82 Iron Duke

iTrader: (21)

Now what I dont understand is why he would even show face here considering he owes people parts or money The dude was online earlier (check his history) and he doesn't even have the ba&^s to let his customers he has in limbo know what's going on??? "ULTIMATE SELLER MY A@@"

AndrewM

iTrader: (1)

I think it's wrong that guys like him are permitted to continue to access the forum after an incident like the one I had with him. Look at the results! He scams another person! I was nothing but reasonable with this jackass, so it isn't as if I've only presented the bits of the situation that favored myself.

He flouts any respect to the administration in posting on this thread - not to defend himself, but to bicker with competing sellers! I think that says volumes - moderators, I'd like someone to tell us all the standing policy on situations like this, so that we can understand why he was permitted to continue fleecing members.

I found that Mike was involved in similar issues on other boards and passed that info on to Rebel1222 - Mike is way out of hand and is going to come out to a bad end, but in the meantime, nobody wants him actively screwing over people here.

badgta

iTrader: (4)

oh, what a web we weave..... you guys are lucky, when i got ripped for three grand on ebay, an extinsive investigation that we thought came very close a time or two actually came up with nothing! at least you guys know where he lives, hell i would have done had the guy six feet under if it was me!, i would do anything to find the guy that ripped me....

rebel1222

Well,
I finally recieved my refund from Mike, (Forward540) this week. After I located him the police called and threatened him with criminal prosecution, he then sent my $ back. A happy ending after all.

Dokken10

iTrader: (18)

Mike and Kim (Forward540) said they would refund me $220.00 for parts never sent. They both agreed to send the money back last Saturday (4/28/07) we will see how long it takes them to send the money or if they do at all. I will keep everyone posted. I'm hoping they FINALLY get their act together and do the right thing for a change and I don't have to get the law involved.
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rebel1222, I might need your help if Mike and Kim jack me around again.

rebel1222

Contact Agent Alex Latour of US Postal Inspecters office.He called me yesterday. He was just getting ready to go to Mikes house, and contact the local police. (Upper Providence Police Department) I think I still have their # at work. Anyway, If I had known Mike still was ripping folks off I would have told Agent Latour, and he would have proceeded with his efforts againts Mike on behave of you. This is the only thing that will get him to send your $ back. Threat of definant prosecution! Let me know if you want me to look up the # to the police dept. It's easy to look up on the web. Officer Mulqueeny is the one that called mike on my behave. He is very familar with him.

VTBANDIT

This ******* just sold me a "perfect" 84 console lid that arrived cracked down the back, peeling off the top and repaired shoddilly at the latch....does this tell you whether or not you should buy from him? My question is why haven't the forum moderators banned his sorry ****?

bowtiedude

Maybe they need to start a "who got f 'ed by forward 540" sticky.


Seems he can send me a PM when I post about him. To bad he doesn't respond to others in like fashion. Thats ok. I can live with if he can.

Dokken10

iTrader: (18)

Well it's Tuesday 5/8/07 and NO sign of my $220.00 refund. Mike and Kim said it was on its way (in the mail last Wednesday 5/2/07). Should be here by now. Left messages with Mike's local authorities. A special thx.. to rebel1222 for all the helpful info.

Dokken10

iTrader: (18)

It's Tuesday 5/15/07 and NO sign of Mike Robaey, NO $220 refund, NO response to many emails and was told refund was sent 5/2/07. He will not post when the heat is on him. He will IM and Email members on this site when they post in the wanted section.

bowtiedude

I deleted. No message here

rebel1222

He will not refund your $ either until the heat is on him.

Dokken10

iTrader: (18)

The heat was turned up today!!!!
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Thx. for all the info you IMed me. It was real helpful turning the heat up on him today. Thx. again rebel1222

MartinD

iTrader: (1)

he posted his phone number here
http://www.fbody.com/cgi-bin/partswd...cgi?msgid=6921

bowtiedude

Be careful what you do with this information, Harassment by communication is a crime also!

Dokken10

iTrader: (18)

Found all the phone #'s he gave me and #'s he's posted and all are no good anymore. Latest as of 5/17/07. I contacted his local police and they gave him a call, he now is going to send all the parts. I faxed a list of parts owed to me to the cops and he will supply a tracking # for the package when shipped by Monday 5/21/07. I did send him a postal money order and kept the stub. I also kept all emails when I buy anything from site like this. We will see if he does what he told the cops he would do. I will keep everyone update on Mike's progress. This seems to be the only way to make Mike do the right thing is getting the law involved!!!!

82 Iron Duke

iTrader: (21)

If the mods would BAN him the problem would be solved, he is s sick puppy and needs some one to teach him a lesson

2kflhr

iTrader: (1)

Whats it going to take?

