Thanks
willy88
! I glanced both. I think one was in English or partly at least. I want to get his name out there to Italian collectors too.
I updated the title and added the following to the top of my initial post.
Here's the summary of what happened. fabio gentili (ebay user id- fabigentil-1) contacted me about a ZT0452CFM390BLU (it's a sprint run of the Zero Tolerance 0452) I was selling on ebay. We negotiated terms, most important being that he accepted the risk of loss and usps first class international, which he told me was tracked in Italy, would be used. fabio gentili filed an item not received case with ebay and his money was refunded. My package tracked to Italy and then nothing. I called Italian postal service and they told me usps first class international does not track in Italy. An Italian member here in the thread confirmed that first class does not track in Italy.
fabio gentili lied to me about accepting the risk of loss and the package being trackable. It's possible (likely?) he lied about not receiving the knife. He is a dishonest, lying, scammer and should be avoided by anyone who he tries to deal with.
Here's his complete information. I tried reasoning with him by email and even a phone call. He chose to be a scammer unfortunately.
fabio gentili
via Pordenone 21
roma, RM 00182
Italy
fabigentil-1 on Ebay
fabiolinogentili@gmail.com (he blocked me so please feel free to contact him and give him the link to this thread. We talked about BladeForums in our deal. He claimed to be a lurker here and reddit. Maybe he's man enough to join and explain his actions.)
+39 3201189011 (I called and talked with him last week. I haven't tried again but I'm thinking he probably blocked me.)
I had to take a step back from thinking about this transaction. I was becoming obsessed with it. I feel better about the situation now. I look at it as I'm out my knife, shipping costs, the waisted time and frustration. I got some $ from him and then ebay took it back so I never had it. I did have the knife and that's likely gone. I've lost knives before, it sucks right!
My wife lost her Dalton Titanium Guardian Angel on a hike up a stream. She realized it at the car after the hike. We went back to the creek the next weekend because she thought she knew where it was. We got to the spot, it was at the base of a wood ladder built to climb up a small waterfall, and she found the knife. It spent the week at the bottom of the shallow creek. Screws had patina but that's it for wear.
Anyway, my point is if she can have a crazy knife recovery story maybe I get one right! I'm going to post a picture of the knife in the thread to bump it. Maybe it shows up somewhere online.
I'm also going to see if there's any legal actions I can take. Possibly file a police report in his part of Rome. Possibly contact the customs office in Italy. One of my best friends, trained with me in Mixed Martial Arts for a long time, is a criminal defense attorney in Alaska. It's not his specialty to deal with something like this but I think he's going to help me.
Be careful shipping international. Make sure you're method of choice can be tracked. I'm stepping back from international shipping for a while. If I can get this resolved with either my knife or $ from fabio then I might consider doing it again. This transaction has been a bummer!
Here's the Stolen Knife: Zero Tolerance 0452CFM390BLU (ZT0452CFM390BLU) Serial # 0444
Please contact me by PM or robcelani at hotmail if you see this knife!
