DVA Models!!

Just for information and not taking any sides here.............

The USPS tracking system for international shipments sent via EMS is in my experience 85% inaccurate.

I have shipped numerous packages that have arrived and when on the website it still only shows package cleared sorting facility. Occasionally it will say package left country on a certain date. Then once in a while it will give complete details of leaving the country, entering customs and finally being delivered. But this is extremely rare.

My advice, send by UPS or FedEx if you want reliable tracking information. The trouble is that they are much more expensive.

Matt

 

Thank you Matt, I know, I am trying to consider them but they seem so much more expensive and unfortunately many times buyers are not willing to spend much for shipping. I try to offer free shipping in many cases and I have to stay within certain price ranges. When there is a problem I try to fix it, some people understand some people don`t.

 

Received the model yesterday. So within 2 weeks. Most of the "delay" was at Dutch customs.

 

Ed,
I am posting the pictures you requested, I dont think the guy is doing what you asked.

http://www.dvamodels.com/D-refs/D-0747b.htm
http://www.dvamodels.com/D-refs/D-0748b.htm

For the real picky collectors.... I invite you to play a little game...to open these 2 pages on your browers and switch back and forth between car #1 and #2 from Spa 1999 and look at the differencies between the 2. Pictures are from same angle so you can easily see those. Enjoy Some are easy to see and some are tricky, like the line between the white and the red where the "dietsmann" and "ISRS" logo, between the front nose and the cockpit on car #2 there is a gap like in the real car while car #1 was neatly matching.

Regards, Andy

 

Just want to 'say' that I've never had any problems dealing with USA dealers/sellers.
Can't say that about every European dealers/sellers!!!!
BTW, there is a Dutch saying; Never hang out your dirty laundry!!

 

Hello Eric:
I agree with you we have the same exact saying in Italy! Unfortunately sometimes people steal other people's laundry and hang it out, so the owners have to go out and take it back.

 

Hello Dolermo , any news of the aston martin model you were paid for and have still not delivered -- you are a thief allways have been and allways will

the campaign to expose you in the 1/43 world will continue until it destroys your company and reputaion , you are dishonest and a thief and a liar

 

No reply from Dolermo ???? DVA thieves


the whole world of 1/43 knows what you are like --you thief -- full of excuses

where are my 100 Aston Martin DBS Models Dolermo ??? you stole the money
and have lied and lied and lied , about delivery and production

Anyway just to advise Im in touch with Aston Martin royalties and Marketting department they are very interested in contacting you about making unlicensed products --good luck theif -- they have the product pictures and the email trail you sent me so you should be hearing soon u lying theif

 

Dear Ferrari Collectors, what Mr. Wylie keeps forgetting to say is that (after a million problems this person caused) the models he claimed were mailed to his address in UK and he refused to take delivery as "I declared the real value". but he didn`t wanted to pay the import taxes on them. He sent them back and ordered me mail them again and forge the custom form declaring zero value, which of course we refused to do. My father in law is a manager at the Post Office and he advised me to report the fraudulent activity to the English Custom but I didn't do that (yet) because Mr. Wylie involved other people in the letters I have to convince me that forging custom form is ok to do and everybody does it, but I am sure the English custom think differently and they persecute him and the other people he involved. One in particular is an USA retailer that even if he was dishonest with us I don't feel like putting him in a bad spot because I really don`t want to ruin people. He was guest at our home and ate at our table, and to Italians that matters.

Mr. Wylie has no right of calling me anything, I never did anything illegal against him. On top of this he is the kind of person that does not care about rules, but nobody can call someone else names until the person is proven guilty. I can call Mr. Wylie a CRIMINAL because he was proven guilty in the Court of Law of Maryland, he has a peace order against him, that he violated. If he would show up in USA he will be arrested and he would go to jail. FBI was advised also of his behaviors and illegal activities and it is just interesting how he keeps talking crap.

Some people has no decency, and this person is not understanding that I am trying to avoid causing major legal issues to him, even after everything he did.

