I purchased an Imperial Guard army from Dalymiddleboro for $260. He said he shipped it and the post office said it would arrive on the following monday. I waited and a few days passed and nothing arrived, so I sent him a message. He then told me that his friend just told him they his friend forgot to ship it (this concerned me since daly said the post office told HIM that is would arrive on monday). Daly then told me he would ship it out thursday Holoween. I asked for pictures to be sent to me of everything in a single shot and that he would provide me with a tracking number, he said he would. Thursday came and went and nothing happened. He said his buddy couldn't meet with him and that he would send me a pic of everything in a single shot as well as provide me with a tracking number friday. Friday came and went and he no longer sent me anything.
He was online on 2013/11/01 and posted on a forum, he did not reply to my messages. He was again online on 2013/11/08 and posted on a forum, he did not reply to me messages. I am really concerned I was scammed, and I spent about $150 on things to add to what he gave me that have little value on their own and will be hard to sell (and I will lose at least 50% of what I spent by re-selling everything). I am really concerend, what do you guys think? Here is a list of all the communication between us:
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***DakkaDakka Conversation***:
Ryan_A (me):
“2013/10/11
I am interested in everything. I would like to know the price on the individual models and then was wondering what the price would be if I bought them all.
1 vendetta
2 manticores Well painted
6 Chimera
1 Company command squad
4 Heavy weapons bases
50 cadian guardsman 6 plasmas
Thank you.”
Dalymiddleboro:
“2013/10/11
I can do the whole lot for 460, retail on the whole lot would be 600. I got several inquiries to piece it out but you're the only one looking to buy as a whole so let me know!”
Ryan_A (me):
“2013/10/11
Sorry, that is too much for me. I would however be interested in the prices for piecing it out.”
Dalymiddleboro:
“2013/10/14
Just letting you know I'm willing to Get rid of the of for 300.”
Ryan_A (me):
“2013/10/14
I'd be interested, could you send me some pictures?”
Dalymiddleboro:
“2013/10/14
Sure thing”
Ryan_A (me):
“2013/10/15
Would just like to say I am still interested in your guard and still would love some pics.”
Dalymiddleboro:
“2013/10/16
will get them to you today.”
Dalymiddleboro:
“2013/10/16
May I have your email address so I can send you pics of the guard?”
Ryan_A (me):
“2013/10/16
Ryan_A@aol.com”
Dalymiddleboro:
“2013/10/16
sent. As stated the vendetta is primed forest green only. about 40 of the 50 cadians are half built and just need their arms assembled. Basic cadian colors. The heavy weapons squads have las and auto cannons and just need to be assembled.”
Ryan_A (me):
“2013/10/16
I got the picture. Would you be able to take pics of any of the others? I would like to see everything. Also, I currently just went to the pawn shop and I have $257 exactly. I was wondering if that would be enough. If it is, once I get a pic of everything I will send it to you with paypal (if that is ok). I figure ebay would take about that much in commission anyway. If you respond in the next 3 hours I will be able to read it before I leave for the night.”
Dalymiddleboro:
“2013/10/16
I'll do it for 260, only if you can make the pay pal happen tonight. Only reason I'm dumping them off so cheap is I have a bill that needs to be paid. I'll get you the rest of the pics. As stated the guardsman and weapons teams need to be built so there's not much as far as pics can go for them. I'll get you a pic though of the command squad and the vendetta”
Ryan_A (me)
“2013/10/16
$260 is great. Give me your paypall information and I will send you the money as soon as I get the pictures. I leave for the night in 3 hours, but I will get back 5 hours after that, so I can pay you at night.
My address is:
Ryan Anderson
2112 Myrtle
PL SE
Olympia
WA, 98501
USA”
Dalymiddleboro:
“2013/10/16
pics incoming now. the bill is due within the next few hours so if you can get that to me asap that would be huge.”
Dalymiddleboro:
“2013/10/16
pics sent”
Dalymiddleboro:
“2013/10/16
Got your address. Pay pal email = Dalym1985@gmail.com”
Ryan_A (me):
“2013/10/16
I noticed the vendetta didn't have any weapons under its wings and that some of the chimeras were missing some other bits. I was wondering if you still had them and if you would ship them with the rest.”
Dalymiddleboro:
“2013/10/16
I have the vendetta parts still on sprue, the chimeras came as is as part of the collection. For the price your getting these at that really shouldn't be an issue though
lol.”
Ryan_A (me)
“2013/10/16
Not an issue at all, I was just wondering what I needed, I am going to my
FLGS and they let me swap bits with their big box of bits, so I wanted to know what to look for. Thank you for your information, by the time you are reading this I should have the paypal transfer completed!”
Ryan_A (me)
“2013/10/16
Alright, just got back from the pawn shop and hahked a game and deposited the rest into my account. Now I just got back and sent the money to your address! Everything should be good! I hope I got it sent to you in time!”