82 Iron Duke

iTrader: (21)

I wish I knew, it seems as though the mods always take his side
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He is online right now laughing at me and the people he has screwed BAN HIS AZZ AND HIS ISP

92Firebird Lady

Hi,

It sounds like many of you had a bad experience with unclefrank540@aol.com /Forward540, and I'm sorry that you all had to go through that, really I am and I hope when you hear the truth about what happened to me, you will try to work out your issues.

I feel the need to tell the truth here, and that is that I bought a Firebird trunk latch pull-down from him and it works beautifully.

Without that part, I would have had to get rid of the car. Thanks, Mike

Do any of you guys have a 1992 Pontiac Firebird with parts available to sell if I need some in the future??? I am truly grateful that he read my post and gave me what I needed for my car.

I couldn't find it anywhere, really, and he emailed me and gave me a price. It took a bit to get it worked out on how to send it, we had many emails back and forth about the details on sending it, but he sent it like I asked him to, COD and I paid by check. He gave me the part I needed and I gave him the price he asked for. I would buy from him again if I need to, just because he did give me a square deal. After reading all the trouble you guys had, I hope all further dealings with him goes just as smoothly as the last one did.

Thought you all might like to hear a bit of good news for a change. May God bless this situation.

rebel1222

Not many sellers would be willing to sell an item COD. That method of doing business has phased out over the years. Between individuals particularly. Probably after reading all the bad posts, you had the foresight and good sense only to buy from him using the COD method. kudos to you.

I quess if I needed a part very badly and the ONLY person this side of Mars who had the part was a known liar and cheat with a l-o-n-g reputation of ripping people off, then I supposed I would ask him to sell it to me using COD.

I finally got my $ returned, but ONLY after a serious realization by Mike that he was about to be criminally prosecuted by both his own local police department and the Postmaster General's office. Had I not had the determination to press the issue with the above mentioned authorities then I would still be waiting on parts and a refund never intended to be sent.

I learned a valuable lesson out of this. Always check a person's seller reputation before buying anything from them. And if possible, buy local. I have purchased from other sellers on here and had good experiences. You just have to be diligent.+

92Firebird Lady

That's sad. I guess I just was blessed (I don't believe in luck) with the foresight on how to handle the transaction. Thanks for the kudos though. He really is the only one on this side of Mars who could have helped me. I mean I tried everything and everywhere I could think of. I went to the junkyard guy about 40 miles away from my house. He told me he had the part there, just waiting to be taken out of the car. So I made the trip. Waiting in his waiting room for almost 2 hours until closing before he told me that the parts were no good and I came there for nothing. Parts are really hard to find for my car. But I love my car, and I don't want to get rid of her. Its a sentimental thing to me, I don't even know why, but it is. That's why I'm sure you can appreciate how much it meant to me to actually get the trunk pull down for my car. Water started to get in the back and it would have been ugly in the near future. I'm just glad I don't have to get rid of her and I can still get parts. However, and Mike knows this, I won't do business over the internet unless it is COD. The Post Office still does this with no problem and it only costs a little over three bucks. Nice talking with you.

Dokken10

iTrader: (18)

Mike says parts were shipped, weeks later no parts, finds parts not shipped by girlfriend, says will ship and weeks later no parts. I ask for refund, weeks later says check is in the mail, weeks later no check, stops answering e-mails and ignoring AOL IMs (while he is online) blocks me on the screen name he knows of mine so I can't see him online or IM him, see him online every day while I'm signed in under a screen name he doesn't know. Countless PMs thru this website and he's logged in on here everyday and still no replies. Cops get involved and now he's doing the right thing!!!! Like I said before, it seems to me that most of his problems started when this woman came into his life.

MartinD

iTrader: (1)

If you can get the police involved and start busting these people,it will slowly but surely get these scammers off here.

Dokken10

iTrader: (18)

The lastest on the Mike Robaey con. Got a phone call from his local police stating he shipped SOME of the items and he gave me a tracking #. I faxed a list of parts Mike and I agreed on and now Mike is disputing some of the parts. The cop will be calling me today and telling me which parts exactly Mike is disputing. On the list I wrote out for the cop I stated clearly that if Mike disputed and of these parts he should just refund my $220. I'm alittle disappointed in the officer not make Mike send everything or just telling Mike to refund my $220 like he said he would over 3 weeks ago in a email.

MartinD

iTrader: (1)

Im sure this guy has long since spent your money and im suprised the moron can afford to ship your parts.Thats what several are doing on here now.ALWAYS USE A POSTAL MONEY ORDER.

