i want to post a bad trder alert to help everyone else. here's all the info i have on the guy and a copy of the emails we've shared.
Basically, he did not want to set up a trade and only wanted to sell. i agreed and sent the money. its now 4 months later and have not heard from him. whats weird is he lives less than 60 miles from me but he claims it took almost a month to receive it. also, he only admitted to receiving the check when i threatened to cancel it. also, he insisted on waitng to make the dvd's until he received the check but he was somehow able to send the dvd's less than a week after he "received" the check. i just want everyone to watch out and i will quickly post a follow up if he ever finishes this

nema: LeRoy Williams/Kevin Manning
email: jason82587@yahoo.com
address:
LeRoy Williams
PO BOX 45357
Madison, WI 53744-5357

9-17-04
i noticed on sitcomsonline.com that you said you have the geena davis show. would you be willing to trade or sell epiosdes?

sure u can get it for $40 on DVD..let me know

9-20-04

do you have all epsiodes

yes

i also noticed that you have sabrina the teenage witch. can you tell me if these are original or syndication airings

I have all episodes of Sabrina season 1-7...all the ones when they aired on ABC and the ones from the wb. u can have them all on dvd with the geena davis show for $110.

let me know

that would be great. did you get me other email about geena dvais show promos? also, does your sabrina set include any sabrina promos or tgif host segments(i believe there were at 5 melissa joan hart filmed for the WB)? or any of the tv movies? if i send them to you would you be interested or able to put those on dvd? also, how many disks are each set?

Hey...the movies for Sabrina are included in the set. Both shows have Promos.
geena davis show is about 7 dvds
Sabrina is about 25 dvds

let me know

ok, just one last thing. are the commercials edited out of all episodes? if so, are they carefully eidted out so no part of an epsiode is missing? are all epsiodes complete?

Hey...all commericals are edited out of both shows for all episodes. Yes i have all episodes in order of both shows. all episodes complete

have u ever tape traded?

9-22-04
i have tape traded before but have been burned too many times from people lying about episode sources, editing, and content. thats the reAson for all the questions. ok, all sounds great. how would you like payment sent and do you know about how long it would take to send out the sets? also, would it be too much to ask for inside schwartz in this deal and do you have all episodes of that show? one more thing, just to let you know, if this turns out well, you have quite a few more shows that id be interested in.
thanks
jake

Hey...it's fine for all the questions. Also i could throw in inside schwartz for u if u want. and yes it is complete. also please make the $110 money order out to Kevin Manning.
i will give u my address and everything when u have the money order ready to send. also it will take about 2-3 weeks after getting the money order to send your shows out...because Sabrina is a lot of dvd...


thanks and let me know

9-23-04
That would b great. Are you able to accept paypal? Its
ok if you cant. I promise you im going to send the
money order on tuesday morning after i get paid, if
you want to start on the set. If you want to wait til
u receive the money order, i understand. Just let me
know. Also, have you traded before? I just saw some
posts u made that said you hadnt. I dont mean to
offend you but ive been ripped off too many times. I
just get nervour about sending money. I have no reason
not to trust you. Itr just so easy to get ripped off

I'm sorry but i will i'm going to waite because i have had alot of ppl back out of trade. so i will start when i get the payments. also i have traded before. also please make money order out to Kevin Manning.

let me know when u get the money order and are ready to send

thanks

can you send me your address so i can send you the payment? thanks
jake

10-1-04
LeRoy Williams
PO BOX 45357
Madison, WI 53744-5357

10-8-04
hi. im just writing to see if youve received the check yet. you should have, it wasnt sent too far away from where you are. please let m eknow
thanks
jake

i have not gotten anything yet...because i havn't been to the post office in a long time i will try and get there next week.

thanks

10-12-04
im jsut checking to see if you received the check yet

nothing yet...did u send to the right adress?

10-24-04
i think so. im going to cancel the check. would you accept paypal so i know that it gets to you? i dont think i can send certified mail to a po box and i would still like to follow through on this. but i dont want to go thru getting another cazshiers check and not having it get to you

Before u go and cancel the check...maybe we should give it another week or so because sometimes these things take time...and i don't do anything with paypal...sorry so don't cancel the check yet...i might still get it..ok

10-25-04
im going to cancel it. its been almost a month since i sent it. i see no reason it should take that long to travel less than 60 miles. is there a reason why you dont deal with paypal? if its because of the service charge, id be happy to send extra to cover that charge

hey...good new....just got it today...so please don't cancel it.....i'm going to shipp your stuff out by firday.

thanks

let me know soon

don't cancel it because then i will not bealbe to chash it

10-26-04
can you please reply to let me know if you are going to send the package with delivery confirmation

yes

10-29-04
Did you get to send the dvds?

