DO NOT DEAL WITH REPTILE

[tp4tissue]

I don't really understand why he would invest the time it takes to scam people and then not collect payment in a way people couldn't chargeback for it.

What's the point in wasting both peoples' time?

Yeah, and why not say he has more of the ones I wanted?? Could've got me for any buckling spring and many more topre.. His head isn't screwed on right..

He probably just didn't want it to sound too good to be true - even though it was...


But yeah, the sad thing is he could just reappear somewhere with a different username and do the same thing again.

I'm tellin ya'll   It's heroin addiction..

[fanpeople]

You know..

It's possible Reptile developed a serious Heroin addiction.. and has needed to resort to scamming people to feed his habit..

I don't see any other reason why someone would "suddenly" turn to crime..

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If only the government would see the light and provide him with free heroin, slowly stepping down the dose so he could function eh?  :p

[HTN47]

Wow.... This is nuts!! I'm glad you got your money back dude! I feel so bad Synjin... that's a lot to lose
I'm kinda new to this whole hobby and the forum in general so I'm really glad you guys are speaking up to warn us newcomers about potential scams
Synjin, I have a metal V for vendetta cap you can have if you want 
It's no clack but... it'll make you feel better, I like it 

[HTN47]

Here's a picture of it, I tried to PM you but I don't know how to send this picture through PMs so I'll post it here 

[tp4tissue]

You know..

It's possible Reptile developed a serious Heroin addiction.. and has needed to resort to scamming people to feed his habit..

I don't see any other reason why someone would "suddenly" turn to crime..

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If only the government would see the light and provide him with free heroin, slowly stepping down the dose so he could function eh?  :p

Tp-Inner circle membership form accepted..

Pending deliberation

[Novus]

I don't understand.. How is it that for an entire 4 years, he continued to scam ya'llz...

Because we live in a no spin zone circle of zen non judgemental transcendence sphere of trust.

Get on our level pal.

[Novus]

Also to paraphrase you teepee the average human makes a significant amount of money in his/her lifetime.
This amount of money is neglible.
Whatever.

[Eszett]

It happens again and again. One solution to prevent this is, that the seller sends the good via "cash on delivery". For the seller this is a deal without risk, because he got the money and the buyer's signature proves, that the buyer received the good. For the buyer this is a deal without risk, because he did not pay until he received the good.

[Belfong]

I don't understand.. How is it that for an entire 4 years, he continued to scam ya'llz...

It's Clack Irrationality. Prospect of getting a rare clack causes people to lose all sense of caution.

Exactly, I thought I was getting deliciously amazing candy corns and I was finally getting a jack. Now I'm done with aftermarket clack sales. I'll keep my hack orange that my good pal was kind enough to sell me.

I'm glad I've reduced looking at Classifieds these days. I'll just try my luck at retail sales. Classifieds are just too scary.

[dustinhxc]

It happens again and again. One solution to prevent this is, that the seller sends the good via "cash on delivery". For the seller this is a deal without risk, because he got the money and the buyer's signature proves, that the buyer received the good. For the buyer this is a deal without risk, because he did not pay until he received the good.

I've never tried that option but have seen it! I may have to try it sometime..

[GL1TCH3D]

It happens again and again. One solution to prevent this is, that the seller sends the good via "cash on delivery". For the seller this is a deal without risk, because he got the money and the buyer's signature proves, that the buyer received the good. For the buyer this is a deal without risk, because he did not pay until he received the good.

Doesn't work for international. Furthermore, from working in a post office in Canada, cash on delivery (COD) must be paid BEFORE the receiver gets the parcel. So the mailman shows up at my door. He can show me the box, but I have to pay before opening it. There's no guarantee of what's inside.

Maybe it's different in the USA.

(Also the issue of a buyer trolling you and forcing you to pay all that shipping)

[JinDesu]

I don't really understand why he would invest the time it takes to scam people and then not collect payment in a way people couldn't chargeback for it.

What's the point in wasting both peoples' time?

