Bought a cheap record and reported it broken and he offered to send pics.
I naively refunded him straight away (I won’t do that again).
No pictures despite several requests.
He then responded to my email saying he was ’on holiday until the end of July’!
I waited a few more days and send another email - nothing so I posted negative feedback.
Since then two other sellers have pinged me saying they have also had the buyer report their items were broken in the post.
Scumbag scammer - avoid at all cost
By the way - here are his details
Mr Alex Thomas
<address edited out by site>
I posted this on the Vinyl Vigilante Facebook group and this was also confirmed:-
Been caught out before - there was a posting about him on this forum in March 2023 - 'Has anybody else had any dealings on Discogs with Alex Thomas from Kidderminster user name: Vinylfan0509 also recently opened another account in the user name of johnnycashfan200900
His agenda is to get records for nothing. He says that the records he has received have arrived broken/cracked. He will not send them back but does demand a refund. I have been in contact with other sellers he has dealt with and they say the same - I gave him a refund because he mad me so angry and it it just not worth it., others have done this also. He is a nasty piece of work who does not hesitate to leave bad feedback.
I contacted Discogs expressing my concerns and they did remove the bad feedback he had left me. Just by pure coincidence I mentioned it to a friend and told him to be aware of vinylfan0509
So when had a similar experience from johnjnycashfan200900 he rang me to check if it was the same guy. It was the same person and the same address and the wording he used trying to get a refund was exactly the same.
I think this guy is running multiple accounts - a fraudster who wants to collect records for nothing'
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koolandgroovez
Bought a cheap record and reported it broken and he offered to send pics.
I naively refunded him straight away (I won’t do that again).
No pictures despite several requests.
He then responded to my email saying he was ’on holiday until the end of July’!
I waited a few more days and send another email - nothing so I posted negative feedback.
Since then two other sellers have pinged me saying they have also had the buyer report their items were broken in the post.
Scumbag scammer - avoid at all cost
By the way - here are his details
Mr Alex Thomas
<address edited out by site>
I posted this on the Vinyl Vigilante Facebook group and this was also confirmed:-
Been caught out before - there was a posting about him on this forum in March 2023 - 'Has anybody else had any dealings on Discogs with Alex Thomas from Kidderminster user name: Vinylfan0509 also recently opened another account in the user name of johnnycashfan200900
His agenda is to get records for nothing. He says that the records he has received have arrived broken/cracked. He will not send them back but does demand a refund. I have been in contact with other sellers he has dealt with and they say the same - I gave him a refund because he mad me so angry and it it just not worth it., others have done this also. He is a nasty piece of work who does not hesitate to leave bad feedback.
I contacted Discogs expressing my concerns and they did remove the bad feedback he had left me. Just by pure coincidence I mentioned it to a friend and told him to be aware of vinylfan0509
So when had a similar experience from johnjnycashfan200900 he rang me to check if it was the same guy. It was the same person and the same address and the wording he used trying to get a refund was exactly the same.
I think this guy is running multiple accounts - a fraudster who wants to collect records for nothing'
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