heavtank

[gerbille]

Hi.

Sorry I'm french.

I've buyed

http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showt...hl=mz+dh10p+hea

but heavtank is very hard to contact.

Last time I've got him by e-mail was Nov 17 2008.

He asked me more money, and I've accepted (45$ more), but only when I receive my MZ-DH10P.

Since this day, no news.

Can someone can contact him please ?

Or help me ?

Thanks a lot,

regards,

Benoît SOULAGE,

"gerbille" on minidisc.org

FRANCE,

EUROPE.

[Sony_Fan]

Sorry my friend, but there were a few threads about heavtank and how he likes to scam people. He is a scammer. You really should do your research about a person before buying from anyone. He took your money and ran.

[sfbp]

Obviously you need to get your money back.

Can the moderators exercise any sort of sanction on this guy heavtank? Such as banning him and deleting all his content pending an explanation?

I am not going to get into this dispute, Chris - that seems to be your mission.

Gerbille, very sorry to hear. Was there a reason given for asking more money? If you paid by Paypal there are certain rights, regardless of how you concluded the transaction (ie ebay or non-ebay), but I have a bad feeling that there is some sort of time limitation.

This looks bad guys. Has anyone lurking successfully dealt with heavtank, and has his real contact details, for example?

[Richard]

I have put both Benoit and Heavtank in touch - I have PM'd both - received replies from both and hopefully this can be resolved soon. I will offer to mediate if needs be, but if this can't be sorted soon then please let me know and I will see what I can do.

[PhilippeC]

Bonjour Benoît,

Navré d'apprendre ce qui t'arrive. J'espère que tu nous annoncera bientôt que le problème est résolu avec heavtank et que ton MZ-DH10P te donne toute satisfaction.

Philippe, un français habitant au Viêt-Nam !

[ZEROTANGO]

If you paid by Paypal there are certain rights, regardless of how you concluded the transaction (ie ebay or non-ebay), but I have a bad feeling that there is some sort of time limitation.

Just a note here, I am a buyer and seller on ebay with a paypal account and I have done hundreds of transactions. You have very little protection from paypal if you make a transaction outside ebay. The time limit to open a dispute is 45 days, however all the the seller has to do when he receives the money is to transfer it into his bank account. If the buyer wins the dispute and the seller has no money in his paypal acount you are out of luck and you will not get a refund. Paypal will only refund from what is left in the seller's paypal account. Then the bad seller opens a new paypal account and he's back in bussiness.

Never return an item before opening a dispute. Remember returning it is at your own costs you will not be refunded for the return shipping. Either way win or lose and you haven't been refunded you still have the item, at least you haven't sent it back at your expense so the seller can scam another person!

For example I had bought a 400$ item and paying with paypal. the seller never sent the item and I finally won the dispute. All I got for a refund was 7$ from what was left in his account.

Don't fool yourself that you are protected on ebay as well, there are many ways to get screwed and paypal doesn't back you up on most applications.

[sfbp]

A very sad commentary on human nature. That is why you don't buy an expensive item from someone with no feedback unless he has LOTS of items for sale.

Thanks for telling everyone how to scam each other. NOT.

H.A.N.D.