Hi all, Last week I was browsing Evolution and found a vendor, Budbroker, who had extremely appealing prices on product. I messaged him on Torchat asking about prices and what his shipping options were looking like. He responded that all torchat orders get upgraded shipping and extras and generally made it seem to be mutually benefiting. Because he had great feedback at the time and a high level on EVO, I decided to trust him and send him the funds. He gave me an order number and told be it should be at my door in 2-4 days (his exact words were thurs-fri). Since then he has gone completely MIA on both Evolution and Torchat, unable to respond to any questions or tracking requests by myself. I've been scouring up every bit of information I can about him and it sounds like he has been doing similar things to other customers lately. I am extremely nervous about being scammed as there is obviously no way to get my money back at this time, and no way to contact the vendor. I'm being patient and hoping he just lied about the shipping and it will end up coming sometime this week but this whole situation seems so insane, why would a relatively popular vendor suddenly scam for only a small handful of cash and then immediately drop off the radar for an extended time???
Any advice, comments, back-rubs, stories, or explanations would be extremely appreciated
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