[FS] Do not deal with the cheese phone ... Scammer

[UNDR]

Hello everyone,

So I have had nothing but brick walls dealing with The Cheese Phone. Back in Sept I purchased from him the #4 misprint comic. However he had a family death so Im told and I was like okay no worries and I gave him more time and then he gave me another excuses. Over the last few months Ive been sending emails about every week or so and this guy has fallen of the face of the earth. He has also deleted the posts and threads that we spoke in however I have all the PMs. I understand the lose of family members however after nearly 4 months you still have responsibilities to attend and I feel I was more than willing to work with him in doing so.

Want to make sure he is banned and no one else gets scammed.

Also I have opened a PP claim and the money was returned.

[papa_smurf73]

I had the same problem. :/ Thread below. He eventually refunded my money.

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=49305

I really didn't have good luck last year with financial transactions with people who I would expect to use better judgement. Makes me lose faith in humanity to some degree, but I digress. I literally had someone stiff me $3k, and dipped on a job I hired him for. Blows my mind. Not to mention it was my neighbor's brother. So I can definitely empathize with you.

If he hasn't come through for you by now, it's probably never going to happen my dude. Good for you for keeping after it though.

[Pxndx]

Yep i remember calling this guy out. He was asking people to send him a gift through PayPal. seemed pretty sketchy.

[snake]

He hasn't been on since november. He's not coming back.

[UNDR]

I sent the money as a business transaction. I do a lot of paypal purchases so its nothing new to me, just like serious man its $55 dollars and a lot of my time wasted.

[Mew]

Do you believe him?
About his family?

[UNDR]

Originally Posted by MewMeow

Do you believe him?
About his family?

I gave the benefit of a doubt on the first death. Then another death in less than a week after the other excuses raised my ******** meter to max. Like I said I offered enough rope and he hung hitself.

Again it was $55, I got my money back. It's more of you're that worthless of a person to steal really nothing, DaFuq seriously.

[The Cheese Phone]

I’m sure most of you are shocked to see my name anywhere near this thread. A couple of boardie friends that happen to know me a little off of this board gave me a heads-up to this thread.

I’m not sure where to start this so I am just going to dive right in. I hate the idea of making things this personal but I feel I probably should in light of everything. I’ve suffered a lot of personal losses this past year. It started at the beginning of 2014 when I lost my best friend. He was in a motorcycle accident. It made the local news. It was horrible. I managed to get through that only from my wife, children and faith. Three months ago in late October, I lost my brother. He was only in his mid thirties. The combination of diabetes and his weak heart just was too much. I’m still grieving heavily from this loss. We just finally scattered his ashes on his birthday a few weeks ago at his favorite fishing spot. After he died, I went into an instant state of depression. Work gave me two weeks off to mourn but that wasn’t enough. I almost lost that job two times, as it’s just hard to focus some days. Just when I finally found a day that didn’t suck as much as the one before it, I received a call that my Granddaddy passed away. He was older but I know my brother’s passing seemed to turn his world gray, too. I was closer to him than my own father. There are two obituaries online that support this and even list me as surviving next of kin.

I know that most of you don’t care about any of this or most will just brush it off as a lie of sorts. I don’t care. I just plain, don’t care. When I was younger, I was the one kid who never used the “My Grandma Passed Away” excuse to get out of school or anything else. I was always superstitious that it would actually happen if I lied about it. Well, that still goes for me as an adult.

I have been in therapy since October. I found a Christian counselor to help me sort this out. It’s one thing to lose someone close but if you’re fortunate enough, you’ll have several years before you have to endure something like that again. Most of you noticed that I haven’t logged in since November. That’s right about the time I couldn’t even get out of bed. Nothing else mattered. I realize I had transactions that needed to be completed. I realize that business is business. Try losing three people in your life that you are closest to in one year’s time. Then you can tell me what I am supposed to be doing.

UNDR, you have mentioned twice in this thread that you received a refund from paypal. I’m happy about that, as I didn’t want anyone out money in all this time. With that said, it sounds like our business is done. Please do not PM me. I won’t read it nor respond. I am not trying to be mean, as I would have done the same as you if in your shoes by starting a thread like this. Although I am sure I would have done it even sooner. I’m packing up as soon as I tie up the last two remaining transactions I had on this board. I will only be answering PM’s from those two individuals ONLY. If you are not them, please do not bother contacting me, as I will probably just forward any harassing PM’s to the moderator. Once I have tied up any remaining loose ends, I will then ask to have my account deleted. I just don’t need this in my life anymore. It doesn’t seem important.

I do have an indoor storage unit packed up with 3 rooms of furniture and my TMNT collection. When I finally get the strength for it, I will probably just try and sell it as one lot locally. I’m not interested in hearing from anyone about what I have. I’m not selling it here or online. My ebay and paypal account is a mess right now from disputes and what not. I am trying to un-tie that knot.

There are a lot of curmudgeons on here. I’ll never figure that one out. My favorite moments on this board have actually been watching others around my age grow up and start a family. I notice they downsize their collections as their priorities change. That’s what this is all about. My priorities have changed.

To those that want to think of me as a scammer, sorry, that never was true. I’ve had several large sized purchases from happy buyers. I did at one point ask for payments other than paypal simply because I couldn’t wait for paypal to transfer my money. If you’re ever had a child recently and you don’t have the greatest insurance, you’ll sympathize with my plight over large hospital bills with very strict payment deadlines.

I apologize though to any one affected by my absence. I am asking the Webmaster of this site to please lock or delete this thread. You all can continue to leave comments but I won’t be visiting it again to check it out. As aforementioned, once I finish these last two transactions, then I’m done. Best of luck to you all in the future. The only positive thing I can say while still in the midst of all of this is to always be stronger than what you suffer. Thanks. G’night.

[Digital Ghost]

You know, the transactions pertaining to this thread actually have a POSITIVE outcome, with people being refunded and whatnot... Granted it's a frustrating situation, time lost, etc but at least he's trying to make things right and that is extremely rare these days. Good for you Cheese Phone.

A couple of years ago I nearly lost hundreds of dollars to a scammer on here that was' apparently' selling off his collection. All I can say is, thank God for PayPal protection... I STILL feel terrible for those that were scammed and weren't as lucky as I in getting refunded. It was a TERRIBLE situation.

Tomorrow is another day. While some time was lost and frustration experienced, I'm glad to see the financial wrongs being corrected... I know exactly how it feels and I guarantee you time will heal these wounds.

I wish you all the very best.

[Mew]

Yes.
I've bought stuff from ebay, and if it didn't ship, the money always came back.
Glad to here you got your money.

[papa_smurf73]

There are a lot of curmudgeons on here.

Not trying to stir stuff up, but your general response pisses me off. More so, this comment especially pisses me off. Folks here are core fans, and respect one-another. We trusted you in good faith, sent you our money, and waited months for answers. In fact, we purchased well before your family situation happened. While I'm sure we all empathize with your situation, there's no excuse. You can rattle off your whole f'n life story, but it doesn't excuse your actions. The fact is you took peoples money, then fell off the planet for months. Thankfully, the OP filed a claim with Paypal. None of us would have received a refund if not for that kind of motivation. Pitty it came to that, man. I know I didn't spend a whole lot, but there were others that did. Even people who were brand new to the forum put their trust in you. Maybe you refunded their money, but it took WAY too long my dude.

No more excuses. Own up to your actions. It's a life lesson.