*Alarm* ...possible scammer in our midst.

Paypal refund?

 

So strange, I don't understand.

Not trying to point fingers, but as usual there are always two sides to the coin.

I have had great dealings with Paulo. Zero issues, or problems. Punctual, honest and courteous.

Regards, Alberto

 

I had a guy try and scam me and in fact got paid for a set of wheels. I called my credit card and Pay Pal when I figured it out. He got the money but not from me. I didn't pay anything. Taught me to be more careful. May of been the same guy.

 

I purchased a Shell sign from Paulo Bitton (a/k/a Akko) and it never arrived. Months of excuses and bogus shipping receipts, then pleas of poverty and sympathy for his family. Finally, gave up - waste of time and not enough money to bother with it.

We need a "banned" list for people like this.

 

Uh-oh, sounds like strike two to me. Why do people try to di this kind of stuff?? Especially here!!

 

Did you notify a moderator ?

 

I purchased a steering wheel from him and received it, but it did not have the horn button pictured. He said that he intended not to include the horn button, that pictures were just for demonstration purposes. He went on to say that to make me happy he would provide a horn button, that was approximately two weeks ago. Haven't heard from him since.

 

Theses guys are not always complete crooks, they sometimes deliver sometimes not ... I once bought a CF steering wheel for my 599 and the guy sold it to me and then someone else for more money. In this case steering wheel existed ... I eventually got my money back. I then bought another one from a Swiss guy which was never delivered ... PayPal paid me back this time. Third time only was lucky!

 

What is sad, however, is that it exists in the community. I used to be part of the Caterham 7 community and during that time I saw thousands of transactions on the sale boards and made a fair few myself. No dishonesty anywhere.

In six months of doing the Ferrari thing I myself got scammed for 9k euros and I've seen a fair few others get taken too - so annoying and very alarming.

Best of luck and hope this guy comes through for you.

 

That's not normal. At all. And not appropriate, fair, or how anyone should conduct a shred of business.

I had an item on here, which sold quickly, the second guy up offered me 1.5x the sale price, and I had to decline, because at the end of the day, without integrity, how do you lay your head on the pillow? There are no excuses.

 

FYI,
I just purchased a MoMo Testarossa steering wheel and a set of enamel emblem shield just recently from AKKO ...Paulo
I received them in 10 days....it was a smooth transaction......was I lucky???

 

This seller "warning" thread has been moved to the discussion forums, where users can freely discuss it without some of the constraints present in the classified ads section.

Ferrarichat doesn't ban users for being a "bad" seller or buyer as that requires us to judge the terms of a transaction between two private parties, often without many of the pertinent facts or with coloration of the details when retold. Instead our policy is that users are free to post their experiences, good or bad, and the counter party gets to have their say. The record of the charge and refutation becomes part of the community knowledge base and is searchable for future users that exercise due diligence and take the trouble to examine the past history.

 

Very similar to the excuses and unfulfilled promises to me.

 

Now also going by the name "exocticarpart" (sic).

 

Would it be possible to have some sort of public (i.e. buyers / sellers), feedback attached to each F-chatter's ID? Kind of E-bay like..?

Maybe a way to go?

 

Fine and dandy, but if someone is a habitual offender.........FC's response should be "adios buddy."

 

As this forum is the same format as another I frequent I am nearly certain there is a buyer/seller feedback feature available.
For it to be useful folks must participate. I find that unless prompted happy buyers tend not to submit feedback.
If we were to adopt this here I believe that feedback score should be prominently displayed. Buyers sometimes are unaware of a poor score and patronize a bad seller only to become aware of the rating system after it is too late.
It's not perfect and you cannot protect some from themselves but it helps to out the liars and thieves.

 

This!

 

I contacted him also for some great items he had listed for sale around 6 months ago.

But something just didn't seem right in his emails to me, so I backed out of any dealings with him.

He was not clear with what was for sale and what I would have been receiving if I purchased from him.

Sounds like I am glad this didn't go anywhere.

And I am sorry to hear about your dealing with him mate.

 

Could not agree more, I was quite furious when it happened to me twice! unfortunately some people have very little ethic standards ...