Ryan_A (me)
“2013/10/16
Well, I am heading out for the night, but I will be back in about 5 o 6 hours. I was wondering if everything went through well and if I sent you the payment in time.”
Ryan_A (me)
“2013/10/16
Was wondering when would you be able to send everything? I was hoping to get it before next Wednesday. I know you can't control the postal service, but I figured if it is sent by early friday it should get here Tuesday/Wednesday ish. Anyway, glad we could work everything out, good luck with your daemon army
btw!”
Ryan_A (me)
“2013/10/17
I have some errands to run, I was going to go now, but I saw you were online. I am ganna stick around for a while, so we could
PM eachother, just want to make sure everything went through!”
Dalymiddleboro:
“2013/10/17
yes sir went through fine, stuff is going in the mail tomorrow!”
Ryan_A (me)
“2013/10/17
Awesome! So glad I could get it through to you in time!”
Ryan_A (me)
“2013/10/24
Hey, I just wanted to ask when you sent the package, its the tail end of Thursday and nothing so far. I may be headin out of town for a day and was wondering if needed to ask somebody to watch the mail for me.”
Dalymiddleboro:
“2013/10/24
Hey, the post office told me it would arrive Monday.”
Ryan_A (me)
“2013/10/24
Alright, I'll be looking forward to monday then!”
Dalymiddleboro:
“2013/10/28
Hey man, so according to my friend the stuff never got sent out. I don't have a car, and he was going to run it down with some stuff he had to ship. Apparently, the stuff was left in his trunk and he just noticed today... What we can do: When I get payed Friday, I can refund you. OR I am going to meet him Thursday and get my stuff back and I can personally ship it out. Sorry about this... I'm a verified trader on here and have done several large trades. I don't want to hurt my name on here so let me know how you want to resolve this! Again, I am VERY sorry about the misunderstanding...”
Ryan_A (me)
“2013/10/28
Im glad you sent me this, I was getting very worried. I am still very concerned about this. However, I still do want the Imperial Guard. I would appreciate it if you could ship the guard to me as soon as you can. I just want to say that I am poor, I don't have a job, and I am going through a lot of mental issues right now. Painting
40k miniatures has really helped me get through these times and I would just ask that you please don't take my money and run. If you could ship the package with a tracking number and supply me with the tracking number as soon as you ship it, it would put my mind a little at ease. If you could have your friend take a picture of everything and write "Dalymiddleboro 10/28/13" on a piece of paper and have that piece of paper be in the picture and send it to my phone (360) 584-3301 , I would really appreciate it. Right now I am really concerned that you may not have the items at all and you may just take the money and run.
I am very concerned, especially considering you sent me this: "Hey, the post office told me it would arrive Monday."
So if you can do anything to put my mind at ease I would appreciate it. As I have said, I am going through some mental troubles and I may go to a mental hospital some time soon, so if I do not reply to your messages for a while, that is why.
I just ask that you please don't take my money and run, and I would really appreciate it if you could do anything to put my mind at ease.”
Dalymiddleboro:
“2013/10/28
I'm absolutely not here to rip anyone off. I'm actually pretty pissed at my friend for not shipping the stuff and letting me know so late. I've made several trades on this site so I assure you that I'm not here to gip you what so ever. I'll have the stuff out thursday for you. Again, I'm sorry about the mix up sir. I hope you feel better.”
Ryan_A (me)
“2013/10/28
Thank you, I appreciate you telling me what is going on.”
Ryan_A (me)
“2013/10/28
Given the circumstances, I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a picture of everything with your phone or something and send me a pic message to (360)584-3301. Also, I would greatly appreciate it if you could give me a tracking number. Those two things would help me be more confident about this trade.”
Ryan_A (me)
“2013/10/31
Hey, its thursday night and I havn't gotten a message from you for a while. Just wanted to check in to see what is going on.”
Ryan_A (me)
“2013/10/31
I see you are online right now, so I am really hoping we can have a conversation.”
Dalymiddleboro:
“2013/10/31
Hey dude, my buddy's babies momma got roped into something and he had to take him trick or treating, I'm seeing him tomorrow to get the models. I'll shoot you a text when I get them.”
Ryan_A (me)
“2013/10/31
Please do. Would you be able to send me a picture message of everything? Also, would you be able to do shipping tracking? Thanks for replying so fast.”
Dalymiddleboro:
“2013/10/31
You got it man, I'll shoot you a pic message when he hands me the stuff.”
******NOTE!*** This is the last message I have received from Dalymiddleboro, as of writing this, it is 2013/11/8**********
Ryan_A (me)
“2013/10/31
Thank you so much, that will really put my mind at ease.”
Ryan_A (me):
“2013/11/01
I see you are online. Please tell me what is going on. I have not received a picture of all of the models together nor have I received a tracking number.”
Ryan_A (me):
“2013/11/01
I've been up for around 26 hours and am heading to bed. Send me a text message to let me know to look at my private messages on dakka dakka so I can wake up for a bit to read it and respond. I really need this issue to be resolved soon, its getting to me, I've already spent around $150 just based on upgrading the models I purchased from you. When you reply to this and the previous message, txt me at 360-584-3301 to let me know to look at my dakka dakka private messages.”
