BUYERS BEWARE!!!

Another noobie scammer; Treelover989's, he's running several WTB's here, I urge you to avoid at all costs! He's trying a PayPal scam on me, doing OK fighting it but gonna have to video myself opening the package he returns to me as I highly doubt the safeblock I sold him will be inside...

3 days after paying he opened a claim, he's now changed it to item not as described. Calling PayPal tonight when I get home to let them know I don't accept returns on life safety equipment, will update with the final outcome but odds are he's just a straight up scammer.
 

Amtrak employee accused of selling stolen chainsaws worth $50K in Michigan, other states​


Jose Rodriguez, 48, of Brick, New Jersey, has been charged with one count of theft from an agency receiving federal funds and one count of theft of government property, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Tuesday.

Rodriguez, an Amtrak employee since October 2007, most recently served as a senior engineer and repairman based out of an Amtrak facility in North Brunswick, New Jersey.

Between August 2016 and July 2020, Rodriguez allegedly obtained 77 chainsaws, 103 bars, and 163 chains from Amtrak which he then sold to people in in Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, California and South Carolina by using an online auction service.
 
funny thing is, as an engineer he would be on his way to over $100K/yr but now he has nothing, all over some chainsaws

some people are quite "Special"
 
Bob Bob said:
Could new users be placed on probation and banned from using treebay until they reach a set milestone? Maybe new users would have to wait 90 days to use treebay or post 30 times or something similar.

My rule on treebay is to only buy stuff from well-known members or members that are actively posting and contributing.
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That sounds fair but can new members still buy?
 
@Jonny read my story above, the only payment I'll accept from new members anymore is PayPal F&F. Got scammed by a noob, almost got me too (thank God I had the foresight to get a drop off receipt, just the tracking wasn't good enough)
 
FYI

There isn't going to be and over sight or regulation of Treebay beyond what is in place now.
If we're going to monitor people and payment we would actually set everything up with a Treebuzz Ebay account and collect fees. Pretty soon Mark and I will be shrubing shoulders with the likes of Pierre Omidyar and Elan Musk
 
I typically don't post anything negative but figured it was worth it to avoid anyone on here from buying or selling to an untrustworthy individual.

A while back I posted in treebay that I was looking to buy a broken sena pod. @Crowneley reached out through PM and said that he had one for sale. There were several red flags but as I had set a limit on buying this pod at $20, I figured it was worth going through with it.

I paid the $20 through PayPal, he insisted on F&F which I knew I couldn't recover if it went south. (One of the red flags) payment was made immediately on 10/30. 11/8 He provided tracking info that simply states that the tracking number was created but the package hadn't been dropped off for delivery.

As of today 12/8 the tracking still states that the package still hasn't been put in USPS system for delivery.


I'm not worried about the $20, I had a feeling this purchase may go this way when I made it. Just wanting to prevent anyone else from the same outcome at a higher expense
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