A trade that may have went South on me. Seems like his memory is bad, forgot to send me the stuff I was supposed to recieve. I sent him my items and he just can't seem to remember what to send me. Hmmm . Anybody know this guy? Have sent him several emails. He is not answering them as of late.
That sucks. If you have his personal info, call his local PD!!!
A trade that may have went South on me. Seems like his memory is bad, forgot to send me the stuff I was supposed to recieve. I sent him my items and he just can't seem to remember what to send me. Hmmm . Anybody know this guy? Have sent him several emails. He is not answering them as of late.
Yes, I had a similar experience with him, and he sent me the wrong item. But, I only had $5 in the deal, so I never made a fuss over it.
Yes, I had a similar experience with him, and he sent me the wrong item. But, I only had $5 in the deal, so I never made a fuss over it.
That seems to be his M.O. I had a less than stellar experience with him myself, but it wasn't worth the hassle to call him out over a five or ten bucks. I've passed along the info I have to bobcat, and done a little looking on the net. There seem to be a lot of inconsistancies.
Might be the same "b00mer that posts over on the 6mmbr forum? Always seems to be selling something over there.
Yep. Same guy/gal. Hard to tell. He gave me his wife's first initial as a "ship to." That, and the records that pop up with every conceivable permutation of his name, is what makes me think this is "pattern behavior." I'm thinkin' his karma will catch up with him.
Yep. Same guy/gal. Hard to tell. He gave me his wife's first initial as a "ship to." That, and the records that pop up with every conceivable permutation of his name, is what makes me think this is "pattern behavior." I'm thinkin' his karma will catch up with him.
That's interesting information.
I never had good feelings about him, but decided to press on buying a $5 item from him. I had advertised here on 24 Hour for an old Lee single primer seating tool, sold about 25 years ago, before they came out with their Auto Prime tool. He replied to my ad saying he had one to sell me for $5, so I bit, hook, line and sinker...
Well, what he sent me was a bunch of parts to the newer Auto Prime tool, not even close to that fine old Lee single priming tool, the one I've been looking for. I just mentally wrote it off to a misunderstanding. There was definitely a failure to communicate with him. But, based on this thread I'm thinking that I wasn't the one who miss-communicated. My ad was clear about what I wanted.
My experience was similar, but a little more costly; but since it was on another site, I had not mentioned here until this. He listed pre'64 M94, but sent one that was built in 1976 and had been painted - totally different than the listing and the pics he sent me. After many emails with excuses about being sick, loosing his job, etc., he finally offered to send my money back only after I sent the gun back. You know the old saying, screw my once, shame on you... I just decided to chalk it up to experience and be more careful with those I deal with in the future. I too sent the payment to who I assume was his wife! As my experience was not good, I would caution anyone to be careful in the future with this person, if he is the same b00mer from Bessemer City, NC.
Yea, He Forgot To send My Stuff On a Trade deal several Months ago.Also On Another Forum{GON}.He finally Sent it after some I posted About It and the Owner-Mod Took it Down{Said it Looked Bad For The Forum. W.T.F.I Had all My P.M's Saved From From Him}. To Late for you Now, But I'd Stay clear Of him.
Unfortunately, that's not very practical. What makes a good or bad deal is VERY subjective. 90+% of complaints would come from folks wanting stuff NOW. For most of us, this isn't a business, and delays can happen. In cases like this, where there's a real problem, you often don't realize it 'till two or three of us start comparing notes like we did here. In any case it would become a nightmare for moderators to enforce. Ban me, I can be back in ten minutes with a new e-mail and screen name. If my intent was to defraud, I might well have set up several accounts in advance, boosted my post count(s) for months....you can see where it goes.
OK, RANT OFF!!
I detest all this negative stuff. The overwhelming majority of folks here are 100% honest. I refuse to let a bad apple ruin my day, let alone shake my faith in my fellow man.
It is a shame and sad at the same time that once in awhile one bad apple spoils things for so many good folks. I have been lucky so far and have not ran into a bad apple. But it is a shame that someone does that just once but than makes a habit out of it is very shameful. Because I know that most of us just want to be fair and have fun with this.
[quote=DMBI had advertised here on 24 Hour for an old Lee single primer seating tool, sold about 25 years ago, before they came out with their Auto Prime tool. He replied to my ad saying he had one to sell me for $5, so I bit, hook, line and sinker...
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So did I... I didn't get it either. I like those tools and wanted more. I have a real good supply of new, extra screw-in shell holders for them from a friend's estate. If you need any extras, PM me and I'll see if I have what you need.
