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Market => Rumor mill => Topic started by: rocko71s_alt on December 10, 2012, 10:54 am
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So I decided to order an ounce of weed from a guy on Wednesday. On Thursday he asks me to FE (his user page did mention it and he's got a good score) so I so, and then don't think much of that. Yes, I know. Pretty fucking stupid of me, if someone should have known better it was me. For some reason on Friday I notice that the vendor score is gone from his name, and if I click on the name it goes to the "send a message" page.
Did the guy just empty his account and delete it? Looks like that's what happened. Good thing I wasn't ordering a QP...
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Yeah that means he isn't a seller anymore. Shit dude why did you finalize early??! And this is your first post on the forums...if you were going to release your funds to a vendor before the product came you should have been on here actively searching and posting and asking questions, man! The number is a good thing to initially judge a vendor on but for future reference if you want to have a 100% good experience here on the road it requires more effort than that :)
good luck!
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dude...
yep, looks like you got done.
ive just put a large order through SR too...hoping i dont get the same treatment as you buddy.
all the best, good luck in future SR trading
123
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Was it MTLJOHN?
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Was it MTLJOHN?
basically mate, nothing.
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Was it MTLJOHN?
What's the story with that guy?
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12345, you got to be kidding ? you went with mtljohn after starting a thread asking for info on him and getting pages of bad replies ? cmon.
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Sorry, that's a hard lesson to learn. Had you even looked here for that name you would have never made that decision. The forum is here for a reason. There is tons of knowledge here that will make sure your stay here is safe and fun. But only if you use it.
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12345, you got to be kidding ? you went with mtljohn after starting a thread asking for info on him and getting pages of bad replies ? cmon.
well he is nothing isnt he? hes a nobody.
i aint went with nobody. he sounds like an autistic kid going through purberty lol
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If this is MTLJohn then this is ridiculous.
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If this is MTLJohn then this is ridiculous.
Unfortunately its a side effect of banning him
He required FE on all orders. If he gets banned, whats the point of making his customers whole ? He doesnt give a shit.
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I'm the guy from the OP (was having password problems earlier). I'm not as inexperienced as one may think. Anyway, I've FE'd early before and was happy about the resulting transaction, but yeah, mtljohn was singularly cavalier about customer service even before he got banned.
Anyway, he has a number of orders for local customers and it would be in his interest to fill at least those out. Or maybe become Torontojohn or something.
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Not everyone who uses SilkRoad visits the forums, I wish it was possible for SilkRoad to get rid of this shameless parasite permanently, OP isn't the only one who to fe'd, mtljohn's feedback indicated this, more cases like this might crawl out of the woodwork, I hope this doesn't happen, but it is a possibility :(
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I've actually been around for some time and have seen names come and go (especially on the Montreal scene for some reason). That being said it is entirely correct to say that I should have looked over the forums. Sometimes we cut corners, don't do the homework and we end up with egg on face. No biggie, just $300 or so that could have been better spent, but it does go to show that a little cautiousness goes a long way.
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I've actually been around for some time and have seen names come and go (especially on the Montreal scene for some reason). That being said it is entirely correct to say that I should have looked over the forums. Sometimes we cut corners, don't do the homework and we end up with egg on face. No biggie, just $300 or so that could have been better spent, but it does go to show that a little cautiousness goes a long way.
I'm happy to hear $300 isn't a big deal to you, it would be to some people, I can imagine some poor person having their christmas ruined by loosing that amount, money they've saved up and worked hard for, it sickens me, still I feel for you. Pleased to read on another thread SilkRoad has raised the price for a vendors account to $500, I hope scams will be few and far between now. All the best to you rocko71, if we don't cross paths again I wish you a very happy christmas and new year :)
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I have read this mtljohn has at least 3 different forum accounts and had 2 vendor accounts last I knew (haven't been keeping up because after reading about him, I would NEVER order from him). If he got rocko for $300 and 12345 and as Princess said, many other people FE'd, he probably got away with quite a bit of $$$$. I think he is the same person who took fred for a bunch $. I highly doubt he will be filling his 'local orders'.
It sucks to be scammed, but it seems like these scammers reappear and create a new vendor account, so definitely be wary of any new vendor accounts in Montreal. I hate to wish ill on people, but how can you rip someone during the holidays? WHat kind of scum does that? Hopefully the only present this 'mtljohn' will be receiving is a meteor which just happens to fall out of the sky and hits him square in his rocking chair!
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i think sr have got the right idea raising...
however they should do something along the line of if after 6 months you have 98 percent feedback you should get 50 percent back.
