Vintage dealer Steve Mulholland arrested

[keltzar]

.... for those of you who buy your vintages from the US, Steve was a big time online dealer for some years.
Last year he got in trouble and started scamming people.

Despite the warrants and subsequent arrest, I hear he is still online and scamming people... be careful, you have been warned.

http://www.localblotter.com/news/flo...s/9861507.html

http://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/S...land_15736728/

.... I got taken for maybe S$400-500 last year ... but others were taken for thousands!

[Ender]

Sigh, how did it come to this???
Lucky my deal with him went well.

Ender

[j1901788]

Oh my dangerous to deal overseas

[EugeneT]

Yup, always dangerous to deal with overseas sellers. The police often have no time to pursue 'smaller' scams.

I was cheated by a Filipino seller who may be operating in the region or the US......be careful guys!

[taxico]

steve's stellar rep took a beating more than a year ago - he made a small come back but i guess life didn't work out the way he wanted. i feel quite bad for him as things must have really taken a bad turn for him to be in the mess he's in right now.

[Watcha]

What a surprise that this happened.

[sglux]

Totally shocked to see this, he always shows nice watches and had a good rep in the past.

[keltzar]

that's why I bought from him - even before his last bout of troubles.

He was all responsive up till the money was wired... then he went quiet. I had to get someone, who knew someone, who knew him to chase him to send me the watch.

He sent the watch in a padded envelope. He sent another box in another envelope... with missing items.

Then he made promises.

And when these troubles came up ... so did a long queue of other people who've had trouble with him before but didn't say anything earlier. And it all came to light...

So, his good rep all along was an illusion made up by his "fans". There were apparantly a lot of unhappy buyers as well who had been keeping quiet.

If you got a good deal... you were lucky!

[shou.biao.kuang]

Sigh, how did it come to this???
Lucky my deal with him went well.

Ender

Ya man, Ender, you were very lucky to have dealt with him without much of a hitch. Probably back then, he was still doing fine. Dealing with overseas dealers really depend on your luck at times.

Anyone has any bad experience to share? care to share too on what to look out for?

let's take care of each other's back. Maybe we should have a thread to constantly update on scam dealers around the world! or even dealers who are showing signs of "getting" into trouble.

[taxico]

i've had problems with a "marc" from germany (email address ends with .de also). not convenient to talk about it in public as i can't seem to contact him to resolve my issueS, but i cannot recommend him although he came strongly recommended to me by active members of VRM.

[shou.biao.kuang]

i've had problems with a "marc" from germany (email address ends with .de also). not convenient to talk about it in public as i can't seem to contact him to resolve my issueS, but i cannot recommend him although he came strongly recommended to me by active members of VRM.

Sorry to hear of your unpleasant experience.

[Ender]

Ya man, Ender, you were very lucky to have dealt with him without much of a hitch. Probably back then, he was still doing fine. Dealing with overseas dealers really depend on your luck at times.
Anyone has any bad experience to share? care to share too on what to look out for?
let's take care of each other's back. Maybe we should have a thread to constantly update on scam dealers around the world! or even dealers who are showing signs of "getting" into trouble.

With the benefit of hindsight, I think my deal with him completed right just before he got overwhelmed with problems and turned. Cannot help but feel sorry for him.
I had a bad experience with a 'repairer' though his reputation was probably close to impeccable from the various forums; my local dealer who saw the 'before' and the 'after' of his job actually went so far as to declare that nothing was done at all. Lesson learnt - I will never use or recommend this chap ever.

[waqstar]

I had one small deal with him, and he came across as a hustler with a lot of pressure, unfortunately he had my watch band in his possession so I did the smart thing and gave in.

[minimerc]

no issue with SM on a deal, lucky me. But a deal with a VRM dealer of Russian descent "K" was not pleasant bad client service and i never deal with him ever regardless how much i like their watches.

generally the european dealers are quite Bochap, hardly replies emails and if they do, replies are very short and vague. and they hate bargaining!