This will be a long one so I apologize but want everyone to know. So I am not sure if anyone saw my post back in July when I had my limited edition huben k1 stolen but as many of you who know me I will do what ever I can to help you. I am not rich and we are a one income family as I have been a stay at home dad for almost 7 years now. I have also been with my wife since we were 15 now 35 so this year will be 20 years together now this is important because I have been through many hobbies with her and she said she WILL not fund this one so anything I have bought has been bought with money I have used on other hobbies mainly archery gear, crossbows, pew pews I wasn't using as this hobby has my full attention.
I have accumulated a great collection in the airgun world and I know how hard it can to decide so I have sent out moderators scopes bottles and even some pcps to some more local guys that were on the fence about a purchase or just needed something to take out a pest animal. I have many many friends here and most I talk to on a daily basis and others are the once a week or once a monthers I check on from time to time.
One of the regulars I talked to for over a year reached out and asked if I would be willing to send my huben to him to try before he committed to buying it now I met him here on agn and exchanged numbers and we were talking via text for over a year he bought moderators and scopes from me and I bought a pcp from him. So I asked him how serious he was his response was very he just sold some gear and just wanted to option to try it before he bought it which I get not everyone can drop $2000+ on a airgun and than decide its not for them so I agreed to send it on the terms of if he liked it he would buy it and if he didn't like it he could send it back on his dime as I even paid shipping and added a tin of pellets so he was ready to try it.
I was watching the tracking as was he the day it was to arrive he texts me and says it hasn't arrived and he hopes it does soon because he was excited but had to go to work. I see it was delivered and text him he said he wast home but his son will be home soon. I get a text saying his son got home and the package is no where to be found and my stomach turns into a knot. He responded with let me do some research and see what's going on he said it's no where to be found and he thinks someone may have taken it. Told me that he lives behind a park and baseball field and kids cut through his property. So I said call the police and file a report so it's on file gave him the serial number and everything.
At this point I let my circle of close friends know and they all said he took it but me being me said he didn't as we were friends, well he said he didn't want to call the police just yet because he technically shouldn't be shooting in his backyard and he was close to a school zone NOT my problem man my $2300 huben is now missing please call. This happened on a Friday it took until money for him to provide a online police report with no information of what was stolen serial brand model nothing so I said something his response was the same didn't want to draw to much attention to him and told me if I feel he had left something out to call them.
He left alot out and I called his local police and they said for a theft that high a officer should go and do a report in person told him this and he became hostile saying I went behind his back and he has been trying to help me recover my package and he is done don't contact him. Now I STILL was giving him the benefit of the doubt that it really was stolen and never once did I accuse him.
This is when I get a agn moderator involved and because it was he said he said situation we couldn't do much. I also contacted the three huben dealers in the US told them what was going on and to be aware.
Next I made a post to let the community know what was happening and for the guys in Ohio to please keep and eye out with added pictures and my serial number if anyone in the local area saw something. This is when a member reached out who asked to remain anonymous said look at theses names and addresses emails in the scammer section and see if any match the guy I was dealing with and nothing matched UNTIL one address rang a bell it was one I never saw when sending stuff but it just so happened to be on the online police report he used so at this point it was confirmed he was the theif and scammer and the anonymous ohio guy said he has been doing this for years and nothing can every be proven.
Now that I knew who it was I did a deep dive and gathered all the information I could on him and found that he has been doing this for YEARS just changes names and some information. Even with all this information his local PD and mine said nothing could be done especially because it was over state lines it's a civil matter and this guy knows he will get away with it.
I have became friends with Kelly at krazcool because I had 2 hubens and bought something else from him. He sent me a screen shot of a video he(kelly) had posted and the scammer had asked if kelly could post a video on how to fix something on the huben that he already broke.
I called his pd again and said he has it right now is there anything you can do and again nothing because I think the online police report was fake because they said they have nothing on file and since no crime was technically reported they can't do anything. Talked to Kelly and we were hoping he would send it to him to repair but he got spooked.
Right around that time he became active on the forum and it was time to have him banned. Now for some of his information so you all know his user name was Simpleguy, he used the name John Cully, address was 506 Heather Hill Rd, Columbus, OH 43213 and the other address that he wasn't using was 422 Briarwood Dr, Columbus, OH 43213, cell is 3802130555 and his real name is Anthony Jarvis Anitra Jarvis.
So please keep an eye out for any of that information when sending to anyone in Ohio. Since that had happened my good friends were trying to keep my spirits up and was able to get a used daystate huntsman donated to me by who I don't know and I was told I could keep it or sell it to recoupe some funds from my loss. I was able to sell it and they also pulled together $150 so I was back to around $1000 which was better than out $2300.
I didn't feel like I deserved anything or didn't ask them to do it but they felt I was wronged even though I had others pcps. A loss is a loss they said and it was greatly appreciated.
It was a hit to me but lesson learned and am writing this to let others know that post count and longevity doesn't always mean they are good people. We found and shut down another sleeper account he had waiting with good post count and long join date.
Always send with a signature required not that it would of fully helped but maybe, ups and most shipping services don't cover theft only lost or damaged by them. Fast forward to 2 weeks ago when I get a message from Kelly saying he thinks my huben has surfaced in disbelief I said what and request more information as I thought it was long gone.
It seemed that another member sent his m3 to this John Cully character for an even trade for a limited edition huben k1. When he received the k1 he contacted Kelly right away as something seemed off as he couldn't find the serial number as it appeared to be etched out.
After a few back and forths me and this guy got in touch and was a little hesitant to give me information becuase if it wasn't mine he didn't want to give away to much private information. I got that especially since he was also feeling that same feeling of knots in his stomach. I had detailed pictures of my huben and because it was wood I was able to show him specific grain and knots in the wood to prove it was mine. I also had Kelly install a very specific picatinny rail. We both came to the conclusion it was mine.
I am so so grateful that @jbull is a stand up guy. He was willing to send it into kelly for inspection i even paid for the shipping as it wasnt his fault. But now hes out gun and we had chatted in the past and can only afford one at a time. So I gave him the option if my huben was functional and just cosmetically damaged I would offer it to him at a huge discount of $1000. The huben is currently with Kelly getting it back to shooting properly but after talking to jbull he said being retired and in disability he won't be able to come up with the funds I will now keep the huben as a good story to tell but now jbull will be out a gun and that didn't sit right with me.
That $1000 that my friends recovered for me was not rightly mine because what was lost was now found and will be returned so I decided I would pay it forward to another good guy in the community he didn't need to return it to me.
Talking to jbull I asked if there were any pcps he regretted getting rid of which he told me was his delta wolf. Man that's am expensive gun no way I could get him into that.
Turns out he traded his delta wolf for my good friend @Elis5173 his m3 and that's what was traded to the scammer. Elis still had the delta wolf and I worked out a plan to try and get jbull his delta wolf back. All I needed was $500 from jbull and he traded me a bottle and I covered the rest with elis. As of yesterday October 31st jbull has his delta wolf back i wrapped his bottle and gave him a ergo grip I wasn't using.
I think for such a horrible situation that happened this is the best outcome I could have hoped for. Glad to make a new friend and thank you for all my friends that I have made. I will not stop helping others when I can just a little more cautious. I apologize for the novel but wanted others to know.
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