 

I have no vested interest with either party, and I am NOT going to get into any back and forth here, or anywhere with either of these people, but there most certainly are a couple of very appropriate old sayings which apply here.

1) "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."

2) "Where there is smoke, there is fire."


And in reference to both to both sayings....... there IS smoke somewhere in the State of Maryland.

 

your reputation is in tatters Dolermo , most of the people in 1/43 will not deal with you
the most respected Mike at Miniwerks--ask him other colectors --he is the nicest man in the business and he wont deal with Dolermo so what does that say ??????

Dolermo making a big fuss about customs as a smoke screen , you know only too well all collectors ask for this in international transactions --so dont make out you are mr honest straightforward - you are more crooked than the next guy

so what you are saying then is if i paid the duty the 100 cars would be shipped ??? where are they then --nows your chance to redeem yourself thief


where are my models then you liar --send them to me and i will pay the duty
where is your proof of posting ??

where are the photographs of the models ? all 100 of them
where were the auctions you said you were going to post onto ebay
and dontae to charity (another lie)

i agve you a big order for some models and despite all your lies promises , late deliveries excuses i still havnt had model 1 -- i am not the only one many people know you are dishornourable Dolermo -- so do the right thing and send the models

 

there IS smoke somewhere in the State of Maryland. -- Ha Ha HOW TRUE Lusso123
very very true

 

I don't know Andy Dolermo from Adam - had barely ever heard of DVA Models before this thread - but is this really kosher? A guy with 4 posts to his credit and all of them with the sole purpose of damaging somebody's business reputation?
I kind of thought more of fchat than for this sort of thing to be permitted.

Also - lusso123 states no vested interest but it's kind of odd for someone with only 4 posts to be speaking up here on a topic like this IMO.

 

Stig, first off, I agree that, though this may not be what Fchat is all about, but when someone has been ripped off, and they want people in the community to know, well it is the way some may go about it. Then again.... in some threads on Fchat over the years, there have been some pretty nasty battles, so maybe it is the the place for this??

Please note that I "Lusso 123" don't feel the need, nor do I have the time to chime in constantly, but I do read many of the posts. Regardless of the fact that I only have a paltry 4 posts to my credit here, I just don't like to see people in any field get ripped off, especially the model car field, which I also happen to be in... full time. I own CMA Models a.k.a. Creative Miniature Associates. I've been in the specialty model car field for over 30 years. My industry/field gets enough bad press as it is, often caused by a number of bad apples, and I know for a fact that there are, and have been numerous problems for many, many, people with DVA over the years.

This is NOT my battle, but I do believe Paul Wylie, and I am sorry to see that this has happened to him.

 

Hi Marshall! Yes, we know each other. ;-)
Had no idea you were on here! LOL. I'll remind you of this next time I see you.

 

Stig, thank you for having an open mind. I contacted the moderator of this forum as soon as the guy from Holland started his defamation, I think, no matter what, this kind of talk does not do any good at this business or the forum. Unfortunately the moderator said he was going to remove it "as soon as he would have time" which is more then one year now.

If you have time you can go on the Maryland judiciary case website and see that Mr. Marshall was sued by me. He was banned from any contact with me after everything he did to us and proven guilty in the court of law. He was also fined by Maryland State for his behaviors. Interestingly enough when I sued him, beside my lawyer suggested me to request a financial compensation for the damages he caused I didn`t wanted to because I didn`t wanted to hurt him too badly. It is a small business and I have a decency, I didn`t wanted to speculate on this, I just wanted him to learn a lesson (which obviously he didn't).

I am posting this emails which prove what I said earlier:

Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:39:58 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Shipment
To: [email protected]

Paul:

it was never discussed about infranging the law! I went back in my emails and about customs I had told you that I was willing to mail the models directly to the collectors in order to save on shipping and custom duties. This was a service I was willing to do to help you out.

