Bad Trader: @TruSavage21

Hi all,

I recently started trading here on BA and one of my first trades was with @TruSavage21. I posted a ISO/FT and he responded in a personal conversation. Our conversation seemed real friendly and laidback, and after a lot of messages we agreed upon the following trade;

I sent:
Fou Foune, St. Lamvinus, Iris, Grand Cru Bruocsella, 3 Fonteinen Doesjel + an extra.

He said he'd sent:
50/50 Eclipse Java Coffee, Dark Lord, Pillbox Porter, Kona Speedway + BCBS, Jai Alai, Cubano Espresso.

I sent him a trade request, he accepted. We agreed upon sending the boxes simultaneously. I sent his box the 11th of june, and on the 16th of june he said he had sent his box and gave me a tracking code. The tracking code still gave me a: "Pre-Shipment Info Sent to USPS" after 3 weeks, but I thought this was normal because I had another trade going with somebody else and that one went exactly the same. I mentioned it to him but he did not respond. After 4 weeks I mentioned it again and this time he said he'd call USPS to find out what was going on and if I did not receive anything that week he'd sent me a new box. After 6 weeks I asked again if he knew what was going on and did not get a response.

After 2 months I asked again, still no response. It was only then that the other person I had a trade with (who was also ignoring all my messages for 2 months) finally admited he actually did not send any beer at the time he said he did and this time he'd send it for real. He send it using the same tracking code he gave me 2 months earlier, and at that moment that code changed from "Pre-Shipment Info Sent to USPS" to an actual tracking status. That was the moment I figured out TruSavage21 probably also never send anything to me. (as I mentioned before, I was new to this, looking back at it I probably should have known earlier..)

I tried to contact him the 2 months after that with multiple messages, and I see him online almost every week but have not got any response from him at all. Unfortunately I could not give him any feedback anymore cause the whole proces took so long the possibility to give feedback disappeared.

 

I do have all the messages from the trade. When the track and trace code said it was delivered at his address I asked if everything was ok with the box, he said he was on his way home so he did not know yet. When I asked again a week later thinking he would probably be home by now he did not respond to it. Later when he replied to one of my messages saying I had not yet received anything he did say; "no matter what, you hooked me up so I'll hook you up". So he did not literaly say he had received it, but the circumstantial evidence leads me to believe it is safe to assume he did.

Well, actually three, the third one also eventually sent his package, but you'll find no feedback on his or my page because that also expired.

I almost wanted to quit but then I had my 4th trade with Wtc11 and he made me believe again, that guy was awesome.

He sent it to Belgium while I live in the Netherlands and clearly said so. Luckily for me there was probably some nice customs guy who took his time to figure out where it really should be sent to instead of just confiscating or destroying it.

 

I do partially agree with you, but I am happy not everybody thinks this way because I think I would have a hard time getting 25 trades within the Netherlands.

 

Did you actually ever get in contact with him this way? I tried to add him but never got accepted.

 

Thanks everybody for trying to help!

I have send him a text message to his phone, no response so far.

 

I have sent him another text message this weekend, still no response.