Is This Too Good To Be True?

curly.lulu

I have just emailed Hillingdon police station stating what has happened and asking how/where I should report it if it is not to them. I have just received my new buggy from a reputable seller.

TheRainman

curly.lulu wrote: »

I have just emailed Hillingdon police station stating what has happened and asking how/where I should report it if it is not to them. I have just received my new buggy from a reputable seller.

well done lulu, thats a step in the right direction, the fact that the fraud has taken place in their borough indicates to me they have a duty to investigate it. whether this escalates to the CID or Interpol becoming involved we will have to wait and see.

louise1982_3

TheRainman wrote: »

I started a thread on the ebay community boards looking for some advice it was named
"discount-buggies-online MAJOR SCAMMER BEWARE"
It was online for less then 5 mins, I received this email from the ebay moderation team, this has not been doctored in any way shape or form.

It has recently come to our attention that one of your posts on our Community
Boards breached our Boards Usage policy.

The public chat, help and discussion boards on eBay are intended to be a
helpful, educational and enjoyable place to meet and converse with other
members. As such, courteous and respectful postings are expected from all
participants. It's against eBay rules to use inappropriate language or post
certain types of material.

Here's a copy of the post in question:

a**********4 (233 ) View Listings | Report 10-10-08 13:16 BST

It appears this user has been selling top end childrens buggies for
the past few weeks with a deivery time of up to 28 days. Now it
appears no one has received their buggies, some people were
fortunate to be refunded after I informed them of this scammer. Ebay
have shut his site down but he is away with £1000s of innocent
peoples hard earned. Where do they stand with this "paypal sellers
guarantee" The people involved have a thread on
moneysavingexpert.com site entitled
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?
p=14868909&posted=1#post14868909

This would appear to be fraud on a serious scale, a few on them have
written to ebay, paypal and watchdog. I have told them to contact
his local police station in Hillingdon as we know his alleged name,
address, phone no, fax no, email addy, website etc etc. The scary
thing is he has a site http://www.discountbuggies.webeden.co.uk/
which is still live and scamming. How does this get closed down.
There are a few irate mothers to be on the thread I posted above and
I wondered if anyone on here could supply any useful advice about
bringing this fraudster to justice. Thanks in anticipation

We have removed this post because the following is not allowed on our boards:

Posting listing reports or member violations. To report suspected violations,
please use the online forms on the Investigations page

We respectfully request that you refrain from this activity in the future. If
you have any queries about our policies, click "Contact Us" on any eBay Help
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Thank you for your cooperation in this important matter.


Regards,
Astaria
eBay Community Team

THATS HOW HELPFUL EBAY ARE, I SAY EXPOSE THIS SCAMMER THEY SAY LETS PROTECT HIM HE HAS RIGHTS. JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW MAD THIS POLITICALLY CORRECT WORLD IS THAT WE LIVE IN TODAY.

i too started a thread about this guy just after i bought my buggy, asking if anyone knew wither he was genuin or not, and recieved the same email 5 mins later.

pilchardandpizza

TheRainman wrote: »

Hillingdon Police Station - 01895 251212





1 Warwick Place Uxbridge Middlesex UB8 1PG
Email:
[EMAIL="hillingdon.enquiries@met.police.uk"]hillingdon.enquiries@met.police.uk[/EMAIL] Getting here



Could I suggest someone who has been defrauded by this scammer to contact his local police at the above number. They will have to look into it as it appears that this is like fraud on a big scale.Why wait on ebay, paypal, watchdog, new forums etc etc PHONE TODAY. I would gladly and love to phone but they will not entertain me as I am not a victim. Let me know how you get on, Im sure they will be more than happy to co-operate.

I have emailed the police, so thanks for finding that info. I also emailed the MP for the area so hopefully one of these emails will come to something!

pilchardandpizza

I think the only person i haven't sent an email to is Gordon Brown and the Queen!:rotfl:

TheRainman

pilchardandpizza wrote: »

I think the only person i haven't sent an email to is Gordon Brown and the Queen!:rotfl:

Have you had any positive responses to any of them yet p&p ?

pilchardandpizza

nothing yet but I suppose its the weekend now.

happymummy24-7

a quick aside everyone...beacuse if it wasnt for Martin and the team we wouldnt even be fighting this scumbag!!
Please lend your support as Martin has come in for some abuse in recent days see his link from this morning:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1210797

:beer: everyone xxx

lvoops

Ive been reading everyones messages but have been unable join this forum unti now!!! Ive also been scammed by this loser!! ( a very polite term i will use for now!!) I purchased the Mamas and Papas ultima mpx travel system - i think i was one of the first, so when i did all of my internet research there wasnt reports on him so i felt it was quite genuine, the purchase worked out at the time to be about £90 cheaper as mamas and papas were giving away a free car seat base, so it wasnt as good a bargain as originally seen, but i was still saving £90, it all helps!!!! Mr Discount Buggies replied immediately to all of my messages - very efficient. I was given Wednesday 8th October between 3pm and 5pm, found someone to collect my son from school et etc etc and it obviously failed to arrive!!
What REALLY REALLY upset me was after sending numerous emails to this guy - he never got back to me -
i sent feedback to ebay(for some reason it came out as a positive) and within seconds he had sent me a positive feedback saying what a great customer i was, with good comms, would use again etc etc etc, at this point i was actually in tears and he was totally taking the p*** out of me and was obviously waiting at his end to rub more salt into the wound!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is upseting more than anything is my baby is due in less than 2 weeks, the pram was supposed to be used as a crib (as well as a pram) the car seat is an item which the hospital insist the baby will need to be taken home in or you cant leave!!!!! Fortunately i have a very understanding husband. these last few weeks of pregnancy are meant to be very exciting as everything is supposed to be all falling into place and the wait for baby is getting closer, we all dont need this stress at any time - but pregnancy makes us feel more vulnerable anyway.
I shall end my rather long essay and hope i have put my point across, i would love more than anything for this scumbag to be caught and will do as much as i can to help anyone.
Thanks RAINMAN for the emails you managed to send to people , its a pity i wasnt on your list, but you obviously had so many people to inform i do understand.

pilchardandpizza

I feel really bad for you. We too bought the mamas and papas set, but unlike you we have a few months not a few weeks till our arrival. try not to let him get you down, we have to keep positive to fight! Just think he will get his come-up-ance if we work together and he can never take away the feeling you have when the baby arrives. (It wont mind being put in a drawer!) What you should do now is email everyone we have on here (If you look through you will find email addresses etc) e.g. Hillinton police (where he is meant to live) The local MP, Watchdog, trading standards almongst a few. The more people that do this the more likely somenone will take notice. We are all trying to find out things by doing web searches etc so we are all trying to get somewhere. Keep your chin up!:A