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Market => Rumor mill => Topic started by: ConcernedUser on November 13, 2011, 02:37 am
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Hi guys,
Hate to do this but its gone on long enough, he is constantly making listing and making purchases off bogus accounts.
Each and EVERY time I have ever checked the item it has been delisted instantly. (That is from the frontpage feed)
Something fishy is going on, he all of a sudden claim to be quitting SR and is taking huge orders for Opiates which he has never sold before..
Just a word of caution folks, time for the heavyweight championship fight!
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Thx, I was just going to place an order... 1:04, wow... Cain looked nervous.
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Ya wow , as soon as I turned around it was over :]
If you were seriously about to place an order, you've made me feel a lot better about making this post..
I've been monitoring him for a while, and still even though I am 99% certain something is VERY wrong I try to
keep out of others business.. Thanks threatminor :D I've met alot of great, honest people on this site and I'd
for one to be ripped off.
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Update: I have now seen another 2 instantly de-listed items with totally forged feedback - BEWARE THIS VENDOR IS A SCAMMER
"Arrived 3 days after ordering - well packaged and delivered without any issues...I haven't had this stuff in years since Stacker 2/etc was banned...already tried it out, and am on top of the world again :-) will be placing a larger order next time! Thanks again for the great product and service!"
Somehow it arrived in 3 days even though the listing lasted seconds, and this is continuously happening, I am afraid it is possible that an insane amount of his feedback is bogus
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Erm rephrase... Well this scammer has been bugging me for days if not weeks now, I feel I've done my part - ConcernedUser is outta here!
P.S. In the end everyone in entitled to make informed decisions on their own :D But just because this is an anonymous marketplace it doesn't mean you cannot speak up, let's keep this special place as clean from scum ppl as possible
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Thank you for looking out for everyone.
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Nice work! :)
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Peopleb4profits had the same story....acted/talked like an oldtimer on here, had been selling all this coke under another name, blah blah blah...then came on here and laughed about all the people he'd ripped off.
Any new buyer that doesn't yet know this:: stay within escrow. You have *no* protection if you buy outside of it...this site is based on bitcoins and escrow...be wary of any vendor ,selling product that demands that you finalize early, or use currency other than bitcoins. We are getting tired of all the ripoffs, and we have to start standing together on this. Particularly avoid new sellers who have some convoluted story about why they need to be the exception to this.
Peopleb4profits had the same story about how he'd been selling all these drugs on here, and then ripped off a bunch of people on bitcoins...same thing has happened with drugs.This just started recently, and we are seeing too many people getting ripped off. It doesn't help the good sellers either, as look what's happening to this site. Stick with sellers who have good reputations in these forums, and demand that all new sellers particularly, stay within escrow...if not, it's a rip.
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!!! thankyou
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I placed a really small order for his Opioids as it was a serious gamble at such a ridiculously low price I was too tempted. He had over 100 completed transactions and 4 months with his seller account so I bit the bullet. I'll cross my fingers and hope he is legit.
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Thank you, thank you & Thank you!! I was in fact going to Buy a Shit-Load from Ficusfucker..like over 150 BC's. what I thought was soo odd besides the Low-Ball pricing per MG, was that he was sending me a Deposit Address totally outside of SR?? What's even more odd is that is that my account was Fished/Hacked very soon after after having an on-going exchange. You very likely just saved my ass!
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Thank you, thank you & Thank you!! I was in fact going to Buy a Shit-Load from Ficusfucker..like over 150 BC's. what I thought was soo odd besides the Low-Ball pricing per MG, was that he was sending me a Deposit Address totally outside of SR?? What's even more odd is that is that my account was Fished/Hacked very soon after after having an on-going exchange. You very likely just saved my ass!
What do you mean when you say your "account was Fished/Hacked" after the exchange with FF?
I'm asking because I just exchanged messages with FF as well. Once he suggested going out of escrow I passed on his offers, but if my SR account is now somehow at risk, I'd like to know.
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Watertiger. Once I was provided a BC Deposit Address from FF, I did a "test run" of .05 bc's.
The next time I tried to get into my account, I saw that some hacker fuck by the name of "PlaysKool" had been doing Euro Transactions to BC's and then back to Paypal using my Prof
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I ordered something off him a couple weeks back. Arrived last week, packaging wasn't anything special but it seemed to get into Australia so he must be dong something right.
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Watertiger. Once I was provided a BC Deposit Address from FF, I did a "test run" of .05 bc's.
The next time I tried to get into my account, I saw that some hacker fuck by the name of "PlaysKool" had been doing Euro Transactions to BC's and then back to Paypal using my Prof
I seriously doubt this has any relevance to you exchanging PM's on the SR. SR is safe enough where they can't obtain any info of your account through it. If you've logged in from HiddenWiki or any other phishing site I'm guessing that's where your fault lies.
