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Rennie Raines Does Not Deliver

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Rennie Raines is a crook. I purchased a MD EOD that was advertised at:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=134305

He never sent it to me and has cashed my money order.

I sent a postal M.O. to Raines last November. I emailed him to confirm he got it. He told me he received it and was sending the knife that day. A couple of weeks latter, the EOD does not show up and I emailed him to inquire if it had been sent. He claims to have problems cashing the M.O. So we decide to put it on my credit card and I get a refund for the M.O. I got the refund for the M.O. without difficulty. Raines told me he was shipping the knife that day after we got the credit card payment arranged. I think it required 3 tries before he claimed he got it to work? A few months latter no changes appeared on my credit card and no knife showed up. I emailed Raines again to see what is going on, he claimed his credit card account was frozen the day we got the credit card payment arranged.

Well one more time, I sent an International Money order. He cashed this one without any difficulties. Again he promised to send the knife but nothing showed a week latter. Raines claimed the postal service had returned the package to him. It had not even left the USA (not a Canada Customs problem). Last I spoke to him Raines claimed the knife was on its way (2nd time he sent it so he claims). That was the last time I have been able to speak to him. I have tried contacting him with his multiple email addresses and phone numbers and have had no success.

Finally fed up, I filled out the USP mail fraud form and sent it in. It appears he as a record of ripping people off from the Emerson forums. I did not find this out until the global search feature was introduced with the new Bladeforums software.

This guy is a crook. He deals with Knight Armaments gear as well and seems to own:

Specialist Shooting Svcs
Rennie Raines
334-564-2155 (H & Fax)

He use to be with:

Tactcial Options
Rennie Raines 334-564-2941


Will
 
My condolensces sir and I hope it works out for you.. This guy is pretty popular.. and has a rep both in the JSP forum as well as the emerson forum (then again it's basically the same thing :) ) but anyways I remeber hering his name over and over and when I get an email from him offering some JSP stuff I coudlnt' resist the prices.. but you knw how it is when thigns are too good toobe true.

I tried to dig up as much dirt on the guy as possible and talked to a few of my "upperclassmen" here in BF.

All in all i kept my order to a BARE minimum my story had a happier ending than yours cause he replaced an item he didnt have in stock for a more expensive item I(which I wanted anyways). but the order didnt get to me until I constantly badgered him. I got a good deal and it went off with minimal scratches.. I owe Sir Rearic for his help here but I dont thinkI want to do any more business with him after I foudn out EXACTLY he calibre of this guy was.

It was a big riskj I took and I thkn I woudnt have done it if I had read the forum threads about him.
 
Unfortunately, I am not the least bit surprised to hear of your misfortune Will. Raines has to be one of the most unethical, if not THE most unethical person I have come across on the forums.

It seems that every single time his name comes up it is for a deal gone bad. My personal dealing with him was very much along the same lines as Sniperboy's, except that after MANY phone calls and Emails, I finally got what I had paid for.

It seems as though he will attempt to rip off all those who deal with him, and only when threats or constant attempts at contact are made does he even start to send out product. And it is ALWAYS with some kind of excuse and promises to make it up to you. There was a thread a while back about his business prowness on the forums.

Two words....KEEP AWAY!

Good luck with your reimbursment procedures.
 
Do you guys know any method of contacting Rennie Raines? Aside from:

Active Phone #:

334-564-2155 (Shooting specialist # also Tactical Options #,seems to be # for a grocery store near Raines home, lady claims he does not work there anymore, is Shooting Specialist still active?)
334-564-2912 (Appears to be his home phone number corresponds to his address)
334-564-2941 (Tactical Options fax #, Alabama –no longer works there apparently)
334-564-6499 (Raines work # courtesy of a forum member)


Active Emails:

sopmodm4@hotmail.com
rennie@specialistshootingservices.com
reraines@frontiernet.net


Raines seems to change his contact method around quite often, I suppose that is make it more difficult to track him down.

Will
 
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