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So I decided to order an ounce of weed from a guy on Wednesday. On Thursday he asks me to FE (his user page did mention it and he's got a good score) so I so, and then don't think much of that. Yes, I know. Pretty fucking stupid of me, if someone should have known better it was me. For some reason on Friday I notice that the vendor score is gone from his name, and if I click on the name it goes to the "send a message" page.
Did the guy just empty his account and delete it? Looks like that's what happened. Good thing I wasn't ordering a QP...
Shit. I went the normal course of browsing his vendor page, and scanning the forums - he seemed to be in good standing. Now I find out that I'm out of... well, too embarrassed to say how much.
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So I decided to order an ounce of weed from a guy on Wednesday. On Thursday he asks me to FE (his user page did mention it and he's got a good score) so I so, and then don't think much of that. Yes, I know. Pretty fucking stupid of me, if someone should have known better it was me. For some reason on Friday I notice that the vendor score is gone from his name, and if I click on the name it goes to the "send a message" page.
Did the guy just empty his account and delete it? Looks like that's what happened. Good thing I wasn't ordering a QP...
Shit. I went the normal course of browsing his vendor page, and scanning the forums - he seemed to be in good standing. Now I find out that I'm out of... well, too embarrassed to say how much.
I really hope your the type of person who likes to admit when hes/she is wrong...
You spent a bunch with me and all has been shipped, it should be there soon and when it does I hope you will come back here and clear things up..
Thanks.
John
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No one would be more happy to be "proved wrong" (although I really don't think I made any accusations myself).
However as of close of day Friday you still haven't proved any of your detractors wrong. And I was so ready to cheer for you and all.
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No one would be more happy to be "proved wrong" (although I really don't think I made any accusations myself).
However as of close of day Friday you still haven't proved any of your detractors wrong. And I was so ready to cheer for you and all.
I did not quote you when i made the comment.... Your package was sent tuesday... some went out moday. It is totally normal that it is nbot be there yet. please relax a tad and wait till the mail resumes next week, it is also the holidays and all mail is taking a while...
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I retract my statement, I'll wait for the packages and update in a few days
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I wouldn't hold my breath. He says he shipped Tuesday but the package still isn't in by COB on Monday (just checked).
I've received stuff faster from the guys in South Africa. I get mail in two days from BC... and the guy's supposed to be pretty close. He's sent nothing out. He's probably going to claim a postal problem... a postal problem I haven't had in a single transaction until this.
And frankly at this point I consider it a lesson anyway. I mean, I ordered the stuff on Wednesday the 5th, on Thursday the guy asks me to FE and tells me he's going to ship Friday (7th), but once I FE'd he said it would go out Monday (despite my requesting directly he send stuff out on the Friday). Then he gets banned and he's been spending the past week trolling the forums instead of delivering. I mean, even if he were to deliver at this point (yeah right) the order is 12 days old which makes him the worst seller I've dealt with on SR, even without all the fucking forums drama.
Sorry but even if he's not outright scamming me he's proven completely incompetent.
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ill let everyone know next week whether my first significant order has been a con. should be expecting the package any time now....but theres always that slight feeling of worry on your first big order.
i didnt use mtljohn, i used another seller, he/she seems like a good person. will admit, person seemed a lot nicer before i paid lol.
all in good time anyway, im sure the vendor i used is legit.
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I've been here long enough that I should have known better than to finalize early. I've learnt my lesson, perhaps it needed to cost me money to "stick". I've let this bother me long enough, time to let go and just take advantage of the weed that I have received :)
edit: by which I mean, weed I got from another vendor, just to be clear, ordered 2 days after I made the other transaction...
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probably was mtljohn mate.
hopefully it wont happen again buddy, just dont fe early.
all the best
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Indeed, my new first commandment will be "thou shalt not finalize early" lol
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I retract my statement, I'll wait for the packages and update in a few days
Well, nothing so far. I wanted to give him credit for replying / updating, when really he had nothing more to gain (unless he needed to keep up appearances to scam more people)
If it arrives, I'll be here in an instant to let you all know. Until then, the gentlemen with the baseball bats are getting touchy
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4 days on....you got it yet?
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Nope. At this point, I would treat it's arrival as an awesome Christmas present, but completely unexpected.
So I'll come clean and say I was 6qps deep on that order. I've been able to stay in business, fortunately, but it's quite a setback.
And to anyone interested in letting me know the importance of escrow/vendor history/how guillible I just was, I'm quite aware.