I've never had such bad luck with a forum member. Most guys on here are car guys and I'm gutted that someone would pull such low brown scams and steal from others using a forum.
I purchased a "6 speed swap" from Mike (m3boostin) that he posted on this forum. The sale was for an e46m3 smg transmission with 64k miles on it. The post states if he receives his full asking price he will make it a full swap. The full asking price was $1500.
I paid him via Paypal and we agreed that he would need a week or two to get the machine work done on the SMG to make it manual ready. No big deal I could wait as I didn't NEED it until Septermber 1st. I paid him on July 22nd.
Soon after I paid him communication became difficult. "I lost my phone" sort of excuses. Than he said the transmission was done and ready and that he would drop it off. He is in CT, I am in NJ. After 4 weeks of him promising to drop the trans off and never showing up I got fed up and went up there to pick it up. I get there, take a look at the trans in his dark sketchy garage and I specifically asked him if the trans leaked any oil and shifted fine/everything works as it should. He was reassuring. I head home relieved the transaction is complete.
Get home, put (expensive!) oil into the trans... next day there is a huge puddle on my garage floor. Its leaking not only out of the back seals... but the case on the trans itself is CRACKED!!!
I immediately contact Mike and ask for a full refund. After some debating we agree to him refunding me $450 plus sending me new seals (>$100 for the seals).
Never once did I complain that this wasn't a 'full trans swap' like the add said, nor did I even complain about picking the trans up myself or being lied to for weeks. I rolled with the punches figuring this guy was having a bad couple months, not ripping me off blind. I figure if I can get a bit of a refund we'll just call it even and go on with our lives. I'm pretty easy going like that.
Its now been months and no money, no seals, and communication ceased. The last bogus excuse I got was "The shop I worked for went out of business I have no money"... that shop he claims he worked for went out of business 3 years ago.
I'm going through the legal process' now to get my money, but man this sucks. I refuse to let a liar get away with my money. Turns out he also owes several other people on this very forum.
I just wanted to post this on here to save the headache, hassle, and wallet of anyone else who was thinking of doing business with this scam artist.
His typical deal is to send you broken/damage parts and claim innocence. Don't be foolish and fall for it, its all crap.
fyi, I have every conversation and transaction saved with this guy. Pictures of the cracked trans and refund agreement. All of it saved.
CLIFFS: Paid $1500 for a trans that was supposed to be perfect. Leaks from main seals and case is Cracked. Seller agrees to partial refund and never pays. 3 months of waiting now.
Last edited by pMak26; 10-25-2012 at 10:42 AM.
I hope you get this resolved quickly and effectively.
Has he been active on the boards? I believe he was selling a turbo E36 M3? ... I'm also assuming you've sent him PMs, too.
EDIT: He signed on at 4:00 a.m. this morning.
"Last Activity: Today 04:02 AM"
Last edited by Armo95; 10-25-2012 at 11:57 AM.
Since its been 2 months of no refund from him this is definitely not going to be resolved quickly
He has been active on here and I've been warning others of his tricks. His turbo M3 was pieced together with crap parts he found off junk cars, it runs like garbage and the chassis is salvage, yet he asks top dollar prices for everything and gets defensive when people point out the true worth. Its good entertainment on the boards but none of that gets me my money. He bragged about putting together his car for <$3k, then a few months later put his 'turbo kit' up for sale for $4500...
Enough people are after him on BF that I'm pretty sure he's moved on to other forums to continue his scam.
Update!
After a few weeks of sending evidence and whatnot to the credit card company the outcome is favorable!
I would advise anyone who has this issue to try to go through their CC company to resolve such issues. fwiw I have Chase.
UPDATE: I just found out his username on M3Forum.net is:
95m3noob
DO NOT BUY FROM THIS GUY!!!
I don't have a dog in this fight, but that's his username on r3vlimited and he's busy trying to sell stuff there too.
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=260520
Nice, I just posted up to warn others.
My dealings with him. Had nothing but excuses after paying him for wheels. Never got the wheels. Filed a dispute and got my money back.
Originally Posted by klavender1
how would you know what is in my car..u never saw it..u never drove it you never even saw under the ghood...i nmever said the tranny was a complete swap...i pulled the tranny from the car with fluid in it..it never!!!! leaked before fixing the selector rod and machining the smg bellhousing...ive tried multiple times to tell you why u havent recieved anything from me..the shop i worked at is called r and r auto it was only opened up less then a year ago..the shop u were referring to that went out of business 3 years ago was kgk..so please stop your lies...u claim to be up and up...but yet your lying about a liar? you keep trying to knock my threads and what not but its not working...i told you i will get you and the other person i owe(tommy) your money once im wortking again.."sketchy" shop..how was it sketchy..it was on main road i showed it to you in the light u looked at and said looks good...i told you i never had a problem with it leaking because it didnt...i personally had now problem ..and neither did the person i purchased it from which is a highly known seller on the forum which i deal with all the time...he would never sell me junk..how do i know u didnt crack the thing putting it in or dropped it??? but yet i was still willing to take your word and work something out..i could understand if i said fuck you and disappeared.. yet im still here trying to make it up...now how am i supposed to do that if every fora sale thread i post u try to deter people away...ive had a wopping 3 negative things posted here....in over a year...i am not a scammer ive never tried to "steal" from anyone here..if i sold something broken or bad i was unaware that it was damaged before selling..
