I've been posting looking for a (+) NOS battery cable for my Magnums, I got a message from a member named "Berger" ??

Said contact a Colton Holmes about it, Holmes says he has it, I got a picture, not the same.

I'm just not satisfied with the wording in the emails, and the "member" whom messaged me has seemed to have vanished.

Am I being suspicious or has anyone else dealt with them.

Do not deal with that guy! Did you get e-mail or a pm?

Both. Not followed through yet.

I received emails about the same thing. Would not answer them. I took my email address off of my posts so I would not get anymore.

From Anybody from the Fort Hood Texas area? post. "Berger" Hat tip: member slantzilla

Berger linky

Only do business with established members here. High post counts and joined more than a few years ago. Has worked pretty well for me here and on other boards.

TAKE MY ADVICE PLEASE !!! I was scammed the same way and lost $720 , same place in FT. Hood , Texas only his name is Lloyd Whitney let me guess you placed an ad in the parts wanted section and "B' or " Berger " answers saying his friend has the part and to email him .. then the person that answered your ad deletes his account BEWARE !! Moparts friends !! PLEASE !!!! Don't get scammed like I did! ...I am out $720 and still don't have the 4 inch small block stroker crank I need !

There seems to be a lot of "I don't have the part but I have a friend who does, get hold of him......." going on. I have read of this on other forums I belong to. Invariably they turn out to be a scam. Sad but true.

Let me tell you about some of my purchases here ...

Bought a set of b-body torsion bars from a member - upon arrival one was SIGNIFICANTLY bent. He claimed he thought it was supposed to look like that.

Bought a '69 B-body Plymouth hood latch set from a member here - the spring on the hook was broken (can't be replaced) and the catch bar was wrong for this car.

Bought a 'glass bolt-on hood from a member on here (VFN fwiw) - it had obviously been bolted on. Upon installation its discovered that the bolt holes for all the hood latching is 3/4" off from where it needs to be. That owner cold have had VFN address the issue instead of passing along the problem.

Had three more purchases that went without a hitch.

So the hood I can tolerate but the other two were outright scams in my opinion.

I was suspicious from the get-go. No money sent or spent. Fortunately.

Thanks folks

It's not just car parts they are scamming, pretty much parts for anything.

The only time I've gotten scammed here was when I took a chance on somebody that had joined a few months earlier.

People should insist on a form of payment that is covered as many ways as possible. Like CC via PP. Im not afraid of new sellers doing it that way since some times they just need to dump parts. Got a great deal on a cam/lifter combo last quarter on here.

I do the same, same guy Lloyd Whitney and MO, any funds has to be guaranteed refund from card PayPal or bank.

Your comment had me thinking that long time member slantzilla was involved. having trouble believing that I went a bit further. I now realize your missing the : at the beginning of :hat tip: which does not display on this forum. May I suggest an edit or clarification for him

I intended it as: hat tip; used as an acknowledgement that someone has brought a piece of information to the writer's attention, or provided the inspiration for a piece of writing.

We don't seem to have a smiley like this, so...

If the Moparts scammers had just devoted as much brainpower and time
to running cryptocurrency scams
they might be 100,000 times richer
and living on sunny island countries with lax laws with corrupt politicians

We had a Moparty on Saturday, and one of the guys showed me a Colton Holmes email he got. I just now alerted him.

I had a similiar offer on another mopar site some time ago. The same "I have a friend "that has the part you need. He responded but I never followed thru on the purchase when the pic I asked for didn`t match my request.

Interestingly, he's pursued me, as the cable he has is wrong, but he's asked me for a picture of mine. That's unusual for me anyway.

Probably not going to pursue it