Member dkap01 (David Kaplish) is a SCAMMER!

Bibliophile · Post by **Bibliophile** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:24 pm

Hello, everybody. I am relatively new to this site, though a lot of you already know me from the Neo-Geo.com site. I wanted to post this to let this community know to beware a scammer.

Dkap01 (David Kaplish) is a scammer!

I bought from him a homemade portable Neo Geo MVS. It was supposed to be the same one shown on his website:

http://customportables.com

The cost on it was $405, plus $25 shipping. I sent him paypal payment for $430 on 12/23/07. He emailed me and said he would ship it on 1/2/08. He never did. When I sent him followup emails, he never responded.

On 1/26/08, I filed a paypal dispute, and escalated it to a claim. He never responded to either the dispute or the claim.

On 2/6/08, because he never responded, Paypal resolved the dispute in my favor. However, they only refunded me $200 because that is the limit they cover. They sent me the following response:

Paypal wrote: After careful review, this claim has been decided in your favor and
$200.00
USD has been credited to your account.

This is the maximum amount covered by PayPal. If your claim was for
more
than the amount recovered, the outstanding balance is due from the
seller
and we will make our best effort to recover it for you.

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Transaction Details
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Transaction Date: Dec 23, 2007
Transaction Amount: -$430.00 USD
Your Transaction ID: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Seller's Transaction ID: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Case Number: PP-XXX-XXX-XXX
Seller's Name: david kaplish
Seller's Email: davekap01@pacbell.net

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I only got $200 back, and dkap01 still owes me $230, which I now have to file a credit card dispute with my credit card to get credit back for the remainder.

Beware this seller, and do not buy anything off of his website:

http://customportables.com

Also, his ebay ID is dkap01.

Post by **Skyone** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:51 pm

Woah!

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:58 pm

Never pegged him as that type! I hope you can get your money back, man, that's a damn shame.

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:08 am

I'm sorry to hear that. I wonder what's going on with him, if it was an intentional malicious action or if something else is going on.

Post by **gannon** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:21 am

2) Sales are personal between you and second party and do not involve this website(s) or Ben Heckendorn (me) I shall not be held liable for whatever you do here, nor are any warranties regarding the operation of this forum expressed or implied. In other words - you're on your own!