Shambam1962 Posted October 9 Report Share Posted October 9 Since I started making hand turned pens last year, I am always looking at different sites and people making and selling different styles of pens. This morning I was looking for different pen kits to try, and came across a pen turner advertising her pens on Fleabay. The seller had only started making pens since January this year, and had a surplus of pens for sale, which she had made, and was eager to sell on at 3 qty pens for £18. I wasn’t interested in the complete pens and enquired what type of ink refills they take and what make are the pen kits as the pens looked very nice indeed. The seller returned a message telling me she wasn’t sure what make the pen kits are and didn’t know what ink inserts they accepted, even though she had dozens of these for sale. And all hand made by her. Her reply got me thinking, as I have made dozens of different style pens an know exactly what the make is and inserts used. I did various searches on different sites, and eventually found them on the Temu website I messaged the seller and asked her if they were hand turned by her, and her reply was yes, and then I told her the exact same pens are for sale on Temu for £3 each, and screenshot the photo to show her. I received a message back this afternoon, telling me that 95% of the pens are made by her and she has purchased 5%. Since I contacted her she has removed part of her advert description saying the pens are hand made by her, but still has the description hand made which is misleading. When I saw the pens, they looked to good to be true, and I can’t buy the pen kits for £6, let alone selling a complete pen for £6. So I’m still on the lookout for suitable pen kits, to make into pens 👍 This is the photo of her so called hand turned pens, made by her, but supplied by Temu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted October 9 Report Share Posted October 9 I was thinking along similar lines earler. It's so easy to be scammed. I saw an advert from a fairly new poster. If I was buying from them I would want the produced posted to me and received before payment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted October 9 Report Share Posted October 9 Happens all the time there was a guy on a site asking how to make rabbit poke nets next week he was selling them and a good few folk bought them LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
button Posted October 9 Report Share Posted October 9 I fell for a scam on here, only £40, to be honest I am probably too trusting, if they needed money that bad I would have happily given them it btw I also ended up with something from Temu! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 9 Report Share Posted October 9 £40 is still a lot of money to be conned out of , I treat a lot of members as friends and the ones I have met have all been decent chaps , when I sell a member a item I now send them a copy of the post office receipt to give them peace of mind even though they never ask for it , deceiving anyone is just something I couldn't do and like you I think everyone is as trustworthy as I am , sadly that is not always the case . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
button Posted October 9 Report Share Posted October 9 1 hour ago, marsh man said: £40 is still a lot of money to be conned out of , I treat a lot of members as friends and the ones I have met have all been decent chaps , when I sell a member a item I now send them a copy of the post office receipt to give them peace of mind even though they never ask for it , deceiving anyone is just something I couldn't do and like you I think everyone is as trustworthy as I am , sadly that is not always the case . 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted October 10 Report Share Posted October 10 12 hours ago, marsh man said: £40 is still a lot of money to be conned out of , I treat a lot of members as friends and the ones I have met have all been decent chaps , when I sell a member a item I now send them a copy of the post office receipt to give them peace of mind even though they never ask for it , deceiving anyone is just something I couldn't do and like you I think everyone is as trustworthy as I am , sadly that is not always the case . i can vouch for Marshman he is a good chap to do business with 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambam1962 Posted October 10 Author Report Share Posted October 10 Sadly the dodgy sellers, scammers and scumbags will always take advantage of the honest trustworthy people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 10 Report Share Posted October 10 1 hour ago, Rim Fire said: i can vouch for Marshman he is a good chap to do business with 👍 THANKS for that Rim Fire , the good guys on this forum far out number the bad ones and long may it continue . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondoggy Posted October 10 Report Share Posted October 10 23 hours ago, Shambam1962 said: Since I started making hand turned pens last year, I am always looking at different sites and people making and selling different styles of pens. This morning I was looking for different pen kits to try, and came across a pen turner advertising her pens on Fleabay. The seller had only started making pens since January this year, and had a surplus of pens for sale, which she had made, and was eager to sell on at 3 qty pens for £18. I wasn’t interested in the complete pens and enquired what type of ink refills they take and what make are the pen kits as the pens looked very nice indeed. The seller returned a message telling me she wasn’t sure what make the pen kits are and didn’t know what ink inserts they accepted, even though she had dozens of these for sale. And all hand made by her. Her reply got me thinking, as I have made dozens of different style pens an know exactly what the make is and inserts used. I did various searches on different sites, and eventually found them on the Temu website I messaged the seller and asked her if they were hand turned by her, and her reply was yes, and then I told her the exact same pens are for sale on Temu for £3 each, and screenshot the photo to show her. I received a message back this afternoon, telling me that 95% of the pens are made by her and she has purchased 5%. Since I contacted her she has removed part of her advert description saying the pens are hand made by her, but still has the description hand made which is misleading. When I saw the pens, they looked to good to be true, and I can’t buy the pen kits for £6, let alone selling a complete pen for £6. So I’m still on the lookout for suitable pen kits, to make into pens 👍 This is the photo of her so called hand turned pens, made by her, but supplied by Temu. I have quite a lot of kits and blanks that I am going to be selling due to giving up pen turning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambam1962 Posted October 10 Author Report Share Posted October 10 54 minutes ago, moondoggy said: I have quite a lot of kits and blanks that I am going to be selling due to giving up pen turning Yes, I did view them previously, and I think you had bolt action style pen kits and walnut blanks for sale. I have just received delivery today of pen kits, and I particularly like the Taylor’s Muirfield TM Delta pen kits, and also Prokraft do a very similar model, which I have used, and find very good quality. They are very well made, and the plating is very good on them, and haven’t encountered any problems with them, and the pen when completed looks nice and feels good. I’m not particularly fond of the cigar style pens, and I made a few up when I started, and I found them to be short and chunky, just like me 😁 My mate has just started up, pen turning and I will tell him about your pen kits and blanks 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted October 10 Report Share Posted October 10 Let this cheer you up Kevin see if I can post tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondoggy Posted October 10 Report Share Posted October 10 31 minutes ago, Shambam1962 said: Yes, I did view them previously, and I think you had bolt action style pen kits and walnut blanks for sale. I have just received delivery today of pen kits, and I particularly like the Taylor’s Muirfield TM Delta pen kits, and also Prokraft do a very similar model, which I have used, and find very good quality. They are very well made, and the plating is very good on them, and haven’t encountered any problems with them, and the pen when completed looks nice and feels good. I’m not particularly fond of the cigar style pens, and I made a few up when I started, and I found them to be short and chunky, just like me 😁 My mate has just started up, pen turning and I will tell him about your pen kits and blanks 👍 If you like something different that makes a chunky pen, I have a number of Pazazz pen kits from Axminster Tools in gold. I also have the odd kit or two from Taylor’s Mirfield. Also have a couple of kits and exotic blanks from Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambam1962 Posted October 10 Author Report Share Posted October 10 31 minutes ago, johnphilip said: Let this cheer you up Kevin see if I can post tomorrow Thank you John that’s really good of you , and I appreciate you help 👍 Looking forward to receiving the parcel 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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