He's preying on those who don't know how to respond with paypal dispute. By using paypal, he has a higher market of people willing to buy on a whim than if he were to use a less common service. Seems like he's made a bit of money already anyways...

[metafour]

He wasn't even looking for WTB threads. I had a transaction with him in the past in which he sent me and another member the wrong caps. The other member had to send me my caps and I had to sent them theirs. Reptile said he'd make it up to me. I don't remember if he ever did.

Then, out of the blue, a couple of weeks ago, he messages me offering to sell clacks and give me and some of his other "friends" first dibs. On his list were ones that I had previously owned but sold to other members here. Since I would like to own them again as I currently have none I asked for prices but decided he was asking too much at $100 a clack as I had sold mine for about half that.

I had no WTB thread up for clacks. I had made no posts regarding purchasing clacks or that I was looking to own the ones I had sold in the past. He was trying to trade off of his previous 'relationships' with members here. Total dbag move. Karma is a fickle ***** though.

[berserkfan]

He wasn't even looking for WTB threads. I had a transaction with him in the past in which he sent me and another member the wrong caps. The other member had to send me my caps and I had to sent them theirs. Reptile said he'd make it up to me. I don't remember if he ever did.

Then, out of the blue, a couple of weeks ago, he messages me offering to sell clacks and give me and some of his other "friends" first dibs. On his list were ones that I had previously owned but sold to other members here. Since I would like to own them again as I currently have none I asked for prices but decided he was asking too much at $100 a clack as I had sold mine for about half that.

I had no WTB thread up for clacks. I had made no posts regarding purchasing clacks or that I was looking to own the ones I had sold in the past. He was trying to trade off of his previous 'relationships' with members here. Total dbag move. Karma is a fickle ***** though.

I can only say, guys please be careful in the clacks market. It's full of fools, immature people who do silly things, dishonest scum (including that guy who was producing counterfeits in Vietnam) and buyers who don't think before they act.

[phoenix1234]

He had a WTS post, but it was taken down by the mods, probably for breaking rules (he posted a picture of a clack and said to PM offers)

He wasn't even looking for WTB threads. I had a transaction with him in the past in which he sent me and another member the wrong caps. The other member had to send me my caps and I had to sent them theirs. Reptile said he'd make it up to me. I don't remember if he ever did.

Then, out of the blue, a couple of weeks ago, he messages me offering to sell clacks and give me and some of his other "friends" first dibs. On his list were ones that I had previously owned but sold to other members here. Since I would like to own them again as I currently have none I asked for prices but decided he was asking too much at $100 a clack as I had sold mine for about half that.

I had no WTB thread up for clacks. I had made no posts regarding purchasing clacks or that I was looking to own the ones I had sold in the past. He was trying to trade off of his previous 'relationships' with members here. Total dbag move. Karma is a fickle ***** though.

I see, he used the private relationship and PM tactics to scam people privately.
That means whatever offer, he will accept it immediately and lure the buyers into the trap.
The trap here is not only about the price but also the trust that people gave him in the past.
This guys must be very cunning when he can lure people into a fail transaction beyond 500 USD.

Phoenix, I am really surprised that someone like reptile has been able to scam so many people over such a long time. As I have noticed, the artisan keycap world is out of whack. People are just irrational. How can you just do $1.5k in a transaction is beyond me.

This is the first time I have ever heard of this member Reptile. I guess he just doesn't visit the same parts of the forum as I do... but I already visit all, except I never read about clacks. If dustin had posted 'Beware Clack Scam' I would never have bothered to read the post!

You are not the only one, this is also the first time I heard this too. It seems this topic exposed a lot of private scams from him. It is not only about the clacks, he would scam on anything based on people interests.

Nevertheless, someone step in and report him on heatwave.

[heedpantsnow]

Man, so sorry. This makes me so sad. :-(

[bueller]

^ This is why I tend to take heatware with a grain of salt. If the received reputation is less than a few months old it doesn't say much at all, circumstances and people change so you can't really rely on something from years ago.

