Philflound

Thank God he can't rape anyone else. Hopefully. For all we know, he has more accounts, but now they are aware, so they should be able to track him down. I got a notice about my cancellation of the Crazy Climber, but I used the buy it now. I wonder if they reimburse the stopped check payment. Could have been alot worse. For some of you, it is. This should teach us all a lesson. If something looks too good to be true, it probably is. Phil

I emailed AL last night a pic of the Activision Commando green label version. It's not listed on the cart scans. I have the white one too, which is the one shown. Is the green label with the yellow letters a foreign version? Maybe HES? Any help will be appreciated. Phil

Ok, I'm back with my 2 cents. Since you drove by and saw the Toyota in the driveway, did you get the license plate? I'm sure someone has connections with motor vehicle to find out who owns the car. Also, have you stopped by the local post office and mentioned any of this to the post master? This might help saying you think the person is using this address as a front and maybe heisting the mail before it gets into the box. Also, what is the possibility the person found a key, or works in a hardware store and made a copy of the box key? I have stopped payment on my check as of this morning. Cost me $20.00, but better than losing my $106.00. I also reported this with the USPS website as a fraud, stating that I cancelled my check. I do concur that anyone who won an auction should to this. Ok, the big question. Who is going to be the first to leave negative fb? If the ones who already paid and didn't get their stuff do it, I'll join suit and maybe we can get him kicked off that way. Or at least get people to stop bidding and using buy it nows. I wish I lived near this guy because I wouldn't be afraid to go knocking on the door. Hell, I would say I want to buy the games with cash on me right there. It would help to know if he actually lives there. Best thing I can think of yet... can this guy be using someone else's name with a fake id? Ryan Kinman may be a real nice 70 year old man, but some punk may have gotten a fake id, steals the checks and m.o.s and cashes them at the local check cashing place. So what is the chance we can get someone with more contacts to verify this asap? Please do so. I cringe to think this guy is running away with thousands of dollars right now. Phil

As you all know, I posted this person's info. I decided to rebid on things waiting to see if I get my first game. He then cancelled all my bids, since I wrote down he had a phoney phone number. The phone number I posted is in this thread. I called and got some weird girl on the answering machine that said her name was no where near Kinman. I'm going to definitely stop payment on the check before I get burned. If this guy is for real, oh well. I'll pass and leave myself with more sleep at night knowing my money is safe in my hands. I do suggest anyone would like to call this guy and see how he explains his father getting mail order games in a store. Would be interesting. I still advise to beware. Phil

I went back and bid on a few of the games. I figure I can do what the other person is doing. If I don't get my game, I won't pay for the others. Thing is, I specifically sent extra money for insurance, so he can't say that he mailed the thing and it got lost. This is going to be fun to see how it turns out. I know ebay has been cracking down on fraud and if he is a phoney, I'll be smiling when the FBI comes knocking down his door and he's serving time in the slammer.

Well, seems things have gotten even more interesting. This guy wrote back the following email to me. This is it word for word. Not sure how serious he is, but I'm still considering allowing my check to go through for the Crazy Climber. I figure if it's real, I'll sell my loose one and make my money back regardless. Ryan's email: Actually, I have already contacted SafeHarbor, this person has e-mailed all of my bidders, tried placing bids and then retracting so he can leave negative remarks in the explanation. I spoke to one bidder who ended 3 auctions with buy it now on the phone. He told me he needed a couple days to pay, then I read on the board that he has no intention of buying. Pretty stupid to give out my phone # - incidentally the phone # registered with eBay) - if my intention is to rip people off. Then one person on the board said he sent .01 to my brother's Paypal account - and I stated clearly in the winning e-mail that it is his account - to see if it's valid. Now he file a dispute form with Paypal for his penny. As far as I'm concerned, everyone on and associated with that board can get a life, and the site, the users who recked my auctions, and the used who filed a false Paypal claim have all been reported to eBay, SafeHarbor, Paypal, SquareTrade, and planetfeedback.com I have no less than 5 auctions to relist now because some smart-ass had to play around. if the fact that I have no negative feedbak, offer my home phone # and address and a verified Paypal and BidPay address isn't enough, then the morons on that board SHOULD NOT BID, DON'T SCREW UP AUCTIONS FOR OTHER POTENTIAL BIDDERS. Not to go off on you, but I'd personally like to see the board shut down after all of this. If you have no intention of buying please let me know now so I know to relist. Thanks! Ryan

I bought these up at Funcoland a few years ago at 9 cents each. I figure at 9 cents, I can't go wrong. Someone will pay me 25 cents at a garage sale or something. I laugh when I see common games for sale like these, but there are the common games with boxes, and though they may be more common, I still find getting boxes a little tougher. Flame them all you want. They don't deserve to be putting "Rare" in the title. Most people don't even know what they are doing. Phil

I just posted his info on the Ebay auctions message board. I called this number and got an answering machine. The person on the machine was a woman, not named Kinman and she even repeated the phone number hesitantly like she forgot what number it was. I wonder if this number was just acquired as a fluke for frauding people with ebay. I did ask him to send me a photo of all the games in one giant picture to prove. So far I haven't heard anything. I won Crazy Climber, but will be stopping payment on my check come morning, unless he can prove to me that he's legit. So far he's put on 3 Crazy Climbers. I of course was the 3rd one. Also, he goes by the name Buzz46, as someone stated on the other thread. Just click the email button and you'll see he's [email protected], the bug90 one is [email protected] So if you're bidding on this guy's auctions, do so with no intention of paying. Good luck trying to get your money back. Phil

Ok, I've been doing some checking due to being a winner of Crazy Climber and being Crazy enough to even send him a check. I'm going to be stopping payment come morning. But Bug90 and Buzz46 is definitely the same person. I've contacted Ebay about this, but again, with perfect records on the feedback, they might not do anything till it's too late. I was given the following info: Ryan Kinman 2544 Evergreen Drive Covington, KY 41017 859-727-3573 I called this number and got an answering machine of some woman not named Kinman. Maybe it's his girlfriend, or a total fraud, but I told ebay this. Hopefully they will try and see if this guy is real. I did retract all bids I placed and will advise you do the same. I also advise that you contact ebay with the same info, including the two ebay User IDs, since I sent my message prior to finding this out. Good luck everyone in weeding out fraud. Phil