THE GOOD GUYS WON IT!!!!!!!
Resolution has been achieved! SiR_ME after saying again and again that he is "on Holiday in a remote area with minimal internet" and "can't refund and can't respond easily" somehow has been on every day to respond to the PayPal dispute and now on HTech because I gave him a poor rating. He asked me to take it back(the poor review) if he refunds me(FUNNY how he can refund me at will, now that I'm messing with his sellers rating) Take it from me everyone, stay away from these people. Their names are different everywhere and their character has shown through as being low quality and lack accountability. LUCKILY I had records and proof and PayPal has decided in my favor.


FULL amount was refunded!



As you may have all seen most of his For Sale threads have been closed, likely due to issues similar to what I have had. If you go on EBAY his username is similar to his email pertaining to "TRANSAM..." as he sells on there also. DO NOT PURCHASE FROM THIS PERSON, I have an ONGOING paypal dispute with him.

To sum this up, I purchased 2 sets of EK9 headlights from SiR_ME back in July. Since then given the pandemic and issues its causing I tried to be understanding and give him time to resurrect the situation. Time and time again he asks for more time and in the beginning I gave him it. About a month or two ago( after about 3 months) i began seeing multiple distributors obtain the lights that have been delayed so I reached out. He gave me more excuses and i stated that he as the seller needed to understand the position of the consumer, that it's no longer my issue and this is the nature of the business and its time for him to take accountability and give me a refund until the lights come in. MAGICALLY as though from thin air, he has obtained a few of ONE SIDE of the headlights and now just waiting the other sides. Somehow he went from unable to get shipments from his distributor in Japan to the UAE to all of a sudden he has some sets.Catchting the drift here? He is trying to tie me into giving him more time. I explain to him that I have a timeline and will eventually need a refund if they won't be shipped within the next week or two. SiR_ME then assures me he understands and I will receive a refund if so. 2 weeks NO RESPONSE. I reach out yet again and now he doesn't want to file the refund, but to work with him to wait more time. What a surprise!

Fast forward to now, I've already files a paypal claim because he states he is on holiday for the next couple weeks after yet again 2 weeks of no response to a message I sent. I had to reach out just to have this person tell me they are out on Holiday, spending money they owe me, and that they will respond and refund come January of 2021( 6 months after the initial purchase) This guy is incredible. Its amazing to think people are really like this. Anyways, I know I cant rely on that response and yet another false promise, so I ask him 2 times to file the refund before escalating the claim. He then follows up with a response stating, I have the lights and will get them out once back from holiday. WHAT? Remember now, he initially responded that he would refund me upon return from holiday. Do you not see that you are blatantly lying now?! Now all of a sudden you have the lights to send. I don't think so! Since he made it so easy for me with yet another false statement dragging it out I have now escalated the claim for paypal review. He stated he can't file a refund due to limited internet and being in a remote area(Yet somehow he can respond to my messages on paypal, LOL If you have internet for the message you have internet for the refund.)

Let's keep scumbags like this out of our forums. Out of our community. We all know how bad of a rap this community already receives and it only seems to get worse especially with characters such as this. Remember this screen name and his EBAY name containing TRANSAM as he sells a lot of things he buys from Japan but doesn't actually have. It seems he may even have been kicked from ebay as i no longer can find his listings. Good luck and keep the community top notch. I know he has a cousin in CT that also sells parts for him so please deal accordingly and always use paypal service to cover your purchases.



The funny thing is they always speak formally and genuine, but you begin to realize that its merely and act to get you comfortable or to fool whoever is reading, that they are genuine, so they can exploit you. As with any scam artist, thus you need to protect yourselves.

 

Just some more Info for everyone if you use other platforms. This is his FB and IG so you know who to and not to deal with. You see where the "TRANSAMxxxx" Username comes from for his Ebay account also.

 

I am going to say this here. The buyer SLO-HATCH and I had an agreement to purchase 2 sets of EK9 headlamps. Buyer pays i placed the order through my local Honda supplier. The buyer was well informed about the time frame.

Everyone knows due to current situation covid 19 there has been delays with shippments. I was also facing the same situation. Delays of getting the headlamps was informed to me by the supplier.

