: What's your paypal? I'll paypal you.
baSHarTuRK: Let's do this through Anandtech...
baSHarTuRK: I'll PM you through there. What's your ATOT name?
Toann85: I CAN'T
Toann85: they ban me for a month
Toann85: i was bumping too much
Toann85: and they ban me for a month
baSHarTuRK: argh... what was your username then? and what's your heat?
baSHarTuRK: that sucks you got banned
Toann85: sephiroth85
Toann85: i got 3 heats
Toann85: but i can 3 more positive from people that i deal with last months
Toann85: i deal with atot and hardforum
baSHarTuRK: brb
Toann85: ok

So I check the dude's AT handle, and he has 0 posts.. and he says he deals with atot and hardforum... well I am scared to sh!t as soon as I hear hardforum but either way, I'll get my money when this dude paypals me non-cc paypal money but I don't want thim to leave any negative feedback to me. Should I sell it or no?

Thanks.

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Xiety,

Toan Nguyen, aka Sephiroth85, was given a one week time out for massive bumping of his own threads in FS/T. That was extended to one month when he registered a second account to continue posting. We also deleted all of his posts and reset his post count to zero.

He has three positive heat evals, all from AT. Deal with him if you feel comfortable, but take normal precautions with new traders. You may want to PM the members who left those evals to confirm them.

 

[PoPPeR]

do it! Life is nothing without risks!

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YGPM.

AnandTech Moderator

 

[z0mb13]

that guy is lying... so no

 

[Turkish]

now he is asking me why we should go through AT, he says he will paypal first... arghh... i am paranoid!

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Xiety
now he is asking me why we should go through AT, he says he will paypal first... arghh... i am paranoid!

You could always request that he pay by Money Order. Of course, you may also want to see if the mods know anything about him.

 

[FoBoT]

go over to the [ H ] and check him out, talk to some of the big traders on [ H ] and see if they heard of him

 

[andylawcc]

you have all the rights to refuse this guy and say no. Iam sure there will be other buyers out there.


but once again, life is not without risk

 

[rgwalt]

I would wait and try to find another buyer. It won't be worth the potential headache.

Ryan

 

[Zorba]

If he is paying you before you ship the PSU out, who cares? I mean he may be full of sh*t but if he is paying why does it matter?

BTW: This is coming from some who has never had problems with a sell, so I may just be naive.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: Zorba
If he is paying you before you ship the PSU out, who cares? I mean he may be full of sh*t but if he is paying why does it matter?

well i dont want him to leave me negative heatware.....

i think i ll pass because i can't find his username on either... wtf...

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Zorba
If he is paying you before you ship the PSU out, who cares? I mean he may be full of sh*t but if he is paying why does it matter?

BTW: This is coming from some who has never had problems with a sell, so I may just be naive.

A troll could easily use a stolen Paypal account. It happens all the time in FS/FT. Would you trust someone who you can't find any record of on two forums which he says he's a regular?

 

[Turkish]

ok, i kindly declined his offer... thanks guys

 

[RU482]

what do you have to be paranoid/worried about? You're in charge, make him pay first for tell him to get bent. I don't see what the issue is

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: Xiety
Xiety,

Toan Nguyen, aka Sephiroth85, was given a one week time out for massive bumping of his own threads in FS/T. That was extended to one month when he registered a second account to continue posting. We also deleted all of his posts and reset his post count to zero.

He has three positive heat evals, all from AT. Deal with him if you feel comfortable, but take normal precautions with new traders. You may want to PM the members who left those evals to confirm them.

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What they said. I remember when he got banned and he had a lot of posts, but they were all just bumps.

forum issues thread on the guy

 

[ViviTheMage]

uhh, easy choice. lose your HSF....but hey if he send the money via paypal, you shoudl be fine....make sure its NON-CC.