I think I was scammed...

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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 3:45 am

No, I wasn't stiffed on payment for a fence mending gig.

I ordered 2 pounds of KClO4 for $30 like a month ago and I still haven't received it.

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:43 am

Hi Fence mender, There have been a few fences put up here while you were gone. You might do better to post this kind of thing in the Water Cooler. It will probably go farther and will keep the fences in good repair! Wink

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:51 am

No this is srys business.

But really, I don't know what I should do. I don't think there is anyway I can get my money back (half of which wasn't mine as half the order was for a friend.).

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:03 am

I can t figure out what the hell your talking about... but if you only lost 30 bucks... consider yourself lucky Laughing

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Not quite a Newb Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Posts: 25

^ ^ Potassium perchlorate.

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:13 am

Which is used in a wide variety of explosives such as fire works.

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:17 am

mrbigtime wrote:

I can t figure out what the hell your talking about... but if you only lost 30 bucks... consider yourself lucky Laughing

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I ordered 2 pounds of chemicals and didn't get them.

Well considering I have no job, and for the last $30 I had I had to write about 6800 words I take this as a big loss.

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:17 am

Consider the MSDS for this substance.

http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/P5983.htm

Most likely, it's been delayed or intercepted.

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:25 am

But if they got my package wouldn't they contact the guy that sent it or me to see what I was doing with it or what not?

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:27 am

Since you ordered an explosive, you should probably take it up with your local police. Even though you were scammed, there is nothing that we can help you with. Customs might have seized it, or whichever carrier that it was shipped through might have intercepted it.

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:28 am

Actually, they are probably watching you right now, waiting to see what you were planning to do with the chemicals.

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:13 am

Its not an explosive, its an just an oxidizer. Very Happy

If they were watching me they probably would have done something after that huge explosion a couple days ago...

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:18 am

Even so, $30 isn't much. It sounds like you are more peeved about the general principle of being scammed than the loss of the money.

Baiting Guru Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 3193

It's only $15, since you were sharing the cost with a friend Wink

Contact the supplier and if they say they shipped it then get a tracking number. Work your way up the chain. It should be obvious where it went missing.