Peo aka Peo Wahlberg - Con man

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When in doubt throw it out.
Greven there is an old addage that perhaps you have heard before and although it sounds cliche' it still rings true even in the world of pocket knives.
If a deal sounds too good to be true it probably is.
Maybe a few things to consider next time:
Take along a friend who knows something about identifying your target purchase. Two sets of eyes and two sets of ears can be called upon later to verify spoken promises and allusions.
Whether Trade or Purchase or Barter write up the details of your agreement and have all parties sign it. Peo alluded to details of your agreement from "way, way, way back before". All that should be in writing. Invest in a packet of carbon paper and make duplicates.
Ask for paperwork authenticating the product. $500 for a knife you are not sure is the real thing is too much of a financial risk.
Get a receipt for any and all monies exchanged and/or owed with balance and a transaction completion date.
Do a little homework and pay a visit to the chamber of commerce. Before you make any future purchases from private sales find out what your consumer rights are and what legal recourses there are if you are disatisfied. Knowledge is power.

Although everyone one here wants to help you and advise you an internet forum should be your last line of defense to say the least.
 
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RevDevil said:
Peo is no more. We do not want people with such a proud lack of ethics here. Greven, I would hope you have some recourse in your area to obtain your money/items back. We cannot afford to allow Peo to rip anyone else off.
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Nice job, Rev. His attitude was obvious. Just a matter of time until he made a bad deal here that he refused to make right as well... :thumbup:

Greykilt said:
When in doubt throw it out.
Greven there is an old addage that perhaps you have heard before and although it sounds cliche' it still rings true even in the world of pocket knives.
If a deal sounds too good to be true it probably is.
Maybe a few things to consider next time:
Take along a friend who knows something about identifying your target purchase. Two sets of eyes and two sets of ears can be called upon later to verify spoken promises and allusions.
Whether Trade or Purchase or Barter write up the details of your agreement and have all parties sign it. Peo alluded to details of your agreement from "way, way, way back before". All that should be in writing. Invest in a packet of carbon paper and make duplicates.
Ask for paperwork authenticating the product. $500 for a knife you are not sure is the real thing is too much of a financial risk.
Get a receipt for any and all monies exchanged and/or owed with balance and a transaction completion date.
Do a little homework and pay a visit to the chamber of commerce. Before you make any future purchases from private sales find out what your consumer rights are and what legal recourses there are if you are disatisfied. Knowledge is power.

Although everyone one here wants to help you and advise you an internet forum should be your last line of defense to say the least.
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Great suggestions. :)
 
Thanks all, but thanks goes to greven for letting us know about a potential disaster. I will continue to strongly urge folks doing transactions to read up on who is buying and who is selling. If you do the legwork, you are likely not to get burned.
 
Hi all.

Have to say something about the "Con Man Peo". I personally know him, and my impression of him is that sense hi met his beautiful wife, is that he has become a bit of a pussy. That hard, tough kid he was is gone (lucky you Greven). Anyways I've been doing business whit him for twenty years or so. And he is a STAND UP MAN. Most people in our hometown still respects him.
I've also seen the full email cor. P ask G if he needs money!! G says no?? P has no respect for G that's obvious. P is a pussy in my eyes because: when G threaten to back talk Ps wife thru a newspaper. He just give in and ship G a most expensive Italian switchblade "13. The old P wouldn't .
Ps I've just traded a fine Marfione C. Whit P
 
[QUOTE="JSF";13132646]Hi all.

Have to say something about the "Con Man Peo". I personally know him, and my impression of him is that sense hi met his beautiful wife, is that he has become a bit of a pussy. That hard, tough kid he was is gone (lucky you Greven). Anyways I've been doing business whit him for twenty years or so. And he is a STAND UP MAN. Most people in our hometown still respects him.
I've also seen the full email cor. P ask G if he needs money!! G says no?? P has no respect for G that's obvious. P is a pussy in my eyes because: when G threaten to back talk Ps wife thru a newspaper. He just give in and ship G a most expensive Italian switchblade "13. The old P wouldn't .
Ps I've just traded a fine Marfione C. Whit P[/QUOTE] :confused:

Just who are you and why should I believe anything you have to say about the matter?

No disrespect but you come outta nowhere and post an opinion on a controversial thread after only being registered for 1 day and 1 post, you'll have to do better than that if you expect to change my opinion. :rolleyes:
 
I don't want to change you or your believes. I'm just saying that P is not a con man. He has gotten his money back from the original seller. See he never knew the fake was a fake.
Sorry for being a newbie.
 
Who am I? I'm an old fart who likes to collect guns and knives. I'm a father. I'm a husband. I'm a dog owner. Why do I defend Peo when I think he's week? Because he is a truly nice man whith good stand up believes.


And the other one, had a lot of opportunitys to make this bad trade go positive.

1. Peo didn't know the blade was a fake. That's absolutely tru. Evan Greven knows that.
2. Greven was at Ps. house and sealed the deal, he is in Ps. eyes a better judge when it comes to folders.
3. Greven got about six knives and P three.
4. Six or seven weeks later P. gets the first meil. The strider is a fake. P. goes bananas ower this, he bought the knife for about $460.00-480.00. So he didn't believed it at first, but as a stand up man he is, he believed Grevens better judgment.
5. P. respond we trade back.
6. Greven have sold the sar6, that's when P. says go get another sar6, used or whatever he don't mind, I'll hold your three knives for a year.
7. Trash talk begin from Greven. Calling P. a con man al over the place. Please remember he knew that P. never ment to trade him a fake knife.

Anyway I don't like when people judge anyone whitout hearing the man they judging. Thought Americans didn't do that sort of acts anymore, you know hanging people without a trial.
 
Who am I? I'm an old fart who likes to collect guns and knives. I'm a father. I'm a husband. I'm a dog owner. Why do I defend Peo when I think he's week? Because he is a truly nice man whith good stand up believes.


And the other one, had a lot of opportunitys to make this bad trade go positive.

1. Peo didn't know the blade was a fake. That's absolutely tru. Evan Greven knows that.
2. Greven was at Ps. house and sealed the deal, he is in Ps. eyes a better judge when it comes to folders.
3. Greven got about six knives and P three.
4. Six or seven weeks later P. gets the first meil. The strider is a fake. P. goes bananas ower this, he bought the knife for about $460.00-480.00. So he didn't believed it at first, but as a stand up man he is, he believed Grevens better judgment.
5. P. respond we trade back.
6. Greven have sold the sar6, that's when P. says go get another sar6, used or whatever he don't mind, I'll hold your three knives for a year.
7. Trash talk begin from Greven. Calling P. a con man al over the place. Please remember he knew that P. never ment to trade him a fake knife.

Anyway I don't like when people judge anyone whitout hearing the man they judging. Thought Americans didn't do that sort of acts anymore, you know hanging people without a trial.
 
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