10-30-04
i will ship out on Monday...

thanks and enjoy

11-4-04
did you send out the dvd's

Yes i shipped out the dvds out on Monday...u should get them in a week or so...please let me know when they get there and enjoy

11-15-04
hi, im just writing to see if you sent the dvd's with a tracking number like you had said you would? its been over a week since you sent the dvd;s and i havent seen them.
thanks

for real? you should have gotten them buy now.....ok...if u don't get them buy the end of next week i will make u another set and ship them over night.

11-29-04
unfortunately i still havent seen your package. would you be willing to make me another set?
thanks again
jake

sure give me about a week

12-22-04
im still waiting to hear if you have sent out the dvd's yet. im getting nevous and if i dont hear from you, i have no chice but to post a bad trader warning about you

sorry but i have been really busy with x-mas and everything....but i will get your new set in the mail within the next week...also i will throw in a shows of your choice...just like me know.

sorry

this is the last ive heard from him. during the whole issue, someone else was checking up on him and sent me this letter:

Jake,

It's a long story, but he ripped off another trader, whom I was mediating
for. The victim threatened LeRoy with exposure (at my recommendation), and
LeRoy told him that he'd turn the tables and do the same thing to him.
Though I told the victim that I'd help defend him, he got scared and agreed
with LeRoy to just drop the issue.

The sad thing about it is that LeRoy MSN Messaged me, basically admitting
that he'd never sent the stuff to this other guy.

Jen

Jake,

It's a long story, but he ripped off another trader, whom I was mediating
for. The victim threatened LeRoy with exposure (at my recommendation), and LeRoy told him that he'd turn the tables and do the same thing to him.
Though I told the victim that I'd help defend him, he got scared and agreed
with LeRoy to just drop the issue.

The sad thing about it is that LeRoy MSN Messaged me, basically admitting
that he'd never sent the stuff to this other guy.

Jen
I'm the "Jen" sammny quoted. Thanks, Sammny for bringing this out into the open.

good advice, either pay via paypal or pass on the deal

at least with paypal the person needs to send you something, and if its a thief, you do have a good chance of getting your money back

my advice? pursue charges of mail fraud through the u.s. postal system. you have proof that your check was cashed and when, right?
i was recently involved with a shark who took quite a bit of money and sent an (incomplete) set of dvds of unbelievably bad quality.
he promised that all eps were in great condition and when i wrote to tell him i was having all sorts of picture problems, he wrote a nasty reply, castigating me for being "picky" and complaining too much.
i did pay him through paypal and he told me to get my money back from them if i could and goodbye forever (after a lot of name calling) because he was going to spam-guard any more emails from me.

so i pursued the mail fraud option and within a week of contacting the postal system, i got an email from the crooked seller letting me know that he had returned the money to paypal and that he was very sorry for any inconvenience!

hope this helps you.

thank you. i never knew reporting it as mail fraud was an option. i will surely persue that now.

in addition to my original post, i received an email from him right after i posted it saying he's sent out the set 3 times and cant beleive i havent received it yet. what a joke

thank you. i never knew reporting it as mail fraud was an option. i will surely persue that now.

in addition to my original post, i received an email from him right after i posted it saying he's sent out the set 3 times and cant beleive i havent received it yet. what a joke

ya three times, nice try---what a weak story

as much as i hate the lazy employees at the post office, i have had exactly 2 packages lost in the last 7 years while dealing on ebay, yahoo, and the trade boards. thats impressive considering how i had about 6000 ebay transactions and another couple hundred with yahoo and the trade sites

it only costs either 35 cents or 45 cents to prove it got someplace with del confirmation. thats about a cheap price to pay to prove a package got there

... i have had exactly 2 packages lost in the last 7 years while dealing on ebay, yahoo, and the trade boards. thats impressive considering how i had about 6000 ebay transactions and another couple hundred with yahoo and the trade sites...
Exactly! Your story and number of transactions sounds very similiar to mine (ebay, on-line book business, tape trading). Up until November of 2004 I had a perfect record when supposedly seven packages were lost enroute to my mailbox... all from the same trader, and he wonders why I doubt him. Coincidentally, of course, no tracking number was used. :rolleyes:

This is the same old story. I wonder when bad traders will come up with a different line? I'm tired of this one. :mad: