Petza914

Will do. Thanks for the tip.

For comparison, Rob Budd is shipping my new items by the end of the week. How refreshing - thanks Rob!

Imo000

[QUOTE=blackbull;11740207]Why do you expect everyone to have a paypal account. I sold losts of things here by reciving bank drafts, postal money orders and personal cheques. I don't have a paypal account and I don't scam people. Pretty sure I'm not the only one like me.

HaydenM1974

This ******* does have a paypal account. He uses it for his eBay purchases but won't accept it if he is the one selling.

Petza914

wpgshark - I just completed the online IC3 form. We'll see if anything comes of it. As a last ditch effort for him to save himself, I sent him a PayPal invoice for the damages (money) he owes me using the e-mail address I had for him, and what do you know, PayPal recognized the e-mail and said "You just sent an Invoice to William Jewett" so HaydenM1974, you're right, he does have a PayPal account - he just chooses not to use it when selling his items, as that gets in the way of him being able to steal people's money.

If anyone is interested, here's the descriptive content of the IC3 report I filed.

In late May of this year, I agreed to purchase some Porsche 928 recovered leather dashboard and interior items from William Jewett. On 05-30-14 I sent him the first cashier's check for $500 which was for the main dashboard. While waiting for this, I decided to order some additional items from him, which were: a leather dash pod, leather center console, leather glovebox door, leather center console gauge plate, and so everything would match, sent him the Driver's Side A-pillar gauge holder and Passenger side A-pillar from my car. Everything except these A-pillars were items he was going to supply recovered without any type of core charge. I sent him a 2nd cashier's check on 06-18-2014 for $545 to cover these additional items. Both checks were sent Certified Mail so I know he received the funds.

On June 23rd I actually received the main dashboard but it had been improperly packaged and the leather had rub marks when it arrived so I sent him photos of the damage and was instructed to return it to him and he'd send me a properly packaged replacement. He instructed me to return the item via the USPS with insurance, which is exactly what I did. The cost of the return shipping was $140.29 (I have the receipt). When calculating the damages, I assigned a value of $90 to the A-Pillar Gauge holder and $90 for the OEM passenger side A-Pillar trim which I now need to replace since he never sent me any of the parts I purchased nor did he return my parts which I sent him to be recovered to match the others. I have not received a single thing since the initial bumper shipment in late June.

On September 4th, via e-mail he committed to me that if he couldn't get me the new parts by September 15th that he would issue me a refund. I've tried probably 30 times to contact him using all avenues I have - Private message through Rennlist, Private Message through Pelican Parts, Direct E-mail to his willbj3@yahoo.com address, and both texting and calling his cell phone # - no response from any of it. I have not had any type of response from him since September 8th and obviously no parts arrived by 9/15 and neither did a refund.

Just tonight, as a last ditch effort, I actually sent him a PayPal Invoice for the $1,365.29 in damages, but I know he won't pay this either. Via the links below, you'll see that many people have had issues with this individual taking their money for goods and never actually delivering the products - he's a criminal in every sense of the word.


Here is the thread on Pelican Parts where William had advertised these items for sale and provided photos of finished items indicating they were ready to ship - http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...ml#post8279511

Here's a similar ad from the Rennlist forum - https://rennlist.com/forums/parts-ma...recovered.html

Here's the link to his facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/willbj3?fref=browse_search

Facebook 928 Parts for Sale Group where he also lists items for sale and scams others - https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=564933056935264

Here's a Rennlist thread I started to inquire as to whether anyone knew this individual - https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...l#post11744522

From the responses and the links inside of it, you can see he's a repeat offender using every e-commerce method available to him - forums, facebook group, craigslist, etc.

Here's one of his craigslist ads - http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/pts/4714073011.html

He doesn't sell anywhere he could be held financially liable, like eBay, which to me means that his crimes are actually premeditated as well.

I hope you investigate this so I can receive the requested damages and so he can't continue to do this to other honest, hard-working, auto-enthusiasts, who operate under an assumption of trust in their co-members.

Thank you.

SeanR

I hope his *** gets nailed in a nice, penitentiary sort of way. Viciously and deeply.

Petza914

"Hmmm, let's see if I can come up with a new way to rip-off other 928 owners"

Dave928S

Well constructed statement .... I hope you get a result.

There are too many who hide behind the anonymity of the internet ... who wouldn't have the ***** to do what they do, and say, in a face to face encounter.

Edit: Geez ... post history is almost non stop 'for sale' threads. What a contributor

wpgshark

The complaint to the IC3 will not result in direct recovery. It is a criminal complaint and can result in criminal charges. The IC3 which is a part of the FBI has the ability to work across state lines and is working with agencies in friendly countries to work across national borders.

Your next step if you're pi$$ed enough is to file a small claim, maybe you can get on Judge Judy. If you have a mailing address, the documentation of the sale, and the complaint to the IC3 won't hurt either it should be a fairly easy ride. Even if he is in another state than you, you may be able to file it locally, I'm not sure on this perhaps someone else can chime in, failing that perhaps a fellow lister can represent you in the jurisdiction. Although getting the $1,200 back would be nice this is more about making someone miserable. Once you get the judgement you may be able to garnish his paypal account.

The reality is that you probably won't get much if anything back but for a hundred bucks you may be able to aggravate the heck out of him.

The Judge Judy was only half joke, they probably have people that do the leg work and I just looked on her site and it looks like it's easy enough to submit. It would certainly get the word out.

Good luck, the only way we reduce the number of people trying to take advantage of us on this site is to punish those that do, and reward those that don't. I too have had great dealings with Rob.

yuri

He is swindler. You should not buy anything from him.
He is broke now. I loan him more than $30000 to do his porche business but he never back me money even $1. I think he is not professional.

Dan87951

You gave an internet stranger that you don't know $30k? What could possibly go wrong with that!?

SteveG

Welcome Yuri. Please give some details. Inquiring minds want to know (more).

I can't stand the gossip on TV, but here, well, this must be juicy.

linderpat

SteveG

Ed: wheels within wheels. Or is it webs within the intertwebs?

Bob Rouleau

willbj3 is banned.

Randy V

Right on, Bob.