06-23-2003, 10:42 PM
(if this thread should be placed elsewhere, feel free to move it)
I wish to send out a warning of a thief in Latvia, who have stolen merchandise from me, value 170-220 USD.
The man first appeared on eBay under the name [email protected] and then changed his name to aquarel or something similar. He is now suspended from eBay (I dont know why though). If anyone wants his name and address, you can send me a Pm (unless I am allowed to post it here, just to protect other people?)
Anyway, he had some nice items listed on eBay, among them a Order of A. Nevski, two GPW orders (1st and 2nd class, both on suspension) and some other stuff. Anyway, I did not buy anything at that stage, since I had no available funds. I did, however, ask him if he could get Lenin order copies. A month later, mid march, the man mailed me and said he had 11 copies of the Lenin order. He also said, he could sell them as well as the GPW 2nd class for 300 USD total. Sounded too expensive for me, but I offered him two cellular phones instead, which he accepted. (This was my narrow luck - since I have friends in telecom business, I got the phones to a good price, reducing my loss!)
I sent the phones, we kept in touch, but suddenly his mails (which had been 2 per day) were reduced to 1 per week, and then nothing more (22 April I got the last mail) Postal records show that the package was handed out on April 9th in Riga.
The phones were gone, no order sin exchange, guess who is stupid... Well, anyway, this is not yet the end of the story. I contacted a friend in Latvia, and he investigated the thing closer. The man had not lived at the address he had given to me in three years, instead he lived in a small town close to Estonian border. My friend has contacted the Latvian police, and they are now investigating the whole thing.
Suspicious thing in this mess:
- He said in a mail "I did not send items on monday because Ive been very busy so I send them tuesday instead"
>>Why say he would send them on Tuesday instead of Monday if he wasn't going to send them anyway?
I have not recieved anything from the man, I have not heard of him since md-April, and I would now like to warn everyone, watch out!!! (I can supply his name and address by PM)
regards,
Patrik
I wish to send out a warning of a thief in Latvia, who have stolen merchandise from me, value 170-220 USD.
The man first appeared on eBay under the name [email protected] and then changed his name to aquarel or something similar. He is now suspended from eBay (I dont know why though). If anyone wants his name and address, you can send me a Pm (unless I am allowed to post it here, just to protect other people?)
Anyway, he had some nice items listed on eBay, among them a Order of A. Nevski, two GPW orders (1st and 2nd class, both on suspension) and some other stuff. Anyway, I did not buy anything at that stage, since I had no available funds. I did, however, ask him if he could get Lenin order copies. A month later, mid march, the man mailed me and said he had 11 copies of the Lenin order. He also said, he could sell them as well as the GPW 2nd class for 300 USD total. Sounded too expensive for me, but I offered him two cellular phones instead, which he accepted. (This was my narrow luck - since I have friends in telecom business, I got the phones to a good price, reducing my loss!)
I sent the phones, we kept in touch, but suddenly his mails (which had been 2 per day) were reduced to 1 per week, and then nothing more (22 April I got the last mail) Postal records show that the package was handed out on April 9th in Riga.
The phones were gone, no order sin exchange, guess who is stupid... Well, anyway, this is not yet the end of the story. I contacted a friend in Latvia, and he investigated the thing closer. The man had not lived at the address he had given to me in three years, instead he lived in a small town close to Estonian border. My friend has contacted the Latvian police, and they are now investigating the whole thing.
Suspicious thing in this mess:
- He said in a mail "I did not send items on monday because Ive been very busy so I send them tuesday instead"
>>Why say he would send them on Tuesday instead of Monday if he wasn't going to send them anyway?
I have not recieved anything from the man, I have not heard of him since md-April, and I would now like to warn everyone, watch out!!! (I can supply his name and address by PM)
regards,
Patrik
