BEWARE of Forward540!! continued.

[Dokken10]

Well today I did my research and tracked him down and contacted his local police department. I found him selling on another site now that most know what kind of seller he really is now on this site. His name is Mike Robaey and his girlfriends name is Kim or Kimmy. DO NOT BUY FROM THEM EVER!!!!

[Dokken10]

Some more in info on forward540 (Mike Robaey) and his girlfriend Kim or Kimmey (he will probably start using her name)they live NE of Philly,PA. in the Norristown,PA., Phoenixville, PA. and Spring city, PA. area. His area code will be 610. Some of his email addy's are: forward540@aol.com, fastforward540@aol.com and unclefrank540@aol.com. He will probably change his email addy and go by a new screen name with all the heat I'm bringing on them. It seems to me that since this girlfriend(Kim or Kimmy) came into his life, most of his selling problems started. He will not post on here anymore, he will PM or email members who post under " parts wanted section". If you have or had an issue with them PM or email me and I will give you all the info I have and which police dept. to call.

[MartinD]

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

[bowtiedude69]

Be careful Harassment by communication is a crime also!

[MartinD]

If he was/is stupid enough to publish his phone number and then stole my money,he would get ONE good phone call then i would forward ALL info to the police.These punks are becoming more and more common.ALWAYS pay with a postal money order.

[Dokken10]

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]

Thanks for posting this, although most people don't read this thread the few that do will know. He is on here daily doing business silently and probably screwing new members who don't know any better. Let's start a thread ro BAN HIS AZZ and his ISP

[92Firebird Lady]

Hi,

It sounds like you had a bad experience with unclefrank540@aol.com /Forward540, and I'm sorry you 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 issue.

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

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 but he sent it 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. Honestly. Sometimes we have a bit of trouble with a situation, but that's no reason to completely condemn a person. I hope you all are able to work this out like real men do. That's all I have to say. Thanks for listening. I hope all further dealings with him goes just as smoothly for everyone else and also for myself. May God bless this situation.

[ron reece]

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

i know what you mean, i once had to get rid of a car i loved because i found out the air in the tires was 3 years old.

[Dokken10]

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.

[Dokken10]

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.

[92Firebird Lady]

Originally Posted by ron reece

i know what you mean, i once had to get rid of a car i loved because i found out the air in the tires was 3 years old.

HAHAHAHAHA! ...very funny!

[sweeney1030]

The dude may know the cop,just a thought-smal town people all know each other some how.

[rideon1200]

You know I am a 44 year old a$$hole. I would give the officer a couple of days. Then I would call his superior. A couple of days later I would call the mayor. Sound extreme, well they are on my street right now with rADAR. By the way I was banned for a week for talking about the new Camaros, yet you can screw people on this site and get welcomed back. Something is wrong here. Proably get banned for that remark

[Dokken10]

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]

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.

[CAMAROJOKESTER]

i havent gotten any parts for this guy either.. i paid him the in jan. that sucks.. and they are on here all the time.. why cant they be banned or anything??.. what i like to do is to watch for them to post some thing new and then reply to thier thread stating the facts..

[Dokken10]

TTT

[djtricia]

I'm supprised it has gone on this long. When I had problems on this site with a member and reported it to the FBI Internet Fraud Div. the police got involved and after a couple weeks I got a refund. This was after months of emails and promises and then response to the emails. Only a $50.00 deal but I got the money back. They gave the police a story about moving and etc, etc, but the police followed up until I got my money back. So good luck.

[82 Iron Duke]

Originally Posted by djtricia

I'm supprised it has gone on this long. When I had problems on this site with a member and reported it to the FBI Internet Fraud Div. the police got involved and after a couple weeks I got a refund. This was after months of emails and promises and then response to the emails. Only a $50.00 deal but I got the money back. They gave the police a story about moving and etc, etc, but the police followed up until I got my money back. So good luck.

WOW, wipe the dust off this baby, I can guarantee he is already selling under a new name

[John in RI]

WOW, wipe the dust off this baby,

Has the dust ever really settled ??? After all the misery this person/persons have caused they are still allowed to freely use ThirdGen.org. Their last login was last night. How can this be allowed ??



I can respect the fact that people are taking a risk by buying ANYTHING from the web; but when the offenses are so obvious and the perpetrator is allowed to continue to use this venue for fraud - it seems like he's being given a free pass to continuously prey on this boards members.



He has not posted any classifieds since April - but he IS still "selling" on ThirdGen. As another member pointed out, he's just sending private messages now.

All those who have burned play a part here too - Why have NONE of you placed negative feedback for this guy using ITrader ??



An unsuspecting ( nieve ) person might only look to that feedback to gauge this guys credability. Will ITRADER not accept your negative feedback ? I feel confident that if negative feedback was left than a member with no knowlege of his history would not have bought parts from him just a couple weeks ago. His ONLY ITrader feedback is POSITIVE !!

I've watched this ongoing saga for MONTHS and can't understand what the reasoning is for allowing him/her to continue to use this site. I've witnessed people banned for minor infractions - this guy is/was ripping people off !! The Postal inspectors and the Police have been forced to get involved here, What more do you need in order to ban this guy ?? Moderators - use the powers granted to you and quit allowing your members get burned.

[82 Iron Duke]

Originally Posted by John in RI

Has the dust ever really settled ??? After all the misery this person/persons have caused they are still allowed to freely use ThirdGen.org. Their last login was last night. How can this be allowed ??



I can respect the fact that people are taking a risk by buying ANYTHING from the web; but when the offenses are so obvious and the perpetrator is allowed to continue to use this venue for fraud - it seems like he's being given a free pass to continuously prey on this boards members.



He has not posted any classifieds since April - but he IS still "selling" on ThirdGen. As another member pointed out, he's just sending private messages now.

All those who have burned play a part here too - Why have NONE of you placed negative feedback for this guy using ITrader ??



An unsuspecting ( nieve ) person might only look to that feedback to gauge this guys credability. Will ITRADER not accept your negative feedback ? I feel confident that if negative feedback was left than a member with no knowlege of his history would not have bought parts from him just a couple weeks ago. His ONLY ITrader feedback is POSITIVE !!

I've watched this ongoing saga for MONTHS and can't understand what the reasoning is for allowing him/her to continue to use this site. I've witnessed people banned for minor infractions - this guy is/was ripping people off !! The Postal inspectors and the Police have been forced to get involved here, What more do you need in order to ban this guy ?? Moderators - use the powers granted to you and quit allowing your members get burned.

My friend, you have stated this issue in total CLARITY for those of us who can correspond. If the MODS will not retort in a responsible manner, then we as a whole are subject to his pilfering and are apt to suffer if we contract with him

[Dokken10]

TTT

[John in RI]

Still allowed to use the site I see,..........





His last login was yesterday:

foward540 Member Last Activity: Yesterday 09:08 PM

[sweetpea12]

what does he go by so we now

[John in RI]

He's basically just selling though Private Messages now. I almost fell out of my chair when I saw a recently posted classified from him...... There are a LOT of unhappy people here due to his previous "buisiness practices" !


IMO; This guy is a poster child for someone that should be