Member dkap01 (David Kaplish) is a SCAMMER!

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Dkap01 (David Kaplish) is a scammer!

I bought from him a homemade portable Neo Geo MVS. It was supposed to be the same one shown on his website:

http://customportables.com

The cost on it was $405, plus $25 shipping. I sent him paypal payment for $430 on 12/23/07. He emailed me and said he would ship it on 1/2/08. He never did. When I sent him followup emails, he never responded.

On 1/26/08, I filed a paypal dispute, and escalated it to a claim. He never responded to either the dispute or the claim.

On 2/6/08, because he never responded, Paypal resolved the dispute in my favor. However, they only refunded me $200 because that is the limit they cover. They sent me the following response:

Paypal said:
After careful review, this claim has been decided in your favor and
$200.00
USD has been credited to your account.

This is the maximum amount covered by PayPal. If your claim was for
more
than the amount recovered, the outstanding balance is due from the
seller
and we will make our best effort to recover it for you.


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Transaction Details
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Transaction Date: Dec 23, 2007
Transaction Amount: -$430.00 USD
Your Transaction ID: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Seller's Transaction ID: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Case Number: PP-XXX-XXX-XXX
Seller's Name: david kaplish
Seller's Email: davekap01@pacbell.net


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What to Do Next
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This case is closed. No further action is required by you at this time.


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To make sure future transactions proceed smoothly, we suggest you visit
the
PayPal site and click the Security Center link located at the bottom of
any
page. There you will find tips on how to avoid fraudulent sellers in
the
"Fraud Prevention Tips for Buyers" section.

Thank you for your cooperation with this investigation.

Sincerely,
PayPal

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and
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will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal
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and click the Help link located in the top right corner of any page. If
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I only got $200 back, and dkap01 still owes me $230, which I now have to file a credit card dispute with my credit card to get credit back for the remainder.

Beware this seller, and do not buy anything off of his website:

http://customportables.com

Also, his ebay ID is dkap01.
 
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loegan43

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Sorry to hear that Bibliophile. It really sucks when you deal with a jerk like that. I didn't know that Paypal has a maximum that it will reimburse you. Good to know. It seems that great advice you gave earlier (can't remember which thread) about using your credit card when you use Paypal, paid off. I'll have to remember that in the future. Hope all goes well with your credit card reimbursement and thanks for the heads up on this scammer.
 
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Yes, Loegan.

If I had used my checking account instead of my credit card, I would have no recourse right now. But at least when you use your credit card, you can file a dispute with the credit card company if Paypal doesn't resolve the issue. Plus, credit card companies are required by regulations to actually investigate the matter rather than just rubber-stamp grant or deny it, as Paypal is notorious for doing.
 
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that sucks especially on a expensive item paypal is so fucking useless when it come to getting you money back for you ,fuck paypal they are not even a real banking institution, hopefully the CC company will help you out..
 
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@ Bibliophile

DAVID KAPLISH (Dkap01@pacbell.net) is a scammer, BEWARE!

I got burned by this a$$-monkey as well. I ordered an N64 portable late December 2007 for $300., -was promised to arrive the first week of January 2008. I filed with Paypal, escalated, and won the case due to lack of response from the seller. However, Paypal failed to reimburse the $300., stating they are "in the process of recovering the funds" and that the seller "has no available balance" to recover the funds from.
After tracing his IP's and contacting his ISP, I contacted the Ventura police department to file an electronic fraud complaint, as well as IC3 to assist in getting this piece of $#%t brought to justice.
Approximately 5 days ago, his ebay account: (Dkap01) went offline.

This is the most recent address of the scammer:

David and Tonya Kaplish
2150 Alameda Avenue
Ventura, CA
93003

Phone1: 805-642-3894
Phone2: 805-302-3954

If interested, I will post all known address and telephone records for David and Tonya Kaplish to "assist" other victims. If any of you have further information about this guy, please post.

