2009 Trader Watchlist

SilverCygnet

Safer Trading in the MLP Community Starts Here!

This is a list of the more recent scammers, chronically slow shippers, and otherwise troublesome traders found in the community.

Helpful Tools:
The Bad Trader Report is a fabulous spreadsheet done by lovesbabysquirmy which shows the people she has spotted creating problems in the community, an extraordinarily handy tool!
NB: You must have a Google account and be signed in to view the file.

Toolhaus Feedback Filter for use with Ebay accounts to search for Negs/Neutrals/Withdrawn feedback.

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2007 / first half of 2008 thread HERE

2003 through 2006 that lists scammers and a watch list HERE

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Direct Email Scammer:

Dario (or anyone else!) Cardenas
This is a scammer who claims to have rare Piggy ponies and such, and asks for Western Union payment. This is a known scam!
www.mlparena.com/Forum...90746.html

Problems on Ebay:

queroponei, skidoodle, raou, rluiz, sellcollector, winterpilow, licensestuffs, 4speed-lucky2005, MLPFUNCLUB, raoul, raul r, Raul2808
Ten shades of trouble on ebay!! Block all these names, he'll get your pony and then file with Paypal anyway, and beware of anyone from Brazil with a name even vaguely like Raul. Known scammer, nasty communication.
www.mlparena.com/Forum...=9876.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...65315.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...42389.html

gusty**80/hootiekay**
Never shipped items paid for.
www.mlparena.com/Forum...75177.html

th3lastun1c0rn / th3m1stressp0key
This Ebayer is rampantly bidding and then not paying / contesting invoices, generally arguing with sellers.
More recently this person has been spotted selling!
mlparena.com/Forums/vi...76618.html

lolipouxi
Impatient International buyer. Filed a claim shortly after paying, never contacted the seller, and the seller has proof of shipping but not what Paypal would accept.
www.mlparena.com/Forum...82920.html

johnnydeppswife/wilmersgirl
Problematic seller and buyer.
www.mlparena.com/Forum...03500.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...swife.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...sgirl.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...sgirl.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...76644.html

technologicgirl/Brook Kutik
She buys hugh priced items and then files a paypal claim or credit card chargeback on the seller, leaving her with your money AND your pony. She is an old time scammer who has recently re-surfaced!

Problems at the Arena:

August 09 Arena ID: Lars110458
Ebay ID's associated: scarret2006, fishyfish50
This member was found to have shill bid on his own Colombian pony auction.
www.mlparena.com/Forum...09914.html

April 09 Piinkribbons
This member entered into multiple trades then failed to send out her end and became uncontactable. After investigation it was determined that she engaged in this pattern elsewhere on the internet. Ebay ID: militza_84
www.mlparena.com/Forum...98876.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...95249.html

Feb 09 Ponyinoz
One problematic sale attempt after another involving high value Nirvana ponies.
www.mlparena.com/Forum...90784.html

Jan09 tastefultragedy
This member seems to have gotten behind in sales and trades and was "too embarrassed" to come back and fix it or refund people.
www.mlparena.com/Forum...85135.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...90480.html

Jan 09 SapphireMorningGlory
She's sent under-value swaps a couple times now, and has now had more problems shipping out things that were paid for. She owes a fair amount of money and ponies to people and ignores all attempts at communication.
Feb 09 Items have now arrived, however not complete. Still little or no contact.
www.mlparena.com/Forum...88787.html

Jan 09 Arena ID:Hollybeary
Ebay ID: Hollybearyhopper/figart
She owes money and ponies to people, and keeps trying to resurface to sell things. Scary ebay feedback on her previous acct. caused her to start a fresh one, figart, and she continues to sell on ebay.
www.mlparena.com/Forum...89338.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...77811.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...41447.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...30635.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...87421.html

Jan 09 MLPcollector_Lea
This member has a habit of selling MOC ponies and taking months to ship. She has recently left members hanging with no communication and no ponies. She pops up every so often to sell a bunch of stuff and it seems problems happen every single time. She has always rectified it until now, although it frequently took a Paypal dispute to get her to ship the items.
www.mlparena.com/Forum...85613.html

