Bad Trader: smitty5245 Please Help

It is amazing the impact of a public shaming. Bad feedback helps future traders to see a person's history, but these very public bad trader threads sometimes have the miraculous impact of getting people to send the beer.

People should use the feedback system but when warranted keep posting these bad trader threads.

 

He shouldn't have offered up a trade for a beer he would "have trouble getting." If its not in your cellar don't offer it up.

 

Just to clarify off topic here. I'm in the middle of my first trade. So proper trade etiquette is to have both parties accept and have a pending trade prior to ship? I sent mine before hand with no worries. Just curious for future trades.

 

^^^ Yes, that's the correct way to do it to protect all parties involved in the trade.

 

Odd that he would send 2 of the 10 agreed upon beers, but toss in 4 extras. Save the extras for a makeup box and pack the shit out of the first box with the stuff owed/agreed upon. Good luck with this OP.

 

Hey big dawg, BM me if nothing pans out, and if I've got some of the bottles y'all agreed upon I'll send them to ya. Least I can do for someone I know is a bad ass BA! @smitty5245 make this right....

 

And he's replacing another bottle? so that's one more bottle he said he had but didn't... what a solid trader... not

 

with that line up I'll trade with you any day

I exchange numbers and text a pic of the beer nothing like visual proof

 

What a chump. Do you have any of his contact info other than address?

 

Depending on how you feel about what you lost, there are certain websites that will give you more information (ie home phone number if he has one) when you type in the address. Yes, it costs a few bucks but I've used it on more than one occasion to track down thieves.

Google his name, you'll be surprised what you can find out about a person. I would personally gather every piece of info I could find and go ape until I got a response. That's just me though, if it was only a small amount of locals then it may not be worth your time and effort unless, like me, you just don't like someone stealing from you.

 

Yeah, I am with you. I would be pissed. I would drive to his fucking house.

 

Wait.......what?

You told on him?







To his boss?

Jesus.

 

damn son this is gonna be fun! I have a trader who doesn't respond very much has excepted my trade, but neither of us has sent anything yet so I will just wait to see.

 

I would too, I've talked to mommy and daddy about how their son is a thief. They want to act like a child I'll treat them like one. Personally I wouldn't stop there either. I don't give a shit about the beer it's the principle of it. Someone lied and stole from me thinking that just because it was the Internet than nothing would happen.

I could see it right now "oh it's just some beer nerd and some losers on a website that trade beer". I say think again prick. If your dumb enough to steal from me after giving me your address and other personal info and think Im just going to "let it go" or forget about it then you're going to be in for quite the surprise.

I wish there more more stories similar to the OP's and some of these scum bags might think twice before taking what's not theirs.

 

Yeah, that sounds completely rational.

If you think that some dude's boss cares what some "internet beer nerds" have
to say about their employee then you probably haven't spent enough time taking your actions into consideration. Unless you're trying to get him dinged in his annual review, you've otherwise accomplished nothing.

Write a letter to your congressman while you're at it. He might be interested as well.