I ordered something off him a couple weeks back. Arrived last week, packaging wasn't anything special but it seemed to get into Australia so he must be dong something right.
Thank you for confirming at least someone has a LEGIT successful transaction with him. We're all making educational guesses and observations but there's no proof of anyone being legitimately scammed by Fike. A couple of the feedback look like actual transactions. Would he leave himself a comment saying "Everything went well but I will never be returning to this vendor" ? Anyhow, I'll definitely be reporting back the results of my mini transaction with him to see whether or not he's the real deal with these opiates. My custom order was marked "in transit" so we'll see.
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I'd also like to add that I've been talking with him today since this post and told him that I was concerned based on these claims. He offered to simply refund my money and call it a day. I declined and prefer to actually see the opiates. Honestly if I get scammed, I get scammed. But I think I trust him enough to see where this road goes.
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To give assumptions the benefit of the doubt, he could be a F2F opiate seller, other online or email vendor of opiates, the possibilities are endless. I know a couple of vendors that never sold opiates on here for the longest time and did most of it through F2F.
I should know Wednesday or Thursday at the latest whether or not I receive the opiates, and I will come back here and reply right away. I have my faith.
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I'm not claiming fike is a scammer; I have no experience good or bad with him.
I just wanted to place an order with him and then backed off when he insisted on bypassing escrow and receiving payment upfront. But in fairness to him it's not like he lied or cheated or scammed me in any way -- maybe that's just the way he does business and finds buyers who are OK w/it.
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Its a total violation of the Seller's Agreement and in this case going outside of escrow would be completely reckless
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I didn't send coins to an outside address, a custom order was made and I sent the coins to his SR account...
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He HIMSELF has stated that he is leaving SR; I hope to dear god that you did not finalize early -
Thanks to those who have shown support for this thread, I couldn't standing idly by watching anymore.
We can all work together to keep this place as clean as possible.
I'd like to clarify what I mean by "place"..
I value SR and its existence immensely, it has helped me in many ways, just as it has helped others - I value it so much so that I, as an informed user feel a responsibility to all the honest users, including myself to inform
others of unethical behavior - Although this is an anonymous marketplace, transactions often require at least some level of trust - SR is great, finally a place to get good quality drugs or medication without having to deal with sketchy people, in often sketchy situations, in person. I will do whatever I can to keep it as safe as possible
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I told him I was interested in 100 perc's at $5 a pop. He said he wanted the transaction to be out of escrow and I basically said "you expect people to just send you $500 then cross their fingers?"
He replied to me with:
["We can do an escrow order if you prefer. The reason we dont like to do escrow is because that is how we lost all of our profits. We sell at one price, btc takes a tumble and by the time we cash out we get have lost money. Check back with us on Mon or Tuesday, if we havnt sold out then we will take escrow or sell locally. Good questions though and your point is valid."]
Which is kinda bullshit, there's a hedge option now! Anyways, I'll probably just steer clear of the guy and follow the golden rule: If it sounds too good to be true, chances are it is.
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Good thinking man very smart.
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Kharma can work Against you as well as Work for You. Lesson here is that at any time one of us here can screw the pooch and we could easily end up being next weeks Punching Bag. I'm new to this this type of Selling/Buying Environment when it comes to Mind Alteration, but Not new to the game. When your mind and body are altered you sometimes just do stupid things. Difference is that if you follow Protocol and lay of the land when you Fuck Up its doesnt smell as bad. If your intent is to do Right, but your By Passing set Rules & Guidlines it's much easier to make Negative Assumptions. I really wanted to Buy from FF, but he's Announced he's Splitting, he's not using Escrow or taking advantage of the new BC's Balancing feature. I havnt dealt with the Dude but all the circumstances just don't feel right.
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I can't believe people are buying opiates off of a new seller who had--now removed--such a similar story as peopleb4profits....he's wised up a bit, now having shills on here....I wonder if he'll come back and laugh at those he ripped off, the same way he did last time....I guess the btc scam was so easy, he figured 'might as well go back for more...please don't make it so easy for these guys!
'Finalizing early' for trusted sellers is one thing, and something a few buyers choose to do, to reward good reliable sellers. But for new sellers with no reputation to request it?
Not using escrow is the same as buying drugs on Topix...SR is escrow based. Don't give away any more money....
For a new seller without any kind of reputation to do this, is just about the same as using the vendor name 'ripoff Roger' fuck...when will youall learn:: feedback on main forum is meaningless!....he said it was the bouncing up and down of bitcoins that made him refuse escrow:...that's bullshit, all he has to do is hedge, and he won't loose a thing....he's all profit anyway, at this point....
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Any follow up on this guy? Did any of the folks who ordered outside of escrow receive product?