Somewhat older but still worth watching out for:

Arena ID: Fnokker
Never sent parcels from trades, could not provide proof of shipping.
mlparena.com/Forums/vi...75055.html
mlparena.com/Forums/vi...75003.html

Arena ID: sayuri/Iluvbananas/LavishApple/OrcaOreos/Mistyfoot/Ponysponge
mlpsayuri (at the TP)
Ebay ID: kodamas_spirit, motherlovepony
www.mlparena.com/Forum...art=0.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...23238.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...19413.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...18555.html
This person buys ponies on ebay and then files false Paypal claims, keeping the pony and money. She has also been known to sell items and never ship.

Arena ID: Sabrea
www.mlparena.com/Forum...76639.html
This member sold a MIB set that turned out to have no pony inside, a refund had to be forced by the staff here as the seller seemed to think it was the buyer's problem. She is still a member here as she did finally give a refund, but please trade with caution. ETA: Pretended to be one of her buyers to a Moderator via email.

Arena ID:mylittleponylover
Ebay ID: CrazyVintageGirl
Very Slow shipper who sometimes never ships at all. This lady can get pretty snippy in communications, her ebay ID is now NARU but she may start a new one as she was very active.
www.mlparena.com/Forum...68713.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...66579.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...66946.html

Arena ID: MLP-Barn
Ebay ID: mylittleponyheaven/ Mlpfever22
Very poor trading record, owes items to many people and has multiple accounts on Ebay.
mlparena.com/Forums/vi...68721.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...okums.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...okums.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...ver22.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...eaven.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...eaven.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...eaven.html

Arena ID: Frostbite
Ebay ID's: bayuser555 / frostbite
Scammed members to a tune of over $3000 via a raffle. This member has been banned from the Arena.
www.mlparena.com/Forum...71758.html
www.mlparena.com/Forum...62792.html

Arena ID's: Jjunixx/Maverick
Ebay ID's: Jjunixx/yazooshkar/zazuanclan
An Australian seller involved in a ring of Shill bidding with tjkarter08, and bnjpearl on Ebay.
www.mlparena.com/Forum...47004.html

Ebay ID�s: lillie881 / horseyimage / ambers81 / 000gtford1978
Arena ID: lillie881
www.mlparena.com/Forum...73893.html
Located in Australia. She has been caught shill bidding with some of the above IDs, and she has seriously mis-represented items she sold.

Arena ID: Kittie
Ebay ID: she-ra_princessofpower
Took money, never sent ponies.
www.mlparena.com/Forum...58939.html
mlparena.com/Forums/vi...58931.html
mlparena.com/Forums/vi...59595.html

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LIST OF RECENTLY BANNED MEMBERS.

Mar 10 Specklefire Found to be Punky krista

Mar 10 Dawnspark Found to be Lars110458

Feb 10 Ponysponge Found to be Sayuri

Aug 09 Lars110458

May 09 Maverick Found to be shill bidder jjunixx

Apr 09 Piinkribbons

Feb 09 Ponyinoz

Feb 09 MLPcollector_Lea

Oct 08 Fnokker

Oct 08 Frostbite

Aug 08 lillie881

Aug 08 mylittleponylover

Aug 08 MLP-Barn / ms_shnookums

Aug 08 Trulymonica / ponies0pets (ebay ID)
Asks for ebay sellers to end auctions early with a BIN regardless of bids already on the item. Lied to members, trollish posting, created a second ID, etc.
mlparena.com/Forums/vi...66504.html

Jul 08 Kittie

Jul 08 Bestinthewest
Fabricated stories about paying for ponies, caught in lies and behaved very poorly when confronted.
mlparena.com/Forums/vi...64282.html
mlparena.com/Forums/vi...62778.html
mlparena.com/Forums/vi...58531.html

Thank you for checking this list!