Complaint Review: Mark Alves

Mark Alves is a very active seller / middleman on screen printing and DTG forums so I advise anyone to NOT do business with him. I purchased two dryers from this man and one was delivered, the other he made up some story about it getting damaged and that they found another one. They sent me the other one and it wasn't at all similiar. It wasnt the same size belt, heat chamber was smaller, and it wasn't even M&R! I did not accept the second dryer and they went back home with it. Mark Alves is a scammer, liar, and theif. I will be reporting him to the local police, filing numerous complaints against him and also legal action.

Note ( I paid for professional delivery yet mark himself delivered it, these guys must be itching for money to pull that )

Now he has gone missing and I have about 50 texts or so deep with no response and its been several weeks. Throughout this entire exchange I was also in contact with his tech Donald Blackwell. These two are related and do these deals together. Mark sells the equipment and Donald goes and installs it. Donald was also the one who was offering me a different dryer and actually handling the discussion after the second one that I was supposed to get was 'damaged'.

I have plans on calling M&R and reporting this tech as well and will be putting them both on blast in the next several days on the internet and various other forums. I also plan on filing a police report and filing a lawsuit, only issue I dont have much info on them at the moment. If anyone can help or has information please share.

So far I have this:

Mark Alves
https://www.facebook.com/mark.alves.7946
(812) 572-5334
(((redacted)))
Louisville, KY 40203

Donald Blackwell
(864) 473-9789
Inman, SC 29349
Shop Address: 8180 Valley Falls Rd, Spartanburg, SC 29303
Possible home address: 201 Pointe Rd, Inman, SC 29349

I gave them a favor to resolve this and still keep the money, yet now its been almost 6 months and no second dryer and no money, and no response from them. They are borth professional scammers and there are numerous other reports and complaints on these men online. Buyer beware DO NOT DO ANY BUSINESS WITH MARK ALVES OR DONALD BLACKWELL!