Bad Traders

Bad Trader Reports on sohigh420

sohigh420 BTRs15-Mar-2004
Status: active
Reporter: kveach

I sent him my Dreamcast system, hookups, controllers, UBs, some games, and a strategy guide. Since I was new, I agreed to send first. He was supposed to mail me a money order for $50 and FF VII after receiving my items. I got an e-mail from him saying that he had received the items, but something had come up and he doesn't have the money, now. He is supposedly going to mail my stuff back to me. I asked him to reimburse me for my shipping costs, but I haven't heard back from him. If he didn't have the money, then he shouldn't have pended the trade.

sohigh420 BTRs6-Mar-2004
Status: active
Reporter: bill

This Bad Trader Report is being posted by the owner of GameTZ to warn all the pending trades of daniel payne. We just became aware of this situation. He has several other older accounts on GameTZ, including: cracker3666 badboygoodguy assassin17 Scarface bobby_digtial. Some of these accounts have old Bad Trader Reports on them.

Be warned, don't send first to Daniel Payne, he has a reputation as a scammer.

sohigh420 BTRs4-Jun-2002
Status: active
Reporter: silent_violence

We agreed to an even 2for2 trade, my Onimusha and Maximo for his Final Fantasy Anthology and Lunar The Silver Star Story. Both of us were to send at the same time using prioity mail, I did but he failed to do so. After he had both my games for a week he said he wanted to return Maximo because he didn't like it, he wanted two of my DVDs to replace it, I said I would do that after I recived Maximo and the 2 games he promised, he never did that either. He made up some lame excuse about how he lost my address and his PC was broken....to make a long story short since he hasn't replied to my last few emails I decided to report him as a bad trader. If my games are returned to me in the same condition that I sent them or if he finally sends his two games I will remove this report.

sohigh420 BTRs8-Dec-2001
Status: active
Reporter: obx205

First of all, everything that the previous BTR's say is all accurate. This person is a professional crook, since he has multiple names and hasn't sent my Neo Geo Pocket Color (NGPC) with two games (Crush Roller and Baseball Allstars).

Let me try to explain this...We originally both agreed on me sending him a NGPC with two games and he would send me a GBA, w/ a game (THPS) , a case and an adaptor. I mailed the stuff to the address below. Once he received it, he told me that the GBA game did not arrive and it wont be,,so we negotiated on him sending 5 VHS in place of the game.

After much time, this "daniel" said that he would send the stuff back because he "doesn't feel like trading anymore". Now wait...there's a cetch. He then told me he wanted $5 for shipping the package..I totally disagreed, but i sent the money anyway, because i just wanted the package back. I sent it to his address and a week later, he tells me that he didn't receive it!!! i was just about to blow up!

AFter talking online with his AIM of Pain516 (which i dont see online anymore..maybe he changed it to avoid me) he said that he would send the package with CONFIRMATION the following week.
I also forgot how to complete trades..and so by accident, i pushed "complete" on our pending trade, and instead of deleting it and completing the second one i made,,he deleted the second one and completed the first one.

That following week, i emailed him and like what his BTRs say,,he only responded with every other email. He told me that he couldn't send it wednesday (day we agreed he would send it) because "he didn't have a ride". Bullcrap...i dont believe that. he then said he would send it friday,, and so the following week , i threaten him with mail fraud, and he says that he sent it friday. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE ITEMS, and it's 2 and a half weeks later. HE ALSO DIDN"T HAVE A CONFIRMATION NUMBER because he said he told his friend to send it and he didnt get a confirmation #.
Mailfraud is my only option now. to those who have also been ripped by this guy..please post them. It'll be helpful.

sohigh420 BTRs5-Dec-2001
Status: active
Reporter: j_factor

This person is going by multiple names and may be going by others as well!
His e-mail address is registered under the name "David Taylor". But after a little digging, I found out there is no such person as either David Taylor OR Tony Montana at that address!
There are 2 people living at that address: Daniel Payne and Jack Smith.
Their phone numbers are: (770)720-8868 for Daniel Payne and (770)720-2941 for Jack Smith.
Whoever ripped me off is using the name Pain516 on AOL Instant Messenger.
Considering his AIM ID is "Pain 516", it's probably Daniel Payne.

Our trade was: I give him Final Fantasy Anthology, Metal Gear Solid for GBC, and $20 for a Dreamcast package.
I e-mailed him saying I wouldn't be able to send right away because of unexpected money problems. He said ok. Then one day in chat he started harassing me about paying and stuff, and I told him I could send 2 days later. So I did. I noticed shortly thereafter that he had a BTR and that he deactivated his account. When he got my package, he e-mailed me saying that his Dreamcast broke. Funny, that's what he told the person from his first BTR. Anyway, he wanted to work something out, because he really wanted the FF game and he needed the money. So he offered to send me Lunar 1 and 2 for PSX as well as my MGS game back. I agreed to that. I asked him why he deactivated his account and he had this to say: "I didn't do it, it just happened. Can you tell me bill's e-mail address so I can tell him about it?" Well, I did give him bill's e-mail address, but I seriously doubt he ever e-mailed bill.
HE SAID IN AN E-MAIL SOON AFTER HE WOULD SEND THE VERY NEXT DAY, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT NEVER HAPPENED. So I e-mailed him. He replied with a "Sorry, I forgot" type of thing. I said fine, whatever, just send it.
I e-mailed him numerous times. He only replies to every other e-mail, and it's always with a "sorry, I forgot". In my second to last e-mail, I told him that if he is ripping me off, I will take actions against him. He responded with "I'm not ripping you off I swear. I was away for Thanksgiving and I just haven't been able to get to the post office." Well, he still didn't send. I e-mailed him again saying if he didn't send by Tuesday I'd start taking action.

WITH 2 BTR'S, AND A DEACTIVATION, I DOUBT THIS ACCOUNT WILL EVER GET ANY MORE DEALS. BUT IT MUST BE KNOWN THAT THIS PERSON/PEOPLE ARE THIEVES. I HOPE THE INFORMATION I HAVE GIVEN AT THE TOP OF THIS BTR MIGHT HELP SOMEONE.