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I can't believe people are buying opiates off of a new seller who had--now removed--such a similar story as peopleb4profits....he's wised up a bit, now having shills on here....I wonder if he'll come back and laugh at those he ripped off, the same way he did last time....I guess the btc scam was so easy, he figured 'might as well go back for more...please don't make it so easy for these guys!
'Finalizing early' for trusted sellers is one thing, and something a few buyers choose to do, to reward good reliable sellers. But for new sellers with no reputation to request it?
Not using escrow is the same as buying drugs on Topix...SR is escrow based. Don't give away any more money....
For a new seller without any kind of reputation to do this, is just about the same as using the vendor name 'ripoff Roger' fuck...when will youall learn:: feedback on main forum is meaningless!....he said it was the bouncing up and down of bitcoins that made him refuse escrow:...that's bullshit, all he has to do is hedge, and he won't loose a thing....he's all profit anyway, at this point....
Quoted For Truth
Out of Escrow is against SR guidelines = 1st red flag.
nomad bloodbath
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He HIMSELF has stated that he is leaving SR; I hope to dear god that you did not finalize early -
Thanks to those who have shown support for this thread, I couldn't standing idly by watching anymore.
We can all work together to keep this place as clean as possible.
I'd like to clarify what I mean by "place"..
I value SR and its existence immensely, it has helped me in many ways, just as it has helped others - I value it so much so that I, as an informed user feel a responsibility to all the honest users, including myself to inform
others of unethical behavior - Although this is an anonymous marketplace, transactions often require at least some level of trust - SR is great, finally a place to get good quality drugs or medication without having to deal with sketchy people, in often sketchy situations, in person. I will do whatever I can to keep it as safe as possible
I appreciate you starting this thread, as otherwise, I might have missed it, as it just shouted out 'scam' to me, and I didn't pay a lot of attention...
And, just for the record, I *know* I'm going to occasionally be wrong. That some honest good seller will come on here, and need to get rid of some pills or something, and go out of escrow, and get tarnished with this same brush...but at this point it doesn't matter: if we don't speak up when they are acting like stone ripoffs, as this guy was, then too many newcomers will get stolen from. I have to take the chance and the occasional embarassment, to try to get us back to the founding principles of this site: bitcoins and escrow. These weren't even questioned a few months ago...once it became 'normal' to demand that buyers go out of escrow, the ripoff artists started piling in here. Until SR himself changes the rules, to where at least new vendors have to stay in escrow, we have to do what we can to protect our less experienced users. So if it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, I'm calling ripoff until proven otherwise...
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I was just going to place an order with him, even went to far as to message him about reserving some. These posts totally swayed me in the other direction. I would much rather get half the amount of pills and have the assurance Ill actually get them, than loose all of the money I was going to put towards this.
Thanks for the warning. Its hard to remember that you can be TOO trusting sometimes.
Did anyone who supposedly bought the oxys actually get them yet? what has been the outcome?
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Am I the only one who sees Fike as being a seller for 4 months? Why everyone is flagging him scammer and calling him new is beyond me. As an update, my pills took longer than expected, so Ficusfucker gave me MORE bitcoins than I even originally paid (due to the price drop on bitcoin value) refunded directly into my SR account, on top of the pills.
So yeah, there's that. Scammer still? I don't know why everyone's sipping on that haterade.
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I know he's always been great in the 3 or 4 transactions I've done with him. Everything arrived intact, and usually within 1 or 2 days. I did place a large order for opiates, so here's hoping it gets here.
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I realize it could just have been the poor guy's timing...we had just gone thru a couple of bad ripoffs, first btc, and then opiates, so we were very suspicious and proactive about anybody coming on with any kind of 'story' about why they just had to operate outside of escrow, and especially if the payments were anything other than bitcoins. We just have no other recourse...our earlier policy of 'wait and see' just seems to cost too much money to too many.
And so, as I"ve said elsewhere: I know I"ll be wrong, and I hate the feeling when I am, but I do ask all legitimate vendors to just not go outside escrow until we've found a way to identify the constant ripoffs on here, who's only 'flag' is their pressure on people to sidestep escrow. That's why this happens, and yes, I know occasionally the wrong person will get a temporary taint....but we've lost a lot of money, on top of the humiliation, so, for a while anyway, it's just going to be this way.
Having said that, I do appreciate that the people who have positive experiences quickly post, reputations turn around just that quick, and usually are made stronger by sticking it out thru the early hazing....again, this isn't done to pick on people, or to keep legitmate vendors from making money: at this time, we just have no other defense other than to be really hard on vendors who want us to bypass escrow, if these are vendors we are not very sure of. It's tough times because of this, but eventually it'll calm down, or SR will make escrow mandatory up until a certain amount of sales, or time as a vendor, have passed.
