Buyer/Seller Beware!

[Moderator]

Notice: The following information is provided to alert StarQuestClub.com members/visitors of people or businesses that have been identified as being grossly dishonest/unethical/fraudulent in their business transactions with the StarQuest community. The incidents listed here have been thoroughly investigated and verified using all available methods at SQC's disposal.

 

SQC does not take this subject lightly and will only add people/businesses to this list as a last resort.

 

**Warning! Do business with these people or businesses at your own risk!**

[Moderator]

Real Name: Rob Janis

Location: Wausau or "Central" Wisconsin

 

Known SQC usernames:

Gearhead

Gearheads

RamAirResearch

Inforced26

TEPzdabom

 

Summary of known events:

 

1 - He originally registered as Gearhead on 9/10/02

 

2 - He created a second account as Gearheads on 10/25/02

 

3 - Created RamAirResearch account on 12/6/02

 

4 - Created InForced26 account on 2/23/03

 

5 - On 2/23/03, he advertised a 17c turbo for sale as InForced26, claiming to be new to the boards and having recently wrecked his StarQuest:

 

InForced26 For Sale Post

 

In light of all the evidence and tracking between his various SQC usernames, we highly suspect that the turbo sold to davida is the same one being sold by Inforced26. We submit these links as evidence to such:

 

David A's post about the turbo

David A again mentions the problem

 

6 - On 2/25/03, a feedback is posted by someone apparently from the turbododge.com site warning of RamAirResearch, where RamAirResearch admitted he was also "Gearhead", but later deleted his posts.

 

RamAirResearch Feedback Topic

 

7 - During the week of 5/4/03 Kelly calls one of the moderators with concerns about RamAirResearch after a business transaction went sour.

 

8 - On 5/5/03, Gearhead posts on the Tristarion.com message boards claiming that someone is registering all over the Internet as him trying to make him look bad. Joel at Tristarion is sent the information we have on him from our investigation to which he verifies as being the same person we have identified here on SQC.

 

Gearhead's reply to a post on Tristarion.com

 

9 - Creates TEPzdabom account on 5/13/03 and attempts to paint a shady picture of Kelly on the feedback forum. Though totally anonymous and vague, those who know enough can tell who he's talking about.

 

U know who u R Topic

 

10 - InForced26 replies to the topic, pretending to be an innocent outsider, asking who the topic is about - no doubt hoping that someone else will say it for him.

 

This guy has gone to great lengths to hide his identity and appear to be multiple people for business transactions. He's lied by saying he's new and wrecked his car to sell a turbo, when he's already been on the site for more than 5 months at the time... He's attempted to harm the reputation of a long-time and respected member of the boards.

 

After reviewing all the facts, the moderator group has decided to permanently ban this member from SQC and warn everyone about his conduct here. We do this in the interest of protecting the StarQuest community from dishonest/shady/unethical people such as this.