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Making this as an informational post.
On 5/22, I was contacted by a few concerned members of some fishy looking behaviors on the Exchange. Specifically, the Chris Reeve Knives for sale subforum.
The initial red flags pointed out;
1) Using stock photos to sell an item. With nearly every phone having a camera there really isn't a good excuse for not having your own photos and either upload here or a photohost such as IMGUR. If you can't take a photo, you probably should hold off on listing rather than draw out suspicion. "I was at work" will probably not cut it for me if I am looking to buy your doohickey.
2) You are free to use whatever form of payment people are willing to send but be aware of payments that have little to no recourse. This one requested "Apple Pay, Zelle, money order, check" and we can add "Venmo" to that list. He gives an excuse in one listing that Paypal shut down his account for selling gun parts. In another listing he says "Paypal decided to close my account for selling a phone after not selling anything for a while and keep my money for 180 days so I can only accept Zelle, Apple Pay, Cash app, Money Order, or check. So here it goes...."
Clearly, a conflicting story.
3) Needs fast cash- Hey, you know..I personally understand that; Been there and done that..but not with the first two red flags listed here.
4) Business link to his website shut down- Facebook link to his business shut down. Not huge to forget something like that, but just one more flag if you are paying attention.
The above are only red flags that would have kept me from buying and researching anyone I was going to buy from..Then came a link from another forum from a few sleuths with what seems to be an issue with the same person- Name match to one listed in Leethal Cutlery's own sig line "Mason Leeth". ( DFW area Texas; IP resolves to Burleson, Tx)
This is not something I would typically do in linking to another forum but it's germane to the current situation and the single biggest reason why Leethal has been banned. The evidence was cumulative and a precaution to keep the same from happening here.
https://forum.snipershide.com/threa...HPDGedN4QEfVl4icfZqMXds2ieJ0uscbmR8885gdX9Iho
I am not going to put links to the sales that he had on BF at this time. They are fairly easy to find with the search.
On 5/22, I was contacted by a few concerned members of some fishy looking behaviors on the Exchange. Specifically, the Chris Reeve Knives for sale subforum.
The initial red flags pointed out;
1) Using stock photos to sell an item. With nearly every phone having a camera there really isn't a good excuse for not having your own photos and either upload here or a photohost such as IMGUR. If you can't take a photo, you probably should hold off on listing rather than draw out suspicion. "I was at work" will probably not cut it for me if I am looking to buy your doohickey.
2) You are free to use whatever form of payment people are willing to send but be aware of payments that have little to no recourse. This one requested "Apple Pay, Zelle, money order, check" and we can add "Venmo" to that list. He gives an excuse in one listing that Paypal shut down his account for selling gun parts. In another listing he says "Paypal decided to close my account for selling a phone after not selling anything for a while and keep my money for 180 days so I can only accept Zelle, Apple Pay, Cash app, Money Order, or check. So here it goes...."
Clearly, a conflicting story.
3) Needs fast cash- Hey, you know..I personally understand that; Been there and done that..but not with the first two red flags listed here.
4) Business link to his website shut down- Facebook link to his business shut down. Not huge to forget something like that, but just one more flag if you are paying attention.
The above are only red flags that would have kept me from buying and researching anyone I was going to buy from..Then came a link from another forum from a few sleuths with what seems to be an issue with the same person- Name match to one listed in Leethal Cutlery's own sig line "Mason Leeth". ( DFW area Texas; IP resolves to Burleson, Tx)
This is not something I would typically do in linking to another forum but it's germane to the current situation and the single biggest reason why Leethal has been banned. The evidence was cumulative and a precaution to keep the same from happening here.
https://forum.snipershide.com/threa...HPDGedN4QEfVl4icfZqMXds2ieJ0uscbmR8885gdX9Iho
I am not going to put links to the sales that he had on BF at this time. They are fairly easy to find with the search.
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