BEWARE OF FORUM SCAMMER (mrgamby)

[RugbyBro]

Originally Posted by RElias21

Oh, I agree, especially because this story gets weirder by the day.

Seller contacted me yesterday to say that the gentleman at the UPS store said he will wrap it himself, and seller asked if it was a bad wrap. He then pretended to apologize because he's never shipped wheels before.

He showed me a video of the wheels at the UPS store, which appeared to be in a box! So, I'm not sure how they arrived in the packaging they did (unless seller found it was cheaper to ship them without the box and decided to go that route.

I'm pretty tired of seller pretending as if everything that has happened is unknown to him, and others are at fault. It's really a lame attempt at innocence. I told him that if he was truly sorry, he would refund me the cost to get them re-coated. Of course, my request was ignored.

Icing on top is that he accused me of defaming him online. I politely sent him the definition of the word defame, which requires making false statements, lol.

Anyhow, he said that he was banned from the forum. I gander he's lying about that too. Can anyone confirm that?

Says he was last online at 6:11pm yesterday - all I know is that when someone is permabanned their profile says “Banned”. Dude is a straight up con artist, he probably believes the lies he tells others and himself.

[9M71]

All b/s. I always buy insurance when shipping. It's the sellers responsibility. He owes you. Don't let him get away.

What are the chances the wheels could be stolen too?

[Wmf80]

Originally Posted by 9M71

What are the chances the wheels could be stolen too?

Does that really matter at this point? Received authentic wheels just were damaged in shipping. Unfortunately have to take this as a minor Win bc he could of never heard or received those wheels. Many ppl on the forums get bent very well over.

[9M71]

Originally Posted by Wmf80

Does that really matter at this point? Received authentic wheels just were damaged in shipping. Unfortunately have to take this as a minor Win bc he could of never heard or received those wheels. Many ppl on the forums get bent very well over.

No, and I'm not saying the OP willingly bought stolen wheels at under market.

Yes it's definitely a win he received the wheels. But at the same time a lot of the folks who get bent over here fall for the same 3 tricks, without fail.

So no it doesn't matter. But I don't think the OP should settle with damaged wheels either. It's not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things to refinish them but I'd want to stick it to the scammer as far as I can.

[Wmf80]

Originally Posted by 9M71

No, and I'm not saying the OP willingly bought stolen wheels at under market.

Yes it's definitely a win he received the wheels. But at the same time a lot of the folks who get bent over here fall for the same 3 tricks, without fail.

So no it doesn't matter. But I don't think the OP should settle with damaged wheels either. It's not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things to refinish them but I'd want to stick it to the scammer as far as I can.

How would one even know if wheels purchased were stolen?

[jmg]

Originally Posted by E92inSG

i'm gonna go out on a limb and say those wheels are fake just going by the "TAIWAN" imprinted on them

Nope, mine says that as well.

[jmg]

Seriously, how hard was it to fix this situation by packing it properly? Way to waste a good opportunity to make it right. People like this create more problems then solve them in their lives. How chaotic must his/her life be when they can't remedy something so simple? These people are LOSERS. I can't imagine going through my day being such a fuckup.

[9M71]

Originally Posted by Wmf80

How would one even know if wheels purchased were stolen?

When someone missing a set of CS wheels puts 2 and 2 together via bimmerpost..? Nothing would surprise me anymore based on history here.

[bigj505]

Doesn't make sense to start throwing random accusations out there from randomly saying they are fake to now saying what if they are stolen.

[Yessir]

Originally Posted by RElias21

Oh, I agree, especially because this story gets weirder by the day.

Seller contacted me yesterday to say that the gentleman at the UPS store said he will wrap it himself, and seller asked if it was a bad wrap. He then pretended to apologize because he's never shipped wheels before.

He showed me a video of the wheels at the UPS store, which appeared to be in a box! So, I'm not sure how they arrived in the packaging they did (unless seller found it was cheaper to ship them without the box and decided to go that route).

I'm pretty tired of seller pretending as if everything that has happened is unknown to him, and others are at fault. It's really a lame attempt at innocence. I told him that if he was truly sorry, he would refund me the cost to get them re-coated. Of course, my request was ignored.