Ryan_A (me):
“2013/11/01
Please respond as soon as you can, I am losing sleep over this, I have too much anxiety with this and everything else that is going on.”
Ryan_A (me):
“2013/11/02
Just thought I would let you know, that I plan to file a dispute with paypal if by the end of the day since I have not gotten a picture of everything together nor a tracking number. I'd just like you to know that opening a dispute is more about me letting paypal know that I havn't received my package than me not understanding how circumstances can make things difficult. I'm not saying that I don't trust you nor am I saying I don't want to go through with the transaction, I do. But please, you told me you would send me a picture of everything and that you would ship everything yesterday. In fact you said you would ship it out the day before yesterday. You also said that it had already shipped out a week ago. I am really losing my patience. Like I said, I have already spent more than $150 on things to ADD to what I bought from you, I can't use them alone, nor could I sell them back (and I would be losing a lot of money if I sold them on ebay), so please, help me put my mind at ease and provide me with a picture of everything and a tracking number.”
Ryan_A (me):
“2013/11/03
Hey, just wanted to let you know I filed a dispute with paypal. A dispute is only saying I have not received my item, I can still upgrade it to a claim later on, but I don't plan to and I really don't want to. I really need you to take a picture of all the items together and I really need you to ship it out with a tracking number. If for some reason (though I can't imagine what) you can't do either of these, PLEASE, send the item in the mail immediately. I am under a TON of stress and anxiety, this is making me really sick, like physically sick. I spent a little over $150 on plans to upgrade the vehicles in the picture that I can't get back and I really need the army I bought. I plan to submit a report of everything thats going on in the dakka dakka if I don't receive sufficient info from you by monday night (tomorrow night). I don't want to do that, so please respond with the things I have asked you to. I see that you have not posted anything since friday at 6pm, so I am giving you two additional days leniency, otherwise I would have posted the report on dakka dakka today. PLEASE! Send me a picture of everything together and/or a tracking number. PLEASE! I am under a TON of mental duress with everything going on in my life. I have severe depression, bi polar, anxiety disorder, and PTSD. I have PTSD because this summer I was staying with my dad and he beat me and my little brother up. There are two court cases going on, one for two counts of assault/domestic violence on my father, and the other to change the parenting plan so my brother can stay with my mom and me full time. Both trials I am going to have to testify against my dad (who my whole family now has restraining orders against). I have a ton of anxiety from all of this and I can't get more than 3 hours of sleep without having night terrors. I am doing terrible mentally, and this is exacerbating things. PLEASE help me out here and send me a pic of everything together and/or a tracking number.”
Ryan_A (me):
“2013/11/05
Please send me a message, I saw you were online for sec but didn't send me a private message.”
Ryan_A (me):
“2013/11/06
Hey, you told me you didn't want me to post a transaction report and damage your rep on dakka, so Im giving you until friday to respond to me until I make a transaction report on the swap shop.”
Ryan_A (me):
“2013/11/06
This is my phone number: (360)584-3301. PLEASE call me. I need to know what is going on. My anxiety is causing me to have panic attacks and this ordeal isn't helping. Please, I just want to know what is going on.”
Ryan_A (me):
“2013/11/08
Its friday, I havn't hear anything from you in 8 days. I am filing a transaction report on Dakka Dakka. Please call or text me at (360) 584-3301.”
***AOL conversation***:
dalymiddleboro@gmail.com (michael daly):
“2013/10/16
Vendetta is primed forest green, nothing else. And the guardsmen are half painted / assembled just need to slap their arms on.” This email included a picture of 8 tanks
“2013/10/16
Has flying base. Just not pictured” This email included a picture of a flyer being held by somebody with a tattooed arm.
“2013/10/16” This email included a picture of a few miniature models.
Ryan_A@aol.com (Ryan Anderson) (me)”
“2013/11/7
Hey, this is Ryan from Dakka Dakka, I noticed you havn't been on in a while and hadn't returned my messages. I really need to know what is going on, have you shipped my items yet? Could you provide me with a tracking number? Please set my mind at ease.”
***Paypall Communication***
Ryan Anderson:
“2013/11/3
We have been talking on dakka dakka (a website about gaming figurines, which is what I purchased) and you have stated that you still have not shipped my order out. I am very concerned that you will not, its been quite some time and you told me you would have shipped this out a week ago, then you said you were going to ship it out thursday, then you said you were going to ship it out friday, and you still have not shipped it out. I am very concerned that you may not even have the items and that you intend to take my money and not send me the items I purchased. I've asked for a picture of everything together in a single picture and for a tracking number for shipping and you have not given me either. Its been three days since you have last replied to anything I have sent you on the forum. Please send me a picture of everything in one picture and then ship the product with a tracking number and provide me with the number.”
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attached are the three pictures supplied by daly in emails.
