Beware seller jjm5812, Jason Mei

[Kudzu]

Thanks, 724Seney — I thought it was a good price, too, and love the looks of the pen. Fingers crossed it does indeed all end well.


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[Vintage-Nibs]

I would also like to add, that before this post came out I also "bought" the Omas arco pen through google pay. If the pen doesn't come, which to be honest I'm no longer expecting to this is the link I'm going to use and I suggest you use it too
https://support.google.com/pay/conta...820582667&rd=1
We can dispute a peer-to-peer payment made with google pay if the good never shows up

[Kudzu]

I would also like to add, that before this post came out I also "bought" the Omas arco pen through google pay. If the pen doesn't come, which to be honest I'm no longer expecting to this is the link I'm going to use and I suggest you use it too
https://support.google.com/pay/conta...820582667&rd=1
We can dispute a peer-to-peer payment made with google pay if the good never shows up

YIKES!!! Ok, let’s talk backchannel.


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[724Seney]

I would also like to add, that before this post came out I also "bought" the Omas arco pen through google pay. If the pen doesn't come, which to be honest I'm no longer expecting to this is the link I'm going to use and I suggest you use it too
https://support.google.com/pay/conta...820582667&rd=1
We can dispute a peer-to-peer payment made with google pay if the good never shows up

This is very distressing news. Rest assured that everyone of us feels badly for you guys.
Agree, you two need to go "back channel" to discuss and come up with a plan, but please don't forget to keep us updated.
As for shutting this low life down, I hope that we can ban him from putting up a sales post here ever again.

[Vintage-Nibs]

I will admit, our transaction happened merely a few days ago and I asked to buy both of the pens. I asked him for additional pictures to the ones he posted, which is a tactic I use to see if the seller has the pen. As if they don't even had the pen how can they take different pictures. However, my lack of patience got the better of me, as I thought at these prices anyone will swoop in. I closed the deal as fast as I could. On google pay his email was visible, so I tried sending emails like my address to that email. No responses. And his FPGeeks inbox is full, how convenient. He has responded to me this morning but honestly everything including this has absolutely convinced me it's a scam, especially considering another person has bought the same pen.

[Kudzu]

Vintage-Nibs and I have shared Google Pay transaction ids. But I asked him to tell his story on this thread. The more info we all have, the better.


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[Kudzu]

I will admit, our transaction happened merely a few days ago and I asked to buy both of the pens. I asked him for additional pictures to the ones he posted, which is a tactic I use to see if the seller has the pen. As if they don't even had the pen how can they take different pictures. However, my lack of patience got the better of me, as I thought at these prices anyone will swoop in. I closed the deal as fast as I could. On google pay his email was visible, so I tried sending emails like my address to that email. No responses. And his FPGeeks inbox is full, how convenient. He has responded to me this morning but honestly everything including this has absolutely convinced me it's a scam, especially considering another person has bought the same pen.

I couldn’t tell from the photo if the trim was silver or gold so I asked him about that on 5/9. His reply on 5/10 was “The trim is silver, I believe in the attached pictures you can see the pen in better detail.” But there were no attached pictures. I only saw the pen from the original For Sale post.


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[silverlifter]

everything including this has absolutely convinced me it's a scam, especially considering another person has bought the same pen.

Selling the same item to two buyers is more that a scam, it is a crime. If state lines are involved, it is a serious one.

[Vintage-Nibs]

I agree, although neither of us have received our package, the mere fact that it is one good going to two people is reason enough to retract the transaction.

[724Seney]

"I couldn’t tell from the photo if the trim was silver or gold so I asked him about that on 5/9. His reply on 5/10 was “The trim is silver, I believe in the attached pictures you can see the pen in better detail.” But there were no attached pictures. I only saw the pen from the original For Sale post."

Here is the link to the photos from his original sales post: https://imgur.com/a/1ZIkMCm
For sure it can be hard to discern gold and silver trim on some photos but here the Arco Verde FP is placed next to a FP with a gold nib and gold trim. The colors look identical to me...... I think the Arco Verde in his photos has gold trim.

[Vintage-Nibs]

Kudzu, could you clear some message space so we can continue talking?

[Kudzu]

I’ve deleted 10 message and it still says I have no room. Back to deleting....


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[FredRydr]

Kudzu, could you clear some message space so we can continue talking?

You two should be talking on the telephone!

[Jon Szanto]

If this stuff is actually serious, the LAST thing you (Kudzu and Vintage-Nibs) should be doing is discussing it in public. It's time to get smart about the situation.

[Viktaurian]

Hello All, I would recommend wherever you see this listing, can we avert a similar situation by posting this thread.


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[junglejim]

Apparently, Seller was last on the forums today at 4:24pm, so he must be back from his hunting trip. He has the exact same ad on fpn that was bumped to page 1 where I saw it this evening at around 8pm.

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/fo...rman-no7-pink/

The ad has since been deleted but I saved the link.

[Vintage-Nibs]

Those images aren't even the same as the ad he put on FPGeeks!

[Kudzu]

Apparently, Seller was last on the forums today at 4:24pm, so he must be back from his hunting trip. He has the exact same ad on fpn that was bumped to page 1 where I saw it this evening at around 8pm.

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/fo...rman-no7-pink/

The ad has since been deleted but I saved the link.

Thank you. Screenshot?


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[Jon Szanto]

Thank you. Screenshot?

ad_screencap.jpg

[junglejim]

I will admit, our transaction happened merely a few days ago and I asked to buy both of the pens. I asked him for additional pictures to the ones he posted, which is a tactic I use to see if the seller has the pen. As if they don't even had the pen how can they take different pictures. However, my lack of patience got the better of me, as I thought at these prices anyone will swoop in. I closed the deal as fast as I could. On google pay his email was visible, so I tried sending emails like my address to that email. No responses. And his FPGeeks inbox is full, how convenient. He has responded to me this morning but honestly everything including this has absolutely convinced me it's a scam, especially considering another person has bought the same pen.

Unfortunately it looks like another person may have responded to the same scam over at Pentrace. Just spotted this ad while surfing there.

http://members3.boardhost.com/PenMar...557352070.html