Store Owners & Sellers Beware

Paul,

I wonder looking at the other items for sale from the same seller. Also, if you look, this is a ebay Canada not US, so maybe the thought was no one would see. Either way, I thought others should be aware it appears the knives are starting to surface and to watch, maybe others will see theirs.

--Carl
 
No matter who is selling it I think it should still be reported as a stolen item to ebay.
 
I have informed Steve of how to go about doing just that. Paul, it would be a good idea if you were to also report it eBay. Unfortunately, they can't do anything to get the knife back for Paul.
 
This should be repeorted as a stolen item to ebay, and they should be pressured to reveal the name of the seller. My bet is that it is either Vlad or a front--the custom knife market is very small in Israel.

I will inquire about civil suit possibilites, but I would still like to nail this guy in a criminal way.
 
I reported it too, they said I had to have the police report it to them, then they'd investigate. It is still there.

Here is a post I am putting on all forums I am a member of:

One of the knives I was scammed out of Oct-Nov of last year has surfaced, on eBay!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260009729851&sspagename=ADME:L:RTQ:US:1

This person is in Israel. I contacted him requesting my property be returned, as it is stolen property. This is his reply.

DEAR SIR,
I DID PURCHASE THIS BEUTIFOL KNIFE WITH MONEY THAT I DID PAID, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS KNIFE WERE STOLD AND I'M VERRY SORRY ABOUT IT BUT I DID PAY IN MONEY FOR THIS KNIFE.
SORRY FOR THE DELOAIED RESPONSE CUSE I'M STILL IN VECTION.
I CAN GIVE YOU ANY DETAILS FROM THE KNIFE DELAR THAT I PURCHASE FROM HIM THIS KNIFE
BEST REGARDS,
NIR
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Er. . . so did I! And he is selling it for twice it's worth. I sent him a reply saying that the knife is stolen property, and keeping or selling MY property was traffiking in stolen property. Don't think it will matter.

Mods feel free to edit the next part, hope I am not stepping over the line, it just infuriated me that this guy has the gall to say, Oh I paid money for it. That is buying stolen property.

Anyone wanting this jokers email addy PM me. I think he needs to realize it affects the whole knife community when you take such an attitude. That and I am not trying to scam him out of the knife. Also feel free to send him a question on the auction about why he would continue to sell a knife that he has been told was stolen and not return the property to the rightful owner. This guy also runs a site http://www.scopetica.com/


This is still a very sore subject even 9 months after the original incident.

Thanks!
 
This needs a Bump.

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Wow ...I hope they nail this guy hard when they catch him ! They should chop off his hands if they still do that stuff ...
 
Peter_E_Ryt said:
This guy seems pretty good at scamming, so I'd think that he'd know better than to use his home IP. There's a good chance that he's using either a library computer lab, internet cafe, or something similar for his scamming work to avoid getting caught or brought to a stop. Luckily, there can only be so many computers to use, so an ongoing list of IPs might help.
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There are in the region of 2^^32 IPs address on the internet.
Some (a relatively small number) are what is called private IP space and can not be routed (used) on the public internet.
However many of those that can be used, care used by multiple parties (via NAT and proxies), sometimes thousands of people effectively share a single IP address for some given purpose.

In other words a list of IPs will be virtually useless to you unless you want to block out whole ISPs, countries or regions.
 
There is another thread about this slim near the top, but he deserves to have as much attention as possible focused on him.
 
Yes, it is the same seller. Pulling up the pictures on the two links in this thread, it appears the pattern in the Damascus is the same. I'd say the seller had a stolen knife rehandled in an attempt to disguise it. :thumbdn:
 
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