Posted by mutleyboy
Well I really didnt want it to come to this but my patience has finally given up.
Three weeks ago I arranged a trade with Trev. I sent him my phone and despite delays with royal mail he ended up receiving it on tuesday 15th september. He was going to send the phone to me that day but had a few problems and had to visit hospital. Fair enough, I didnt mind waiting while he got himself better.
Later on in the week I heard back from Trev and he told me he was going to post the phone and would send me the tracking number. I waited a couple of days and had not received the tracking number so got in touch. He told me it had been sent but according to the tracking code had not left grimsby yet. Again fair enough i thought as royal mail had been causing havoc with their strikes, I did ask for the tracking code again but never received it.
I left things be now until the next week and when there was still no sign of the phone I contacted Trev again. He explained he had had a few more problems and had had to go back and forth to hospital. Not a problem I thought, you cant help if you have health problems all of a sudden, but it then turns out he had not sent the phone when he said, but promised he would get it sent last friday special delivery now to make up for the delay and would pm me the tracking number. Thats the last I have heard from him.
Despite several PM's since then I have not heard a word from Trev and have still received no phone. Ok I thought maybe things had got worse and he had to stay in hospital, but then I find out on saturday he agreed a deal on a different trade with someone and has been in constant contact with them and posted the items to them which they received on tuesday. Yet still no contact for me about our deal and where my phone is.
It would seem he has chosen just to ignore my PM's and possibly hope I will forget about it and let it all blow over.
So this lengthy message is put here in the hope that it being public knowledge may make Trev appear to possibly explain what has been going on.
We shall see
[ This Message was edited by: mutleyboy on 2009-10-01 23:45 ]
Posted by goldenface
Hope you get it sorted matey.
Posted by Ridahz
Any update on this matey?
Posted by mutleyboy
yes sorry.
Had a PM today from trev. He has had some problems and is away from home at the moment but will arrange for a housemate to post the phone.
Will have to wait and see if this happens.
Will update next time I hear anything
Posted by tranced
he's been away even from twitter.
Posted by mutleyboy
yeah i had noticed that, but what annoyed me is the fact that while I have been waiting for the phone to be posted he managed to do a trade with someone else and post items off to them. I would be more understanding if he had not been able to post anything to anyone because of the problems he is experiencing
Posted by mutleyboy
still no news about the phone being posted
Posted by jj03
c'mon trev ya b*st*rd.
Posted by mutleyboy
still no phone or any contact from trevor
Posted by fatreg
posted this thread on his facebook page.
Posted by mutleyboy
cheers col,
he has explained to me a while ago about some personal problems and i was willing to wait for the phone until they were sorted, but its just been the lies saying it was posted, then turning out it wasnt etc and then in the meantime he was able to post a monitor and PSP to someone else in a trade
Posted by pmerryman
He has been on Facebookfor a while, any reply to you?
Posted by mutleyboy
nope not heard from him since oct 2nd now
Posted by mutleyboy
does trev have a contact number listed on his facebook page?
post been again today and no sign of anything or any contact from him.
Posted by pmerryman
PM for ya Mutleyboy
Posted by mutleyboy
cheers mr merryman
well I had a contact number and tried texting but it immediately came back as failed to deliver so it must be an inactive sim now.
**EDIT** tried calling the number, comes back as cannot be recognised
have sent an email to him instead
[ This Message was edited by: mutleyboy on 2009-10-08 14:34 ]
Posted by jirachi_002
I condole with what you feel, mutlerboy..It is such a disgusting feeling when you entrusted someone yet they've taken that advantage to fool you..---May God gave HIM the accurate lesson..
This message was posted from a WAP device
Posted by mutleyboy
well i guess I shouldnt be surprised but still no phone or any contact from trevor, either through here, twitter or by the email address I have for him
Posted by Mr Miyagi
sorry to hear what has is going on here with you mutley. I was just thinking have you considering bringing Police involvement in this? As you did send your handset to him if i read it right can you get the Police to look at this and maybe get them to pay him a visit?
Posted by jirachi_002
Exactly!I agree..Why dont you report this to a police?You have his address & for certain,someone signed the delivery notice as they've received the item..They dont have an excuse..
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Posted by mutleyboy
still no contact from trevor at all.
Will contact the police but to be honest I dont think they will be bothered at all. Still I do have the address so I could always go up and collect, even if the petrol cost will end up being more that what the trade was worth
Posted by Ridahz
Sorry to hear this mate, if you do go see him make sure you get petrol costs also, what a bellend. I cant stand people like this.