[paicrai]

holy ****

kick him in the ass

[dustinhxc]

Yeah heatware is alright, but as you can see I have 9 feedback but have done 8437812792 transactions.. lol I always forget to ask for feedback there. ;x

[exitfire401]

Yeah heatware is alright, but as you can see I have 9 feedback but have done 8437812792 transactions.. lol I always forget to ask for feedback there. ;x

You're not alone there...I forget more often than not.

[baldgye]

This thread as a whole, is a good example of why I quickly left heatwave.
While is a cool service, your forum rep is far more important and meaningful. I like to think that even if people don't agree with me, they would think I'm fairly trust worthy when it comes to buying and selling stuff. and that's basically how I treat every classifieds user.

[GL1TCH3D]

This thread as a whole, is a good example of why I quickly left heatwave.
While is a cool service, your forum rep is far more important and meaningful. I like to think that even if people don't agree with me, they would think I'm fairly trust worthy when it comes to buying and selling stuff. and that's basically how I treat every classifieds user.

It's still important to have a good trading reputation IMO.
But it's quite clear to see that some more private dealings gone sour often don't get posted onto heatware.
When I first came here to GH the only thing I had to rely on for reputation was my trade feedback over at head-fi (which is quite extensive) and is the only reason I managed to get a few purchases and sales early on before I had any feedback from here.

[baldgye]

As someone who can't afford to spend hundreds on single caps it's not a position I've been in, but if I was I'd like to think I would pm round before hand before rushing into anything.

Anytime anyone selling something tries to rush me into anything I back out as a reflex, even with MGS stuff.


I'm still amazed at the amount of money being talked about in this thread lol

[Latin00032]

That is a shame. Sorry you had to go through that, dustin. Reptile seemed cool a time ago.

You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villan.

[Synjin]

This thread as a whole, is a good example of why I quickly left heatwave.
While is a cool service, your forum rep is far more important and meaningful. I like to think that even if people don't agree with me, they would think I'm fairly trust worthy when it comes to buying and selling stuff. and that's basically how I treat every classifieds user.

I do quite a decent amount of purchased and trades here as well even if most of the time I forget to ask or a heatware rep. Heatware is still important Imo. A good example would be when I was trading bros with 64, he did not want to send caps at the same time unless I had a higher rep than him on heatware which I luckily had a few more. HW is nice in terms of speeding up trades Imo

[sethk_]

This thread as a whole, is a good example of why I quickly left heatwave.
While is a cool service, your forum rep is far more important and meaningful. I like to think that even if people don't agree with me, they would think I'm fairly trust worthy when it comes to buying and selling stuff. and that's basically how I treat every classifieds user.

I do quite a decent amount of purchased and trades here as well even if most of the time I forget to ask or a heatware rep. Heatware is still important Imo. A good example would be when I was trading bros with 64, he did not want to send caps at the same time unless I had a higher rep than him on heatware which I luckily had a few more. HW is nice in terms of speeding up trades Imo

I agree, I think mine is in my signature saying if I did a trade with you, please leave feedback. I generally go through people's post history if I feel somewhat uncertain

[demik]

That is a shame. Sorry you had to go through that, dustin. Reptile seemed cool a time ago.

Stopped trusting dude when he pulled that reselling **** on bini

[Synjin]

That is a shame. Sorry you had to go through that, dustin. Reptile seemed cool a time ago.

Stopped trusting dude when he pulled that reselling **** on bini

Bini?

[dustinhxc]

Uppercut that scumbag.

[absyrd]

That is a shame. Sorry you had to go through that, dustin. Reptile seemed cool a time ago.

Stopped trusting dude when he pulled that reselling **** on bini

Bini?

Binaris

[Synjin]

Oh. Who is that? Sorry for the ignorance.

[dustinhxc]

Soundtrack for the gif:

https://youtu.be/XxGmgmelZV0

Watch as much as you want, feels good...

