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I got scammed for $2.7K Beware

By Soulrider911

6 years ago


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#83 6 years ago
Quoted from ForceFlow:

For anyone who hasn't seen this before, this is required reading, especially if you aren't picking up a game in person:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/how-to-not-get-ripped-off-in-pinball-vids-guide/

The one I am really looking forward to reading is "Vid's Guide to Getting Even with Scammers [or anyone else who deserves it]"

Per the Kuleks' insistence that Pinside is an "adult website," there's no reason for vid1900 to pull any punches describing the proper technique.

#151 6 years ago
Quoted from CaptainNeo:

Ever since then. I get scam email or phone calls about twice a week over the past 13 years. I enjoy wasting their time and resources as much as I can. Nothing is more satisfying than having them fedex over a payment overnight because they think you will sell the game to someone else, when they think they have you on the hook to fork over overpayment. Costs them a fortune to fedex an overnight payment. Then you tell them you didn't get it and have them send another. It's hilarious how pissed they get. Or when they give you instructions on how the deal is going to go down, and you keep repeating it back to them completely wrong. Many times i'm extremely entertained with screwing with them. I am collecting many fake m.o., cashier checks and everything else to make a nice framed mural dedicated to their stupidity.

There are entire websites devoted to documenting this sort of thing and they make for some very entertaining reading!

Keep it up! You are fighting the good fight!

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