Dokken10

iTrader: (18)

I got some of the parts Mike and I agreed on. NOT near the condition he said they were in. I used to talk to Mike damn near ever week on the phone and thought we were friends, was I wrong!!!!. He told me that his aunt died around X-mas last year and he and his girlfriend were living there and he inherited the farm were his 50 some f-bodies are. He was sued by his former landlord before he moved to the farm. When tracking him down I found out that he has been living in a motel for months. Mike is a true liar and can't keeps all this lies straight!! He will probably be change his screen names but , remember the area he lives in and his name and his girlfriends name Kim or Kimmy. He will probably use her maiden or x-husbands last name. Do not buy from them EVER!!!!

Dokken10

iTrader: (18)

PM just received from Mike and Kim (forward540). This will tell you what type of people they are!! PM titled: atleast my wife did not kill herself

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get a life...kim
Without the details she did but, can anyone believe they would stoup to this level.

whitez406

iTrader: (5)

i used to live about 5 mins from hi and he wouldnt let anyone go to the farm. I seen him like 6 months ago said he sold EVERY fbody he had. He is def. no good and should be banned.

82 Iron Duke

iTrader: (21)

Here is Mikes latest dealings, I know he is selling under cover through PM's and hopefully not taking advantage of members who don't know he is a crook

His Last Activity: Today 06:45 PM

He is a chump, he will never be banned for reasons unknown but this is a good start.

MartinD

iTrader: (1)

I dont get it,if he is doing all this and the mods can track his PM's,why dont they ban him????

Dokken10

iTrader: (18)

TTT

Jproz1167

iTrader: (3)

I once had a almost deal with him. I was looking for an extremly nice radio trim plate for my 82 trans am. After a few emails he told me he had one yada yada .... Then only to find out what he had was one with scratches and a broken thing where a bolt goes (a ear or what not) Damn glad I didn't deal with him after seeing all your stories! .... Then another member from here said he hade a nice one and not a bit of a problem with that deal.

What was the worst about this frank guy was he always said I didn't have time to go out to the "farm" .... Just kinda think this guy takes the money and hopes to find a part at a pick a part or something.

I offer the same response as the majority here in saying steer clear of this guy !!!!!!!!

Dokken10

iTrader: (18)

TTT

Dokken10

iTrader: (18)

TTT

any3rdgen

Was thinking about getting some items from him but after reading these negative posts, I am not too sure. I emailed someone about camaro parts and believe this to be him. http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/search...dsfyc=&systime

also, I believe I bought off of him on ebay too. This guy really gets around. I believe his user ID is JIMMY3349. It was rusty, crappy and took 3 weeks to get to me. But he will probably just change his user ID on that too.

In additon, I believe he is also someone I have been emailing via craigslist. IN PA. Just too many different names all over PA without owning the actual car or parts. Tries hard to hit the Philly area apparently.

Just can't trust someone that goes by Uncle Frank and Jimmy when there real name is Mike.

brandotron

iTrader: (2)

This guy's itrader rating is nothing but good. Everyone who's been ripped off should go kill his rating right now!

any3rdgen

he has a lot of stuff listed on ebay, I bet he would hate to have a bunch of questions asked.

any3rdgen

He changed his name from Jimmy3349 on ebay to happyone540.
He also deleted his ad in the auto trader. He is such a coward.

Lucid

iTrader: (4)

Brando has a good point, you all need to post feedback so when someone clicks on his feedback history all they see is unhappy faces.

RCAR7395

iTrader: (124)

Just another show of his transactions gone bad here that I wanted to bring up to the top!

Steve86TA

iTrader: (57)

Please if you have not had PERSONAL dealings with this person there is no reason to even post in this thread!!

Dokken10

iTrader: (18)

TTT

rebel1222

TTT

Dokken10

iTrader: (18)

The problem is that BOTH parties have to respond to a thread to be able to leave feedback. He will PM people and make the deal most of the time.

Dokken10

iTrader: (18)

Now Mike(Forward540) is PMing me and threatening that the mods are going to ban me.

Mods if I'm doing anything at all wrong please PM me and let me know. Thx.

rebel1222

He sent me the same PM. What a loser.

all4u

I have read this entire post and the other one that was similiar. In no way did I see you threaten anyone of accuse anyone of something that can't be verified. You have posted some infromation on the subjects such as phone numbers, email addresses, names and what not but this is not private infromation.

Moderators, please do not ban dokken10 or rebel122, they have not done anything against board rules and have not done anything illegal. The situation has gotten a little heated but the same thing happened when all that stuff was going on with fasterthanumark and those wheels. Some people are scammers and have to be prepared when the people that get screwed want to take action.

livewire

iTrader: (10)

Don't know what the latest is on this guy, but he tried to sell me some stuff via pm very recently. I obviously declined, thanks to this thread I got the heads up long before I put myself at rist of being screwed. I don't know if any of this has been righted or not, but be warned he is still trying to sell via pm.