Scam Alert?!?!

[maxlords]

Ok...fair warning on this, although it may be a false alarm, so take it with a grain of salt and I apologize in advance if it is a false alarm!

I recently contacted SuperFly98, who has posted a bunch of trade items on this Buying and Selling forum. He is looking for all sors of things in trade for his XBox and a bunch of rare games, as seen in this thread: http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4860

I PMed him and we agreed on a deal in trade for his XBox. I shipped today and he talked to me via IM today and said that he shipped out the XBox system this morning.

Now I was leery about shipping simultaneously because he has NO online feedback and only a single IM reference and nothing else, but he seemed like a nice guy. His VERY first post to the forum was a bunch of rare and valuable stuff for trade and he was asking for very little in return

Later today, I was talking to a friend of mine from this forum, who may choose to make himself known later, and he told me about this insane deal he was getting from a guy on DP. I asked him if it was from SuperFly98 and he said "yes, it's a great trade for an XBox system." This made me understandably nervous, as not many (no?) people have two XBox systems available for trade for random DVDs, VHS tapes and a few games. Apparently, SuperFly98 made a deal for the same system with my friend last night, at the same time he was making a deal with me for it!

I have a sneaking suspicion that this trader may not be on the level and I wanted to make anyone else that is dealing with him aware ahead of time. I am now worried that I may not be getting a system and will be out a bunch of trade stuff. Just wanted to provide the information in public

SuperFly98, if you really are on the level, I totally apologize for this post and will publicly withdraw my statement and toss in some extra stuff in the trade too! If you are on the level, please explain why you are trading so little for your XBox system, and how you came to have two of them to conveniently trade off at the same time for some of the same exact items?

[Neo-Jorge]

A rule that I usually go by , If it sounds 2 good to be True Chances are it's not True. Good luck with your trade and i hope this gets sorted out soon for you If not were going to have to get evil with superFly.



Thanks

[Kroogah]

Yeah, here's my "too good to be true" trade with Superfly98:

Me:
A VCR
A bunch of random horror movies on VHS
Ninja Combat for Neo Geo CD
Mortal Kombat Tiger handheld
Pac-Man lunchbox
Pac-Man arcade marquee
2 Dragon Ball Z action figures

Him:
AN XBOX
An Atari 7800 with 12 games, including Karateka and Super Skateboarding (rare, no?)

As Goofy would say..."Sumthin' wrong here...."

[yiearkungfu]

I was getting tengen tetris, and some rare atari games for an old vcr, whys he want 2 vcr's??

[oesiii]

I was going to send him some cash for 3 Atari 7800 games, Mean 18, Motor Psycho, Title Match, so I hope those aren't included in your trades? Hopefully, he'll clear this up soon or buyer beware.

[BHvrd]

Let's see, new to forums, no feedback, uneven deals, yep...

You ship first, bud!

I can't believe you guys would go in so blindly. Hope it works out.

[SuperFly98]

Im not angry about this post its understandable.But i believe yor friend is mistaken because he said he didnt (like you) trust sending first.That was before i made a deal with you.I have sent your xbox and super 8.Even though i can get another xbox easily i am not offering another one for trade.Now for the vcr deal im just seeing if i can get at least one asap.I personally wouldnt mind having to so i can copy tapes though.But please everyone im an honest person use will all get what i promise.
Toby

[Kroogah]

But i believe yor friend is mistaken because he said he didnt (like you) trust sending first.

Heh, if you're talking to maxlords that "friend" is ME, and I never said that. Just how many Xboxes did you agree to trade with different people?

[Raedon]

good luck guys

[DARK ANDY]

"FINISH HIM!"

[gamergary]

it would be good if you had paypal superfly i hate sending money orders ( i am getting the sega master system and games)

[SuperFly98]

how do you get a paypal account?and how do you use the money you get?

[Kroogah]

gamergary has hit a new low in the depths of stupidity he will sink to! I have never seen the previous posts in a thread so blatantly ignored before!!!

Oh, by the way, after I posted in this thread for the first 2 times, I got a PM from Superfly98 saying "SORRY I CANT TRADE ANYMORE THE XBOX WAS TRADED"

[SuperFly98]

First off i would like to start by saying you shouldnt call gamergary stupid this post was merely a precaution because maxlords is nervous about are trade.And secondly i pm'd you as soon as i could find your sn on this board.Dont take this as me initiating an arguement or anything im just stating those facts.Thirdly if by any chance(highly doubtful)you still want to trade those figures i will give you something else off my list you might want.

[Anonymous]

Superfly, did we do a trade? perhaps I can vouch a little bit for ya, if you were on the boards previously.

[SuperFly98]

Im not sure if we did a trade i would have to know what it involved to tell you for sure.But this is the first time i have been on this board.

[punkoffgirl]

Um, Superfly? You say you had to find his "Screen name" to contact him, but Captain Yashiro posted to this thread before you even did, so that's a pretty lame excuse. There is a button on EVERY SINGLE POST made on this board that allows you to PM a poster. Also, we have a memberlist link at the top of EVERY page, where you can search for names as well. Third, your FIRST post was after the Cap'ns post, so you could have always posted right in this thread the message he needed to get.

All in all, I think it reflects kind of badly on YOU.

[SuperFly98]

Actually it aint the fact i couldnt pm him but i didnt know his sn.I had to go through all my pm's and see which one he was.

[slurpeepoop]

Whoo.........anybody else smell bullshit?

I don't live on a farm, and that stench is getting pretty strong.......






There's nothing on my shoes..........

[SuperFly98]

You must of stepped in something then cause last time i checked you werent in this.