First of all, I have to say I had some deals with member caidtt and everything went perfectly until....

End of January, after quiet lots of negotiations, we agreed on a price for 2 blades : Bengtsson S in good condition and a new double lenses lindh dynapower made in tranas, a blade I was looking for a long time.

The price was 600£ which I paid via bank transfer. Blades were sent and tracking number provided.

2 days later, I watched the tracking number info and found out the package arrived well in my city but not at the right post office and immediately went back to the UK because the address didn't exist. I went to the post office and I was said the package was already back in England. I contacted member caidtt and he replied me the address was the same as previously and the blades would come back to him but I would have to wait till March because he had to go abroad for 3 weeks.

 I was looking the tracking number info and I saw a delivery had been attempted but missed. I thought it was normal since caidtt was abroad.

In March, I contacted him and he replied no paper had been left in his mail box regarding the package !!!

A post employee told him to fill in a form manually to look for the missing package.

I began to worry and my worries became bigger as Caidtt told me he hadn't taken any insurance for this 600£ package (if you look at all his for sale threads, it is always mentioned "with tracking and insurance".

The problem is that I couldn't do anything because it's up to the sender to take actions to recover the package. The receiver can't do anything.

I spoke about this with a friend of mine who lives in Birmingham and whose wife is a police officer. She has a lot of contact among police and post offices in London and offered me her help. She needed the tracking number receipt (a copy). So, I asked caidtt to provide me a copy of this receipt and he told me it was impossible because he had to give it with the form he introduced to recover the package !!

Then he provided me a "letter" from royal air mail which I found strange because there were no logo, references, names, signatures....My friend from Birmingham needed the reference number which had to appear on the letter to contact peterborough center in England and get the package back but member Caidtt didn't give me those informations. On the letter, it was written 4 other weeks have to be waited and I really began to lost my patience after nearly 2 months.

Member caidtt put all negative things on the royal air mail services.

Member Caidtt didn't want the police to investigate in this case. he even wrote he prefer the cops when they are away from him....

I was really fed up and eventually, I accepted 2 other blades as compensation (Stiga Ehrlich, collectible item and stiga off evo Peter) to finish it, but these blades are not really interesting for me.

Package was send, I was a little bit afraid because it went to paris before arriving in belgium but it arrived.

3 days later, member caidtt mailed me to let me know the Lindh and the Bengtsson S came back and he asked me if i wanted to buy both again.

I was first under shock and all the stress I've been passing through for 2 months suddenly came back. I surely didn't want to pay for a blade i had already paid for. 

I offered him a trade but he replied someone offered him cash and one day after, he mailed me to let me know the blade was gone (which is not true since this blade is still for sale today).

There were a lot of weird things about this case but I still wanted to trust him but a few days ago, I received mails from different people and I know I'm not the only one who has experienced problems with member caidtt.

I will not give other's people names without their agreement but both are well known among the little collector's world. They are welcome to explain what happened . 

The summary : they agreed on trades with member caidtt and sent their package with tracking number but caidtt didn't send them his package at this moment. He waited till receiving the package and then replaced "his blade" with a less valuable one and sent it. Of course, the other person was shocked when he opened his package no to find the blade on which the trade had been agreed. Member caidtt replied him the blade he received, had been strongly modified and has less value which doesn't seem to be correct since caidtt had received lots of pics of the blade from every angle.

These stories have made me becoming very upset because I also got blades I didn't want instead of Lindh and Bengtsson. It seems to be sometimes a modus operandi. 

And then, I read caidtt comments on different topics as he 'is coming like robin Hood to defend the poor guy who has been attacked by a rude person...it is unbearable for me. I can't stand it.

I invite other people to give their opinion or share these feelings about this.

Am I paranoid ?

On your end-

 

On his end-

Some shady info, but I find the most questionable him stating he pays for insurance and then not doing that. That's dishonest there.

Also, the Ehrlich was the only opportunity for me to negotiate a trade with another person to get blades I really wanted.