[baldgye]

This thread as a whole, is a good example of why I quickly left heatwave.
While is a cool service, your forum rep is far more important and meaningful. I like to think that even if people don't agree with me, they would think I'm fairly trust worthy when it comes to buying and selling stuff. and that's basically how I treat every classifieds user.

I do quite a decent amount of purchased and trades here as well even if most of the time I forget to ask or a heatware rep. Heatware is still important Imo. A good example would be when I was trading bros with 64, he did not want to send caps at the same time unless I had a higher rep than him on heatware which I luckily had a few more. HW is nice in terms of speeding up trades Imo

Heatware is nice but in this instance it was able to trick people into being messed around with a hell of a lot of money when a few pm's to people on here would have alerted anyone to dealing with him...

[Synjin]

That's true. Is just deceiving when added to hisnposycount, long time member status as well as the vouches from long time members.

[GenKaan]

Happy to see people getting their money back, what a **** move

[Venatorious]

All I have seen in this thread, it makes me sad. For people to scam other members of a community like this and ruin the trust of the whole site... I am 100% mad 

Now people say they don't want to go to the classifieds section just to avoid getting scammed. That is truly sad. I am going to sell my boards soon in the classifieds section and this little ***** could hurt MY sales too.  For such a small if any gain, and causing so much trouble for others, this is true greed. I think if anyone scams you come out right away and get that ****er IP banned. Maybe this will discourage scammers.

[demik]

All I have seen in this thread, it makes me sad. For people to scam other members of a community like this and ruin the trust of the whole site... I am 100% mad 

Now people say they don't want to go to the classifieds section just to avoid getting scammed. That is truly sad. I am going to sell my boards soon in the classifieds section and this little ***** could hurt MY sales too.  For such a small if any gain, and causing so much trouble for others, this is true greed. I think if anyone scams you come out right away and get that ****er IP banned. Maybe this will discourage scammers.

it wont hurt your sales. gher's desperate needs to own everything shiny outweighs the possibility of getting scammed.

you'll be fine, and people will continue to get scammed over click clacks.

[bcredbottle]

Legally he's criminally liable, even though he didn't succeed. Attempted fraud = fraud.

[exitfire401]

Legally he's criminally liable, even though he didn't succeed. Attempted fraud = fraud.

And in this case, for felony amounts.

[Synjin]

It should be considered a crime indeed though you'd have to file charges.

[bcredbottle]

The one upside to this is it might have a chilling effect on the market for novelty artisan caps, of which I am tired of seeing pictures.

[bueller]

The one upside to this is it might have a chilling effect on the market for novelty artisan caps, of which I am tired of seeing pictures.

Neeeeever gonna happen.

[berserkfan]

The one upside to this is it might have a chilling effect on the market for novelty artisan caps, of which I am tired of seeing pictures.

Neeeeever gonna happen.

I'm more likely to hop in bed with Cameron Diaz (or whoever is the most pretty actress in Hollywood now) than to see the silly clacks market die the natural death it deserves.

[bueller]

The one upside to this is it might have a chilling effect on the market for novelty artisan caps, of which I am tired of seeing pictures.

Neeeeever gonna happen.

I'm more likely to hop in bed with Cameron Diaz (or whoever is the most pretty actress in Hollywood now) than to see the silly clacks market die the natural death it deserves.

While I agree the aftermarket prices are insane it's not like people are forced to buy them. All of mine are from CC or trades.

[bcredbottle]

The one upside to this is it might have a chilling effect on the market for novelty artisan caps, of which I am tired of seeing pictures.

Neeeeever gonna happen.

I'm more likely to hop in bed with Cameron Diaz (or whoever is the most pretty actress in Hollywood now) than to see the silly clacks market die the natural death it deserves.

While I agree the aftermarket prices are insane it's not like people are forced to buy them. All of mine are from CC or trades.

I don't really care how much people spend on them. You buy what makes you happy. I'm just selfish and I want to see pictures of boards I find appealing