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[davemartin]

Basicly a set of wheels came up for sale on this forum which I purchased, he didn't want paying thru paypal but thru a company called western union, I made the payment on Wednesday last week n have had no contact with the guy since n no wheels have turned up. Wots my best way of dealing with this, I have no contact number for him and a few other people have tried to conact him for me but with no luck.

[dontpannic]

Western union? To be honest as soon as that was mentioned I would have just walked away without question.

I bet he was from Nigeria too.

Unfortunately I wouldn't know what to do in this situation - perhaps phone your bank and see if theres anything you can do (if it was credit card you can get the money back)


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[mrorange2]

I agree as soon as anyone mensions western union i would i walked away.

As said i dont think you have much luck other than call your bank if it was credit card you should be covered and get the money back but other than that not sure theres anything you can do

Who was the user?

[davemartin]

wasnt done thru credit card was done out of my bank account, user was rsturbo11
azevs-a-alloys-other-parts-now-added-vt191080/

spoke to western union n they said they couldnt giv me any information n to go to police

[Smo]

If you look at the photo links, andymcd appears in there, suggesting that the photos are his... Might be worth asking him about them, as he may well have sold him the wheels originally, or they may actually be his still, in which case he can tell you whether or not this rsturbo11 bloke actually owns them wheels or not.

[bakewell001]

Looks like the wheel pictures on that for sale thread were taken from another user's photobucket account... Unless he bought them and is just struggling to find a courier for £25? Doesn't look too great though, new user straight to selling parts. Western Union etc...

[scottybo]

i feel bad for you mate, on the subject of azev a's, i have a very rare set of 14s that im trying to shift in anyone is interested???

[Pastieman]

its only been a week i would wait a little longer before letting the alarm bells ring....

before i sold an frst rad and used a courier off ebay.... and the guy i used was cheap but only was in my area to pick up the rad a week after sale then would take it to its destination with in another 3 days.. so thats over 10 days when money changed hands.

as he was a man in a van he would travel the country delivering and picking up stuff as he goes... so he can keep the cost down. e.g will deliver something near me then and collect my item.. then once he picks up something near where i want mine delivered he would do both at the same time etc... two birds with one stone effect.

[jayrs]

weston union, agree with the rest, i would of walked...

speak to weston union again, if the guy is for real, they should have some form of record of the transaction i would of thought, but tbh, when ever i see "weston union" i think, scam!

i am sorry to hear about it, and hope its not a scam, but i dont mean to tar all with the same brush, but new users should be avoided really when there selling stuff as you just dont know if there for real or not, but it does come down to the buyers own risk, and it is hard to turn down a part that is hard to get or prices just right when you need/want it, ive not posted about parts i have wanted in the past as they have been new users, some of these users are still on this forum even now and i kick my self, yet a couple times ive not posted, the new user has robbed people, in which case i dont kick myself.


anyway, it might be worth contacting ade to see if he can give you any more info about the user such as email address etc, as ade has access to that info where as i dont.
also, it might be worth contacting the police and seeing what they say about it, but i would deffo get onto your bank to see if they have something that can help, such as fraud dept or something

[rs220bhp]

I sent the guy a pm about the wheels and collecting them, he said he was back and forwards between Ireland alot so collection wasn't really an option, so would need to be courierd ideally. May have been true or maybe not. Possible he hasn't been able to get onto a pc: has he read the emails/messages you sent him

[Big Walker]

If he's close to me on the Emerald Isle I could get them if they're here and arrange collection / courier from mine if you'd like

[davemartin]

I sent the guy a pm about the wheels and collecting them, he said he was back and forwards between Ireland alot so collection wasn't really an option, so would need to be courierd ideally. May have been true or maybe not. Possible he hasn't been able to get onto a pc: has he read the emails/messages you sent him

No Steve the messages haven't been read yet

[davemartin]

Didn't get chance to go to police station yesterday as I was in meeting [ERRR] solicitor trying to sort my access out to my daughter n worked called me in on overtime this morning so going to go down this afternoon n see wot they say. Someone said to contact my bank as they mite b able to help even tho it wasn't done off my credit card? I'm willing to try anything the min. My luck can't get any worse I hope.

