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6 October 2010, 08:30 PM | #61 |
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Glenn, I am sorry that you have to experience this mess. Thanks for sharing. After the Stevo report back on 24 Aug I was skeptical. Many other users came to the table to help him then. No help this time. Report the incident to both sides law enforcement for the record.
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6 October 2010, 08:38 PM | #62 |
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Glenn. I am so sorry to hear of this. I thought this man had tried his luck but had been well and truly exposed and was out of all of our psyches. Clearly not.
I hope we can find a way to make this right for you. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Hello Glenn.
This is very sad story and I feel your pain. I hope the bank officials in the USA and Spain will offer you some assistance. Do you have a actual address for Tristan in Girona, Spain? Maybe someone can visit with Tristan on your behalf to resolve this mess. Hang in there, buddy! Mark |
7 October 2010, 12:34 AM | #64 |
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Situations like this would just about force me into my old, long forgotten habits that caused me much grief in my young/dumb bullet-proof days.
Sorry this happened to you. I admire your ability to keep your composure. |
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sorry to hear of your problems Glen. PM sent.
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Glenn, I am very sorry to hear of your loss at the hands of Tristan. This adds insult to injury already inflicted on the fine members of TRF. I hope you can follow through on some of the options open to you. What a travesty!!!
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Several members asked if I had received a refund from Tristan yesterday.....the answer is "NO". If Tristan had sent me the refund that he has been promising for over a month, maybe this post wouldn't be here? I originally sent Tristan a down payment (for a gray dialed Tudor Heritage) via Paypal for $500 on June 18th, 2010....3 1/2 months ago....wtf. Do you think that I have been patient enough....all I want is a refund for the full amount that I sent him since he never sent me the watch or the 3 endlinks that I paid him for. Maybe that is too much to ask?
Anyway, I need to catch a plane.....more tonight. Glenn |
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A thread about this has been opened in a forum that he is active on.
We'll see what he has to say. My money's on "stolen in transit". Because, of course, all mailmen know the value of an old steel bracelet. Just another unfortunate coincidence. Let... the tap dancing... BEGIN! And I thought I would never use that smiley.
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I can't say, but google could help ROLEX fans track this RENEGADE down and see what he has to say for himself.
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I'm so sorry for your loss Glenn,wish the karma to come soon on his/her life.It's stupid to build a reputation for years and spoil it for just few thousand of $.From the other side i think that the leaders of this forum should demand more quarantees from newbies [like me] and ,the more complicated,to get quarantees for members transactions,means having the power and tools when a bad transaction,scam or something to pay back the victim from the scammers account[there are this kind of tools].
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Nice hint Brian Btw, I like your sig, it's so true
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7 October 2010, 04:52 AM | #75 |
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I feel for you. That shouldn't happen, but does and the scammer knows he can get away with it as you are separated by thousnds of miles.
I have seen the thread on the other site which has got a few members asking for a reply from Tristran. He has failed to do so as of today. Could one of the mods from this site talk with one of their mods? Perhaps they have contact details for the scum. Even the smallest bit of info posted here could develop and help track him down. I have some god ideas if we can sort out his real location. |
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This, if true, is very sad.
I myself would never, ever buy an expensive item over the internet, especially from over seas from someone I don't know. |
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The guy appears a disgrace and totally untrustworthy. His words mean nothing! There would be enough identifying information from this Board to pass on to the law authorities. There are photos, and his address would be known by some members. You may be able to initiate some action from your country to his via law enforcement. The actions of people like this create sorrow for all Board members. Best wishes.
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As you know I actually met this thief in Barcelona and he proceeded to rip me and my family off. The info is all on here.
I have been amazed to find him so warmly welcomed on another new forum. Especially when the scamming by this POS is well known by members there. But so be it. The fact is he is still at it. I do not have an actual address as I didn't write it down...why would I. I did attend a local tennis club with him to watch the football and I am searching for that place. He frequents there. There are many members who have his address on here... I am sure of that. This needs to be handed over to the authorities...they can properly advise what the options may be.
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Dalip, Glenn and myself....it's not confusing.
A wrench sent in the mail, speaks volumes here. Other forums (you well know) welcome and give high praise to Bassethouds, holding him up as some kind of hero that 'got to me'. That speaks volumes too.
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It does indeed..disgusting.
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7 October 2010, 11:25 AM | #83 |
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Sorry to hear about your $ loss Glenn. This just tells you that trust no one until you have done your research..I hope you recover your money soon. That guy will pay..be sure of it
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7 October 2010, 03:38 PM | #84 |
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Here is a list of events leading up to today.
