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Anyone know Mrchrissyb1984 in the real world?

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Hate to ask but bought a RIF on the classifieds from Mrchrissyb1984 , who's been a forum member for quite some time. Paid for the rif but all went quite on the 5th May. He's not been back on the forum since and hasn't replied to direct e-mail. I'd hate to bring his reputation into doubt if there's a good reason for not replying to me! So if you know him could you ask him to check his e-mails and forum mail to put my mind at rest.

Cheers all

peter207

 
yep, I'll give it a week. He hasn't visited the site since the 5th May, and I like to give him the benefit of the doubt... On the plus side I've bought a lot of stuff on the forum and this is the first time I've had a problem, I guess some people just don't call their hits!

 
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yep, I'll give it a week. He hasn't visited the site since the 5th May, and I like to give him the benefit of the doubt... On the plus side I've bought a lot of stuff on the forum and this is the first time I've had a problem, I guess some people just don't call their hits!
Start a paypal dispute, why give him a week if he hasn't even given you an excuse for not responding. 

If he doesn't respond to them, you'll get your money back quicker, & even if he does come back with an excuse, valid or not, DONT EVER stop a paypal dispute until you've either got your money, or the items (& your happy with them), as once stopped it can't be restarted.

Seriously, I'm amazed at how many sellers are super quick with comms etc right up until they're paid, & then become sloth-like or ghost you?

 
Start a paypal dispute, why give him a week if he hasn't even given you an excuse for not responding. 

If he doesn't respond to them, you'll get your money back quicker, & even if he does come back with an excuse, valid or not, DONT EVER stop a paypal dispute until you've either got your money, or the items (& your happy with them), as once stopped it can't be restarted.

Seriously, I'm amazed at how many sellers are super quick with comms etc right up until they're paid, & then become sloth-like or ghost you?
This. 

Guy has no trade feedback, why give him the benefit of the doubt?

 
sadly for me, I did F&F on the paypal, yes I know! Well won't do that anymore.
FFS Pete, why, no wonder he's ghosting you.

You need to get on to paypal & your bank, there's a slim chance he's a longtime paypal member, if this is the case then you may be able to convince them he's purposely committing fraud, if you have pms showing he actively asked for f&f for whatever reason, screenshot them & forward to paypal, same for your bank as it was your funding source.

While odds aren't great,  they have to investigate if you claim its fraud.

Do this immediately, if his paypal account is new, there's a possibility of a delay in him being able to withdraw funds, not entirely sure about f&f but it's worth a try.

 
Ok nearly two weeks now so I guess even thou he'd been a member for some time Mrchrissyb1984 aka Christopher Benton as a scammer, or has suffered some terrible luck preventing him from loggin onto the site and replying to direct e-mails and messages through pay pal. So if any one plays at Dirty Dog airsoft please senfd him my regards and ask him where my rif got to. I suspect it's going to cost him more when his karma bites him in the arse!

 
Time to spank the dirty dog page with facts on their resident scammer ?

 
I'd say there is a duty to warn others when he has made no effort to respond to any of your communications.

@peter207 You were very generous in leaving a neutral rating. Your decision of course though I would think if you've paid money but not received what you paid for and he's not come back to you in a reasonable time that should call for a negative rating.

EDIT: Seller was honest and came back

 
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Peter207 sorry buddy I don't Airsoft anymore haven't a long time, sold you a rif and forgot all about it, had no idea there was any issues until I logged on here this morning after getting a message elsewhere and saw your messages, I'm sorry the rid didn't get to you buddy, it been so long I will have binned any receipts but I'm happy to refund you no issues at all.

I did ask you to contact me by phone but you didn't want to give me your number it would have been much easier if you had for contact, infact I gave you my direct phone number? Why didn't you simply call me?.. seems there was a much simpler and easier way to deal with this than this post. Next time pick up the phone.

Edit: refund sent, if you rif turns up keep it with my regards.

On another note, don't use f&f to pay for goods online, not everyone is as honest as me.

 
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yep you did  put your  phone number up, sorry I didn't contact you through that. All's well that ends well.

So to all who read the thread, massive misunderstanding, Chris did, right at the start give me his phone number which I complete forgot about! I am a dullard! Still it great to see the community come forward to help, I guess it one of the reasons I still play airsoft as I slide into my old age. Chris, thank you for understanding.

 
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