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I have to vent, sorry.
Member Portlandreign81 sold me a Todd Begg Carbon Fiber/Titanium Bodega on another site for a too good to be true price and this is the story.
I saw a Todd Begg Carbon Fiber/Titanium Bodega pop-up on another site for $775.00 (not a Field Grade, the good stuff) and turned to my wife immediately to say "this is too good to be true" but I bought it anyhow. I contacted Portlandreign81 (seller from now on) immediately thinking that something would go wrong, it had to. I thought to myself that he was going to back out because he appears to be a person who understands the value of this knife and this transaction doesn't make sense. But being that I had the money laying around I thought I would roll the dice and I did this only because I have taken chances like this in the past and always fared well. After I purchased the knife the seller directed me to his Instagram page where he said he had more photos of the knife. I went and saw many photos, nothing recent but 3, 4 or 5 nice shots of him holding this CF Bodega. I was stoked, thinking I had walked away with a screaming deal. I love Bodegas and have been carrying a very nice Field Grade with a hand rubbed blade for a while. Meanwhile I was negotiating a trade for a Dalibor Bergam Sirius and the person I was working with wanted my FG Bodega. I thought, why not I have a CF Bodega on its way to my home right now and I conceded to including the FG Bodega as part of the trade.
I was told by "The Seller" that I would receive tracking information on Monday for the CF Bodega, Monday came and gone without any notification. I sent the seller a message on Tuesday requesting tracking information and a day passed before he responded with "I can't find the Bodega along with 3 other knives". This was a moment of clarity and I remember thinking before that one day this would happen, this guy just gave himself a loan and he did it with my money. He assured me would search for the knife but at this point I knew I was done with him. I found a pending refund from him on PayPal, wrote the whole experience off including trading my beloved FG Bodega (w/hand rubbed satin blade... it was beautiful. I loved it). I decided, oh well I will find another one day & it wasn't meant to be, all of that stuff you think when you give up.
A few more days pass and I almost have forgotten about the entire incident and then I notice the PayPal refund is still at pending status, it had not funded, WTF ??? Another day passes and I receive an email from PP stating that "The Seller" (Portlandreign81 to be clear) had refunded with a bad check. I immediately contact the site administration/buy protection from the site where the transaction took place and they assured me if The Seller did not fund within the next week they would reimburse me directly and pursue The Seller using their own resources. I felt better knowing that I was going to be refunded while the same people refunding me were going after this loser who defrauded me.
I started searching around the internet and low and behold I come to find that The Seller sold this same carbon fiber Bodega right here on Blade Forums TWO YEARS AGO.. the entire transaction was a scam just as I suspected, what was this guy thinking? Drugs? Prostitution? who knows but I see his IG page, Facebook, BF transaction for years and can't figure out how a guy who seems to be "normal", has a wife and a little girl can be such a "bad guy" for lack of a better word. why would a seemingly normal functioning human being scam somebody like this and out of the blue. He did have a few bad marks for other transactions here on BF but nothing major and nothing out of whack anywhere else. the guy just woke up and decided to take somebodies money? He needed $775.00 so badly that he would take it from anybody that answered his ad? thoughts? anyone? anyone know where I can find a decent priced Bodega without paying through the nose or waiting 6 years? Portlandreign81 AKA Luke, what happened to you? comments?
Member Portlandreign81 sold me a Todd Begg Carbon Fiber/Titanium Bodega on another site for a too good to be true price and this is the story.
I saw a Todd Begg Carbon Fiber/Titanium Bodega pop-up on another site for $775.00 (not a Field Grade, the good stuff) and turned to my wife immediately to say "this is too good to be true" but I bought it anyhow. I contacted Portlandreign81 (seller from now on) immediately thinking that something would go wrong, it had to. I thought to myself that he was going to back out because he appears to be a person who understands the value of this knife and this transaction doesn't make sense. But being that I had the money laying around I thought I would roll the dice and I did this only because I have taken chances like this in the past and always fared well. After I purchased the knife the seller directed me to his Instagram page where he said he had more photos of the knife. I went and saw many photos, nothing recent but 3, 4 or 5 nice shots of him holding this CF Bodega. I was stoked, thinking I had walked away with a screaming deal. I love Bodegas and have been carrying a very nice Field Grade with a hand rubbed blade for a while. Meanwhile I was negotiating a trade for a Dalibor Bergam Sirius and the person I was working with wanted my FG Bodega. I thought, why not I have a CF Bodega on its way to my home right now and I conceded to including the FG Bodega as part of the trade.
I was told by "The Seller" that I would receive tracking information on Monday for the CF Bodega, Monday came and gone without any notification. I sent the seller a message on Tuesday requesting tracking information and a day passed before he responded with "I can't find the Bodega along with 3 other knives". This was a moment of clarity and I remember thinking before that one day this would happen, this guy just gave himself a loan and he did it with my money. He assured me would search for the knife but at this point I knew I was done with him. I found a pending refund from him on PayPal, wrote the whole experience off including trading my beloved FG Bodega (w/hand rubbed satin blade... it was beautiful. I loved it). I decided, oh well I will find another one day & it wasn't meant to be, all of that stuff you think when you give up.
A few more days pass and I almost have forgotten about the entire incident and then I notice the PayPal refund is still at pending status, it had not funded, WTF ??? Another day passes and I receive an email from PP stating that "The Seller" (Portlandreign81 to be clear) had refunded with a bad check. I immediately contact the site administration/buy protection from the site where the transaction took place and they assured me if The Seller did not fund within the next week they would reimburse me directly and pursue The Seller using their own resources. I felt better knowing that I was going to be refunded while the same people refunding me were going after this loser who defrauded me.
I started searching around the internet and low and behold I come to find that The Seller sold this same carbon fiber Bodega right here on Blade Forums TWO YEARS AGO.. the entire transaction was a scam just as I suspected, what was this guy thinking? Drugs? Prostitution? who knows but I see his IG page, Facebook, BF transaction for years and can't figure out how a guy who seems to be "normal", has a wife and a little girl can be such a "bad guy" for lack of a better word. why would a seemingly normal functioning human being scam somebody like this and out of the blue. He did have a few bad marks for other transactions here on BF but nothing major and nothing out of whack anywhere else. the guy just woke up and decided to take somebodies money? He needed $775.00 so badly that he would take it from anybody that answered his ad? thoughts? anyone? anyone know where I can find a decent priced Bodega without paying through the nose or waiting 6 years? Portlandreign81 AKA Luke, what happened to you? comments?