The buyer was informed again.
In a nut shell. PAYPAL claim was not needed here. I have been selling parts for more than 20 years or so. I never had any issues with anyone.

Since the buyer didn't want to wait, he disputed and it was my decision to close the case. I didn't want to drag it further

i am a old timer here and i enjoy selling parts and helping ppl with great deals and prices

Cheers

 

Ziab we discussed all of this, and again I have to explain to you here too. You can't blame anyone and make up these lies and pretend that it is fact. I have messages for months now about how you said the timeline was 5-10 days after you are paid. You as the seller chose to sell in the manner of, -Buyer Pays you, -You pay Distributor,- You get the parts and Ship them to buyer. You aren't an actual drop shipper nor do you hold inventory because for you its just a side hustle. So in doing this, you must assume responsibility for the issues that arise. In this case, the pandemic hit, true. Who could have predicted this. But also with that, you cant predict when the shipment would ever come. So you cant expect the consumer to leave full faith in you and your side hustle to hold true and send the headlights if they ever arrived after the PayPal claim window. Might I remind you as I have many times already, that I tried working with you and you said you understand my concerns yet did nothing about them. I even offered to resend the funds for purchase in order to extend the PayPal claim window, because I was trying to be understanding of the fact of how you do your hustle by not keeping stock, but instead buying when you are paid. You are merely looking at things from your perspective as the "Hustler" who didn't want to leave your faith in an honest seller who was already trying to make things work and gave you plenty of time and options. And also only from the perspective of the fact you would lose the money on the order you had already sent through and now have to find another buyer on a set of lights, you had no idea when you would receive from the distributor. Think about that Ziab. That was your selfishness and lack of accountability for how you run your hustle. Instead of just taking that risk of returning my money and having me send it back to open up the paypal claim window, you insisted on lying about having them, having only part of the order, about being on holiday and not being able to refund me after you lied already about sending me a refund a month before and changing up that story when i reached out after you never responded. Ziab, you need to understand that there are risks to doing what you do and a small loss or small amount of money tied up isn't worth lying to others and dragging them out the way you did. You brag about your 20 years of good experience, yet when I posted this, others came forth to explain how you ended up asking for more money for the headlights after they had already purchased them. Talk about poor business manners.

And to think now you have the audacity to come here and say that we had already discussed the timetable due to the pandemic. NO Ziab, this was before even you knew there were shipping cencellations and delays, and I have proof of that. And again, you didn't choose to make it right in the many months I gave you. Keep saying you filed the refund, but you would have had the money pulled either way. Either way, you lied and stated you were on holiday and unable to refund, but now you want to take credit for the refund and be on the internet all day responding to these facts i've posted. Ziab, do better. Consumers do not care about your life, if you promise a product, you can't change the rules because life changes. The Pandemic wasnt an excuse because you should have refunded the money as you had no real timeline, your supposed holiday wasn't an excuse as you had time to resolve this long before you decide to go on vacation. No one cares, you have peoples money and they expect results. Learn to do business better.

Ziab, you do well at saying the right things, but they matter not, when you're actions speak differently. The "buyer didnt want to wait", because the buyer had waited much longer than originally was discussed and even worked for months (Since July) with you on a resolution. Then lied about the holiday to drag it out longer, but i have my refund as PayPal awarded me the decision

"I didn't want to drag it longer" Ziab..... the story shows how long you dragged it already and why you had to make a decision as it was bound to be taken out of your account anyways. You look foolish... agian...

 

Here you go ladies and gents. Ziab. This is that "Situation" that Ziab thinks you all know about, yet he himself at the time didn't. Strange. Because he claims that it was discussed that he was clear about the "timeframe". Looks to me like 5-10 days for him to receive them and ship them out doesn't is now, "You'll get them someday maybe this year maybe next"

 

Addition to this thread.i am not dragging this, things didn't work out between you and me. During July we made an agreement. Usually I used to receive the items within a time frame less than 2 weeks. Upon receiving i immediately ship it out.

Unfortunately it didn't happen, the delays were informed to the buyer and communication was this there. Yes he had been patiently waiting. I do understand. But things didn't work out
I am no scammer nor scammed anyone