6/18/10 - I send Tristan $500 via Paypal for a Tudor Heritage grey dial that he tells people that he can get. *Update* - my credit card company was able to recover the $500 for me from Paypal. 7/26/10 - I wire $3142 to Tristan's wife's account ($3500 for the Tudor Heritage and $142 for 3 set's of endlinks (501b, 380, and 580). He tells me that his uncle will ship me the watch from Los Angeles the foloowing week Monday. Between 7/26/10 - 9/01/10 I get a whole bunch of run around from Tristan about his uncle shipping the watch and he finally admits that he was lying to me about shipping the watch!!! This comes about after Stevo exposes him on the forum. 9/3/10 - After more run around and Tristan unable to come up with a tracking number, I tell him that I want a refund immediately. 9/17/10 - Here is the email exchange between Tristan and I....what a joke. 2010/9/17 Glenn Wilbourn <gmw.maui@hawaiiantel.net> Like the watch, there is no money and proof that it was ever sent. I no longer want to play this game....it won't make me feel any better about being scammed out of $3642, but if you will read any of the major forums in the next couple of days I will be posting our story. I have now accepted the fact that I will never see my money again....sad day, but I hope that I can help prevent something like this from happening to someone else. On Sep 17, 2010, at 8:46 PM, Tristan Traversier wrote: Hi Glenn Glad the mail got to you . I will have access to my normal mail from monday morning : Can you please give me a phone number . I would like to talk to you . I'm having serious professional set backs and we have been told that the Iberian office will be closed due to poor performance . Spain and Portugal after Greece is economically the worst hit european countries . We have arrived in LA and monday we will officially be told that we are all "sacked" . I have spoken to my wife and the wire was still on hold for the simple reason that they are waiting for a check to clear as other wise there no enough funds . We have not been paid for the month of september yet . I understand how you are feeling : Here is the only thing I can promise you : You will have the money in your account before the end of the month one way or the other . I can not stop you from posting whatever you want on any forum , but I will not speed up the recovery of your funds . Because one thing is sure you will recover your funds as I'm not a dishonest person , only caught up in a spiral of unfortunate events . I have been lied to , but I will not make you pay for it . So , Glenn . Please be a little more patient . I was thinking to sent you my 1680 , but it will not be back from RSC till next month ( getting a service red fitted too ) . Any more posts on forums would not make any difference today or tomorrow .. but I do know now that I may have to sell the 1680 given the situation , and any more bad pub would not help me getting good money for the 1680 next month . You can still post what you want after that time : Here is my deadline offer : your 3650 usd in your account cleared before 1 october . and I offer you a BNIB 93150 for free as recognition for having been a friend and repair for what you had to endure . I can not offer more with 100% certainty at this very moment . I can actually send the 93150 as soon I get back on wednesday . So Glenn let's get out of this together without you loosing money , I just want to prove to the community that even I had great difficulty I'm not dishonest . Once this over I would be nice you did post a little thread along these lines . That there is no need to crucify people to obtain satisfaction . What do you say ? Do not get me wrong : I'm not saying .." if you post you can kiss your money goodbye" no whatever you post I will reimburse you as I'm not dishonest . Just in deep shit for the moment . Furthermore I have my Olympic DJ that will be auctioned off at Sotheby's in HK on the 6th of Oct. I'm not counting on that to reimburse you as it may take up to 6 weeks after the auction to get the money if sold and reaches the reserve . Please Glenn bare with me and let's work this out . Nothing is lost and certainly not your money . Just let's not make this harder as it already is . Many kind regards Tristan 10/6/10 - Tristan sends bogus wire info (confirmed by my bank today). Do you see a date or a physical bank address on this wire info...of course not, it's bogus. El titular de la cuenta ES17 2038 9158 1630 0012 7XXX | CUENTAS , TRISTAN PAUL BOUCHEZ X01798816C : Transferencia en divisas por un importe de 3.000,00 Dolar USA utilizando como divisa de envío Dolar USA Concepto : REEMBOLSO TUDOR HERITAGE. La transferencia se hará por orden de TRISTAN BOUCHEZ con documento Tarjeta de residenciaX2769881C País de destino El país destino de la transferencia: ESTADOS UNIDOS Imputación de gastos La imputación de gastos será Por cuenta del ordenante (OUR) Datos del beneficiario Nombre del beneficiario:GLENN WILBOURN La cuenta de abono es:98-3 XXXX 1 # 121XXXX País de residencia:ESTADOS UNIDOS Datos del banco beneficiario Clave SWIFT:FHBKUS77XXX Nombre del banco:FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK Dirección del banco:FLOOR 4: Población del banco:HONOLULU Condición de urgencia La transferencia se hará efectiva en un plazo de 1 día (Urgente) Comisión de la operación Esta operación tiene una comisión de 36,00 Euros La realización de esta operación está sujeta a comisiones disponibles en el apartado As of 2pm Hawaii time today 10/6/10, there is still no wire from Tristan and I am still out $3142. |
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And for all those really perceptive Einsteins who queried the size of the package and the ability of the wrench to be enclosed enjoy
Glenn sent me a few photographs Feast your eyes DSC04028.JPG DSC04026.JPG DSC04025.JPG DSC04024.JPG Further Bassethounds emailed me and made absolutely no mention of these photos as being falsified, which would be the first thing he would say if they were anything other than entire true and correct, as they are. Bassethounds owes Glenn $3,000. Theft is a felony last I heard, but some will still find a way to try and escape the truth and reality of this situation. Space-Cadet
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It is unbelievable, as evidenced in emails to Steve and Dalip - lie after lie after lie after lie .
How does this man sleep at night........ |
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Tristan emailed me a couple of hours ago and said that his bank has a trace out on the money wire (my bank told me that the info he sent me is either incomplete or bogus).....more lies? I hope not.
I don't know why he doesn't send me a scan of his money wire receipt so I can present to my bank??? That would probably shut me up for a little while. |
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You are a nice guy Glenn.
A lot nicer than I.
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that is shocking..
i remember he told us he runs a family business and frequently travel to Brussel for work/meetings etc.... so why the "we are all sacked" excuse all of the sudden? guess he wasnt able to find someone to "bail him out" this time... (posted at TKF also) |
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This makes me too angry
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