Folks, I got the following personal message from a reader of this Forum. We all know the scumbag that is Rick Armstrong, who fabricates letters of provenance and creates fictional stories about Civil War relics in order to steal from buyers. I removed the identifying information, but am posting it because I think you folks can help provide advice to him:
The message they sent you was:
Hello, xxx I purchased xxxx from this guy on ebay. I did not pay yet. While googling these I ran across your posts on here. I found 2 threads I think. I have requested that he cancel the transaction but I think I have been ignored. I'm not interested in having a non paying bidder strike on my account, but I have no plans to pay. I was thinking about sending him an email on ebay saying that I cannot trust these and if he will not cancel the transaction I will leave him a negative (he will be able to get it removed as I will be a non paying bidder, but it may take a while) xxx. I assume his local police would be interested in his antics as well. I'm writing you to ask what you know about this guy. He does already have my email and address. Is he the vindictive type? Any suggestions on the best way to try to have him cancel this transaction? I have also learned that he sold a xxx supposedly used at xxxx. The guy that bought it donated it to xxx. I have been in touch with them and they say it was not authenticated, in part due to him giving varying strories of its provenance. xxxx Thanks.
