Mossypumpkin Posted January 16, 2019 Report Share Posted January 16, 2019 BUYERS BEWARE!!! Careful doing business with SCOTT WHITBY. A member of ours PAID for a bait from him on January 1st. That’s 15 days to ship a bait. He has been given plenty of chances. Said he would ship last week again. Not replying to the buyer, but replied to my message and then gave me 40 excuses, including “snow”. Buyer requested a refund with no reply. MORE THAN ENOUGH OPPORTUNITIES. So....please don’t chime in with, “oh he’s legit. He wouldn’t do that. He’s been good in the past”. Because right now, he’s a bullshitter and ripping someone off. And this is the second person he’s currently doing it to as well. Please share. *update: apparently he’s done it to several people in the last two weeks Bass the east, Primus and Nick S. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azfisher Posted January 16, 2019 Report Share Posted January 16, 2019 Is this the same guy from SB Nation under a different name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfk9 Posted January 16, 2019 Report Share Posted January 16, 2019 Jeez get a clue people...its not really that difficult to take care of business ...or would you rather have bad PR all over the forum ...good luck recovering funds...michel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossypumpkin Posted January 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2019 Update! Also going by Josh Steele. Just found out he’s scammed a number of people for well over $1000. He’s been all over the Facebook pages. Primus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumoNinja Posted January 16, 2019 Report Share Posted January 16, 2019 Smh....thanks for the heads up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blckshirt98 Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 Some dude on Facebook even found and spoke to this guy's dad to get his money back lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishwhisper069 Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 On 1/15/2019 at 8:38 PM, Mossypumpkin said: Update! Also going by Josh Steele. Just found out he’s scammed a number of people for well over $1000. He’s been all over the Facebook pages. Jeez sucks to hear! hope everyone gets their baits or their money, what a scumbag... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossco7777 Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 1 hour ago, fishwhisper069 said: Jeez sucks to hear! hope everyone gets their baits or their money, what a scumbag... this is rich Jacobssam, MA Frog Man, teddywfish and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassing305 Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 This subject reminds me why I do not buy swimbaits from people in internet forums or invite people fishing from Internet forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northeast_trev Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 8 hours ago, bassing305 said: This subject reminds me why I do not buy swimbaits from people in internet forums or invite people fishing from Internet forums. there are plenty of excellent forum members that go out of their way to do right by the SB community, there are also many stand up forum members that participate in the bait trade (some to the extreme) without issue - just have to follow some of the same basic internet transaction principles that you would use on any other site. Its almost always the crossover users from FB that end up burning guys because they aren't community members, and somehow get guys to pay them F&F I've met great sticks on this forum that aren't bad to shoot the ish with, obviously you wouldn't invite someone out without at least talking to them first. But this is a community, and often that leads to meeting in person. I would rather have a network of people all over than be stuck shore banging if i'm on a vacation and want to get a bait wet. just my $0.02 BOZ, Jace D, Primus and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boylah Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 I've reasonably new and so far 80% positive experiences. This stuff makes me weary trusting folks. Just ruins it for everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassing305 Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 3 hours ago, northeast_trev said: there are plenty of excellent forum members that go out of their way to do right by the SB community, there are also many stand up forum members that participate in the bait trade (some to the extreme) without issue - just have to follow some of the same basic internet transaction principles that you would use on any other site. Its almost always the crossover users from FB that end up burning guys because they aren't community members, and somehow get guys to pay them F&F I've met great sticks on this forum that aren't bad to shoot the ish with, obviously you wouldn't invite someone out without at least talking to them first. But this is a community, and often that leads to meeting in person. I would rather have a network of people all over than be stuck shore banging if i'm on a vacation and want to get a bait wet. just my $0.02 Been a member of this forum for a couple years now so I know there are good members, but I have noticed an increase of threads like these. Seems like there are more people trying to rip others off with swimbaits, more spam accounts from what I read from another recent thread, and other less than desirable behaviors. Nothing wrong with fishing from the shore on vacation, I do it often and have caught lots of big fish that way. Have caught striped bass, muskie, smallmouth bass, walleye, trout and other nice fish all from the shore while on vacation. I fish with my girlfriend on these vacations and its better that way than wasting my time with some random person who I do not really know and might not be able to fish as well as they portray online. Primus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassing305 Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 3 hours ago, boylah said: I've reasonably new and so far 80% positive experiences. This stuff makes me weary trusting folks. Just ruins it for everyone. So that means you had 20% negative experiences? Thats a high percentage when it comes to customer service. Should be less than 5%. Not surprised though since swimbaits are expensive when compared to most lures so there will always be people trying to rip off others when it comes to making a couple extra dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boylah Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, bassing305 said: So that means you had 20% negative experiences? Thats a high percentage when it comes to customer service. Should be less than 5%. Not surprised though since swimbaits are expensive when compared to most lures so there will always be people trying to rip off others when it comes to making a couple extra dollars. i just meant most folks i've bought/sold from incl makers have been very good/totally smooth. I've had some folks there were a bit curt/midly impersonable but i've NOT been scam yet (touch wood!). that said, i have been scam in my other hobbies. so these jokers are out there. beware! ignore my percentages. it's just finger in air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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