Be careful who you buy from

[Radixz]

Well, I hate to do this, but I need to bring this to everyone's attention.

Everyone needs to know that you should be wary, at the least, if dealing with LoneWolf, a member here on the forums.

Here is why --

About three months ago, him and I made a deal that I would pay him $136.45, including shipping, for an Echo 1 Stag Arms M4 (in "out of the box internal condition"), a battery, a "couple of magazines", a wall charger, and its like new box.

I sent him the money in the form of a money order, he confirmed that he got it, and then told me that he shipped it out. Fed ex lost it, and since he had all of the proof of shipping, I told him to file a claim so that I could get my money back.

He didn't file the claim, and after a couple of weeks I took it upon myself to get in contact with Fed Ex. They said they would not refund my money because it had been shipped back to him.

I got in contact with him and he said, "Yea, I just found it on my porch today, I'll ship it again."

I waited a week, it still wasn't here. I called him, he said he didn't know. I waited another week, still not here. I called him, and he said something about it accidentally being shipped to Utah. After this I was unable to come back in contact with him.

After another couple of weeks with no contact with him at all, my dad sent him a letter threatening legal action if I didn't either receive the gun, or get my money back.

Then, LoneWolf contacted me back, assuring me he would ship it. Another week went by, and again no gun. I was able to contact him, and he said to get in touch with his father because he was the one who was supposed to ship it.

I got in contact with his father, who said that he was totally unaware that I hadn't received it. He told me he was extremely sorry, and said he would ship it out.

I received it on Friday, and am sorely dissapointed with the product.

It came with 1 magazine, no battery, no charger, and the gun. I had seen pictures of it so I knew that the outside was slightly dinged up, so I didn't care about that. But, there was only 1 magazine when he said he would ship atleast a couple with it, including a MaG midcap, and there was also no battery. A note came with it saying that one of the mags had trouble feeding, and that I would just need to lube it up. It was irrelevant because there was only 1 magazine, which had no trouble feeding at all.

It also didn't come with a battery, even though he said it would. I figured I would atleast put one of my batteries in and see how it shot. It constantly double feeds and is extremely innacurate, and the outer gearbox is quite rusty. Also, the wheel to adjust the hopup is almost immoble. I looked at the letter again, and he said that if it starts double feeding I would just have to adjust the o-ring on the hop-up, and that it does that every once in a while.

I realized that it definately was not in good internal condition like he had stated.

Overrall, I am sorely dissapointed with this whole transaction, which took the whole of three months to completel, and am currently trying to contact him (with no luck) to see what we can do about this.

I just thought I would let you all know to be careful if you plan on dealing with him.

Thanks,
Radixz

[BPS0716]

Isn't this what the trader rating is for? He has a rating of 0 (zero), so if I didn't see this post, I would have no idea. That aside, did you pay with a USPS money order? If so, they will take a look into it.

[203]

You can fix the problem of double feeding by lubing the mags.
your accuracy can be fixed by yout hop up, BB's (weight, brand) and your barrel (could be dirty)

Sorry for all your trouble.

[Radixz]

The magazine isn't the problem with the double feeding. It's the hop-up apparently. In the time it took the gun to actually get here, I bought a brand new G36c, so planned to sell the m4 once I finally got it. My friend said he would buy it, but I can't morally sell it to him knowing that the internals are crap.

And yes, I have cleaned the barrel, adjusted the hop up, even though the wheel is almost immobile, and used high quality bb's.

Overall I am just mad that it took so long to get here, and once it did, it was not performing how he said it would, and did not come with what he said it would.

Just be careful if you're dealing with him.

[Karma]

Why did you give him a positive iTrader rating right after you bought it?

[Texx]

Yeah, am gonna close this. Next time you deal with someone, wait until the transaction is done before giving them feedback.

From his point of view, he could just as easily say everything went smoothly until after you got items and then changed your mind.