After almost 2 months, it's still better than nothing.  I think the values of the replacement is still good, it's not just what he wants originally.

 

caidtt should offer to have the trade, at the minimum request for the extra shipment fee, but at the price of 600, I would cover that to keep my customer happy.

thanks Cong. 

The important thing is I'm not the only guy who got this treatment. That's the reason why I have to let it know. Another "victim" is someone I consider as a great collector, perhaps the greatest one regarding a well known TT brand.

I'm not an "important" collector and you can imagine I can't afford to spent 600£ each day. My nerves have been really far because of this.

 

I don't think insurance covers lost packages...only damaged.  That's what they used to tell me anyway.  I never have problems with damage so insurance seems a waste.

Insurance covers 1 package till 500£ in the UK and if you sell your item with insurance, that's with insurance. Would you buy a car without a warrantee ?

He only offered me replacing blades when I offered my friend's help to find the lost package. My friend's wife works for the police and he was afraid....

Also, he refused to give me the only proof of the sending (the receipt with our names and addresses with tracking number) pretending he had to give it. It is not possible to leave this proof without keeping a copy !!!

I wish you'd have been the victim just to see your face as day after day, things went wrong

No, sometimes, I think both addresses were wrong so the packages couldn't have been collected on both sides and it's easy to say the royal air mail is guilty because the receiver (me) can't do anything to solve the problem. I mailed 2 times royal air mail but never got any answer from them.

yes tieh, you are 100% right. I sometimes did it and I will surely do it in the future. The same with a pics showing the package stamped with both addresses into the hands of the post employee.

In his response and post, he said there was only one tiny dent which was not true, there is one dent and one small delamination, the moment I got the blade, I was very disappointed so I emailed him. His response was not very pleasant. 

So, I would never deal with him again, just a personal experience. 

Yes, I have thought the same as you.

Insurance normally covers both damage and lost in transit, except when it's pottery or something of this nature in which case they will not cover for damage - just lost in transit.

Thanks Petar but I'm afraid it's now too late for this because of the trust which is the key factor and this trust is now broken. I also had some good business with caidtt previously but for blades which values were between 80 and 150£. I also sold him several blades last year.

I also gave caidtt some credit but in the last days, some mails arrived to me and I discovered he betrayed other people, so the feeling grew up more and more I've also been the victim, not of an incident but well of a wanted action.

I had done it if it had been the opposite but he didn't even think about this, I'm sure.

I will now attach the later I made up according to Michael, he claims is a fake

Wow did not see this until informed by a good member of the forum, I emailed the full letter to Michael this evening as promised and gave the option to add to the thread which he has not done. Wonder why? My deal with him was private he had contacted me by email, so the blade in question had not even been received by me from the USA as I had informed him, the deal started once I got the blade.
@Zerokirk. I will not waste my time with you,the description was accurate and the pictures are still there, take another look, your never used blade had glue residues, I did not come crying to you .
For the collectors, they are like loan sharks, how do you explain selling a couple of blades for £570 and a few weeks later the same collector wants them for a quick sale at £230!!!
The second shipment to Michael was insured, photographs were taken before and after postage, clearly shows his address, but it went to France, my fault? I remember he went crazy stating how incompetent the Royal mail was.

You got someone to ask me about the blades i did not have, because you thought i had them?

this is getting very tiresome, so am going to leave it for now. Michael you have my email if you want to talk do so, this is getting no where 

Here is your message and reply
 

The summary : they agreed on trades with member caidtt and sent their package with tracking number but caidtt didn't send them his package at this moment. He waited till receiving the package and then replaced "his blade" with a less valuable one and sent it. Of course, the other person was shocked when he opened his package no to find the blade on which the trade had been agreed. Member caidtt replied him the blade he received, had been strongly modified and has less value which doesn't seem to be correct since caidtt had received lots of pics of the blade from every angle."

Now Michael you are quoting someone else without knowing the facts yet again, the value of the modified blade was £273, mine was £290, the collectors valuation. yet again you are wrong. It was made very clear what was traded for what in this instance these 2 blades in question. i did not like what i was sent due to the modification, so i sent it back. if you want accuse me get your story right

http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/ecc/index_en.htm 

if there is cross-border shopping involved.