He also goes by 95m3noob here on BFC, last I checked you're not allowed to have two accounts.
FYI 95m3noob aka m3boostin has now been banned from R3VLimited. BFC mods, take notice.
you reeived a refund correct? ok then you did not get scammed..u received your money back..
i wasn't aware this was an English class.
never the less i explained my situation and have tried to explain my actions.
for you people to be so judgmental without hearing full details or explanations is pretty shitty.
i wouldn't still be here defending myself if i wasn't trying to make right with my buyers that have received faulty or broken equipment. i lost my job and am currently seeking another one so i can therefore compensate the people on here, which btw there are only 2 people here that have been "scammed" by me.
so to ban me over that is pretty fuckin lame. i haven't once denied that i owe anyone or have said that i will not pay them.
seems to me that you guys could care less about anyones hardships. the op of this thread has gone way overboard on exaggeration. he has lied about a bunch of things that he has claimed.
bash me if you want but at least im trying to make good on my sales..
Last edited by m3boostin; 11-15-2012 at 12:43 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
Why refund them though? Just send them the shit they paid for
Why refund them though? Just send them the shit they paid for
No sir, Not paying someone back for selling them broken parts is 'lame'. No matter WHAT excuse you like to use.
I found posts from somewhere around a year ago of you saying 'you lost your job.' I don't even remember what forum that way on. I called the previous owner of the shop you claimed to worked at. He went out of business 3 years ago.
I have done my research and I know you are nothing more than a bullsh!tter/scammer. You are all hot air. You "hardships" are obviously of your making.
I accepted you will not refund me my money months ago, when you didn't refund me my money. HAH. All I would like to do is prevent other community members from running into the same issues with you.
What you are doing is not morally right and I happen to like these bimmer communities so I post up my dealings with you to protect them. Obviously others have shared the same experience with you.
I am partially to blame for this mess, well, my trust is partially to blame. I should have never trusted you past the 45day paypal limit. This is my mistake and I have learned my lesson the hard (expensive) way. But by no means will I just watch as you scam others with this same crap.
Say what you want from here on out, I'm not responding to your cries. Good luck to you in life.
I didn't want to go past the 45 day window. Which is why I filed 3 weeks in. I was patient and to his credit he did answer every PM I sent. But with just more excuses. Just sounded fishy to me. $650 is a lot of money to me to worry about losing. He wanted me to pay as a gift or pay the fees. I paid the $20 fee and I'm glad I did. I'm sorry you went through that pMak26. I'm sure 99% of sellers on here are honest, but that 1% screws it up for the 99%. And like ilya1585 says, I just wanted what I paid for. Nothing more, nothing less.
Dude ur so full of shit.. I didn't call or verify anything g... Ur just trying to make urself look better... I'm not crying .. Ur just trying to make me look bad.. In the over a year I've been here there been 3 bad things that have been posted.. U haven't done any reasearch buddy.. I've never posted in any forum where I've work or anything .. This is the first .. I've never had any other job go out of buisness you douche.. Keep talking... So if you want ur money am I getting my tranny back?Originally Posted by pMak26
The guy with the rims I couldn't send the item because I didn't have the tires to put on them my boy was jerkin me around for weeks trying to get them backOriginally Posted by ilya1585
The dude with the nose. Panel I did send the item which was damaged in shipping ups wouldn't cover it..
This douche came and picked his item.. Inspected it and took it.. 2 -3 weeks later he tells me oh its leaking all over the place blah blah blah
Funny seeing as it never!!!! Had a problem before. He took a pic of a crack on a tranny and said it was cracked.. Which is pretty amazing seein as just a few weeks before he picked it up it was full of fluid in a car not leaking... It is what it is..
I said it before if anyone has any worries about anything I sell ill gladly take detailed pics or you can come check out anything to verify its working condition or I will make a video... I'm not here to scam or rip off anyone,.
Thus guy just has way to much time and is just tryin to make things much worse then they are
I was honest with you.. I never lied to you I never tried to screw you... There are a ton of people that have purchased items from me that haven't left feedback .. Again I apologized for all your inconvienving this is a dead sale and has been for months..Originally Posted by klavender1
Last edited by m3boostin; 11-15-2012 at 05:38 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
Defensive scammer is defensive...
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