I really hate to have to post a message like this, but I recently purchased an item from an individual here on Astromart, and feel that others should know about the ordeal. The ad number was 293113, and it was for a Scopetronix Maxview 40 ep. The ad was run by Jay Markland.
When I responded to the ad, everything sounded like it was going along well. I paid via Paypal, and he said he was shipping it the same day. After about a week, I still saw no eyepiece. I e-mailed him to let him know. No response. Another e-mail, then a couple more, and so on. I finally heard from him after threatening to give him a bad rating and alert other Astromarters, as well as the Administrator of a scam. After that, I finally got a response from him, and he said he just got back from Florida where he helped a relative with the hurricane. He promised me that he would get right on it, and send me a tracking number that evening. That was the 20th of September and I still have seen nothing else from him. I've tried to give him every chance I can by sending him 4 more e-mails since then, and nothing but silence.
The eyepiece was originally purchased from him, and supposedly shipped, on Sep. 1st! I don’t know what this guy’s deal is, but if he was on the up and up, he would have surely done something about this by now.
I just wanted to alert others to this guy, and hopefully Herb will see this as well. The piece was only $75. So, it’s not like I’ll go bankrupt over it, but I just don’t feel that this is an honest individual. Also, who knows if he’s sold this eyepiece to multiple others. He’s still never marked the ad as Sold. You may want to think about this if you consider answering an ad from this Jay Markland
Sincerely,
Michael Brannon.
When I responded to the ad, everything sounded like it was going along well. I paid via Paypal, and he said he was shipping it the same day. After about a week, I still saw no eyepiece. I e-mailed him to let him know. No response. Another e-mail, then a couple more, and so on. I finally heard from him after threatening to give him a bad rating and alert other Astromarters, as well as the Administrator of a scam. After that, I finally got a response from him, and he said he just got back from Florida where he helped a relative with the hurricane. He promised me that he would get right on it, and send me a tracking number that evening. That was the 20th of September and I still have seen nothing else from him. I've tried to give him every chance I can by sending him 4 more e-mails since then, and nothing but silence.
The eyepiece was originally purchased from him, and supposedly shipped, on Sep. 1st! I don’t know what this guy’s deal is, but if he was on the up and up, he would have surely done something about this by now.
I just wanted to alert others to this guy, and hopefully Herb will see this as well. The piece was only $75. So, it’s not like I’ll go bankrupt over it, but I just don’t feel that this is an honest individual. Also, who knows if he’s sold this eyepiece to multiple others. He’s still never marked the ad as Sold. You may want to think about this if you consider answering an ad from this Jay Markland
Sincerely,
Michael Brannon.