If both buyer and seller are from the same country then the national authority will help and will be even more effective.

the fact that the sale was advertised with insurance included and this was not honoured is already a breach of contract with entitles you to full settlement AND aggravation costs!

First of all, 

-I'm not your lawyer so, you are able to defend yourself !!! "You gave me the "option"...it makes me laugh You are in the wrong position, don't try to invert the roles.

I can see lots of people were not very happy when dealing with you and I'm not really astonished about this.

-you did never give me those informations I needed and I asked you several times, so it is normal my conviction you've had something to hide has grown up

-I "obliged" you to take insurance for the replacing package because you were feeling I'began to become really nervous. You explain this as it would have been exceptional but it has to be usual since you wrote in every of your for sale thread that the price includes insurance !!! 

Also, when you agree on a trade with someone, at least, you should send the blade on which the deal had been done instead of waiting the package from the other arrived and then sending out another blade, complaining the blade from the other was not perfect, especially if you had received previously 21 pics from close range of this blade. For me, you are not reliable

Anyone remember a Stellan Bengtsson EC blade been sold for £299 and members claiming it was not worth the price, and a particular collector adding their weight to it saying it was 200 Euros at best. Well i had private email discussion with said collectors and it transpires the blade cost more and was told the seller had paid more for it.

Get off your high horse, i make it my business not to be ripped off

you are in the wrong place mate, whats your point?

You never did it and you offered me to buy them again and you pretended to have a cash offer only because you thought I would perhaps pay more to get it. That's my opinion.

You thought I probably couldn't resist and sent you another 300£ for the dynapower or perhaps another 600£ for both blades There is an african proverb which says :"you can never walk 2 times on a lion's tail". you have to know it.

You wrote the dynapower was sold which is not true...perhaps another bad deal ??????

Now,You can keep on trying to justify your action but My opinion is clear about you.

there goes an intelligent conclusion  

you forgot this

and this

"I've eventually decided to accept your friendly offer.

You will get again the Bengtsson S and the Dynapower in a few weeks and I'm sure you will be able to sell these nice blades.

Thanks.

Michael.

I updated you immediately i got them back, in fact within 5 mins of the arrival, you termed them as devilish blades(have you forgotten) you never asked to have those blades back

Also i think it is a bit rich for a Belgian to be quoting African proverbs, you guys left a great legacy

At that time, I was already suspicious about you but had no real proof and was not sure to think about it . I only wanted to get something to end it because I didn't know what to think about you. 

I already thought you kept the blades and never sent them.

Your attitude changed because you were feeling bad when I mentioned the police.

Also, David coperfield made a kind of miracle because only 3 days later, The dynapower and the Bengtsson suddenly came back !!!! What a coincidence.

It should have been natural from you to offer me a retrade but you never did it because all that interests you is cash. If I had pay with normal paypal, I would surely have obliged you to give my money back but I paid with bank transfer.

I can also published all the mails you sent me when you explain you didn't have the post receipt (how was it possible not having kept at least a copy ? or you never wanted to give me the references on the post letters but I won't do it because you have to know something.  :

All i keep getting is you thought this and you thought that, my attitude did not change, i warned you about giving my details out. i had everything under control, chased the right office and spoke to the right people at Royal Mail, but they have a process that needs to be followed. we never spoke about money, the aim was to get the blades back, you jumped ship and took what you could which was in excess of the £600 anyway, but i needed to make you happy. you kept quiet for weeks and suddenly you and you mates get together to tarnish my reputation, and writing false statements. some of the guys who have added their 2 cents worth, they will be amazed at what these collector think about them and their "cheap blades", that is for another day

People are allowed to change their minds, i had a buyer on reflection they changed their mind, it is allowed.

if you wanted a trade back all you had to do was ask!!!!

A wolf amongst the lambs !!!

You are right Timo. 

I will never accuse all people from Nigeria to be terrorists or something like that.

