I'm leaning towards busted at this stage... he had many security issues. My package was definitely registered at a depot where he was located... the origin and destination on the tracking deets definitely checked out, so I know he tried to send my order. The package didn't move from the destination however and I'm assuming the postal thought something was suss and didn't post it. Then he said he had to re-ship all orders from that batch at a different depot for security reasons... So his story seems to check out so far.
He updated us all and assured all the mags would be shipped, and re-iterated that spamming him with emails wouldn't speed up the process, that's why I've given him some breathing room. This seems fair enough to me, because we all got updates that our packages would be shipped. We all got the same story, he said he had to go to great lengths for opsec reasons (seems mostly for his own opsec), and pleaded for us all to be patient.
I'm really worried he tried to get the orders out and got busted when he tried to send them out.
An exit scam just doesn't make sense to me, seen as he clearly has the mags and he's gone to great lengths previously to make things right with everyone. Why would he go to all that effort just to scam everyone at the end? It doesn't make sense, because he could've kept the business flowing and keep a steady income while keeping customers satisfied.
The fact that he's gone completely radio silent (even to new inquiries), and no login or contact with the admins for a whole week is troubling. He came good on every order previously (even the ones he had to reship multiple times, despite having no re-ship policy)... for me, it just doesn't make sense that he'd go and scam after doing all that. Surely if he was planning a scam, he wouldn't offer any reships when he never owed reships
My last hail mary hope is that he did a mad rush to get as many orders out as possible before easter, then took some time off over easter and I'm really hoping we get an update after going on holiday. Either that, or he couldn't handle overheads and the business failed... I'm hoping it's not the latter. Worst case scenario he's been busted, and worst worst case scenario, he's done a long con and finally scammed us all.
Trying to stay positive here, cos I just got scammed for another big order recently... if this one doesn't come through I'll be very sad to say the least.
If he's telling the truth, it sounds like the postal service has been monitoring him so he's staggered the orders to be extra careful...
Before I drop a review, I'm waiting the expected time it would take to reach my location + some added time for leniency because the shipping problems he experienced. Once that time is up, I'll unfortunately have to leave a not so great review... especially if he gives no updates in the emails or on the board.
Hoping for the best, but it's not looking good rn
PS - Everyone, please try to stay positive... I know it's dire, but this'll be the second time I've lost money to a scam, so I'm holding out hope until I'm 100% sure he's left for good... I'll be so defeated if this one doesn't come through :'( .... He assured us all that our packages were being sent, he's been inundated with messages, and he's had to go to great lengths to fix the recent shipping problems. In the past, he's always fixed issues as they've occured. There's a good possibility that he's not sending out tracking numbers because it's a security risk. If people keep sending get requests for tracking updates, the postal will get suss. Also, keep in mind none of this likely would've happened if
s o m e o n e hadn't ruined his shipping with private couriers. The service has gone downhill since then, and by the sounds of it
p o l s k a local shipping service is tight on security and they've got their eyes on him.
It's not over yet. He said he was shipping everyone's order, we know he staggers parcels in small lots for opsec. It's only been one week since he told us he re-shipped everything, so I think some patience is in order. If we don't hear from him or receive anything in the next two weeks, I think that's when we can confirm it's chalked. Wish I'd ordered earlier when the service was smooth