How can you post on public forums that I am a thief and you difamate me everywhere for false accusations. You told me you were going to tell everybody what a thief I am when I have the models ready you ask me to go against the law?
Maybe it is hard for you to believe but I am not a thief and I am not someone that try to screw to custom to have a profit. I have a business and I pay my taxes, even if sometimes makes profit very low. I can`t forge official documents and I am surprised you ask me to do that.

If you have someone in USA that will be willing to distribute your models I will be willing to mail the models to him so you will not have to pay custom duties for models mailed within USA. Of course I will need you to send me a letter in the mail with the authorization to do so and your signature because you understand that after your blowouts, your difamations, your threats, and your tries of making frauds I am having an hard time in trusting you and I have to defende myself and the business I rapresent.

Hope we can easily work out a solution this time,

Talk you soon,

Andy



--- On Thu, 1/12/12, Paul Wylie <[email protected]> wrote:


From: Paul Wylie <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Shipment
To: [email protected]
Date: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 1:48 AM

Andy


as we discussed in the early days please declare as a low value so no taxes or duty at this end
cusotms in the uk and europe are far more vigilant than the Uk

$50 for th whole package --then there will be no taxes --otherwise they charge 20% tax for tha parcel value
then another 15% for vat so a total of 35%
you could enter as samples on the packaging (as smaples are sometimes exempt from tax)

All of these costs eats into any margins , as it is with the market being as it is its doubtfull if the cars can be sold
at any profit

if a parcel arrives and i have to pay to receive it it will make the whole excercise even more of a loss
hence ther equest for low valuation

Regards

Paul






Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:45:36 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Shipment
To: [email protected]

Hello Paul:

I think I am not understanding your request. Basically, are you asking me to forge an official document to declare the false to the British Custom, to the point of declaring a value 50 times less than the real value?
Andy

--- On Tue, 1/10/12, Paul Wylie <[email protected]> wrote:


From: Paul Wylie <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Shipment
To: [email protected]
Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 4:25 PM

Andy

i am back in England now for the foreseable future

please can you re send --however declare as low value
under $50 -- i willtake the shipping risk


thank you

Paul

 

And this is a sample of what this gentleman does, and what he writes in emails (I put ### on the bad words for decency)... Now people can decide. As you see from my letters I offered him to mail the models to someone in USA, which he refused to do. I also offered to buy the models back from him after he said there was no way of sending them to UK and pay the custom duties. I sent him an agreement to sign, which he never did.
All this I have proof in emails.

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RE: watch out dolermo
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 4:21 PM
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thief thief thief thief thief

watch out thief

you havnt even got an attorney you cheapskate slag nobody would work with you
you are a thief and a liar and a delusional fantastist


the onslaught begins here your life will be terrorised for the stolen money thief


watch over your shoulder thief

you lying theiving wo# c#nt



Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:13:01 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: watch out dolermo
To: [email protected]

Paul:

I dont think it was a wise move for you to do this, anyway everybody is responsible of his own actions. This is the last email I am sending you as from now everything about our deal is in the hands of my attorney.

For your knowledge I am informing you that we deposited your letters of threats in both state and federal police, so you are one phone call away to be arrested if you will show up and do anyhting stupid here. I guarantee you that USA police and Maryland specially are very efficient about this. On top of that I am informing the Iimmigration services in the US port of entry. Good luck.

My attorney and I still have not decided yet if informing the UK custom about your illegal activities, I would do that but I am sorry of involving other people who dont deserve this. We will see.

Andy

--- On Wed, 6/20/12, Paul Wylie <[email protected]> wrote:


From: Paul Wylie <[email protected]>
Subject: watch out dolermo
To: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 10:48 AM

one day we will meet dolermo -- its worth a visit to Maryland just to confornt you
and kick the sh#t out of you you theif and liar


i will set about destryoing any customer base you have

Aston Martin have responded to my letter , i have the photos you sent me of the cars
they are very interested in you , thief

 

And this is why the 100 ready models were never mailed to him, as he say :

"If you are going to ship them at full value the customs will be over £5000 -- a crazy sum which makes the whole venture
worthless --why give the money to customs
they add on 30% -40% here do you not understand that ? ?????? i havnt got that sort of money so the packages will sit in customs
be destroyed or returned to you"

As a matter of fact the models that returned back were damaged indeed.