Of course, you can take a tiger instead of the lion in my proverb and that will become an Indian proverb :))

you are deluded, look at Dean's post i was actually defending his blade. is it wrong to ask about a fake Viscaria, what is you problem. 

He probably email you to tell you the deal had fallen through(just speculating) and you will not be getting the blade after all

Trust is two ways, i was breaking my back for you and you took the other blades and left me too it, now you are trying to portray the hard done guy

you guys have really got each others backs, it is nice to see

that's true because we trust in each other but that word you don't know....

I s've seen you were defending Dean, what could have been nice from an honest guy but I didn't want the others see you as a Saint because you are really not one Saint.

Please, stop writing the word "trust".
 

I can't stand non honest people, their place is not on this forum and also, I've forgotten one thing you wrote on the dynapower thread :"you guys are playing a game and am in it to win it!!! "

non honest?? don't make me laugh, you claimed the letter was a fake, i sent it to you yesterday asking to add to the forum at your free will, yet you did not why. was it because you were wrong?

Everyone tries to get the best deal, why should i be different? when things were not looking good you took 2 of my best blades, looking back at the emails you were not protesting, you were looking out for yourself and happy to take them. Don't worry i will not put up more emails as it is against the rules.

Don't pontificate here, oh am the bad guy and you are the good guy.

And finally you had the tracking number from the very day it was posted and were able to track online and which you did

The way I see it is, anybody else coming here to complain after dealing with you from now on, it is automatically their fault.

no not at all, i encourage feedback but when it is baseless and malicious, i will not sit and just take it, i fight back

Maybe I was too subtle for you. I meant their fault, as in they deserve what's coming to them. I haven't seen a shred of credible evidence from you yet, just loads of posts that don't make much sense and aggressive bullying to muddy the water.

I never glued it (TBALC) after purchased from Paddlepalace, period. 

1 hour ago, she replied me and.....Mr Caidtt, you are a winner, you deserve the attention from the police as her radar light regarding you are nearly burning red. 

You have something to hide, according to her own opinion.

You are here to win it, it's normal you win something.Congratulations.

She will anyway transfer this to her friend Andrew from London and maybe, Andrew or one of his colleagues will nicely take contact with you. She wrote me he's a nice guy and another tip, he is a great Chelsea fan, so you have to place somewhere in the conversation you like Chelsea, because the first feeling is really important.

It's not a trap, so don't tell him you like Arsenal for instance !!! I would never doing this kind of things with you.

Then, regarding the dynapower and bengtsson case, she wrote 3 evidences :

-No insurance which is fraudulent since I paid for.

-No receipt from the post : either it was a swindle or you were not smart enough to keep a copy of the only proof the addresses were correct (smart is my word, she used a less gentle word :))

-No collaboration in order to find back the package in a faster way which makes her believe this was a swindle. She offered me 2 times her help and needed the receipt and then the references on the letter. You never gave us these informations what made you already very suspicious.

You called me the idiot, "lair."...but I would never send a 600£ package without insurance and also, I would have kept at least a copy of the posting receipt but....I'm the idiot

I would also have been happy to receive help to find back the package.

I would not insult you because I'm a good boy but What I can say is : you called us greedy shark collectors and poor sellers and also, "you are here to win the game". Your confidence and self esteem is huge and unbelievable.

You have no limit.

I don't have either time for you. Get also a life but far away from here !!!

My main issue is that you are selective in what you add to this topic. 'winning the game' is about negotiations and been smart not to be given blades no one wants, or getting the value knocked down by so called experts pretending to be doing you a favour

I have had my fingers burnt here, i learn from it not cry about it

You want the dynapower, make me an offer i can't refuse and it will be yours,but  trying to ruin my sale or discredit me is not the way. you are even upset that i defend a member who is trying to sell one of your collectibles, why? so the prices is driven down and one of you guys can get it at a bargain and sell it at it's so called collector price!!!!

why did you not defend that blade, you know the quality?