WhoIS Info for domain: CustomPortables.com:
Domain Name.......... customportables.com
Creation Date........ 2007-06-01
Registration Date.... 2007-06-01
Expiry Date.......... 2008-06-01
Organisation Name.... david kaplish
Organisation Address. 2150 alameda ave
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. ventura
Organisation Address. 93003
Organisation Address. ca
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

Admin Name........... david kaplish
Admin Address........ 2150 alameda ave
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ ventura
Admin Address........ 93003
Admin Address........ ca
Admin Address........ UNITED STATES
Admin Email.......... dkap01@pacbell.net
Admin Phone.......... 805-302-3954
Admin Fax............

Tech Name............ Administrator Domain
Tech Address......... 2211 Corinth Ave
Tech Address......... Suite #100
Tech Address......... Los Angeles
Tech Address......... 90064
Tech Address......... CA
Tech Address......... UNITED STATES
Tech Email........... dns-admin@inmotionhosting.com
Tech Phone........... +1.3109439858
Tech Fax.............
Name Server.......... ns.inmotionhosting.com
Name Server.......... ns2.inmotionhosting.com
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I encourage all who have been scammed, to contact the legal dept. @ InMotionHosting (web host for customportables.com), at: 310-943-9858.
They've already received a few complaints about Mr. Kaplish, -the more complaints they receive, the closer we are to bringing down his website, which has been the launch-pad for many of his scams.

From: service@paypal.com
To: synflux@XXXXXX.com
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:12:44 -0500
This message is not encrypted, and is not digitally signed by .
Dear XXXXXX XXXXX,

After careful review, we have concluded our investigation of the Buyer
Complaint described below.

We have decided in your favor, however, we were unable to recover any funds
from the seller's account. As stated in the PayPal User Agreement, recovery
of funds associated with a Buyer Complaint cannot be guaranteed.

Please know that we will make our best effort to recover the funds in
question if they become available in the seller's account in the future and
will take appropriate action against the seller. Such action may include
issuing a warning, a temporary restriction, or terminating the account.
Keep in mind that PayPal uses a number of factors to determine when to take
action, including member complaints. Due to privacy laws, we cannot discuss
the details of any action taken. We hope you understand our policy and that
it assures you that you are safe using PayPal.


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Transaction Details
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Transaction Date: Dec 27, 2007
Transaction Amount: -$300.00 USD
Your Transaction ID: XXXXXXXXXX
Seller's Transaction ID: XXXXXXXXXX
Case Number: XXXXXXXXXX
Seller's Name: david kaplish
Seller's Email: davekap01@pacbell.net
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Xian Xi

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Waseem, why would you even buy that piece of shit?
 
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After viewing the build pics I can say that no one should buy that especially sine it's a bootleg MV1C, not even authentic SNK parts. :oh_no:

P1000587_640x480.JPG


http://customportables.com/P1000587_640x480.JPG
 
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muffinman943 said:
damn biblio, you seem to have bad luck with traders here. Hope he will somehow come through
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Actually, he is the first person here that I dealt with that I have labeled a scammer. If you are talking about SNK-NEO-GEO, he sent my items. He just misrepresented their condition big time.
 
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Bibliophile said:
Actually, he is the first person here that I dealt with that I have labeled a scammer. If you are talking about SNK-NEO-GEO, he sent my items. He just misrepresented their condition big time.
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hmm, I could have sworn you got scammed multiple times recently. Mustve been somebody else.
 
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Bibliophile said:
Xian Xi, to be honest, I don't know how to tell a real MVS from a fake one. How can you tell from the pic that it is a bootleg?
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Oh man, where to begin. ;) Windowed EPROMs, chips w/ generic markings (instead of the normal SNK), horrible surface soldering, peculiar unmarked non-SNK PCB design. In addition to the above observation, normally the MV-1C (only vertical loading SNK 1 slot) has a socketed fuse near the JAMMA connection. :(
 
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synflux said:
@ Bibliophile

DAVID KAPLISH (Dkap01@pacbell.net) is a scammer, BEWARE!

I got burned by this a$$-monkey as well. I ordered an N64 portable late December 2007 for $300., -was promised to arrive the first week of January 2008. I filed with Paypal, escalated, and won the case due to lack of response from the seller. However, Paypal failed to reimburse the $300., stating they are "in the process of recovering the funds" and that the seller "has no available balance" to recover the funds from.
After tracing his IP's and contacting his ISP, I contacted the Ventura police department to file an electronic fraud complaint, as well as IC3 to assist in getting this piece of $#%t brought to justice.
Approximately 5 days ago, his ebay account: (Dkap01) went offline.

