Anonymous
Charleston,#2Consumer Suggestion
Fri, January 16, 2009
I was almost duped by this scam on craigslist and (thanks to some good advice) decided to pass on it. I want to post my story in the hopes others can avoid getting duped by similar "monkey in the middle" scams. Also, I do want to see this con artist get caught and put in jail for his crimes. I have filed a complaint with the feds, kept in touch with a few other folks involved in this scam and want to do something constructive. I gotta say craigslist folks saved me from this guy! Thankfully, a wary eBay seller in another state simply posted on craigslist "Is this a scam?" I found the post by googling the text of the ad, "eBay sellers wanted" + scam. Took me right to the post. I also googled Neoclothing, the con artists' gmail address and any other keywords I could think of. In all honesty, I was in the same frame of mind as Jade and thought I saw an opportunity to make a little side income off of my eBay hobby. IRS: leave me alone type of thing ;) :- :) OO :(.... I saw Jade (and others) going for it on eBay and thought "why not give it a go?" The con artist even suggested I check eBay to see if it was for real. He wanted me to think he was legit. I saw what the neoclothing fake goods were selling for and was considering stepping into the fire. Pictures of the bogus items looked good.... I am college educated, experienced as an eBay seller and in no way a complete fool. I say this because I could have easily leaped into this scam and gotten burned. I think this con artist is at least semi believable, sophisticated and knows his stuff. Come on, the fact that he may still be out there is the proof. This guy is slick. My email correspondence with this con artist is available if you or anyone else wants a copy. Study it to see for yourself how the con works. Don't be the monkey. By the way, if you're the con artist you already got my AMF. My thoughts are the person responsible for this scam needs to be criminally prosecuted to the maximum extent of the law. P.S. eBay/ Paypal was wrong in slamming Jade and the other eBay sellers like they did. Ethically, why punish the victim? You have only made a bad situation worse.
Anon
St. Louis,#3UPDATE EX-employee responds
Wed, November 12, 2008
Hi, I too was ripped off by these people. I already filed a Ripoff Report for them. Search Polo Designer or Wholesale Polos. His real name is Robert Marmarosh from Rochester NY. I don't think I can list any other personal information of his. His products are more than likely fake. If I were you, I would contact the authorities about this, seeing how much money he scammed you out of. Also, you can search Craigslist and Ebay for his products and get them removed. Just flag them as spam in Craigslist and in Ebay, mark them as a counterfeit proudct listing violation. I have had many of his listings removed this way, so that he too can start to suffer financial losses.