So much for Trusted Traders eh, there's always 1 loser who ruins it for the rest. I'd personally break his legs.
Posted by mutleyboy
well well, it seems trev has not died mysteriously or anything as i have found him active on another forum now, posting about the phone he received from miklsp in a trade
i have posted a reply there and told him i am going up to grimsby next week to collect what is owed if i dont hear from him
this is the thread on the other forum
also if anyone else wants to get in touch with him, contact me for his address
Posted by streetgang
username "Daytripstogrimsby" posts 1...............superb mate
Posted by mutleyboy
so trev is currently online on the site i linked to in my last post, sent him a message there lets see if he responds
**EDIT** I dont know why his address has been removed from my previous post. Why not put it on here if he is a scammer??
[ This Message was edited by: mutleyboy on 2009-10-23 16:12 ]
Posted by goldenface
mutley - go to the police or at least get their advice. He might even have a history of doing this stuff. You'll never know if you don't try.
Posted by mutleyboy
i will be contacting the police in grimsby the day before i go up there. Not going to say what day as trev is probably reading this and i dont want to let him know which day it will be as he could just go out for the day then
Posted by pmerryman
I hope this gets resolved, one way or the other. Taking liberties.
Posted by Sony α
Same happened with me, but I got the Handset I Traded - Police Action, I'd say.
Posted by MWEB
Reading your link regarding MikLsp and his device, i cant see it documented anywhere that he suffered any loss?, he really ought to say his piece here if that's the case.
Neanderthal and psychotic threats towards Mr Howson do nobody any favours either, the police will not be remotely interested in a matter such as this, i would be tempted to put this down to experience, what you gain on the roundabouts, you lose on the swings!!
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Well actually I remember about a year or so ago, Trev was in some kind of trouble where he was going to go to prison or something. Not sure if it turned out that way but he was in trouble for sure. Anyone else remember that? I think the police might just be interested.
Posted by Marly
Yes, I also remember, he feared he might have to go to prison, but was lucky and didn't have to, afaik.
@MWEB:
This is what MikLSP posted in the A-Z thread :
On 2009-10-19 00:33:10, MikLSP wrote:
As an unfortunate follow-on to my previous +ve....
Negativeive for Trev1982
While our trade initially went well Trevor told me before the items arrived that he'd forgotten to include the PSP battery and he'd send it out the next Monday. I had no problems with this but once Trev received the phone I was trading, all communications have stopped and he has ignored at least 15 PM's regarding the battery. Luckily it's only a minor item but this lack of comms and avoidance of the situation is enough to warrant a -ve as this would be a nightmare to deal with if it involved something valuable and I'm also aware of mutleyboy's unfortunate experience
Mik
[ This Message was edited by: Marly on 2009-10-24 01:35 ]
Posted by Rookwise
The prison thing was due to an employee he worked with in a bar accused him of stealing money. There was an investigation and he was cleared. If I remember right the person who accused him was actually the one stealing.
If I remember right. He then moved to london ??? for a while. Last contact I had with him was in the summer. He'd been in hospital due to a customer attacking him and someone else he works with.
Posted by fatreg
AFAIK he's back up North somewhere
Posted by mutleyboy
I was wondering when MWEB was going to pipe up, still sore about the supposed (non) deal he had with alexslane i guess, the difference in this case is a deal had actually been agreed and one party has already sent the goods. Not an offer being made and mistakenly assuming a deal is agreed before hearing back from the other party involved.
**EDIT** Obviously MWEB is still sore after noticing some of his twitter posts about this thread and myself, tempted to reimburse me just to shut me up, now that is funny what with his views on twitter about rights of free speech etc, is that a pot or a kettle i can see
I dont see anywhere where I have made any threats or neanderthal type comments towards trev, all I have stated is that I shall be taking a trip up to grimsby to recover what is rightfully mine, now if saying you are going to visit somewhere is considered a threat these days then I must live in a different world
[ This Message was edited by: mutleyboy on 2009-10-24 20:13 ]
Posted by jj03
so 'recover' isn't going to translate into any sorta violence then?...
Posted by Mr Miyagi
no point doing any violence. best thing is to let the Police know. Let them act up on this. Last thing you want is for you to be on the wrong side of the law because of this person.
Posted by mutleyboy
im not looking to partake in any violent conduct, im not silly and know that if I did that then despite trev being the one who had scammed me I would be the one who would end up in trouble with the law, so no violence, just will be going to collect my phone and request the cost of travel there and back. And if the money is not available I will accept other goods of what I consider to be of comparable value