BEWARE charliecamillablenheims aka Benjamin Clarkson
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 5:16 pm
Yes indeed for the first time in almost 13 years I've been scammed on the Bay.
It was a set of TWS Lyric Pins
Seller's Ebay ID is charliecamillablenheims but some of you might be more familiar with his real name
Benjamin Clarkson, the same guy that brought us the Hand Sprayed Lafayette Blues, the fake TWS Clock and fake French Franc note etc.
He has had numerous other ID's I forgot about.
Had no idea it was him until I had paid already.
Set arrived and they were fake.
I contacted him and he said he just bought another complete set for about £300 which he was more than willing to ship to me for free to avoid bad feedback and to keep me happy {I paid £84 for the first set)
I played ignorant cause I knew I had to try and get my money back at one point.
2nd set arrived and guess what.... fake again.
Said he found another collector who was willing to sell him a genuine set for over £400 and if I would "chip in" to make up for part if the money he had "invested" in these (over £700 plus the money for the first set) so he could pull the trigger on this 3rd set.
Now I'm a pretty successful hunter for goodies but finding 3 sets?
I had been looking for a genuine set since '05, want that guys Rolodex.
Any who, at this point I said I wasn't going to pay more than I had initially paid and told him I wanted a refund.
He was like Ok no problem, I'll just buy the 3rd set, send it to you and except my loss.
3rd set arrived and guess what? Fake.
Then I went the official way and started a claim through Ebay.
Got 50% back and the rest after I had shipped back thec30 fake Lyric Pins.
He asked what I would do with the pins and I told him they're useless and the should be thrown away to avoid "spoiling" the market.
Bottom line is I want to warn y'all he's still active as a seller (also selling genuine TMR/TWS stuff) but can't stop faking rare TWS collectables.
And those 3 fake sets are probably still out there.
If ever you get offered a set if Lyric Pins ask Kaber, maxman142001 or me to help determine their authenticity.
It was a set of TWS Lyric Pins
Seller's Ebay ID is charliecamillablenheims but some of you might be more familiar with his real name
Benjamin Clarkson, the same guy that brought us the Hand Sprayed Lafayette Blues, the fake TWS Clock and fake French Franc note etc.
He has had numerous other ID's I forgot about.
Had no idea it was him until I had paid already.
Set arrived and they were fake.
I contacted him and he said he just bought another complete set for about £300 which he was more than willing to ship to me for free to avoid bad feedback and to keep me happy {I paid £84 for the first set)
I played ignorant cause I knew I had to try and get my money back at one point.
2nd set arrived and guess what.... fake again.
Said he found another collector who was willing to sell him a genuine set for over £400 and if I would "chip in" to make up for part if the money he had "invested" in these (over £700 plus the money for the first set) so he could pull the trigger on this 3rd set.
Now I'm a pretty successful hunter for goodies but finding 3 sets?
I had been looking for a genuine set since '05, want that guys Rolodex.
Any who, at this point I said I wasn't going to pay more than I had initially paid and told him I wanted a refund.
He was like Ok no problem, I'll just buy the 3rd set, send it to you and except my loss.
3rd set arrived and guess what? Fake.
Then I went the official way and started a claim through Ebay.
Got 50% back and the rest after I had shipped back thec30 fake Lyric Pins.
He asked what I would do with the pins and I told him they're useless and the should be thrown away to avoid "spoiling" the market.
Bottom line is I want to warn y'all he's still active as a seller (also selling genuine TMR/TWS stuff) but can't stop faking rare TWS collectables.
And those 3 fake sets are probably still out there.
If ever you get offered a set if Lyric Pins ask Kaber, maxman142001 or me to help determine their authenticity.