The rest of you are so blinded, rushing to defend  him and make conclusions, i am opening up a fat can of worms in to the way they deal and suck out you the goal of getting that magic blade.

I will be at the House of Common on the 2nd of May, he can come and see me there

I don't have them anymore because I really didn't like them. The Ehrlich was traded 2 weeks ago for a dynapower legend tranas + a Banda waldner ST (1990-1993) and the Evo, last week for a Nittaku combi wood attack. 

You are 100% right but not the ones you are thinking of, even if they know the others.

Even with this you can't be truthful. the Banda and the Dynapower had been offered to me lately and i have the emails to prove it

Those blades are the consequence of a consequence and not the blades I bought from member caidtt.

They are better for me but not the one I wanted for the price I paid.

Also, if you trust member caidtt, you are free to make deals with him.

Dear member Caidtt, do you think there is only one person who has a legend dynapower and a Banda waldner ? Also, have you ever heard about a trade including 3 people. I guess you haven't because that needs a lot of trust.

a consortium LOL 

caidtt wrote: Let us take 2 guess who they were traded to? A German and a Swede. I rest my case

It seems, that you have delusions. The whole world is against you? Hm, maybe you should think about the reasons. If you mean me with "A German", you are wrong again. Michael did not offer me the Ehrlich or Evolution. I have nothing to do with this trade. 

@BHdoom am trying to remember who you might be, but i can't, one thing am certain of is that i never sold you a blade with a hairline crack, although i do like how you have described it

@Magic_M it is a shame we have to descend to this level of lies, only Kakapo knew i had a dynapower, suddenly you come of the blue asking about blades i already sold? wake up man. the message you sent me is now with a third party to look at.

And my friend Fatt, the only person to scam me on this site, now i say this because the others did it by email, yes i may have been stupid and not wise and got bought in.

yes i did have a previous life here and the little deals went well until you crossed my path, and we both know what happened, you cried and begged and eventually used your site privileges to censor my comments, but was able to repost for all to see.

I can do you a deal, as am not allowed to post the emails between i and Kakapo, i send them to you and you can have a look at them, i am quite happy for you to share it with him, in case he has deleted his.

Happy to trust your judgement, but you need to be fair and look at the evidence, not your normal shooting from the hip.

Thanks

i will state categorically here

1, they were sent to KAKAPO

2, They arrived in Belgium, was not picked up 

3 was sent back to the UK, but i was away for 3 weeks, so it went to the National collection centre

4 i got in touch with them on my return and i had to fill a form out, which i did with my proof of postage, his address etc

5 they confirmed they had it and will send it to me

6 they sent a letter to confirm this which is on the topic, up to 4 week wait time

7 i informed KAKAPO and sent a copy to him

8 he decided to bail out with 2 blades that were over £600, he could not wait

9 i got the blades back on the 29th

he was updated all the way, and the rest is history

What does it mean ?

vclara99 definitely cannot be trusted, he's on my "dead to me' list.  he's so dead to me, I need to use the search function ...

You are wrong, I didn't started this because the Lindh was on sale otherwise, I would have done it on the 20th of april, the day you put it on sale. 

But that blade was already sold for more than a week, that's what you wrote me, isn't it ?

What made me started this was the feedbacks from others, then your credit became dead.

Also, the dynapower is a very nice blade but...not really a good blade for playing. Ask other players.

OK, I noticed, that you are thinking "different", but I hoped, you would be able to read. I just said, that I wanted to offer your Lindh DynaPower to kakapo. So of course I knew about your problems, but once again (maybe you need to read it two or three times, until you understand it, because I still wrote it to you in a pm this afternoon)): he did NOT "send" me or asked me to contact you. It was MY idea to contact you, because I wanted to help him, to get this blade and on this way I would have got his Bengtsson DynaPower (in a trade against the Lindh). I hope, my english is good enough, that you are able to understand it now. If not, I may post it a third time, if nesseccary: 

Everything clear now in your head? And where is the lie here? It is totally silly, to attack now against several members. This will make it nearly impossible for you, to deal here with someone else in the future.