Heads up - bad Ebay seller - Dallas

[Kriton]

Hey ya'll,

I had mentioned some time ago about being scammed by a guy in Dallas

over a pair of Heresy II's, I asked a bunch of questions (still have

the full e-mail conversation) and the guy claimed they were bought new

about '86 and which had some scratches that could be fixed with "lemon

oil" and were working 100%, so I picked them up, paid the man and

didn't look real closely at them (yes, I know, big mistake) Then

I got them home, found a tweeter blown and a crossover loose, so I

opened them up to investigate the crossover, and found that the woofers

were 19-95- not -85-, and had obviously been replaced - which he

denied. Further, there were corners crushed which could not be

just "lemon oiled" - when I pointed this out, he said that he never saw

the damage and how could we both have missed it, and he wasn't sure

what damage <I> had caused after I picked them up, so he wasn't

giving me my money back. Complained to Ebay but since I paid

cash, so sorry. Seller stated I had chance to inspect and reneged

(but fails to say he got his money for these beaters).

Well guess what? He is selling his other pair of Klipsch (Forte II's) on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Klipsch-Forte-II-Speakers_W0QQitemZ5855364884QQcategoryZ14993QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Note how the speakers are real close together so you can't see the

sides, or the bottom corners real well. Notice also that the other

auction he had with me has expired. The picts only show one top

and fuzzy pict of one label and that is it...got a question from a

hopeful buyer, and this alerted me to this guy again.

Run away gentlemen, run away.

K

[Kriton]

Bump - Don't do it boys

K

[Daddy Dee]

What, no lemon oil fix this time?

thanks for the warning.

[merkin]

Kriton, Weren't you close enough to just pick them up and inspect them before you paid? I thought Dallas and Fort Worth were pretty close to each other. Sorry to hear about the problems. Shipping is always a crap shoot for a number of reasons.

[Kriton]

Yes, I picked them up personally.

But frankly, I had asked a lot of questions...he told me that the cabs

had scratches and I saw a few of them, but he assured me that the

scratches would only take "some lemon oil" get it? I looked them

over, as I pointed out, very quickly, and paid the man. I figured

he has answered all of my questions, and I felt comfortable that they

were what he said. I did not see the crushed bottom edge or

corner, he specifically told me there were no crushed corners!

Condo was dark when I picked them up, the whole thing was staged - and I

got taken - still doesn't make what he did right.

But what really steamed me is not the condition of the cabs, even

though I think he lied about the condition, he also stated the speakers

were in perfect working condition and had never been modifed...When I

get them home the tweeter on one speaker is blown and the woofers were

ten years newer ..NOT stuff you could see on cursory inspection...get

it? How many people are going to let you take their speakers

apart when you go to get them, huh? Yes, I was close and take a

certain amount of blame for the cabs - but the blown tweet and

the replaced woofers? Not my fault and downright

dishonest. I kept the speakers when he refused to give me my

money back...so it is not like I got away with anything.

Hey but don't take my word for it, go buy the fortes, good luck.

K