Some people really surprise me....

Hey, Jam. How about a babied, 1973, lime-green Vega???? Huh? Huh? :p

Hey, Roscoe. I PM'd the pic of the MO to you. My attorney will be calling your attorney. Then we'll see who's trashing who on the forums. I knew I should have stuck to buying and unknown custom cue. :D
 
"...One from a guy (from IL, I'm in TX) who wants to do a cash + trade deal, sure - that works. On June 28, he said he will mail a money order, wants me to mail the Schon, and when he gets this he will mail the final cue. The guy has under 10 posts, so I am kinda skeptical, but am leaning towards the trusting side, so I agree (he has been very responsive on email). I email him on June 30 to ensure that he has already infact mailed the money order, and his response is "on the way."

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Ross,

My advise is when it's someone is an unknown or has no credible references that you as the seller trust, then they need to be driving the deal to show you they're legit (i.e. he should have sent you the cue plus cash first...then you send him the cue if everything is on the up-and-up).

As for his jacka$$ behavior now... My thoughts are that he should be publically brought to light so we all know who he is and to stay away.

Personally, I don't have any problem nixing a half baked deal when I find out that a customer is a pain in the a$$ to deal with, crooked, or has a history of unethical behavior. If buying and seeling cues is your hobby, you don't need to stress of a Joe-a$$hole. Trust me....there are plenty of them out there.

Keep it fun and straight.

Sean
 
Sean - thanks for responding.

Initially this was my thought as well, but I knew that he has several sneaky pete's (cue in question) and was going to be sending one my way. Here is part of my email:

I'm in Texas. Tell you what... I've dealt with quite a few people on
the board as well as ebay (roscoex4) and am very honest, ask anyone.

I'm pretty sure you are the same, however I don't know you from
AZBIlliards, as you only have 8-9 posts.

Ship me the scruggs + cash, and upon receipt, I will ship the Schon
overnight insured w/ signature confirmation.

Sounds like a deal?

After reading the entire email chain (about 50 emails), it did appear that he side-stepped answering this and went on to another question. Legit or not, I know now that I don't want to do business with Rocinante any further.

I'm sure he'll have someone negative to say about me upon seeing his name, though....

Just my $0.02.
 
ScottR said:
Hey, Jam. How about a babied, 1973, lime-green Vega???? Huh? Huh? :p
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Scott, that is so funny. I used to own a lime-green Vega, and every time I went to the gas station to fill it up, I had to also put in a quart of oil. Very economical on gas, but what an oil-burner! :p

JAM
 
Some people...

First, never be surprised at what some people will stoop to. Second, I always use a cashiers check from my bank (they can help track when/where it's cashed if need be) and send using USPS priority mail with confirmation of receipt. You can track the package on the USPS website. I have never used e-bay to sell any of my cues in the past, all of which have been high-dollar transactions which were done face to face. I have a Skip Weston cue in the "For sale" section of AZ Billiards because I feel that the folks here can be trusted more than some of the mutts trying to work e-bay scams. Unfortunately, there has to be some element of trust in doing transactions of this nature and eventually someone will betray that trust.
 
drivermaker said:
You forgot to mention to also have the guy send a copy of this email to the state's attorney when he's filing the rest of his bullshit claim.
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In this case the state's attorney will tell him to call the Postal Inspectors. Assuming the money order (if there was one) was sent through the mail that makes it federal. The Inspectors will assign a case number to it and take it from there.
 
alstl said:
In this case the state's attorney will tell him to call the Postal Inspectors. Assuming the money order (if there was one) was sent through the mail that makes it federal. The Inspectors will assign a case number to it and take it from there.
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Well I wish him luck.... he will be doing nothing but wasting more tax payer's dollars...
 
1pRoscoe said:
Sean - thanks for responding.

Initially this was my thought as well, but I knew that he has several sneaky pete's (cue in question) and was going to be sending one my way. Here is part of my email:

I'm in Texas. Tell you what... I've dealt with quite a few people on
the board as well as ebay (roscoex4) and am very honest, ask anyone.

I'm pretty sure you are the same, however I don't know you from
AZBIlliards, as you only have 8-9 posts.

Ship me the scruggs + cash, and upon receipt, I will ship the Schon
overnight insured w/ signature confirmation.

Sounds like a deal?

After reading the entire email chain (about 50 emails), it did appear that he side-stepped answering this and went on to another question. Legit or not, I know now that I don't want to do business with Rocinante any further.

I'm sure he'll have someone negative to say about me upon seeing his name, though....

Just my $0.02.
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Wow, that's interesting. Check this out...

http://www.azbilliards.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?t=14475

I came close to buying this, but found a lucasi I like before I bought the Schon.
 
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