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Kevin R. Foxwell
"kandkfox" on e-Bay
email:
krfoxwell@verizon.net
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March/April, 2009. While
setting up at the Louisville Show on 3/6, the following email
(excerpted) was rec'd at home & related to me by my wife:
Sent:
Friday, March 06, 2009 9:54 AM
To:
ray@rtgammo.com
Subject:
99% "Minty" 38-40 box ammo
Hello Ray,
I very much would like to purchase the best box of
38-40 that you have on the website ($975.00) but
can't just drop all that money at once. Would you
let me use a "Layaway" plan on that box? Let me
send payments to you and have you hold it for me
until such time I pay it off?
Sincerely,
Kevin R. Foxwell
krfoxwell@verizon.net
To which
my wife replied:
From:
Ray Giles
To:
'Kevin Foxwell'
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 2:28 PM
Subject: RE: 99% "Minty" 38-40 box
ammo
Kevin, I just talked to Ray and he has
pulled the box off his table, but he would
like to know how much you plan on putting
down, and the time line of future payments.
Carolyn
And
to which he immediately (3/6) replied:
Outstanding! I appreciate the gesture.
I am leaving for New Mexico tomorrow for
10 days and upon return shall send $375
down, then every two weeks will send
another $300. If you 'd like to check
my background go to kandkfox on e-Bay
to see my 100% positive responses on
over 400 transactions. PLEASE CONFIRM
THIS IS THE BEST BOX OF THE TWO HE HAS
LISTED.
Sincerely,
Kevin R. Foxwell
And Carolyn's reply:
Kevin, I talked with Ray [and he]
said...it is the right box. Is it
possible to send a postdated check
before you go to New Mexico? The
show calendar is short and when you
leave a box off the table at a major
show, you might miss the opportunity
to make a sale.
You know, Kevin, Ray has taught me that there are very few
“deadbeats” out there in the
gun/ammo world...[so]...I don’t
think we need to check your
references.
Carolyn
How wrong we
were! After attempting to contact him by
phone 3 times during the week of March
16 (after the 10 days he was to have
been gone) he neither answered the phone
nor returned our calls.
On 3/30 I sent this email:
Kevin, I took this box off the table
for both the L’ville and Baltimore
shows (2 of my best shows of the
year), as well as having marked it
“sold” on my website, and I have
been holding it for you since March
6. Since then, within the past 2
weeks, my wife has left word twice &
I’ve left word once but none of our
calls have been returned nor have
any checks been received such as you
had promised to send on or about
3/16 when you returned from NM. I
would appreciate it if you’d let me
know where we stand on this deal.
Thx.
Ray Giles
And, again, no response. So here he
is, laid bare for all to see, our
latest DEADBEAT.
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Mike
Pickens,
Delta, PA, 17314
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July, 2008. I bought & pd for 6 bxs of antique ammo, 2 bxs of
which were described as follows (copied & pasted from his orig
July 1st email):
1 box of 20 40-82 Winchester sealed in box
1 box of 50 1873 Winchester ammo The seal is still intact.
After negotiating a price he
emailed the following statement, also copied & pasted from his
(7/3) email:
I will hold the check until you are satisfied.
I
sent the check and on 7/11 rec'd the following:
Did you receive the ammo? I will be on the road this weekend and
will check my e-mail often. Let me know.
To which I responded on 7/11:
Hi Mike,
Yes, just opened it this morning and left word on your phone
message system around noon today. Upon opening the 44-40
and 40-82 boxes found a problem: neither was sealed; in
fact, the 44-40 box, while sealed along one side, is missing
2 shells and the rds in the 40-82 box have all been cleaned
(meaning the rds are original but the condition isn't). So
we do need to talk a bit whenever you get back. Be in touch
& don't let this spoil your weekend--it's not something we
can't make right.
Then,
after getting no response, I wrote on 7/16:
Ever
since my last email (and 2 subsequent phone calls) ...
I've heard nothing and am wondering what's going on. I
did contact my bank yesterday & found you had cashed the
$1300 check although you'd said that wouldn't happen
till all was satisfied regarding our transaction. As I
thought we had an agreement based on mutual trust I'm
surprised & disappointed in your lack of response as
well as the fact that the check was cashed before we
discussed the exceptions we found in your shipment.
Please be in touch.
My last email, 7/19:
...if
I don't hear from you by noon Monday, 7/21, you will
find the details of our transaction fully described
there [on this webpage] by noon Tues. I am sorry it has
come to this; I always hate to admit when I have
misjudged someone so badly.
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| Rick A. Hogue Also d/b/a Rick Hogue Auctions
(ebay handle: "better-than-ezra")
Newark, OH, 43055 |
Feb, 2007. I bought & pd for ($299.15) early Winchester .22
Short Hol Pt box on ebay (item#130075347850). Listed (as is
necessary on ebay) as empty box but when I emailed him to ask
about the availability of the contents I rec'd the following
answer:
"There [sic] original contents is still in the box. It is unused. I
will be happy to GIFT the contents to the high bidder upon the
high bidders request. Thanks." (I have hard copy of these
emails as proof.)
Box arrived empty. Phone call to seller got promise to come
up with the missing shells but they never showed up & further
calls went unanswered/unreturned. His website sez he operates
under "The Golden Rule". Yeah, right. |
John H. Luh, Jr.
Delta, PA, 17314 |
Sept, 2006. Pd 50% of amount owed for shipment but skipped town owing
the other half ($150). |
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