dont forget he called himself bostonfirecollector and joanne5461. the joanne name was the shill. Was thrown off.. That was an easy one. this joanne name would only bid on his items, a fire front, a golf club, a scarf. no way it was legit. items in one genre, maybe. not anything and everything. the thing that got the joanne name thrown off was a bike helmet. real oddball size and color. joanne listed it. bfc won it. a week later, joanne's selling it again! buh bye...
he got me once. bought a firebox for 325.00 buy it now and paid instantly. it never showed up. he always had a BS excuse but could never provide proof of mailing. after 2 months and a chargeback to my visa I finally got my money back. what do you think came up for bid a month after? the same box, with the same identifiable mark on it. this time it was 425.00 buy it now!!! I bought it the second time and it showed up, but he would never allow me to stop down in JC and pick it up, like you would think the brotherhood would dictate...
I was watching his auctions for a while after that. it was amazing the same thing was happening to others. He listed stuff with real lowball buy it now's and they would get scooped up instantly, then the items would get lost in the mail. then they would reappear later on for a higher price. I agree about the helmets he is destroying. all to make a buck. if you watch his items close, he isnt a good businessman. most of the time he doesnt get what he paid for it a week or two before...
and i still remember the Allentown story you told me... please please i gotta have these fronts. I've been looking for them for a long time... I dont have a lot of money... later that night... they're all on EBAY! lolol
[quote name='Crossbronxxpress' date='13 December 2009 - 01:43 PM' timestamp='1260728632' post='352333']
Mike,
Sorry you got another SCUMBAG playing games........I love these people! As for me, i'll OUT the little DOUCHEBAG from Jersey City....His name is Mike Berth and he's a Jersey City Fireman on either Engine 17 or 15, he lives in Atlantic Highlands, NJ. His Ebay screenname has changed many times over the past 2 years since he likes to remain anonymous after screwing someone over. He was originally JCFDHoseman, then he changed it to JCFDChargingtheline, then something else, and he's currently FIREDOG627...........One word for him......SCUMBAG!!!!! He's personally screwed more people that I personally know (including myself) than anyone i've ever dealt with on ebay. The problem is that he had some really nice Camden and Newark fronts that I was interested in, so I got involved with this kid by bidding, and it ALWAYS turned into some kind of drama, complete with excuses that he either lost the items in shipping or that it was "stolen out of my locker in the firehouse". <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_crazy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> Amazingly, it would pop up again on ebay for a higher price than what I had won the item for originally. I have seen him completely jacking the Boston fronts through the roof, then claiming that he doesn't have the money, or some other lame excuse.
BEWARE OF THIS GUY!!!!! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/machinegun.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />
[/quote]
he got me once. bought a firebox for 325.00 buy it now and paid instantly. it never showed up. he always had a BS excuse but could never provide proof of mailing. after 2 months and a chargeback to my visa I finally got my money back. what do you think came up for bid a month after? the same box, with the same identifiable mark on it. this time it was 425.00 buy it now!!! I bought it the second time and it showed up, but he would never allow me to stop down in JC and pick it up, like you would think the brotherhood would dictate...
I was watching his auctions for a while after that. it was amazing the same thing was happening to others. He listed stuff with real lowball buy it now's and they would get scooped up instantly, then the items would get lost in the mail. then they would reappear later on for a higher price. I agree about the helmets he is destroying. all to make a buck. if you watch his items close, he isnt a good businessman. most of the time he doesnt get what he paid for it a week or two before...
and i still remember the Allentown story you told me... please please i gotta have these fronts. I've been looking for them for a long time... I dont have a lot of money... later that night... they're all on EBAY! lolol
[quote name='Crossbronxxpress' date='13 December 2009 - 01:43 PM' timestamp='1260728632' post='352333']
Mike,
Sorry you got another SCUMBAG playing games........I love these people! As for me, i'll OUT the little DOUCHEBAG from Jersey City....His name is Mike Berth and he's a Jersey City Fireman on either Engine 17 or 15, he lives in Atlantic Highlands, NJ. His Ebay screenname has changed many times over the past 2 years since he likes to remain anonymous after screwing someone over. He was originally JCFDHoseman, then he changed it to JCFDChargingtheline, then something else, and he's currently FIREDOG627...........One word for him......SCUMBAG!!!!! He's personally screwed more people that I personally know (including myself) than anyone i've ever dealt with on ebay. The problem is that he had some really nice Camden and Newark fronts that I was interested in, so I got involved with this kid by bidding, and it ALWAYS turned into some kind of drama, complete with excuses that he either lost the items in shipping or that it was "stolen out of my locker in the firehouse". <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_crazy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Amazingly, it would pop up again on ebay for a higher price than what I had won the item for originally. I have seen him completely jacking the Boston fronts through the roof, then claiming that he doesn't have the money, or some other lame excuse. BEWARE OF THIS GUY!!!!! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/machinegun.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />[/quote]
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