Good News"HOBBYPLATING.com"

[cooldad]

For what its worth to everyone, I was informed last night from Trooper Peterson that the owner of Hobbyplating.com has been found and arrested. He is currently incarcerated in Maryland. I will know more on Monday and keep you informed.

[duke]

good news cooldad

i hope they freeze his bank accounts, so all the good people he ripped off will have a chance to get some money back.

[dewayne]

Give me some more info, He got me for $8600.00, Corporal Dan Waltimier from the state police (attourney general office) is starting his investigation monday morning on Karl and Tim. I have faxed him a ton of stuff and he said he is going after him first thing in the morning, so any hard info would be appreciated. Lets all hope we get some compensation back from all of this.

[cooldad]

Been down the same road, I am sorry to hear about him getting you to. He got me in August for $2100. You need to have your person contact Trooper Jim Peterson at 410-996-7800. This is a state police office number. I have been working with these investigators for months. They have a list of other victims, so I suggest you get your name on it also. I have not heard what the next step is going to be, but I would imagine that some of us are going to have to go to Maryland and help make it stick. By the way where are you located and when did he "get" you? I will post more as I get more info.

[ase618]

you will have to go to maryland to testify in court or your case will be dropped. really doubt we will get anything back. probably spent it all and most likely didn't put it in bank accounts. don't have any equipment to seize. probably not going to get anything back. going to drive half way across the country on principle. $2600 on 10/22. andrew

[cooldad]

I have thought alot about this. I realize I will more likely than not see any of my money back. But I am in Michigan, not quite half way across the country, and yes I will make the trip on my ethics and values. You see if we dont he will get turned out and go back to ripping people off. So in a way I would be as guilty as him for letting it go on. If I cant get my money I will get some pleasure out of making him miserable.

[ase618]

same reasons i'm going

[Tim Wiltse]

Guy's I'm very sorry to hear about some of the amounts that these dudes scamed some of you out of .....$8600...dang that's alot of cash. I just don't understand how these guys stayed around so long. I have only heard about them scamming people for well over a year. It really pays to shop around and know who you are buying from. I guess the lesson here is if you are spending thousands of dollars go and pick the stuff up yourself don't send the money!

Take care,
Tim

[dewayne]

He got me in May, and yes I wil go to Maryland and testify, I am in Florida. The sad part is that there are no warnings until now about these guys, Well over a year? I deal in big dollar guns and on our forums , you screw somebody on Monday, you are posted on the boards as a scammer by Monday night.

[Fibergeek]

I applaud you guys with the Sense of Principle.

Go to Maryland (my home state) and testify. Nail to SOBs!
The MD State Police has a really low tolerance for thieves in their state. Hobbyplating never ripped me; took my money, or shipped my order. If they ripped me, I'd be standing in line at the court house with you.

Go get them!

[dewayne]

I just got off the phone with Sargent Cunningham, after a brief conversation, and found that there is really not a Karl or Tim Bell. It is one guy that uses 8 different alias names. Have any of you ever been in dirrect contact with this guy? i have gotten a few personal messages from this forum from a guy who claimed to know Karl and suggested everything will work out? Now I wonder if that was Karl or not who sent me the message. Karl is under a $450,000.00 bond, and the police are still tracking down the money and all the information. Have any of you guys heard anything else. If you have anything that would help I would appreciate an e-mail. [email protected] Thanks!

[cooldad]

I have pretty much the same info you have. What I have heard was that his real name is Itsar Nagy, he did run a legitamite business untill sometime in 2001. At some point in 2001 he was introduced to "crack" at witch point it consumed him, he then lost his business and everything else. It was easy for him to keep taking orders because he was already set up for it. This became one of a few scams he did to further his habbit. The police told me that they found him living in a hotel, and that with the scams he was running was taking in an average of around 5000 a day "Im not sure I believe that", and may have put some moneys somwhere for future use.

As far as the person himself I had talked to him several times before placing the order. He always told me that his name was Karl. When I got burned I started to try and find things out myself, other local business's had never heard of him. I then did a whois on his web site and it was registered to a Damion Kessler. I had wired money to his Merchintile Bank account, so when I checked it out with their security they said that thier was only one name on the account and it didnt match any that I gave them. That is when I turned it over to the State Police inMaryland.

What really makes me ****ed even more than him stealing from me is that he had no negative feedback on the Better Business Report I got before I sent him any money, but I know now that there are some of you that got ripped off before me and had reported to the BBB and yet I was led to believe that he was still reputable.

[ase618]

hmm crack...big suprise. hell i know guys around home that got started on the stuff that i could have given my money to. i've talked to him but not lately. what are the 8 names? i know of 3 or 4. andrew

[agugliel75]

Strange I remember talking to Karl and whenever I used to call the shop their was someone who answered the phone that sounded like Karl and then he would say "let me get Karl, hold on" and then that same person would stop disguishing their voice. I even once tried to ask this person if he was disgushing his voice and they accidently hung up on me? To me after dealing with them it seems that they are a bunch of scam artist. I even placed a bad call in to the BBB and Karl tried to contact me but I never called him back. What a loser.

[brassman53]

Karl Bell

I met Karl Bell nearly 4 yrs ago. Lavender contacts and better highlights in his dark hair than my wife's. I won't try to explain what he cost me. It is more than dollars and cents. The MSDS sheets at that time were for Tim Bell. Cell phone was for Tim Bell. I drove to MD and have pics of their "shop". That is a joke. They wouldn't meet with me. The MD State Police is only about a mile from them. I am sorry others got ripped off also. I kept getting stung along where they would send me a little something but never got near what they owed me. But yes I did meet the man. It was part of the deal for the money I was spending. I paid part and he dilivered part in person. Then I paid the rest(bulk) and never got it. The stuff I did get I found out later was low quality as far as the chems go. The "rebuilt" power supplies I had to rebuild. That 10hp buffer with new bearings on his site was mine. When he delivered "he just had to have" 2 of them and an inside belt sander that I had extra to complete the deal. He took them back with him. Sorry for everyone. Elrod.