I was interested in buying his wildcat package which he had posted in the classifieds section. He had no pictures and no description of the wildcat in the thread. Here it is. All he said via text to me was that it was hydrodipped and sent me 2 pictures at a distance away. I paid him via paypal goods and services.
https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/wts-fx-wildcat-25-5/
When I received the wildcat, I found that the gun was heavily modified with the shroud being held by a custom/foreign end cap. Three holes were drilled into it, which he didn't have anything to say about. The grub screw that would normally hold the shroud onto the barrel was loose so the shroud would spin freely. The shroud exit hole for the pellet was widened and marketed with red marker. These mods were impossible to tell from far away pictures that he sent me and he did not mention any of this in his text. I have pictures of this on the day I received the gun and expressed my concerns with this man. He replied to me that that gun was 100% stock and was how he received it from AoA and did tell me to call AoA to confirm. I told him I would get in contact with someone who could verify and said I wanted a refund. He refused the refund and I threatened to escalate this to a claim if he did not refund me. Another point was that I did not receive the splatter burst target that was in the description of his post. He then proceeds to block me so I couldn't call him. I then move to escalate this purchase to a claim. Paypal required me to find someone to appraise this wildcat to prove that it was indeed not stock. I get into contact with donnyfl to inquire about my suspicions. He says the three holes drilled into the shroud are not stock and I post my evidence with his statement to paypal. Somehow, I lose the claim due to the fact that this is a Airgun and paypal does not have protection against "firearms". Therefore they did not even look at my claim information. I call them back and the representative helps me appeal the claim and said he would add that this should be protected under buyers protection that he knows what a Airgun is(the other representatives did know know what it is). However, fast forward 2 days from then and i lose my appeal for the same reason. Currently, I am in the process in calling paypal again on why my appeal failed.
During the time of losing the claim and appealing, I get donnyfl to look at the shroud once more in the very possibility that I lose the claim and am forced to get a adapter to quiet it. when Donny Du takes a closer look at more pictures I sent him he told me that this wildcat mk 1 was, "a Frankenstein Gun." There was no stock wildcat adapter that would allow fitment of his moderators.
I was going to wait for all the paypal issues to settle(and double check if there were no options) before bringing this topic to agn. However, I am forced to bring my side of the story due to fast Eddie's wild accusation/post.
Summary is Fasteddie sold me a gun that even donnyfl said is a "Frankenstein Gun" without letting me know that it had been modified mechanically. Fast Eddie refuses to give me a refund and that paypal refuses to aid in this dispute due to it being classified as a firearm. I will be posting this warning to others(without the story) about paypal policys. I recommend people to no longer use goods and services unless being ready to argue that this is not a firearm. I will be calling paypal back to see if there are any options and recommend you not do any deals with this man.
I don't actually think fasteddie meant to not hide this information but the fact that he won't own up to the fact that he sold me a modified gun without telling me and is openly calling me a scammer is infuriating. Or maybe he just didn't know his wildcat was not stock or damaged. Anyways I am stuck with this wildcat and the other items he sent me and I will be posting in the classified with actual up close pictures of the gun and accurate description if I decide to sell.
https://imgur.com/a/sapObC2
Far away pictures were the ones he sent me. I do not mind providong any information in regards to this or anything, including emails, text messages.
https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/wts-fx-wildcat-25-5/
When I received the wildcat, I found that the gun was heavily modified with the shroud being held by a custom/foreign end cap. Three holes were drilled into it, which he didn't have anything to say about. The grub screw that would normally hold the shroud onto the barrel was loose so the shroud would spin freely. The shroud exit hole for the pellet was widened and marketed with red marker. These mods were impossible to tell from far away pictures that he sent me and he did not mention any of this in his text. I have pictures of this on the day I received the gun and expressed my concerns with this man. He replied to me that that gun was 100% stock and was how he received it from AoA and did tell me to call AoA to confirm. I told him I would get in contact with someone who could verify and said I wanted a refund. He refused the refund and I threatened to escalate this to a claim if he did not refund me. Another point was that I did not receive the splatter burst target that was in the description of his post. He then proceeds to block me so I couldn't call him. I then move to escalate this purchase to a claim. Paypal required me to find someone to appraise this wildcat to prove that it was indeed not stock. I get into contact with donnyfl to inquire about my suspicions. He says the three holes drilled into the shroud are not stock and I post my evidence with his statement to paypal. Somehow, I lose the claim due to the fact that this is a Airgun and paypal does not have protection against "firearms". Therefore they did not even look at my claim information. I call them back and the representative helps me appeal the claim and said he would add that this should be protected under buyers protection that he knows what a Airgun is(the other representatives did know know what it is). However, fast forward 2 days from then and i lose my appeal for the same reason. Currently, I am in the process in calling paypal again on why my appeal failed.
During the time of losing the claim and appealing, I get donnyfl to look at the shroud once more in the very possibility that I lose the claim and am forced to get a adapter to quiet it. when Donny Du takes a closer look at more pictures I sent him he told me that this wildcat mk 1 was, "a Frankenstein Gun." There was no stock wildcat adapter that would allow fitment of his moderators.
I was going to wait for all the paypal issues to settle(and double check if there were no options) before bringing this topic to agn. However, I am forced to bring my side of the story due to fast Eddie's wild accusation/post.
Summary is Fasteddie sold me a gun that even donnyfl said is a "Frankenstein Gun" without letting me know that it had been modified mechanically. Fast Eddie refuses to give me a refund and that paypal refuses to aid in this dispute due to it being classified as a firearm. I will be posting this warning to others(without the story) about paypal policys. I recommend people to no longer use goods and services unless being ready to argue that this is not a firearm. I will be calling paypal back to see if there are any options and recommend you not do any deals with this man.
I don't actually think fasteddie meant to not hide this information but the fact that he won't own up to the fact that he sold me a modified gun without telling me and is openly calling me a scammer is infuriating. Or maybe he just didn't know his wildcat was not stock or damaged. Anyways I am stuck with this wildcat and the other items he sent me and I will be posting in the classified with actual up close pictures of the gun and accurate description if I decide to sell.
https://imgur.com/a/sapObC2
Far away pictures were the ones he sent me. I do not mind providong any information in regards to this or anything, including emails, text messages.
