Pandarecycle.co.uk

Jimmynolegs

Hi all,

Has anybody got any experience of dealing with panda recycle.co.uk?

To cut a long story short, they are very similar to music magpie and the like, however, I think myself and others have been victims of a scam.

Is there a way to get my money back? I've lost out on an iPad and also the money the company said they would pay for it. I know the item arrived there as I used tracked and signed for delivery so I'm at a loss of what to do. I've complained to trading standards about them but that won't return the iPad or any funds!

Thanks.

forgotmyname

Device Revive Limited, CLICK SEEKERS LIMITED.

Mr Phillip Anderson Ellis is the Director.

Fightsback

Somewhat worrying:

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/panda-recycle/

keeganhull

Yep me too!

I sent my iPhone 5 64gb was told on the website i would receive £125, got an e-mail from them saying received the phone on 22nd December, then Phillip Ellis him self the director of this company e-mailed saying they could only offer me £85 !!! Did not accept asked for at least £100, he agreed to this over the phone when he phoned me, said payment would be within 3 working days ( on website it stated same day money transfer) waited 3 days as was over Christmas give them an extra week still no money.
e-mailed them again said they were having payment issues would receive payment within 3-5 working days, waited another week still no payment! phoned up said payment issues sorted will be within 3 working days... still no money after them 3 days!
Phoned up last week said i was on the emergency list and would be payed next day, waited 2 days still no payment. Phoned up again said i was on emergency list again and would be payed next day. Guess what still no payment 5 days later!
Tried to phone up all day yesterday no one answering phones, no reply to e-mails.
Phoned up today got through at 10am this morning spoke to Phillip again directly said i would be payed within 15 minutes..... 6 hours later still no payment!!!
Found Phillips personal mobile number on internet as he has a number of websites i believe and messaged him on whattsapp said i would be payed by end of the day and he could only make one payment per say??? strange!? ( he clearly doesn't have any money to pay for all his customers, he`s received our goods though) waited till end of the AGAIN NO MONEY IN MY BANK!!!

Is this classed as fraud? thinking of reporting it to action fraud to report cyber crime.

google his name and found a news article on him been in prison for blackmail! sex with a university lecturer then tried to blackmail him so he didn't tell his wife!

google his full name
Philip Anderson Ellis, see the news article on him for having prostituted sex with a university lecturer then trying to blackmail the man so he didn't tell his wife for £6000!
Got 30 months in prison!

defiantly same guy as same area of country, same name and age and picture matches his whattsapp picture and twitter account and linked in account picture

got last chance tomorrow before i go to the Cambridge news paper , sure they would love a news article on him for online scam hes committing! hes done 30 months in prison already!

forgotmyname

Phone and mobile on the crowdfunder site, does that match other contact details?

keeganhull

Yes they are the contact details, thats his mobile number hes replied to me on that but still ignores my messages since yesterday. When whatssapp shows he is online and read my messages.

Fightsback

keeganhull wrote: »

google his full name
Philip Anderson Ellis, see the news article on him for having prostituted sex with a university lecturer then trying to blackmail the man so he didn't tell his wife for £6000!
Got 30 months in prison!

Excellent detective work, what a devious person. Don't waste any time and report it to the Police immediately as in my opinion he's possibly running a scam. Given his antecedence I certainly would not consider him of good character.

Give Watchdog a call or the Daily Mail, they love this sort of thing. However he may not care as perhaps he might be into his old drug using ways.



Source:

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Academic-victim-blackmail/story-22353729-detail/story.html

grumbler

Fightsback wrote: »

...Don't waste any time and report it to the Police immediately

Unless it's a joke, reporting to the Police will be a waste of time. If they cared in the slightest there wouldn't be so many similar 'recycling' companies/scams around.

IMO, Small Claims Court is the only option in such cases, but it will be a waste of time too if the company doesn't have any assets to seize if it refuses to pay (most likely).

Fightsback

grumbler wrote: »

Unless it's a joke, reporting to the Police will be a waste of time.

Better than reporting it to the vicar

keeganhull

got my money transferred to me today, just leave him constant messages threatening to go to the police to report him for crime and to report him to the news paper he will finally transfer you the money!!

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nat200273

Hi All

Ok, good news. I reported them to trading standards after copious amounts of BullS*** from them and they acted. Received many emails from trading standards now and he has formally been interviewed. Now being passed for further action.