gabagoo
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I fell into a trap of my own making about 60 days ago. I did some work for a fellow renter in my unit for a tradeshow he had coming up. Naturally because he was my neighbour I did not take a deposit but charged him in full COD when we were done and he paid. While I was in his unit the few times I went in, there was this fellow there and I naturally assumed he worked there. Seemed like an IT guy, always doing stuff with the comps.
In any case this guy comes over and he is quite friendly and tells me that he needs some signs for his girlfriends cafe she is opening, so I discuss it with him and he wants to get these black glass write on boards that have lighting in them that make the fleurescent markers light up. We could find none and those we found were 12 weeks back ordered so he calls me on a Thursday and tells me that a sign supplier he found on the internet has the regular non lit cheap versions. I told him they would not sell to him but if he wanted them to call me and tell me what he wanted Friday morning and I would put 25% markup on it as a favour for him. He never called Friday morning and then at 4:50 in the afternoon he calls me and tells me he is at this supplier and they wont sell to him. I told him they wouldn't and he was supposed to call me. He says he was swamped and forgot ,so I said OK pick what you want and get them to call me when payment was needed. They called and as annoyed as I was at what he did I told them to put it on my Visa. He told me he would be in Monday morning to pay me. You know where this is going. Yea stupid me!!!
I figured he worked for this guy and I would get my money from his boss if necessary. Well he didn't work for him but did some computer work for these guys. In any case Monday came and went and he never showed up. Long story even longer, when we called his cell it would automatically go to some strange answering device which would hang up on you so we kept calling and then he calls back screaming at us as to why we called 7 times... OK now I know I am going to have trouble with this guy. I told him to come in and pay me or at least give me your Visa and we will do it over the phone. No he will come in he says. No show!!! I see his car (Audi A4) parked over at the neighbours so I go down there and we verbally talk it over in this guys unit, which I felt uncomfortable about and asked him to come to my unit. He came over, told me he was going to the bank and would be back to pay me.....never showed.... no phone call, nothing. I knew he wouldn't be back. Now this cat and mouse crap has gone on for weeks now and it is obvious to me that I have been scammed by this dink.
Today I see his car parked there, so I thought about it and I retaliated. I got into my car and parked right in front of his car so he could not exit the parking lot. As I was walking back to my unit he comes out and starts giving me every excuse he could as to why he cant pay me. I said my car is going to stay there until I decide to go home, what you gonna do about it. He says he will call the police. I said fine, good cause I want some of your personal info so I can serve you with papers. We start walking and either he is the stupidest %$^% I have ever met or he really thinks I am going to back off. I told him I am not listening to any more lies. he then says he may have the money Friday. I said nope, I aint moving the car, so he says OK here take my watch as colateral. It was a Tag Heure and the first thing I said was, This is a fake!!!. he said it was real. So I said OK fine I want to see you Friday or I will hawk the watch. I moved my car and then took the watch inside and looked it over. I have seen many fakes but this one may be the real deal. The back has a glass opening and you can see the automatic winder and the watch workings so maybe it is real. You think I canget in trouble if by Friday he does not come in and sometime in the next few weeks I try to unload the watch to make up for the lack of payment?
In any case this guy comes over and he is quite friendly and tells me that he needs some signs for his girlfriends cafe she is opening, so I discuss it with him and he wants to get these black glass write on boards that have lighting in them that make the fleurescent markers light up. We could find none and those we found were 12 weeks back ordered so he calls me on a Thursday and tells me that a sign supplier he found on the internet has the regular non lit cheap versions. I told him they would not sell to him but if he wanted them to call me and tell me what he wanted Friday morning and I would put 25% markup on it as a favour for him. He never called Friday morning and then at 4:50 in the afternoon he calls me and tells me he is at this supplier and they wont sell to him. I told him they wouldn't and he was supposed to call me. He says he was swamped and forgot ,so I said OK pick what you want and get them to call me when payment was needed. They called and as annoyed as I was at what he did I told them to put it on my Visa. He told me he would be in Monday morning to pay me. You know where this is going. Yea stupid me!!!
I figured he worked for this guy and I would get my money from his boss if necessary. Well he didn't work for him but did some computer work for these guys. In any case Monday came and went and he never showed up. Long story even longer, when we called his cell it would automatically go to some strange answering device which would hang up on you so we kept calling and then he calls back screaming at us as to why we called 7 times... OK now I know I am going to have trouble with this guy. I told him to come in and pay me or at least give me your Visa and we will do it over the phone. No he will come in he says. No show!!! I see his car (Audi A4) parked over at the neighbours so I go down there and we verbally talk it over in this guys unit, which I felt uncomfortable about and asked him to come to my unit. He came over, told me he was going to the bank and would be back to pay me.....never showed.... no phone call, nothing. I knew he wouldn't be back. Now this cat and mouse crap has gone on for weeks now and it is obvious to me that I have been scammed by this dink.
Today I see his car parked there, so I thought about it and I retaliated. I got into my car and parked right in front of his car so he could not exit the parking lot. As I was walking back to my unit he comes out and starts giving me every excuse he could as to why he cant pay me. I said my car is going to stay there until I decide to go home, what you gonna do about it. He says he will call the police. I said fine, good cause I want some of your personal info so I can serve you with papers. We start walking and either he is the stupidest %$^% I have ever met or he really thinks I am going to back off. I told him I am not listening to any more lies. he then says he may have the money Friday. I said nope, I aint moving the car, so he says OK here take my watch as colateral. It was a Tag Heure and the first thing I said was, This is a fake!!!. he said it was real. So I said OK fine I want to see you Friday or I will hawk the watch. I moved my car and then took the watch inside and looked it over. I have seen many fakes but this one may be the real deal. The back has a glass opening and you can see the automatic winder and the watch workings so maybe it is real. You think I canget in trouble if by Friday he does not come in and sometime in the next few weeks I try to unload the watch to make up for the lack of payment?
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