Scammed on Reverb... total newb move!!!

mystixboi1

mystixboi1

Kick Henry Jackassowski
In my 20 years of buying and selling on-line, this has never happened to me. I should have known that the deal was too good to be true, but it was early morning and my judgement wasn't 100% there.

As I got up to feed my 3 month old at 5am, an item came up in my Reverb feed: Suhr Pro Modern for $600

Red flags immediately flew, but I thought it was too good of a deal to pass up. The pictures even showed the spec sheet that comes with Suhr guitars.

I bought it on the spot.

After I paid, I decided to check the seller's feedback. She had zero and actually opened the account 8.27.2015.

Such a freakin' newb move.

Surprisingly, she refunded the money to my paypal, but then I got this email:

Hi John . Thanks for buying this guitar. I return to you 600 USD.
I canceled purchase because I exceeded a monthly limit on my paypal account.
But you can send money to my business partner paypal account
(midlandanna@yahoo.com). I wait your message. Sincerly, Gina

Screw that. I took precautions in contacting Paypal and Reverb about the seller.

The shop is Gina's Shop from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Lessons learned:

No matter how good the deal is, think it through before you pull the trigger.

Don't buy stuff at 5am on 4 hours of sleep.

Happy hunting out there!!!
 
Scamalamadingdong!

Glad you didn't get hosed out of six bills.

Sounds like Gina is engaging in International Wire Fraud.

Not cool Gina. Not cool at all.
 
Don't feel bad. I've had two jackasses buy my guitars on Reverb and then a few days later send me an email saying they were in bad car accident and couldn't pay up. My bullshit meter went off instantly.
 
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