It is sad but true like P.T. Barnum
said "There is a sucker born every minute" now I'm not calling
artists suckers but if the shoe fits wear it, and if something smells fishy in
Denmark then it probably is.
Here is......................................................................................the
rest of the story.
Since my last rant about Frank
Henderson I decided to bring this to some kind of conclusion, so I sent him
another e-mail apologizing for making it hard for him to transact business
saying things are difficult in the USA and saying my art is boxed and ready to
go (it was). But UPS is only $150.00 and Mayor Delivery in the UK is $1,300.00
I could save him over 1,000.00 bucks!
Frank gets back in touch with me and
says for less stress he prefers the delivery service.
I say ok and run two separate visa card
numbers for the price of the artwork $2,500.00 and the cost of shipping 1,300.00. Equal amounts of each card.
Mayor Delivery send me an official looking invoice and say; due to their web site being upgraded it is currently down blah blah blah Mayor Delivery can only take wire money transfers. So I start to think............ hummmmmm that could be the SCAM put a large amount on a stolen credit card and then get the seller (me) to wire transfer to an account that could be anywhere and in any name. Frank Henderson gets $1,300 deposited by me and I get left holding the bag with the credit card company. I cannot find Mayor Delivery on Google and the phone numbers in the e-mail do not work.
Mayor Delivery send me an official looking invoice and say; due to their web site being upgraded it is currently down blah blah blah Mayor Delivery can only take wire money transfers. So I start to think............ hummmmmm that could be the SCAM put a large amount on a stolen credit card and then get the seller (me) to wire transfer to an account that could be anywhere and in any name. Frank Henderson gets $1,300 deposited by me and I get left holding the bag with the credit card company. I cannot find Mayor Delivery on Google and the phone numbers in the e-mail do not work.
My super investigating skills provide the VISA cards were
issued in Belgium. VISA in Belgium tells me the card has a lot of high charges
on it and asks if I know anything about them! The card is not even issued to a
Frank Henderson. Now it's being investigated by the credit card fraud division.
I'm trying to string him along so they can finish their investigation. Here are
the last two e-mails, notice how he is trying to bully me.
Frank,
As I
said before, I will wait 2 weeks before I ship the art. This for my own piece of mind.
Please understand I do not know you.
You have been very patient with me and I appreciate it.
I will feel much better if we could speak on the telephone.
Judy
907 355-
No i cannot accept that i
have been shopping over the internet and it is not like this therefore it is
unacceptable i have paid you and should have my order shipped so it can meet up
with my purpose.
As a fact i want you to
arrange with the courier mayor delivery
now so they can ship and deliver to me over the weekend.Looking forward to hearing from you asap
Best
Frank
As soon as I hear from VISA in Belgium I will be refunding
the money. It is sad but artists and old people seem to be the target of
thieves and con men, perhaps because we are optimists and want to believe in
the good in the world. At least I do. Another rule I live by is to treat others
the way I would like to be treated.
1 comment:
Not just artists and old people my friend, anyone who is basically honest themselves is at risk. It just shows you've a nice person. If you don't think that way you don't expect others to. At work I'm cynical and suspicious but elsewhere I'm easily fooled. Welcome to the club.
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