[rs220bhp]

He told me the wheels were in London, possibly he hasn't been able to get onto a computer to reply to you messages mate,

[davemartin]

Been to my bank they said they can't help me n to go to the police so went there n got told the same, great!!!

[rob pace]

he hasnt been online since the 14th?

[davemartin]

no mate, i have 2 messages sat in my out box that he hasnt read, im so annoyed at myself for falling for it

[Smo]

Have you contacted andymcd yet to see what he knows about that photo and/or wheels

[jayrs]

someone must be able to help

[Big Walker]

like said if in Ireland I can get the wheels and you can get them collected from here, or are the wheels on the mainland he he just frequents over to here ?

[davemartin]

Have you contacted andymcd yet to see what he knows about that photo and/or wheels

Yes mate he said there not his wheels n doesn't no of the person

[davemartin]

someone must be able to help

The only other people my bank said to try was trading standards but didn't no if I was going to get the same result with them as the police

[davemartin]

like said if in Ireland I can get the wheels and you can get them collected from here, or are the wheels on the mainland he he just frequents over to here ?

He said the wheels r in London mate

[jayrs]

trading standards wont wanna know as its not a trader, its a private sale

did you have a weston union account or did you set one up via a link he sent you? if it was through the proper weston thing (via post office anint it now??? never used it) they will have to keep a record of the transaction, so if your account is legit then go back to then and speak to them again, they should be able to provide you with some information, but not being a person thats used, or will ever use, weston union, i would assume they dont have any form of buyer protection like ebay/credit card, and hence why people use it to rip others off.


i do feel for ya though mate, tbh, i dont see you getting a bean back, or any parts what so ever

[rob pace]

Have you contacted andymcd yet to see what he knows about that photo and/or wheels

Yes mate he said there not his wheels n doesn't no of the person

them photos are from that andymcd account, if you go to quote you can see his name in the photo links?

people are having problems on passionford with him i think?

http://passionford.com/forum/ford-rs-tu ... parts.html

[davemartin]

Rob wot do u mean by quote u?

[bakewell001]

The links to the wheel pictures are from AndyMcd's photobucket account

http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll40 ... 2fd1-1.jpg

http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll40 ... 81442d.jpg

[davemartin]

this is the message from andymcd

"sorry but them wheels arnt mine dave, never had pics like them, my wheels were sold to a chap in ireland, have you not a number for the chap?"

emphasis on the neva had pics like them....

[bas saph]

Weston union never ever go there. We all get caught from time to time. Seen as he only had 5 posts I wouldnt have trusted the seller.
Im concerened in regards to andymcd
on passion ford though 4000+posts, nut nope to weston union.
I really hope you get it sorted.
I would also add I would love for someone to find a courier that will do 4 wheels and tyres for £25. due to wheight of wheel and tyre along your pushed to find cheaper than £40 as 4 parcels. £75 as one

[MB7201]

http://www.paisleyfreight.com/alloy-wheel-courier.php

[bas saph]

http://www.paisleyfreight.com/alloy-wheel-courier.php

wow I stand corrected cheers for the link

[Rhinopower]

this is the message from andymcd

"sorry but them wheels arnt mine dave, never had pics like them, my wheels were sold to a chap in ireland, have you not a number for the chap?"

emphasis on the neva had pics like them....

I can see from the moderating logs that the original for sale post with the wheels was posted from the same computer that andymcd posts from, might be worth seeing if anyone has contact details for him as he's clearly trying to cover his tracks IMO

[fezzRS]

f**king low life scum i feel really sorry for ya m8 how much did you pay frothose wheel surely somebody can help this lad

[Rhinopower]

Im asking round anyone who has sold stuff to andymcd before, and we can go public with his address on here and passion ford

[davemartin]

f**king low life scum i feel really sorry for ya m8 how much did you pay frothose wheel surely somebody can help this lad

Was £210 including fees mate