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Exclamation TornadoUK Has anyone bought from him???

Does anybody know this chap, as i paid for some goods on the 1st of june and they not arrived yet and now he is not excepting messages ???:thumb down:
Also on his home page it has a couple of other o0pler;s asking where there items are.
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haven't personally but i have seen this:

http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103238
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Thanks for that link.
I've had 4 others contact me now all still waiting on the chap 😁
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2 more been scammed by him in the feedback section today.
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hi i bought something as well never come trying to get money back through pay-pal. Makes me mad hobbie cost enough as it is with out someone taking your money as well.
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hi i bought something as well never come trying to get money back through pay-pal. Makes me mad hobbie cost enough as it is with out someone taking your money as well.
There seams to be a few now its a bloody shame I've been buying and selling on here for years with out any problems until now, and it was for my son,s birthday present:thumb down:

I have let Jimmy know but it says in other link he had been banned
I hope i get my money back
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It is shit, but the advice is, unless you know them, always pay by paypal and not using the gift option, it may cost a little more, and be a right PITA but you get your money back.
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It is shit, but the advice is, unless you know them, always pay by paypal and not using the gift option, it may cost a little more, and be a right PITA but you get your money back.
Totally agree and i did so i hope my money is safe..
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Well, I assume Paypal deals with this sort of thing regularly, so hopefully it will get sorted, good luck.
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Well, I assume Paypal deals with this sort of thing regularly, so hopefully it will get sorted, good luck.
Yea they do and I've got it back before, just worse it was for my son:thumb down:

This guy need to be taken off this site tho...
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i was one of the other victims that purlenut mentioned above , he pm'd me saying he had a cat sx2 ( after i put a post in the wanted section ) , i agreed to pay the £65.50 thro paypal , luckily not as a gift , he said its been sent but now not answering any emails and as said above taken the message thing off his profile ...

i have opened a dispute , just need to get our dosh back ..
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Let me know guy's if any luck with palpal, this guy needs to be STOPPED mods
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