Buyers Beware Avoid Shawser61 Possibly Fraud


Ok! I bought a Denon DCD-S1 player from Shawser61 on Dec 20th. He hasn't shipped the player and no tracking uploaded by Dec 31st. He also stops responding to queries on Audiogon.

It's possible this seller is fraudulent in nature and a scam / con artist. I have contacted PayPal about this seller also.

Whomever thinking of dealing with him, exercise extreme caution.

Audiogon now blocks the seller information and you don't know where they live, their contact number and their direct email address. Pay Now button will take to PayPal website direct and all the seller information is hidden from buyer.
james_moe

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Hi Wr.

I am sorry to hear you are in the same situation as me. I hope you all the best to recover your funds.

PayPal takes a long time to recover funds and sometimes, it's impossible for them to get the funds recovered from the seller.

I hope you have paid with your credit card so you can get fraud protection such as this case.

Hope all the best for you! If you do get your item from the seller, please update here.

I have purchased many times from Agon and all went smoothly before.

Audiogon has changed a lot in the past year and I don't think it's getting better for the change.

Is your name Alas? You can just call me James. :)

Cheers!

James
Thanks for chiming in! I took some considerations he could be away for Holidays or just bad weather preventing him from going to a nearest UPS store.

If it's the case, all he needed to do is to post a message and let me know he has some setbacks in shipping the item out and will ship in next few days.

The last message posted on Agon from him was in Dec 27th stating he will ship in a day or two. He stops replying after that. But he listed more items for sale (McIntosh MVP 841 Player) on Dec 28th and sold that one yesterday.

So, he has a good idea what's going on if he is Genuine about the item he sold me.

I contacted PayPal and filed a dispute for the payment and PayPal immediately escalated the dispute to claim citing they are unable to contact the seller.

I think he sold a few other stuff on Agon and the buyers may have the same problem as I have.

So, someone may have contacted paypal about this seller before me and his paypal account may have been restricted already. I don't know anything for sure but paypal sure is taking their time to investigate the seller which I don't think will have any good outcome.

I will contact Amex and dispute the charge also. I do hope this thread will go on and people got alerted about this seller and how scary it is buying from new sellers with low feedback on Agon has become.

If I buy more on Agon, I have decided to deal with sellers who allows local pickup in person only from now.
Yes, I should but who reads dispute forum? Last thread posted on Dispute forum was posted on the 2011.

I read dispute rules and Audogon can't do heck to make sellers participate in the dispute.

I wanted to warn other buyers who wanted to deal with this seller so I posted it on the more visible forum.

I will probably post a dispute as well as leave appropriate feedback for this seller. It seems fittings to do so.
Hello Ejlif,

Audiogon does not send or share the seller name, address, contact number or email address with the buyer. There is only the Pay Now button to pay once the seller updates the total including shipping fees.

It's quite possible this new system is encouraging scammers come out in swarms. So, only local deals from Agon for me from now.

Thanks,
James
Hello Foster,

I think he understands he need to ship the item within certain time frame. I paid on Dec 20th and agreed with him to ship by Dec 28th.

He said he'll ship within a day or two on Dec 27th. He stops responding to my emails after that but keep listing more items for sale on Agon. He also answer the questions about his new listings but does not answer to the guy who has paid for him over 10 days ago.

So, this seems pretty much as a setup to me. And a lot of his items he sold does not add up and uses pictures from other countries / outside U.S / or off the web.

Anyway, I paid with PayPal and plastic. So, I think it'll take care of me. But I don't want other Agoner fall into the trap thus I started this thread.

James
Hello Wr. Your English is very OK and I understands you perfectly fine.

But I wonder your problem may be a little different than mine.

What did you buy and how much did you pay him if you don't mind answering.

It seems the seller ships your item the next day after you paid him. The tracking number indicates the item ships from Florida where he mail the item to you.

It's a little strange because the item I bought indicates the item is located in Indiana State which is quite far from Florida.

Since he shipped the item you bought, you just need to wait for the item to arrive in good condition as he described.

It takes time for International Packages to arrive so you need to wait a bit longer. I think it takes like 2-3 weeks and longer due to the Christmas and Holidays closing time and customs clearance time.

If he didn't send you what you bought, your best course of action is to contact PayPal and the credit card company.

You can also contact FBI, Interpol, CIA and file compliant on their website even though it may not recover the funds for you if you don't get what you paid for. Also, these law agencies takes very long time to look into the compliant and there is no guarantee anything will be done since money matters are not their top priority as far as I understands.
Hello! I heard nothing from the seller "shawser61". There is no email, no message posted to the Agon transaction page, and no reply to paypal case.

It makes me wonder did you get your item?

I don't hold my breath to hear any good news from the seller. I don't think any good news will be heard from this seller and it is my understanding that he might have scammed over 10K worth of stuff on Agon.

He may be desperate when he accepted paypal knowing that they will go after him one day.

Cheers!
James
Wr. Sorry! I am not sure exactly how long paypal takes but I think it usually takes 30 days or longer.