Posts Made By: Greg Shaffer

I can pretty well assure you that AM did not just arbitrarily change the rating. Not that I have any way to proving that other than I have been here a long long time and participated in beta testing and had quite a bit of communication with Herb. As far as I know Herb is the only one with access levels outside of the programmers themselves that could do that. I dont for one second believe Herb would have altered it. Much more likely you just mistakenly didnt get it right when entering it.

Sounds like you didnt use paypal goods and services for the transaction but rather some other method. Although at this point since its been months you wouldnt have recourse via paypal either.....As I recall there is something like a 45 day time limit for that.

I cant speak to the support email not working although it has always worked when I used it, but I have not used it in quite some time now. 

As far as I am aware there is NO payment service (outside of escrow services) that offers protection outside of paypal goods and services. Not Zelle for sure, same as handing someone cash just like paypal friends and family. 

Some guidelines that have worked for me.

1. If someone has almost no or NO feedback history on AM for successful transactions I usually keep looking. If it is something I really want/need right away then I will conduct some due diligence.

2. I have even asked for detailed info on the item and if what I get back appears in the least like manufacturers or retailer's ad copy I will google a portion of it and see if they are using ad copy or their own words. Its pretty easy to spot those who know little about what they are trying to sell.

3. And this is the important one. If they have little or no feedback I keep looking if the item is greater than $100 I dont care how legit they seem. I have passed on several purchases several times if they are over $100 unless I am comfortable with all of this I have outlined. I am however a bit more relaxed if it is under $100.

4. Last step would be a phone conversation. Without one there isnt going to be a transaction unless all of the above is satisfactory. When selling something myself I always lead off offering my contact info and prompting them to call me to discuss. Most dont but I offer anyway.

90% of the astro gear I have was purchased via AM and to date I have not been scammed and I have been buying and selling here for many years without issue using the above. 

Originally Posted by Dan Bartlett

I don't know anything about who and what, beta testing etc.  Since there seems to be an air of hostility in your words, I can assure you that at NO time did I touched the star ratings in any fashion.  I left them alone or for any other purpose - blank!

Sorry, no hostility intended. My point was to assure you that I have enough experience dealing with Herb directly to have an opinion regarding his possibly having altered your feedback. No hostility, just an attempt to strongly convey my belief that he would not alter it. 

Since this was an overseas transaction, I used Transfer WISE, with no guarantee of negative recourse.

Are you saying PP doesnt offer overseas payment services?....I seem to recall they do, though perhaps not -everywhere-. The bottom line here is when dealing with people you dont know, particularly for amounts over $100 (or amounts you are uncomfortable with losing) you should either use paypal goods and services or failing that a legit escrow service.

My hopes is that ASTROMART doesn't permit anyone by the name of Anders Halme (under his account) to have the opportunity to do business here.  Also the support email doesn't work under the two different browsers I've tried - perhaps it's because of the ERROR 404 that I'm getting when I attempt to go to the original advertisement.

If you really want to follow through with Herb and cant get the support email to work for you, you can always call Astromart directly on the phone, he is usually there during business hours. Not sure what you mean about the support email not working via browsers, it is an email address and is used with an email program not a browser. Something like live mail, thunderbird, outlook, mailbird etc. 

It is more likely that the scammer has already been discovered, banned and his account and ads removed already so you get a 404 error when trying to view the original ad. That wouldnt be related to the support email address in any way. Can you still access his profile? If you can then likely he himself deleted the ad.

I have a lengthy email trail between the "Seller" and myself if ASTROMART is interested.
Dan

Once you contact Herb he may want you to send a copy......Just be aware that beyond banning them there is little AM can or does offer regarding resolution.

And now they have found more in Biden's unsecure garage where he keeps his vette.....lol.....tip of the iceberg folks.

Originally Posted by Dan Bartlett

Your defense of a system that clearly did not work for me is admirable. As opposed to entertaining the possibility of a glitch in the system, you’ve defended the system. 

I was defending Herb.....system glitches do happen. However your post implied that Herb changed your rating. I am fairly certain that didnt happen. That is the long and short of it.

Circumstances are what they are concerning the transaction, whether PayPal or transfer wise is an important.  That was a decision made with the best interest at the time.

Astro Mart now has a five star rating for an advertiser who has failed in their end of the purchasing agreement. You believe he has already been caught, when, in fact, he now has a perfect reputation on this site.

I personally can afford to lose $500 in transaction, but others may not be able to.  At this point, I see no point in continuing this conversation. 

Bad Guy one, good guy zero.

So it sounds like the account is still active which is what I asked.....in that case I highly recommend you call AM and speak with Herb so he can follow through on it and get the scammer removed since you dont seem to be able to send emails.

That said, you are right. No point in continuing this lol I am sorry for your getting burned.....

Me and you both....Rod is already spinning like a top over it lol

Here is another significant difference. The reason the FBI has not raided Biden's house is none of the agents are interested in sniffing Jill's underwear. LOL

Boy Biden has turned into the gift that keeps on giving lately...... I hear they have now found MORE classified documents in the house where they were found in the garage.

Some of you will disagree no doubt, but I am betting the MSM isnt going to be talking about the Mara Lago thing much anymore LOL

Originally Posted by James DellaPenna

At AM's request I updated my password to include at least one character.  Now, when I attempt to sign in, the non-updated password is still in the sign-in box.  It rejects my input and I have to manually re-enter the entire password each time.  Why is the sign-in box not updated with my revised password?

Probably need to clean your browser out....ie cookies.

I have not followed the guy.....sounds like he is certainly a turd in the punchbowl though....


That said, Joe Biden appears to still be the gift that keeps on giving.....they have now found more classified documents he wasnt supposed to have and it appears the dem politicians and the leftist media are turning on him.....Just a matter of time now before he is burnt toast.