neilb

Climbers and ground staff required Oldham area. Paye or subby status. Good rates of pay. Ongoing works Txt 07592317941 email [email protected] In the first instance. No dick heads

eBay are up to speed with it all, I’ve all this to get through so it’s down to eBay/the bank to sort out now. Get what you pay for, and I’ve paid for it

Conclusion, it turned up today. Not the one pictured in the listing but it works fine. Not had chance to contact the bank yet to get everything normal his end. I must get round to that tomorrow [emoji106]

Doesn’t matter what you have in that environment they will get torn to shreds! Breathflex type a, they are the ones. Stihl are crap due to the stitched in hi vis band at the bottom which falls off pretty quick. Breathflex, it’s stitched in. Not sure on stein. Probably too heavy though.

Thanks for the support/advice I’ve received on here about this. Yes, I definitely will be leaving in place until it turns up on Wednesday. Something still doesn’t add up about it. Why didn’t I have any contact from the guy who I’ve sent the money to until now! The business address on the invoice not being genuine. The fact that this Ryan just dropped off the face of the earth! The bank said when I explained all this. I’m sorry but it sounds like a scam. So the warning signs were all there. The way he was on the phone last night. “We’ve been doing this for years, we don’t scam people” See what Wednesday brings!

Quick update on this one, received a phone call about half an hour ago from a very flustered older man on a Darlington land line. This time not the sheepish Ryan (apparently the grandson) whose mobile is on the eBay adverts but Mr Robinson himself who I’ve bank transferred £415. Very sorry about the misunderstanding. Apparently his wife was shopping in m&s and card has been declined. Explained how I’d been ringing and ringing the only contact number on both eBay and the invoice to no avail! Anyway, apparently it’s a good one and it’s sat in a unit somewhere and it will be here Wednesday. Can I please check it over and then contact the bank immediately to lift the suspension! So, was it a scam or not! I’ve no idea but it was horrendous customer service and stress I could have done without. In future I will always drive to inspect and collect with cash.

You will have great communication with him right up to receiving his invoice and him receiving payment. After an hour long phone call with Halifax fraud line, it’s been registered as a scam. They said it’s an active account and that they can investigate in house as we both bank with Halifax. Hopefully they will freeze his account until either I’m reimbursed or I receive the goods.

These are the quads he had on. They were taken off as if sold. That also doesn’t add up to me. They would just be permanently on surely

I’m sure it is but getting anything done about it might be a different story. The owner of the scaffolding company rang me back this afternoon. Said he’s asked about and they think they know who it is. Apparently he’s been inside for fraud. But bigger scale, big plant. £10 £20k style scams. Again, whether that’s true or not I don’t know. Thing I don’t get is the power pack I was looking at and the other one he had on aren’t ridiculously cheap or anything. Average price compared to similar items on there. He had two Farm quads on for around the £1k mark. They seemed a bit cheap. Frustrating but I’m blaming myself to be honest.

I’ve tried him from a couple of different numbers. No joy!

No overdraft facility on my account, it was paid with my money. Just been into Halifax to pay in and explained to them. It’s also a Halifax account that the money’s been paid into. So I’ve a stronger chance of doing something about it due to that apparently. They’ve given me a number to contact and report

I’ve contacted eBay this morning. They are keeping an eye on his account. As said previously nothing can be done regards returning the money as it wasn’t done through paypal. They have said my bank should be able to retrieve it though! Don’t know how true that is. Did what bob said and found the nearest business to the address. A star scaffolding, really helpful guy. Said that unit 9 is empty but was a business Hire 4 U, up until around 12months ago. Also, asked what other information eBay had on the seller and it’s a landline for Leicester area and email they’ve got for him is sales@ukclearancetools Contacted them and they have no idea. Contacting eBay themselves to complain. Looking like I’ve been done!

Yeah done all that Eggs, google doesn’t really come up with anything on it