Below the whole message, I **** the names of people/companies he involved. I offered to mail the models to Miniwerks but Paul Wylie never replied.



From: Paul Wylie <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Shipment
To: [email protected]
Date: Monday, January 23, 2012, 1:09 PM

Andy

so there are 100 models coming ? why cant you ship as gift or low value what problem is it for you ?

i have done 000's of times for worldwide colelctors , we all do thuis ,***** /***/*******
everybody does it --why should we give another cost to our small hobby /business

this is crazy and its not what we discussed - we discussed this from early days and had telephone conversations
regarding this -- if you had said this from the first day we would not have done business

If you are going to ship them at full value the customs will be over £5000 -- a crazy sum which makes the whole venture
worthless --why give the money to customs

they add on 30% -40% here do you not understand that ? ?????? i havnt got that sort of money so the packages will sit in customs
be destroyed or returned to you --just because you cannot tell a minor untruth on a tax decalration

the model car market is dead at the moment the cars are almsot worthless anyway -if i make back 25% of my outlay i will be very lucky

if you still do not agree with this i will ask Mike at Miniwerks to see if he will take the parcels for me

Paul

 

And one more thing, Mr. Paul Wylie started a facebook page with my name (Andy Dolermo) and an email address with my name [email protected] that he uses to send emails with lot of bad words and profanities on the like of "I am Andy Dolermo and I am a ....." .

Classy, isn`t it?

And for people that are wondering why this person did this, I give an easy answer. He invested on a model by contracting us to produce the 100 Aston martin DBS. Then another 1/43 manufacturer made the same model. At the same time to make things worse for him his real business went down the drain (have emails from him saying that he fired his employees, moved from UK to Asia and he was in a very bad financial situation) and he tried to recover the money he invested by ripping us off, first threathing us to sue us and then threathing us by ruining our reputation.

If instead of yelling, defaming and threat he would has just work with us we would had been open to so many options, but he was nasty and on top of this he always refused our options. As I said I even offered to buy the models back. Or to mail them to a US address. Nothing. It is what it is.

 

Hi Stig,

Small world..... LOL Looking forward to seeing you sometime.

 

I really don´t know who is telling the truth but i don´t think it matters much.
One thing is to be a part of this forum and to report something that happened in order to prevent someone from being ripped off, the other is to simply show up here and start insulting someone else without any proof. I belive the situation in untolerable.
The first menber who acused Andy did it in a very diferent way, and both he and andy Dolermo exchanged theyr views and possibly have resolved theyr problems but i paulwylie untervention was to me out of line...being true or not, i don´t care, it´s not the way to resolve things and i don´t think this is the place for this type of language. I realy think the moderator should do something about this.

 

He Perjured himself in written testimony he presented to the court; and I will will not bother to go into the details of this in public. However, I am actually permitted to have full contact with him now, but I know that he is still learning English, so he probably does not understand that.

I will also point out that he is one person who's name has constantly come up over the years with specific regard to having ripped off many people. He always seems to be defending himself with the same stories and excuses on many forums as well as in private. He NEVER takes any personal responsibility for anything he does. Hmmm. I was unfortunately also one of his victims, though my losses were less than that of many others. I have not bothered to pursue him, as he is really a very small fish, and not worth my time, money or much effort. Even writing this is expending more time and effort than he is worth. He is one of the people in the model car field that gives it a bad reputation. If you shake hands with him, I would suggest you count your fingers immediately after as they might not still all be there.

 

This thread has degenerated into something that I just can't believe is being tolerated by the moderators. Really disappointing.

I have a very hard time picturing this thread being permitted if it involved a trusted vendor like Birdman or Dave H.