Where does this person live?
He was from Ga. Seen him Posting latley Out of N.C. I Think, Got few Freinds in both Places. that Might be able to Help a fellow out..
H Grindle
300 Grant Trail
Bessemer City, NC 28016
(704) 435-9236 This is the last info I have on him. I did a map quest of the address. He lives in what looks like a M.H. park by the looks of the ariel photo.
Hope he gets his one day.
Saw a fresh post on 6mmbr by b00mer yesterday, so he is still around.
last time I had a deal go like this a phone call from the guys local sherrif's office put the fear of God in the fella-got my gun the next week along with 1/2 my money back and an apology....
He posted a Cart for Sale Yesterday Over on GON. He's still Lurking around.
H Grindle
300 Grant Trail
Bessemer City, NC 28016
(704) 435-9236
Just in case someone needs the info, his name appears to be Terry Ray Grindle. The H. is his wife Hazel. (How sleezy is that?) There are records all over that area under Terry, T. R., T. Ray etc. so don't send ANY of them any $.
God damm I hate to hear of people getting ripped..I've had good transactions on the fire didn't matter if buying or selling.
I recommend that you go to each of the forums where he has recently posted. Register there and then post in each of his for sale threads a post that reads something similar to that which follows:
"b00mer, I've been trying to contact you via e-mail and via the thread in which you and I agreed to a trade. I immediately sent my item; but, it has been __ days and I haven't heard from you. Please either respond to my e-mails or in this thread so I know when I can expect my item or whether you have no intention of completing your end of the deal. Thank you and have a nice day."
You shouldn't have to do so; but, if you're willing to follow this chucklehead all over the internet he may get the point.
he's also posting as late as 12:30 today on thefiringline.com forums under the accessories section if you still haven't tracked him down
I'm wondering if this is the same "boomer" who never sent me the .22 Cheetah barrel I bought from him several years ago. At the time his story was that he mailed the barrel but came home one day to find the box he had sent the barrel in on his porch without the barrel in it. He agreed to return my money but never did.Scumbag for sure! Mike
If it is the same b00mer he has some items on 6br for sale.
Might be the same guy over on GGVG, too.
Mail fraud is punishable by serious fines and time in the Federal can. I say call the Postal Service as well as the Sheriff and screw this thieving baaaaastid to the floor boards. There is no place in this world for a thief...at least not in my world!
Mail fraud is punishable by serious fines and time in the Federal can. I say call the Postal Service as well as the Sheriff and screw this thieving baaaaastid to the floor boards. There is no place in this world for a thief...at least not in my world!
If you go to the USPS web site, there is a form you can fill out and submit in cases of fraud that involve the Postal System.
{Bump}I Just Came from GON forum.Seems B00mer has several things Listed over Their for sale.I Posted he should list Them over here as well {Grin}and he Closed his thread.He's also Is Sporting a new US Marines. Logo on His Post.I Don't think he's Got what it takes to Be a marine.
Mull, the guy over there told me his name was David. He has multiple deals and all good feedback. Im thinking it is a different guy but I may be wrong
He's the same Fellow.He's Got a NC. address. I also work a trade with him, earlier This year when he was living in Ga. and he wouldn't Come through On his end of the deal.I had his address. And told him I was coming to get my Shizt. It showed Up in a few Days. He always Spells B00mer with 0.
Well then here he is again on the Firing line forums. Same exact stuff from GON.COM for sale. Going by bigb00mer here.
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=330217
both of you guys, should get package tomorrow or monday, sorry for the delay
His last post DEFINATELY sounds like the same guy! Please note, I've corrected the spelling of his name.
LOL!! I pm'ed the url to this thread to the guys that are dealing wiht him there.
I just notified the USPS. Who knows what will happen. Just keep an eye out on him and blast him on every site you find him on. Thx Bob
Most don't think he's quite ehat slick!
I'm new here and have been working on a few deals through the classifieds, but would agree that some sort of itrader feedback system would be good.
I'm on a few other forums that are not firearm related and we either have reputation feedback similar to ebay in a way and another computer forum I'm on has what's referred to as itrader that shows underneath your user name.
Would be nice to just have that extra bit of assurance when your talking hundreds if not thousands of dollars.
You guys that have been [bleep] by this scumbag, and didn't enjoy it need to contact the Attorney General Office. Fill out a complaint, and nail this bastid to the cross.
http://www.ncdoj.com/consumerprotection/cp_about.jsp