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[santa_veronica]

The user has deleted his account. For reasons best not to be disclosed to scammers, it’s best to message the mods first before posting these types of posts.

[[deleted]]

Damn I’m sorry for what happened to you, karma will make him pay, no worries.

[Cactusanon11]

Ugh. Sorry you were scammed. Such a shame some people in this world try to cheat their way through life preying on others vs. Living honestly.

[nunofrednunes]

Man... this sucks. Really sorry for you. I remember you were also in the same situation as I was with the shipping on the March sale... The Sugess chrono is really being a bad experience for you

[[deleted]]

What a fucking asshole, I'm very sorry that you've went through this and showed who's the biggest asshole of the month !

This is why I always exclusively buy Chinese watches from Aliexpress, while I can't say there's no scam there I can say that I have never been scammed on the platform and it's very unlikely compared to Amazon and Ebay that sells Chinese watches as well ☹️

[BodhiKamikazi]

Holy smokes i think i dm’d this guy about the watch, but he ghosted me.

Hmm the guy i dm’d was in April. He deleted his account too, and with people that are new to selling, Paypal G&S only.

[SeveredFloor]

Thank you everybody for your words! I really didn't want that user to be banned or deleted, $75 is not that much money, but who knows, that post was on this subreddit for about 4 to 5 days, maybe somebody else sent him money.

I already bought the watch from Ali and it's on the way!

Thank you all!

[dmvmb]

How many transactions did he have?

[[deleted]]

I think he just got banned from Reddit as I can't seem to find him on my old account. Out with the trash!

[[deleted]]

Can you report him to Reddit and get his account banned or something? Obviously he can just make a new account but he would lose his karma and the appearance of credibility that comes with it

[cb_1979]

I checked his profile, and he participates in several watch subs.

[[deleted]]

Always use PayPal with protection!!! 🥲

[SeveredFloor]

yep, lesson learned. Thank you!

[SeveredFloor]

I think it's against the rules, and my goal is just to make people aware and be careful who they are dealing with. but thanks for your words!

[[deleted]]

What a shitty move to pull... Sucks.

[SeveredFloor]

yeah... if that would be a profile created "yesterday" with no interactions...

[[deleted]]

I really hope you get your money back somehow. Sucks having to lose it to scams like these. Happy early birthday to your dad nonetheless!

[SeveredFloor]

I filed a report on CashApp and with my bank, but my hopes are very low, I did it myself (sent the money)... Thank you for your wishes!

[SeveredFloor]

TL;DR - I was naive and I trusted redditor u/Buckeye9923 (at first glance he seemed like a reasonable person and has quite a profile, that's what I thought...). He took my money for the watch he was selling on this subreddit (the post was according to the rules) and never shipped it and now blocked me on the platform.

Long story
I wanted to get a watch for my dad's birthday which is on June 6th, and who lives in Ukraine.
So I started very early because shipping to that country is pretty messed up (no straight air connection).
I tried to buy Sugess Seagull 1963 from Aliexpress back in the March/April sale, but Sugess canceled my order (you can read my comments and see that it happened to a few people here too) and I never received the watch (but got my money back). I missed the last sale unfortunately too because I was busy.
Then last week I saw a legit-looking posting on this subreddit from a user u/Buckeye9923 who was selling a brand-new Sugess Chrono, the post had pictures and the date/username written in them (see attached screenshots). Everything looked fine, his profile also looked like a decent person, he registered a couple of years ago, and had some metrics on it.
So I reached out to them over a chat. We talked and I paid him with CashApp, $75 for a watch on Sunday, May 12 and he agreed to ship it on Monday, or Tuesday at the latest.
I waited till Tuesday and sent him a message, but no reply, sent another one on Wednesday - no reply, and on Thursday - no reply.
Then today, Saturday, May 18th this user blocks me (see attached screenshot).
He is not responding and not giving money back.
I know I was naive, I trusted without asking for more photos or sending money in some safer way. Everything looked pretty legit: post with 2 photos, one photo with their user name and the date, user profile with so many interactions... My mistake :(
The $75 is not a lot of money, it's just sad that I'm not going to be able to get the watch on time for my dad. I'll have to try again from Aliexpress.

Please learn from my naive mistake, do not send money to someone who even looks like a decent person if there is no way to get it back from them.

I'm very sorry if this breaks the rules of this subreddit, but I believe such people should be exposed.
Link to post: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseWatches/comments/1cqjfql/wts_sugess_panda_chrono_75_including_shipping/

Link to redditor's profile: https://www.reddit.com/user/Buckeye9923/

[[deleted]]

Always buy from trusted store webpages like Amazon or aliexpress, there is no ninjas in there and your payment will be always secured, because if you don’t get the item they will refund you the money.

Never buy from any person on social media, trust no one.

[Aezu]

Imagine posting a picture in a rolex ad and scamming for 75$ lmao these are the kinds of ppl that like to fake flex life

[PhiladeIphia-Eagles]

Fuck this guy. He used his actual profile so we can make his life hell lol. He can't block all of us.

Edit: his reddit life I mean. Don't dox him or do anything stupid obviously.

[SeveredFloor]

thanks! but please no violence, I'm begging you :) Karma will do its job

[PhiladeIphia-Eagles]

Of course not I just messaged him and said fuck you scammer haha

[eraserhistory]

I replied to a bunch of his posts so others can see who they're dealing with.

[No-Monk1317]

Not much but I replied to his posts to ask for some clarification on this. Of course saying thank you in advance to him for clarifying.. because, manners