ZedTheMan wrote: 23 Apr 2019, 21:46
Wazrach wrote: 23 Apr 2019, 21:39
ZedTheMan wrote: 23 Apr 2019, 21:33
The annoying thing is how they even participated legitimately in mechmarket for a couple of purchases and as such looked credible before he was outed and scammed me. It's all so much effort just to to scam someone out of $160.
I feel angry for you. Do you know how you're going to get your money back?
Seriously though, I am absolutely disgusted. Again, that name tells you a lot about how evil the person is. He's been laughing at other users without them even knowing.
I looked up the name trying to find more proof of who he might be. He is disgusting. I tried a dispute with Google pay but I don't think I had sufficient evidence at the time to prove I hadn't received a product. I think I'm going to try another dispute and see if I can't gather more proof since he hasn't logged in for a while and never got back to me once he said he would. I feel like if we could get more proof of him being the scammer it would be useful, my best bet on that might be to see if I can't get mechmarket mods to help out. Beyond that, if I can somehow find out his real identity I might be able to file a claim of fraud or something. I know some people know his address since he actually did buy stuff previously, though that's not something I could get publicly around here without it being considered doxxing. (Privately however, well, it anyone knows info about kollective_mk or any of his alts, there might be parties close to me who would like to hear of it)
damn went through bloodykafirs posts and just realized I offered to trade a skcl board with him for those brown alps right before you offered to buy them. scary to think it couldve been me, not in a place where I can just lose $200. I am not as noble as you, I would have found out where he lives and driven to his house to get my money back, could probably get law enforcement on your side if youre persistent enough and gather enough culpable evidence to make your case. Although nowhere near as notorious as bounced check craigslist scam rings, im sure going to a law enforcement officer in person would atleast let you fully know what options you have and what steps may be taken. For future transactions, I would highly recommend paypal goods and services, its almost notorious for siding with buyers when it comes to any kind of discrepancies or issues. Using a credit card on top of that is also a good idea if you can afford it, unlike debit cards you can always file a claim with your credit card company and they can reverse the transaction, something thats always blown my mind.
ABSTRAKT wrote: 28 Apr 2019, 04:01
ZedTheMan wrote: 27 Apr 2019, 02:22
ABSTRAKT is indeed the same person, as per evidence that I have.
Excuse me? I am not, and dont really appreciate the accusation.
>account created on april 19th 2019, two days after zed paid for the 5140
>only post is about a pingmaster project that sounds HILARIOUSLY manufactured. seriously guys go read his post
SURE you aren't bloodykafir/kollective.
I'm no cryptologic technician, but kafir and abstrakt both have mannerisms and kind of broken up grammar in their writing as if their english is broken or written by an internet translator. or a psychopath.
compiled from BloodyKafir's posts:
"Still interest in the HHKB? I have a modded one if you are interested, along with.."
"First, I am dropping the price of the Brown Alps board to 160, and the HHKB down to 215.
Zed, would that price allow you to buy?"
compiled from Abstrakt's posts:
(Post title) - "Turning my harvesting Pingmaster into a 65%"
"In the end, that left me with a 1. destroyed PCB as I sucked at desoldering at the time.."
"For me, I intend to scrap the case and do something nice myself, most likely out of wood"
"This will be a fun one for me, and will definitely test my skill of working with existing components, then modifying them to use for another purpose. "
"It might take a little while, as I am a full-time student, but I think this will be a fun and stress-relieving project."
granted the posts from BloodyKafir are a little meager, but something is definitely way off about Abstrakt's post about his pingmaster project. not only does his articulation remind me of the slightly "wrong" details in Kafir's writing style, but his whole post completely lacks substance. Its completely bland and full of hot, stale air. It just screams bullshit to me. Especially the last line, "as I am a full-time student, but I think this will be a fun and stress-relieving project.", two giant sympathy grabbers, his claiming to be a full time student, and attempting to project his empathy as a fellow keyboard hobbyist. I almost hesitate to post this, as its so blatantly obvious Abstrakt is more of an Artificial that perhaps we should just allow him to claim hes authentic in the public sphere but warn others to avoid making transactions with him in the private sphere.
maybe I'm being overly aggressive and paranoid. but I am unsure of many things. and my moral compass / bullshit radar is not one of them.