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Looks like this needs to be bumped up to the top. Its been 12 days since I placed my order, and no response, no package, no nothing. And yes, I went out of escrow. I know, I know. I built a relationship with Ficus, and I trusted him. My mistake. Live and learn.
Just a heads up.
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Looks like this needs to be bumped up to the top. Its been 12 days since I placed my order, and no response, no package, no nothing. And yes, I went out of escrow. I know, I know. I built a relationship with Ficus, and I trusted him. My mistake. Live and learn.
Just a heads up.
Thanks for posting. This fellow has been such a tough call, and until it gets cleared up, one way or the other, it's important that people post, either positive or negative -- Early requirements for escrow bypass, can get a bit ugly, but if we just post our experiences, positive or negative, then people can at least go in with some knowledge. And it is hard to post negative takes, when others are having positive experiences, but it's the right thing to do, so newbies can make an educated guess. I had to do it on IP, when he went bad, so I know what it's like, and thank you for helping out here.
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This guy is the same piece of shit who scammed me for product and tried to blackmail my account rating -- Karma can be your best friend, and your worst enermy - He will get what he deserves I hope
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I can tell you guys this much --- he used to post listings mention "WEIGHT LOSS!!!!" in caps, and some Chinese name "Huang meng" LOL or sumthin -- and well yesterday ToyotaMan did the same
I have never dealt with ToyotoMan but its quite scary when you post the identical bullshit Ephedrine listing (with totally random pink pill picture, same as before) -- It is either a very good coincidence, they are in one way or another affiliated with each other, or are the same person...
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I'm a complete greenhorn and newbie. My first and possibly last transaction using borrowed BC's was with Ficusfucker. I saw the good reviews and since my wife and I do not have Insurance we thought his pricing would be good alternative for her Fybromyalgia. Of course, we went out of Escrow. It's been over 10 days and it's sinking in that not only did we lose the borrowed 80+ Bitcoins, got Scammed but my wife is now in really bad shape and it's causing marital problems. Although it's just Rumor and speculation, my gut feeling is this "fucker" is closer than we all think. He did mention he would continue Ephed sales, so I have no doubt he's among us ready for the next Sucker(s) like us.
I saw the previous posting by Redenbacher. Very Interesting Indeed. Good Luck to all as once I figure out how to pay back my those BC's, I'm going to look to the Lords way to solve our situation. I would never have done this had it not been the pricing I saw.
Best of Luck to All of You and God Bless.
Continued success to you Mr. Redenbacher.
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I can tell you guys this much --- he used to post listings mention "WEIGHT LOSS!!!!" in caps, and some Chinese name "Huang meng" LOL or sumthin -- and well yesterday ToyotaMan did the same
I have never dealt with ToyotoMan but its quite scary when you post the identical bullshit Ephedrine listing (with totally random pink pill picture, same as before) -- It is either a very good coincidence, they are in one way or another affiliated with each other, or are the same person..
I dont think they're the same person. Whenever I ordered DHC from Ficus, he had it shipped from Seattle, through an "associate". When I ordered DHC from Toyotaman, same story, it came out of Seattle in identical packing. When SR states working for me again, I'll drop him a message and see what he has to say.
I do know that some people are taking an extremely long time to receive product, anywhere from 9 to 15 days, so its still possible that he's legit, just slow.
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I have been "waiting" for my shit from this douchebag as well for about 14 days now. Foolishly on my part, these were my first two attempted SR purchases which have left a sour taste in my mouth.
Unfortunately I just found all the negative posts on him/her and finally have my answer as to whether or not I can be optimistic about getting my package. Story is as follows:
Finalized early and placed two orders for the Percocet listings. A small one/standard shipping, and A bulk order/overnight shipping. Was promised 4 days for standard and 1 for overnight. Am yet to receive either 2 weeks later, and seller has disappeared with some bullshit story on their seller page and hasn't returned any messages. So it looks like I'm out almost $400 and 160 pills. Seller seemed like a good guy, but now that I'm putting two and two together, I'm paying for being an impatient noob and not doing my homework first. I wish I could find this cock sucker and strangle them.
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You guys arent alone.
He got me for a couple hundread bucks too. I can only blame myself for going out of escrow though.
But I still think that its pretty shity of him to do that.
He could have made much more money in the long term if he would have just being a loyal and trusting vendor, Instead of trying to make a quick buck scamming.
True, Karma is real!
He will get whats coming to him
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His initial sales pitch sounded way too much like a previous scammer, peopleb4profits,and when I posted that, he immdiately changed his pitch. But I've made errors with this sort of call, so I have to be careful, but in any case, going outside of escrow on an untested vendor, will get you every time. My sympathies, tho: I got burnt by IP in a similar scheme. It happens. Nature of the beast.