DO NOT SHIP "BLADEMAN007", WHOSE NAME ACCORDING TO HIM IS "MICHAEL WHITE", ANY OF YOUR PERSONAL "FOR SALE KNIVES" WITHOUT PAYMENT IN FULL RECEIVED.
Michael sent me an e-mail wanting to purchase a knife from me I had listed here in the forums. I (ignorantly)advised I would ship the knife immediately on the "honor system" if he would send me the Money Order via Priority Mail likewise immediately. He agreed. I shipped the knife and he did not ship the money.
I then e-mail inquired where the money was. He advised he had "gotten real busy" and had "now done it" and I should see it in a few days. The money never arrived over a week later.
I e-mailed again to inquire about the money. He replied that he got my "box" and that it was "empty" except for some packing materials. I said first off, I packed it myself in the presence of the shipping clerk at my job, and that isn't what I asked him in the first place.
He said he was "cancelling" the money order as he was not paying for a box. I asked him where the Priority Mail was and requested a copy of the USPS Cash Receipt showing the Priority Mail purchase, as well as a copy of the Money Order to be faxed to me, to provide proof that the Money Order had ever been sent in the first place as he had promised "TWICE". These receipts are mysteriously lost he claims (must be with the knife)!
I then asked him to find them and fax them to me. I also requested that I would provide a UPS Call Tag, for return shipping at my cost, to pick up the original box I shipped him the knife in so I could investigate the possibility of its being opened prior to his receiving it. I specifically requested he ship it inside a larger box and not to retape or change anything on it for investigative purposes. He has never sent the box or provided proof that he has.
Once I realized he had not sent me the money "twice" before he even received the box as was promised, I knew the likelihood the knife was missing from the box was questionable. This is not to say it can't happen. However, many of you have purchased my personal knives I have sold through the forum and I have shipped them ALL without a HITCH. I have received public praise here in the forum for my collection sale quality, condition and expedience in shipping. But again, I accepted that the possibility of transit theft existed, and therefore requested the box in its received state. No box! As for me, I do not waste money sending empty boxes of packing materials.
The receipts from his "alleged" Priority Mail and Money Order cannot be located and I have likewise never received them. If they were ever sent in the first place, I should have received them over a week ago (on the 2nd promise to pay that is). I don't have the box to investigate because he hasn't shipped me that either.
DO NOT SEND THIS "PUNK" YOUR BLADE UNTIL YOU ARE PAID IN FULL! USE ONLY SPECIALLY PRINTED TAPE ON YOUR BOX, OR SIGN THE TAPE SEVERAL TIMES TO PERSONALIZE IT. THIS WAY IF THE CLAIM IS MADE THAT THE BOX IS EMPTY, YOU CAN DETERMINE EASILY IF THE BOX WAS EVER OPENED PRIOR TO THE RECEIVER OPENING IT.
I stake my public reputation on this claim and am providing this info only as a warning to other forumites. You do not want to be his next "target"!
He is now not returning my e-mails!
Michael sent me an e-mail wanting to purchase a knife from me I had listed here in the forums. I (ignorantly)advised I would ship the knife immediately on the "honor system" if he would send me the Money Order via Priority Mail likewise immediately. He agreed. I shipped the knife and he did not ship the money.
I then e-mail inquired where the money was. He advised he had "gotten real busy" and had "now done it" and I should see it in a few days. The money never arrived over a week later.
I e-mailed again to inquire about the money. He replied that he got my "box" and that it was "empty" except for some packing materials. I said first off, I packed it myself in the presence of the shipping clerk at my job, and that isn't what I asked him in the first place.
He said he was "cancelling" the money order as he was not paying for a box. I asked him where the Priority Mail was and requested a copy of the USPS Cash Receipt showing the Priority Mail purchase, as well as a copy of the Money Order to be faxed to me, to provide proof that the Money Order had ever been sent in the first place as he had promised "TWICE". These receipts are mysteriously lost he claims (must be with the knife)!
I then asked him to find them and fax them to me. I also requested that I would provide a UPS Call Tag, for return shipping at my cost, to pick up the original box I shipped him the knife in so I could investigate the possibility of its being opened prior to his receiving it. I specifically requested he ship it inside a larger box and not to retape or change anything on it for investigative purposes. He has never sent the box or provided proof that he has.
Once I realized he had not sent me the money "twice" before he even received the box as was promised, I knew the likelihood the knife was missing from the box was questionable. This is not to say it can't happen. However, many of you have purchased my personal knives I have sold through the forum and I have shipped them ALL without a HITCH. I have received public praise here in the forum for my collection sale quality, condition and expedience in shipping. But again, I accepted that the possibility of transit theft existed, and therefore requested the box in its received state. No box! As for me, I do not waste money sending empty boxes of packing materials.
The receipts from his "alleged" Priority Mail and Money Order cannot be located and I have likewise never received them. If they were ever sent in the first place, I should have received them over a week ago (on the 2nd promise to pay that is). I don't have the box to investigate because he hasn't shipped me that either.
DO NOT SEND THIS "PUNK" YOUR BLADE UNTIL YOU ARE PAID IN FULL! USE ONLY SPECIALLY PRINTED TAPE ON YOUR BOX, OR SIGN THE TAPE SEVERAL TIMES TO PERSONALIZE IT. THIS WAY IF THE CLAIM IS MADE THAT THE BOX IS EMPTY, YOU CAN DETERMINE EASILY IF THE BOX WAS EVER OPENED PRIOR TO THE RECEIVER OPENING IT.
I stake my public reputation on this claim and am providing this info only as a warning to other forumites. You do not want to be his next "target"!
He is now not returning my e-mails!