Icing on top is that he accused me of defaming him online. I politely sent him the definition of the word defame, which requires making false statements, lol.

Anyhow, he said that he was banned from the forum. I presume he's lying about that too. Can anyone confirm that?

Did seller send you that vid? He claims he shipped from UPS but that video clearly shows a FedEx store. Hmmm things still not adding up.

[RElias21]

Originally Posted by Yessir

Did seller send you that vid? He claims he shipped from UPS but that video clearly shows a FedEx store. Hmmm things still not adding up.

I know the above posts were not directed to me, but I've been careful to make sure I only speak the facts (or reasonable assumptions from the facts) throughout this thread.

I've never said these were fake or stolen, nor do I have any reason to believe they were. To 9M71, I also never took your post to imply that I willingly bought stolen wheels either.

Yes, seller sent me the video, but you saw the packages the wheels came in. A lot doesn't add up.
Seller shipped via UPS from a store called Mail and More in Cali. I misspoke before when I said UPS store.

[omgf80]

Originally Posted by RElias21

I know the above posts were not directed to me, but I've been careful to make sure I only speak the facts (or reasonable assumptions from the facts) throughout this thread.

I've never said these were fake or stolen, nor do I have any reason to believe they were. To 9M71, I also never took your post to imply that I willingly bought stolen wheels either.

Yes, seller sent me the video, but you saw the packages the wheels came in. A lot doesn't add up.
Seller shipped via UPS from a store called Mail and More in Cali. I misspoke before when I said UPS store.

As of now, it doesn't appear that he banned. It will say under their username if they are "Banned".

[PhatLyfe]

These are not even powder coated, they look like they were spray painted at home. Look at the center cap area and the tires were I mounted when he did this too as you can see the pain on the tres too.

Someone need to visit the person and beat his @$$ in my opinion.

[Kilabyte]

Scammer aside, anyone that ships wheels without at least a piece of cardboard covering the face of the wheel deserves hell.

What blows my mind is how easy it was for him to make it right and he still chose not to.

[White340]

Originally Posted by omgf80

As of now, it doesn't appear that he banned. It will say under their username if they are "Banned".

When someone is banned, what's to stop them from creating a different username with another email?

[Rantlers]

Originally Posted by White340

When someone is banned, what's to stop them from creating a different username with another email?

IP address ban, not sure if they do that here.

[Kilabyte]

Originally Posted by Rantlers

IP address ban, not sure if they do that here.

Bimmerforums used to do that back in the day. Unfortunately crappy VPNs are free these days.

[wuzhatning]

Originally Posted by Kilabyte

Bimmerforums used to do that back in the day. Unfortunately crappy VPNs are free these days.

bans don't do shit, even before VPN days, it was not that hard to change your IP or use a proxy.

[Churlesmiller]

Paypal Only! At least you got your wheels.

[RElias21]

Figured I owed it to you guys (especially those not local) to show you the end product after a quick wash and some sunlight today.

I haven't even gotten to drive the car yet…hoping they drive right!

I would say, they're good from far but far from good. They got scuffed up pretty good during transport. I'll have to decide if I want to refinish them over the winter (assuming everything else checks out with them).

I think the color combo works as I had hoped. Thoughts? Totally ok to disagree with me…

[bigj505]

Originally Posted by RElias21

Figured I owed it to you guys (especially those not local) to show you the end product after a quick wash and some sunlight today.

I haven't even gotten to drive the car yet…hoping they drive right!

I would say, they're good from far but far from good. They got scuffed up pretty good during transport. I'll have to decide if I want to refinish them over the winter (assuming everything else checks out with them).

I think the color combo works as I had hoped. Thoughts? Totally ok to disagree with me…

Looks good sir. Hopefully they check out well. The first step to recovery in this bad situation.

Have you had time to find out good powder coating spots in your area? Thought about a color change (not saying they don't look good) since you would be putting up money?

[RElias21]

Originally Posted by bigj505

Looks good sir. Hopefully they check out well. The first step to recovery in this bad situation.

Have you had time to find out good powder coating spots in your area? Thought about a color change (not saying they don't look good) since you would be putting up money?

I'm going to rock these as is for the rest of the season, and then see what I want to do over the winter (depending on how everything else with them checks out).