NEMISIS4U.....I CANNOT REPLY TO YUR PRIVATE MESSAGE
10-02-2010 | 10:55 AM
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RE: NEMISIS4U.....I CANNOT REPLY TO YUR PRIVATE MESSAGE
ORIGINAL: TXtanker
PNT2000 is his new name......I quit , all I can say is I hope he doesnt rip any of you guys off.
PNT2000 is his new name......I quit , all I can say is I hope he doesnt rip any of you guys off.
- Jeff
10-02-2010 | 02:48 PM
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RE: NEMISIS4U.....I CANNOT REPLY TO YUR PRIVATE MESSAGE
ORIGINAL: sevoblast
Like any pro scammer, Meyers is constantly changing ID's etc. Bottom line, fellow tankers, if the deal sounds too good to be true, it is.
Meyer's favorite ploy is to order something from you, persuade you to take a money order, and then contact you a day or two later whining that the item is a birthday gift for his non-existent son, and could you please send the item 'cause the MO is in the mail. DON'T DO IT!! Unless you personally know the purchaser or seller, always make sure you are paid before shipping. To buy something, either paypal or credit card is it. Otherwise, you may fall victim to a scammer. If you ain't got it within two weeks, file a paypal complaint or contact your CC bank and stop payment, reason given is goods not delivered. If the goods do show up, you can always pay him again. However, usually the goods don't show if it's that long. If a buyer or seller will only work with a bank wire transfer or a MO, time to say good bye, unless you know him personally.
Meyers is one of the most blatant, but there are others out there.
Here's the rule of thumb for the cost of theft from a small business, and I told this to a judge some years ago. He was shocked at the actual cost, and nailed the guy who wrote me a bum check. Argument was 'well, Mr Sev, it's only $100'. Answer? Yer Honor, profit in a small business is quite small. To make that 'only $100', I HAVE TO SELL $700 OF GOODS TO GET JUST THAT COST BACK. He said 'prove it', I did, and the criminal, who had passed bad paper all over Jax, became a guest of the City for a while. The giggle was his wife promptly whipped out a hundred buck bill, hands it to me, and turns to His Honor and says 'will you let my husband go now?' His Honor said 'Nope, 60 days while we look in to this lad'. She made a scandal on the spot, and down she went too.
Bottom line, thieves hurt us all. In larger businesses, the cost of theft is figured in to the price you pay. What, you thought they would eat that 5 to 10% of stolen goods? Not a chance! For a small business, it can be very destructive to the business. For private individuals, if Meyers steals $100 from you, then you got to figure what percentage you pay in taxes, both actual and hidden, from your pay, and add that to the 100 bucks. Go figure it. For every $100 he steals from us tankers, you gotta figure minimum 40% taxes you pay on average, so it's not $100, it's $140. Adds up, don't it?
Like any pro scammer, Meyers is constantly changing ID's etc. Bottom line, fellow tankers, if the deal sounds too good to be true, it is.
Meyer's favorite ploy is to order something from you, persuade you to take a money order, and then contact you a day or two later whining that the item is a birthday gift for his non-existent son, and could you please send the item 'cause the MO is in the mail. DON'T DO IT!! Unless you personally know the purchaser or seller, always make sure you are paid before shipping. To buy something, either paypal or credit card is it. Otherwise, you may fall victim to a scammer. If you ain't got it within two weeks, file a paypal complaint or contact your CC bank and stop payment, reason given is goods not delivered. If the goods do show up, you can always pay him again. However, usually the goods don't show if it's that long. If a buyer or seller will only work with a bank wire transfer or a MO, time to say good bye, unless you know him personally.
Meyers is one of the most blatant, but there are others out there.
Here's the rule of thumb for the cost of theft from a small business, and I told this to a judge some years ago. He was shocked at the actual cost, and nailed the guy who wrote me a bum check. Argument was 'well, Mr Sev, it's only $100'. Answer? Yer Honor, profit in a small business is quite small. To make that 'only $100', I HAVE TO SELL $700 OF GOODS TO GET JUST THAT COST BACK. He said 'prove it', I did, and the criminal, who had passed bad paper all over Jax, became a guest of the City for a while. The giggle was his wife promptly whipped out a hundred buck bill, hands it to me, and turns to His Honor and says 'will you let my husband go now?' His Honor said 'Nope, 60 days while we look in to this lad'. She made a scandal on the spot, and down she went too.
Bottom line, thieves hurt us all. In larger businesses, the cost of theft is figured in to the price you pay. What, you thought they would eat that 5 to 10% of stolen goods? Not a chance! For a small business, it can be very destructive to the business. For private individuals, if Meyers steals $100 from you, then you got to figure what percentage you pay in taxes, both actual and hidden, from your pay, and add that to the 100 bucks. Go figure it. For every $100 he steals from us tankers, you gotta figure minimum 40% taxes you pay on average, so it's not $100, it's $140. Adds up, don't it?
