Hieverybody, i am at my wits end and this is an action taken out ofhelplessness. I do not wish to readily tarnish the reputation of propsand custom nerf seller NaijaBlue as i have previously told him.
However, this has gone and dragged for far too long and there are a couple of issues that give me cause for concern.
Firstly, i will provide details of our transaction (this is done through email initially before he stopped replying emails):
I ordered a fully modded nerf Vulcan (with motormod and battery mod, sanded off logos and full matte black paint job). I also ordered 25 round modded ammo chains, a green 10 000 mcd tacticalflashlight as well as a modded nerf Maverick with logos sanded off andin matte black. I was promised darts from Naija as well. (all thisafter browsing through his website, www.naijablue.com.
Below is the correspondence.
RE: Nerf Vulcan? From: Me Sent: 22 November 08:35AM To: Naijablue,
Hi, I will take the motor and battery mod then. The total amount will be 367 usd right? Thanks
From: Naijablue sent: 22 November 08:47AM To: Me,
That is correct. And that includes the matching modded maverick, 3chains, and the matching 10,000 mcd green tactical light. I'm alsogoing to include as many spare darts as I can find. You can send it to paypal.
Following the instructions i paid 367usd for the blasters throughpaypal, this was done a day later on the 23/11/09. This is received andconfirmed by NaijaBlue in our email correspondence.
On Nov 23 1:31 PM, I wrote:
Hi, payment; 367 USD, was made successfully to BlueKi.inc.
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 13:33: 49 -0500 Subject: Re: RE: Nerf Vulcan From: naijablue To: Me,
It went through ok, and I will get that ready for you asap. N.A.I.
Every part of our transaction went on smoothly up to this point;Naija replied quite promptly and was very patient and accommodating. Heseemed like a nice fellow and trustworthy merchant. However, theproblems began after payment was made.
Essentially, the reason i paid up promptly was due to the fact thatNaija told me that after December 1st would be his rush period and hewould like to get the blasters out to me before then; he implied theywere ready to be shipped out any day; I even offered to and paid thecross border transaction fee out of friendship.
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 22:22: 21 -0500 Subject: Re: RE: Nerf Vulcan From: naijablue To: Me,
My christmas rush starts to happen after the 1st. So completing your order before then is my #1 priority.
However, the blasters were not shipped before 01/12/09. Perhaps this delay was due in part to my requests for photosof my blasters. However, i have still yet to get them; Naija did citetechnical difficulties with his netbook, Sd card, email account as wellas medical distractions and work for the delays. However, bear in mindthe first request was made on the 23/11/09.
RE: Nerf Vulcan? From: Me Sent: 23 November 17:22PM To: naijablue,
Hi, Right. I will send the payment asap.By the way, there should beno fees for this transaction except for a 1% cross-border transactionfee (which i will pay for), so there should be no fees for you. I wouldlove to see the pictures! Thanks.
And i have still yet to receive them. Naija seem to at this pointstarted to answer my emails sporadically and it got worse. Our emailcorrespondence went on until the 20/12/09 where i still asked for thephotos and was assured i will get them but did not.
After the 20th, all email correspondence stopped despite repeatedattempts to communicate through various platforms such as facebook; itold him to try facebook to send me the photos as he cited difficultiesin sending me the photo through his gmail but to this date i still didnot receive any photos, youtube, Naijas website.
I did sms him on his number after attempts at correspondence through email frustrated me and this also proved to be problematic.
From: Me Sent: 20 December 18:33PM To: naijablue,
Hi, sorry for badgering you repeatedly, please send those pictures;didn't you say i would get them yesterday? Please dude, the blastersneed to be okay-ed and shipped, that all takes time. Hope youunderstand, i am rather antsy now. Thanks
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 02:00: 17 -0500 Subject: Re: pictures of vulcan and maverick From: naijablue To: Me,
Hey man. I'm up and about. Not back to 100% just yet, but I will be:). You will have your images today (this being the last email ireceived from Naija)
After a few sms messages at almost fixed times of the day and a few sporadic replies and assurances i got this sms message on the 23/12/09.
The box was picked up this morning. It had to be if its to make there in time. (23/12/09) 0804hrs
My blasters if they were ever truly shipped were shipped out on the 23/12/09 or 22/12/09 in Los Angeles.
This and the delays with the photos were already starting to botherme and despite many requests from me to Naija, the pictures were notforthcoming. So much so i have on the 03/01/10 asked him to forgetabout the pictures and just send me the tracking number for theblasters.
This request for the tracking numbers was made on the same day hesaid the blasters were picked up for shipping. Yet like the photos, ihave yet to receive them.
My last sms correspondence before all my sms-es to Naija wentunreplied was on 03/01/10; he promised i would get them; the blasters. It is already 10/01/10; and i have been constantly smsing him remindinghim to send the tracking number so that i can check the shippingprogress and for assurance.
I tried calling too but to no avail, in all the attempts that i tried calling, he never picks up his phone. Since the 3rd of Jan and even this morning, i have repeatedly calledhim, sms him, emailed him on youtube, his website, facebook and gmail. However, all to no avail.
I am very helpless now and hope somebody will read this and adviseme on what to do. Basically, my blasters have not arrived, thiscombined with the sporadic communications after payment was made, failed promises necessitates that i really cannot take Naijas word anylonger.
Basically, how long does it take for a person to send a couple ofphotos and a tracking number over sms? Really, it would not take longerthan 10 minutes and that is stretching it.
However, i have waited to no avail since 23/11/09 and 23/12/09 to receive the photos and tracking number respectively.
Therefore, all this seem to indicate that Naijas lack ofcommunication since the 3rd as well as the failure to provide thephotos and tracking number as possible examples of dodgy behaviour onhis part.
Without concrete proof in the form of a tracking number as well asfrom the recent experiences, i am hence unfortunately inclined towardsthe suspicion that Naija has committed some form of fraud and havecheated me of my money.
Therefore, i hope Naija would break his silence and prove me wrong. I am more than glad to eat humble pie and apologize if he would providethe tracking number and concrete proof that my blasters are intact andshipped. If not, please do the right thing and refund me 367usd, noless no more as what was paid in our transaction excluding thecross-border transaction fee.
I am extremely helpless and lost and seem to face similar problemswith the other two reports on this website, therefore i hope someonecould assist me or for Naija to provide the tracking number.
Please Naija, i am begging you, do the right thing and send me the tracking number or refund me my money!
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