Possible UK Vendor Selective Scammer - DataProV (Evo)

I placed an order with him on 29th December (in the early hours) for 3.5g of his "K"aze weed.

I also placed an order for 3.5g of hash and a couple of etizolam pills from 2 other vendors at the same time.

DataProV marked it shipped the next day and gave an estimated delivery time of 30th December.

The other 2 orders were marked as dispatched late at night on the 29th.

30th - and nothing came through the letter box. No biggie, since I guessed RM was still catching up with their xmas post.

31st - and only the pills arrived. I'd have loved some smoke for new year but wasn't disappointed since I had the mindset of "if anything arrives.. NICE! if not, ah well". I had already prepared myself for nothing for new year, but at least I had a nice relaxing night with the pills hahah

2nd of January and the hash landed but still no sign of the weed from DataProV.

Skip forward to the 7th of January, when things are just taking too long, and the only time I've ever waited this long (wasn't at xmas time though) was when there wasn't enough postage on the package, so I'd get the card through the door to go pick it up (usually after 10 days after the item was marked as shipped). This has happened a few times to me, so I was used to delays like this. But with RM catching up on xmas post, bad weather in certain parts of the UK, and maybe not enough postage just made me that bit more patient.

So I messaged DataProV on the 7th to let him know that nothing has arrived and not to think I was one of those idiots who don't finalize for ages after a package arrives. I ALWAYS finalize 10mins after a package lands since I'm always in when the postie comes. It's only fair that the vendor should get their money asap since they were good enough to send it in the first place and not fuck about.

I asked him if any on else hadn't received due to those reasons above. He replied in a couple of hours saying no and to phone the PO to see if there was anything there. He also advised me to dispute since the auto finalize was going to do its thing on the 11th. Wish I'd listened to him...

Anyway, skip to the 10th after quite a few messages were exchanged over the previous days, and he was very helpful and very responsive. He did state that his listings say he would not refund non-tracked mail but he'd see what he could do in this instance.

NOTE: I've been doing this shit since SR1 days and not one package has ever gone missing. So this was the first time I was in this situation and of course, believing he sent it, I did worry about him thinking I was a scammer, since post NEVER goes missing eh?

So the 10th.. I message him telling him that I believe he sent it, but don't want to go to dispute since that would mean that I didn't believe he sent it (afterall, his feedback was great - 400+positives mostly for the weed.. only 9 or so negatives at the time were from his fullz listings). So idiotically I finalized for him.

He said he'd do a reship on my next order which would be tracked. I understood this to be standard. So yeah, I made another order for the same amount just so I didn't lose out on my first one.

All of his listings at this point were FE, and so was the custom order he did for me. I don't know if it was the surreal situation I found myself in, but I stupidly went through the motions and bought the listing. DOH! It wasn't til after that I realised what I'd just done. Why the hell would he have FE on a tracked order?? So instead of looking stupid to him, I just said that I was going to finalize anyway and that I was glad he put that in place.

That 2nd order was marked shipped on the 15th, the day after I bought the listing. So yeah, days passed and still nothing.

NOTE: The second order was to a different address in case LE got the first package and were watching the first address.

I messaged him on the 19th and told him still no show, and can he provide the tracking number. He replied saying I could be LE and giving the tracking number out would compromise his "buddy". He told me it was stuck in Birmingham and that if it didn't turn up today, then he'd give me the tracking number.

I replied saying that if the package lands, and if I was LE, then I'd have the tracking number anyway... but yeah if it's in Birmingham, then it should land tomorrow (today).

He also said in a message prior that he'd offer a reship. Yeah alarm bells started ringing there.

So today, still nothing. I messaged him telling him that and could I have the tracking number. No response as yet.

I also notice that he's had some negative feedbacks for undelivered weed (one was for an oz and another for a Q).

So I warn anyone thinking about buying from him, to stay away for now. Sure his weed is cheap for those shopping on a budget (that's why I bought in the first place, so I could have some hash too haha). If this post convinces just one person to not buy from him, I'll be happy.

At this point, after waiting every single fucking day for almost a month for something to drop, I've given up ever seeing anything from him. I've already kissed goodbye to my money and am kissing goodbye to DNMs for now. So it's back to shitty street weed and the associated shitty deals, but at least I get SOMETHING for my money.

The positive is, I can now leave him 2 feedbacks..

I'll keep this thread updated with whatever transpires.


Comments


[5 Points] ulteriorm0tive:

This guy has executed a HUGE exit scam on Evolution. Here's the return policy on his profile:

'I know people often ask.

I am / was a small time vendor and made the following in 10 weeks.

Legit Income: £12,950 Exit Scam: £34,900

Total: £47,850

Or a little under £5,000 a week.

Huge apologies, Most of you it won't effect. Some of you, it will... Some for over £10,000!

Peace out guys.'

Fuck!


[2 Points] hashbong:

Damn guys, I don't know if it's a coincidence or not that he exit scammed today after I created this thread yesterday. Well, at least he'll not be stringing me along anymore. That's the worst part of these scamming fuckheads. Making you believe something will land.. every damn day...

I did wake up today thinking about why he all of a sudden changed his listings to FE though and was about to mention here an exit scam was a possibility. Damn was I shocked when I logged onto Evo first to leave negative feedback. Did not think he'd do it today!

Sorry to all you guys who lost out. I wish I hadn't been as patient with him :/


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[1 Points] anonfe:

I ordered a Q of silver 'kaze' on the 6th January arrived in 2 days but was underweight by a gram which isn't on.. but That's shit man sorry u got scammed I lost £150 at Xmas to mrpefs exit scam


[1 Points] anonfe:

People need to tell evo asap he is scamming as iv seen more bad reviews today all saying they didn't received.. I guess I got really really lucky to get my ''6g Q'' bit of advice don't trust any vendor and always try keep your btc in escrow even if it means shopping around a bit more


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[1 Points] wankbullets:

I got caught out by this guy too. Had a lot of good feedback and it was a decent priced weed.

Nowt turns up. No comms of the vendor. Unless he's got the ebola I'm calling a big ole ES


[1 Points] MattyHchrist:

I too have fell victim to this guy recently. Paid extra for the 'recorded delivery', nothing arrived, no reply to the messages. Today I got a message from Evolution saying the order had been cancelled. Tried going onto the Dataprov user account but it has been disabled, presumably for scamming. Piece of shit.


[0 Points] sullyrb:

tldr, vendor told him to dispute and he didn't so it auto finalised. op is a retard and the vendor is not to blame.