This is the most recent address of the scammer:

David and Tonya Kaplish
2150 Alameda Avenue
Ventura, CA
93003

Phone1: 805-642-3894
Phone2: 805-302-3954

If interested, I will post all known address and telephone records for David and Tonya Kaplish to "assist" other victims. If any of you have further information about this guy, please post.

WhoIS Info for domain: CustomPortables.com:


I encourage all who have been scammed, to contact the legal dept. @ InMotionHosting (web host for customportables.com), at: 310-943-9858.
They've already received a few complaints about Mr. Kaplish, -the more complaints they receive, the closer we are to bringing down his website, which has been the launch-pad for many of his scams.
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Can you email me a copy of the police report? If so, I will file one, too.
 
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muffinman943 said:
hmm, I could have sworn you got scammed multiple times recently. Mustve been somebody else.
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No, you must be thinking of someone else. I don't throw out the word "scammer" too easily, until I am certain that it is deserved.
 
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Man wow that surprising that it was HIM ! I met and saw him and his wife at previous CGE shows ... hopefully u get ur goods or ur money back !!!!
 
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Hello guys,im a Jaguar fan and bought a Jaguar portable in December of ebay from dkap01 (David Kaplish) and when i recieved it it did not work. He said he stood by his work and said he would fix it if i sent it back,he also wanted me to send back another Jaguar portable so he could fix the D-pad, it was his first Jaguar portable he ever made. Anyway Tonya Kaplish signed for the package 2 days after i sent it on February 4th. I have noticed that he closed his ebay account and he doesnt return emails or phone calls. Im very mad and i plan on taking legal action against him,regardless of how much it costs me. I paid $450+ for the portable. If you guys want your money back them we need to work together . Thanks for your time and all comments ,questions and opinions are more than welcome.
 
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Can you email me a copy of the police report? If so, I will file one, too.
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I will file one too! please email me a copy
 
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Whoa,this takes me waaaaaaaaaaaay back.

This fucker scammed me about what, 5-6 years ago? Right at this board to boot.

I bought 5 games from him for $105, never did anything. Nobody helped me either. It was the Toukon Retsuden series.

He just stopped coming here, he wasn't banned or anything.
 
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If it will assist in your case, I will gladly scan and forward it.

@BuddyBuddies
I couldn't agree more. What do you have in mind?


Anyone else make any progress or have any updates on this toolbag Dkap01?

Looks like he's also taken advantage of some ppl he lured in from a few physical-disabiltiy-gamers boards :eek:
Reading this shit really burns me up. Seems as though he's put a good amt. of time and effort into building a "fair" rep out there before he began taking peoples money.

http://www.game-accessibility.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2355
http://ablegamers.com/index.php/Gam...anded-controllers...-New-pictures/Page-3.html
 
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Sorry to hear that you guys lost so much money to this creep.

P.S.- lol portable xbox :oh_no:
 
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wow, that sucks. i always thought this guy's site was cool and had a lot of respect for the mods he's done.

sounds like he's just another dion dakis in the making. someone should showup at CGE with a list of all the people he's scammed.
 
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synflux said:
@Bibliophile
If it will assist in your case, I will gladly scan and forward it.

@BuddyBuddies
I couldn't agree more. What do you have in mind?


Anyone else make any progress or have any updates on this toolbag Dkap01?

Looks like he's also taken advantage of some ppl he lured in from a few physical-disabiltiy-gamers boards :eek:
Reading this shit really burns me up. Seems as though he's put a good amt. of time and effort into building a "fair" rep out there before he began taking peoples money.

http://www.game-accessibility.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2355
http://ablegamers.com/index.php/Gam...anded-controllers...-New-pictures/Page-3.html
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we all need to contact the Ventura Police Department,aswell as the District Attorney to report fraud,they will indeed investigate our claim,if everybody is willing to work together and call,then we can bring justice,what he isa doing is a felony! we need to contact everybody involved are you guys with me?
 
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Sorry to hear about the money you guys have lost, good luck in getting some action taken against this fucking scumbag. I hope he gets what he deserves.
 
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