What happened: On 5 of august 2013 I ordered 10 silver coins from goldsilverbitcoin.com. I received confirmation of payment to my Email but for a month I havent received any additional information about order being sent. So, I decided to contact customer service. Pretty soon I got a response from CEO of company Justin, or SilverVigilante on this forum. He informed me that my order has been shipped and I should have received a tracking number. After that I was provided with a tracking number, that doesnt work on USPS site. Justin wrote me that he filed a report with USPS but we had to wait 2 weeks before anything could be done. I decided to give a guy a benefit of a doubt and waited more, especially, since I was promised a swift refund in BTC. Three and a half months (!) after order was placed and after numerous emails back-and-forth I was finally provided not with a refund but with a number that worked on USPS site (LC319311158US). That number supposed to track new envelope with silver. Only tracking stuck at in transit since November 26, 2013. I decided to contact US Postal Service to find out point of destination of the envelope or at least a country. They did not provide me with that information however I was informed that the tracking number I received from Justin is a customs label number which does not allow international tracking.
So here I am, no silver, no BTC. After 5.5 months.
Edit: The envelope SilverVigilante claims to have sent to me, in reality was sent to UK. Please read post #6 for details.Edit: I've got a new tracking number (
that would be the 4-th!). It finally starts with the letter C.
Edit: I've got the package from Justin. Not exactly what I ordered. Please read post #21 for details.
Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=63411Reference Link: https://www.goldsilverbitcoin.com/Amount Scammed: 2.76 BTC 0.09 BTC
Payment Method: Bitcoins
Proof of Payment: https://blockchain.info/ru/tx/2e9500db81dc26f9be338d9ac5765019fcd7e79b48d484361328b5ed3cdc58f4Additional Notes: I did not initially insist on a refund because the price of bitcoin substantially changed. I didnt want a guy to lose his business and I was not sure if I was really dealing with a scammer or with a victim of Postal Service/customs fraud. Now I am.
In email from September 20-th he wrote me that he filed report with USPS. In email from October 24-th he wrote that he did not. In one of those emails is a lie.
I live in Russia but I have ordered and received items from US in small envelopes and in big boxes, with and without tracking numbers. I received coins from Coinabul despite bad reviews. I even received mining equipment from much hated by everyone BFL. So, to me goldsilverbitcoin.com is one of a kind.
Sorry if my English is not very good.