I have been ripped off by Nenita Marius, paid the money and didn't receive the goods. He obviously is very successful in his scam. Send an email to Lucian Ghiban [email protected] at the Romanian police and place your complaint. Can't guarantee they will do anything however if enough complain who knows!!
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Double Bass Warning! Tonewoods SC Segoya SRL
- Thread starter AGiormenti
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Let me just say that I've known Adrian and his company for five or six years, and consider him a personal friend. AG basses supported the String Bass competition at the American String Teachers Association for a couple of years by supplying the winning student with a bass. I personally have one of his instruments, too.
He and his family are first rate artisans and are always looking to improve the quality of their instruments, which is why - I assume - he was on the hunt for better tone woods.
I'll take his (and of course Gary Upton's!) word over anyone who uses a variety of aliases any day. I would recommend bringing all this to the attention of the Romanian consulate in NYC or Boston (Gary) and Buenos Aires (Adrian).
When a Romanian jurist wants to take you to court in the US and Argentina at the same time, but can't deliver on his client's contracts, my hunch is that it'll be a cold day in h--l before you get served your legal papers.
And I do think that a temperate, well phrased letter to people like Vasili Gliga and the folks at Hora and other reputable shops in Romania concerning the effect the actions of their countrymen have on the reputation of THEIR products etc would not be out of line.
Louis
He and his family are first rate artisans and are always looking to improve the quality of their instruments, which is why - I assume - he was on the hunt for better tone woods.
I'll take his (and of course Gary Upton's!) word over anyone who uses a variety of aliases any day. I would recommend bringing all this to the attention of the Romanian consulate in NYC or Boston (Gary) and Buenos Aires (Adrian).
When a Romanian jurist wants to take you to court in the US and Argentina at the same time, but can't deliver on his client's contracts, my hunch is that it'll be a cold day in h--l before you get served your legal papers.
And I do think that a temperate, well phrased letter to people like Vasili Gliga and the folks at Hora and other reputable shops in Romania concerning the effect the actions of their countrymen have on the reputation of THEIR products etc would not be out of line.
Louis
Hi Louis! Thank you very much for your words and advise. And I have to thank everyone that has given their opinion and support too, and shared their own experences, I really appreciate it.
Adrián
Man, it sucks to get ripped off, I really feel for all the victims. However, I think an embargo on romanian basses might be a bit too heavy handed. I don't really see what the bass manufacturers can do to catch a thief besides getting some AKs and hunting the guy down, which is asking a lot of the people. The rule of law is simply not very well established in the former soviet union, and we should all take this nenita jerk episode as a learning experience.
uptonbass
Proprietor, Upton Bass String Instrument Co.
This may help, encouragement wise..
back in 2002 I bought a Mac laptop via an online auction site and wired the seller the money for it, approximately $500. The seller's name was Morgan Engle.
He never sent me the laptop. He sold this same laptop to several others, and word quickly spread on the internet that he was a scam artist. He was scamming both buyers of Mac laptops and musical instruments, specifically drum parts.
He was quite arrogant about it and used his real name, address and real bank account to perform this fraud.
Long story short, me and several others got together and files complaints with the police department and the FTC. Apparently enough of us complained about him to the FTC that they investigated him.
They made an example of him in their "Operation Bidder Beware" in 2003, where he was banned from ever participating in online sales again and ordered to pay restitution to the people he stole money from. It was estimated he had made off with tens of thousands of dollars, upwards of $100,000 total.
Here is the FTC website on the subject, you can see Morgan Engle's name referenced in the bottom as a file:
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And here is the FTC file on him:
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Randomly in 2004 I checked my mailbox and low and behold I had a US Postal Money Order from Morgan Engle in the amount of $500 with a post it note that said "Sorry." I later learned that several others also received much of their money back.
Anyway, hopefully this can be encouraging... if enough of you band together, something good can come out of this. I realize we are talking about a scammer from Romania, so the FTC doesn't really have jurisdiction there... but who knows?
back in 2002 I bought a Mac laptop via an online auction site and wired the seller the money for it, approximately $500. The seller's name was Morgan Engle.
He never sent me the laptop. He sold this same laptop to several others, and word quickly spread on the internet that he was a scam artist. He was scamming both buyers of Mac laptops and musical instruments, specifically drum parts.
He was quite arrogant about it and used his real name, address and real bank account to perform this fraud.
Long story short, me and several others got together and files complaints with the police department and the FTC. Apparently enough of us complained about him to the FTC that they investigated him.
They made an example of him in their "Operation Bidder Beware" in 2003, where he was banned from ever participating in online sales again and ordered to pay restitution to the people he stole money from. It was estimated he had made off with tens of thousands of dollars, upwards of $100,000 total.
Here is the FTC website on the subject, you can see Morgan Engle's name referenced in the bottom as a file:
Invalid Link Removed
And here is the FTC file on him:
Invalid Link Removed
Randomly in 2004 I checked my mailbox and low and behold I had a US Postal Money Order from Morgan Engle in the amount of $500 with a post it note that said "Sorry." I later learned that several others also received much of their money back.
Anyway, hopefully this can be encouraging... if enough of you band together, something good can come out of this. I realize we are talking about a scammer from Romania, so the FTC doesn't really have jurisdiction there... but who knows?
uptonbass
Proprietor, Upton Bass String Instrument Co.
Old thread, just reminding and warning folks if this fella is still running his scam. No wood or money back here.
