Selling Graded MS65 1B Casascius coin, plus Old Man Coin!!

[wafdawg]

Honestly I don't know what's going on either.  A month ago I sold MGK 2 Lealana coins, a Series 1 and 2 for .25 BTC.  I shipped first without escrow and he sent payment.  Last week I sold him 4 coins, 2 Series 1 and 2 Series 2 for .5 BTC; same deal, I sent first, no escrow, sent it priority mail with signature confirmation so I know he received it.  I haven't received payment and he hasn't replied back to my messages.  I know people can be busy around the holidays but if now multiple people are looking for their items then I have a bad feeling.  I would love to hear from MGK and get paid. I haven't left any trust feedback yet because I'm hoping this is a non-issue and can be resolved; not that it really matters if I'm out my BTC. I will leave another update at the end of the day.

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[petermolloy]

DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM -MGK.   HE'S  SCAMMED ME OUT OF 5 BTC LAST WEEK.  HE OFFERED DELIVERY OF THE PRODUCT AND IN THEY END ON THE LAST DAY WAS LOOKING FOR ESCROW.  I WANTED THE MINER SOONER THAN HE COULD DELIVER SO  I PUT DOWN A DEPOSIT AND HE WAS GOING TO SHIP.  I HAVENT HEARD WORD FROM SINCE THE DAY HE WAS SUPPOSE TO DELIVER OVER A WEEK AGO.   I LOST 5 OF WHAT WAS SUPPOSE TO COST 7BTC,   HE HAS VERY GOOD FOLLOW UP AND HE TRYS TO GAIN YOUR TRUST BY WANTING TO TALK VIA PHONE AND TEXT.  HE STARTS HIS SCAMMING BY PLAYING UP THE SCENARIO THAT HE'S  COULD BE SCAMMED A BY A BUYER RECEIVING A PACKAGE AND SAY THEY DIDNT OR SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE ITEM.  DONT FALL FOR HIS SMOOTH TALK HE'S A CROOK.  HE'S BEEN QUITE ACTIVE IN THE FORUMS SO WHY HE WANTS TO RUIN HIS RAP IS BEYOND ME.

[wafdawg]

Update: I sent another message, no response, and still haven't received payment.  If anyone wants to do a drive by, MGK's name and address are as follows:

David Merritt
301 Clinton St APT E
Penn Yan, NY 14527

Here is evidence that he picked up the package from the Post Office.

Track & Confirm e-mail update information provided by the U.S. Postal Service.

Label Number: 9410803699300055543660

Service Type: Signature Confirmation™

Shipment Activity   Location   Date & Time
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Delivered   PENN YAN, NY 14527   April 21, 2014 12:55 pm
Notice Left (No Authorized Recipient Available)   PENN YAN, NY 14527   April 18, 2014 3:50 pm
Out for Delivery   PENN YAN, NY 14527   April 18, 2014 8:47 am
Sorting Complete   PENN YAN, NY 14527   April 18, 2014 8:37 am
Arrival at Post Office   PENN YAN, NY 14527   April 18, 2014 6:54 am
Depart USPS Sort Facility   ROCHESTER, NY 14606   April 18, 2014
Processed through USPS Sort Facility   ROCHESTER, NY 14606   April 17, 2014 9:56 pm
Depart USPS Sort Facility   BETHPAGE, NY 11714   April 17, 2014
Processed at USPS Origin Sort Facility   BETHPAGE, NY 11714   April 16, 2014 8:39 pm
Acceptance   BABYLON, NY 11702   April 16, 2014 5:51 pm
Electronic Shipping Info Received      April 15, 2014

[Blazed]

Might be time to make a thread in Scam Accusations...I am sorta surprised he took .55BTC from me upfront and delivered, but then screwed you guys.  I have been scammed on these forums 1 time and I was pretty pissed myself 

[wafdawg]

Scam post started:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=581554.new#new

[nkocevar]

Might be time to make a thread in Scam Accusations...I am sorta surprised he took .55BTC from me upfront and delivered, but then screwed you guys.  I have been scammed on these forums 1 time and I was pretty pissed myself 

What exactly happened here?

[Blazed]

Looks like after selling me a Casascius coin (I sent BTC with no escrow and he delivered it)...he scammed others by taking BTC and not shipping items.  He probably used the sale to me to scam others??  Now that I think of it he did send me a message that sorta supports this...seemed innocent at the time though.

[justbtcme]

I was going to inquire about this coin until I got done reading this. Do people on this forum get scam like this often? What would be a safe way to buy something from members of this forum?

1. Never send anything first (payment or goods)
2. Never send anything first to newbies
3. Never use paypal

1. Only deal with members with proven track record of successful trades
2. Only deal in non-reversible payment types
3. Only deal in person if you don't trust the other party

*****Be careful who you use for escrow, even high ranking long time members on here have been known to take off with other peoples money after gaining their trust.


Good luck with everything. PM me if you have any questions. I am also in California by the way.

[justbtcme]

I was going to inquire about this coin until I got done reading this. Do people on this forum get scam like this often? What would be a safe way to buy something from members of this forum?

1. Never send anything first (payment or goods)
2. Never send anything first to newbies
3. Never use paypal

1. Only deal with members with proven track record of successful trades
2. Only deal in non-reversible payment types
3. Only deal in person if you don't trust the other party

*****Be careful who you use for escrow, even high ranking long time members on here have been known to take off with other peoples money after gaining their trust.


Good luck with everything. PM me if you have any questions. I am also in California by the way.

Thanks for the warning. I was thinking of using paypal for my first purchase because of the buyer protection. It now seems that using PayPal is frown upon here. What city are you in , justbtcme, I am in Burlingame, maybe we can do a face to face deal?

Excellent ! I am also in the Bay Area as well but let us not hijack this post, I will PM you the details.

[notserp]

What's going on? I thought he was a trusted guy here. He asked me to send him 1.5 btc first for the coin. I was just about to do just that until I read this.

u say this but he wasnt logged on for 2 days how did u talk to him about sending?

[justbtcme]

I'll take the graded coin for 1.5

How do we proceed?

You can sent 1.5BTC to

1LWPras7T3Ban1TyqEUL4Zsiy3wEXxG8nT

and send me a PM what address you want it shipped to. I am sending another coin out tomorrow so I can have yours out with that one assuming you are in the US.

Let me know once you send so I can confirm and mark them as sold. Thanks.

Happy ?

[notserp]

I'll take the graded coin for 1.5

How do we proceed?

You can sent 1.5BTC to

1LWPras7T3Ban1TyqEUL4Zsiy3wEXxG8nT

and send me a PM what address you want it shipped to. I am sending another coin out tomorrow so I can have yours out with that one assuming you are in the US.

Let me know once you send so I can confirm and mark them as sold. Thanks.

Happy ?

thats on the 14 u said u were gonna send to him on the 16

and where is this from? its not in this thread


but i dont care this is over for me and your prob not him