tis
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Post by tis on Apr 15, 2011 4:51:34 GMT -8
Attention any dealers or hobbyists engaged in any form of insect sales.
Before dealing with a person called Marco Pena please contact me for important information in order to protect yourself. You can call me at 519-652-6696 or email me at tis@lonet.ca
Ken
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Post by admin on Apr 15, 2011 16:18:07 GMT -8
Ken,
We want to hear it. You can spell it out here on the board. Just as long as you stick to the facts. No slander, etc.
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tis
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Post by tis on Apr 16, 2011 8:45:54 GMT -8
OK Clark here goes: This person put through an order on my website for 3 expensive butterflies and included his credit card information. I have never heard of this person before and I know most people in hobby due to being in it so long and being very actively engaged. He gave me a house number in Whittier which had the same number as his zip code. He corrected the zip code when questioned on it and asked I ship the specimens fast so he could receive them quickly. I put the order through and charged his card and packed up his parcel. he then wanted me to remove one of the butterflies saying he would order that one the next week. He did not ask me to refund the payment for that specimen against his total order. I said I will credit him against the next order he would make. I sent the specimens. While the specimens were in transit he then contacted me saying he was on holiday in the Dominican Republic and could I send a payment from the value of his credit to a woman in China whom he owed money to for a shipment of beetles. My scam antennae went up and I refused. A couple of weeks later I received the package back in good condition with the reason written on it by the post office "recipient refused to accept". When I emailed him asking him about it there was no reply at all and never a reference to canceling the sale or refunding his payment. Which would have been done if asked. I then received the expected charge back from the credit card company. Luckily I got the specimens back but I think I thwarted an attempted scam and I wish all sellers to be aware of this in any dealings with this person.
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