projectinprogress, members with order issues, please post. Options

[presure2]

We have Several members with outstanding issues with projectinprogress.
guys paying for authentic c-one kits, getting crappy invader kits, or nothing at all.
everyone who has an outstanding issue, please post here, so that we can collect all the data in one spot.

here is what i have so far.
Promasta paid for an authentic c-one kit, got an invader (promasta, please post the details of your transaction here.)

95celGT also paid for the same authentic c-one kit on the 10th with nothing yet.

these are not 10, or even 100$ transactions.

and zoomzoom who is waiting on a refund.
and TRDproven

guys, its a buyer beware world out there, you've got to do your research.
i warned you all about this guy when he first joined, and started selling the HID's, but you guys fought me on it, so he stayed.
he is not a part of this community, he is just here to make money off you guys.

[Nartanian]

Not to be a jerk or anything, but there have been some that have had great results with him. If he can get us parts for a really good price, would he be making money off us, or would he be giving us a good deal? Just my point of view. Didn't mean to go off topic, but I think that should be considered too.

[rave2n]

Common way of scamming people is making a few happy, burn the rest. Easier to scam when you have a couple people spreading that word that your good to go. Line it up, walk out the door with the change in hand. Or he could simply just been irresponsible with his stocking and funding. Either way, hes scammed, and it needs to be investigated. Regardless of his positives.

I seriouslly doubt just because someone on ebay has 485683945 Positive feedback, and all a sudden they scam you for 500+ you'd be like ah its cool, everyone else has been happy with ya.

[Nartanian]

Ok, you do make a good point. I vote we look up this guy then, http://www.6gc.net/members/8601

He scammed me and a few other people.

[Promasta]

I purchased what was supposed to be an Authentic C-ONE aero kit from James one and a half months ago. He said he could not send pics because he was too lazy to open the boxes, but he showed me the invoice which showed that the kit came from Japan and he paid $1500. The invoice looked legit, but now that I think about it, it did not have any shipping costs so now I realize he just made up that receipt. What I received was one of those crappy invader kits from ebay. The thing is, he said the kit was in his warehouse in Florida. The kit I received came straight from California, he didn't even see it. It is impossible that he mixed the kits up. I gave him money, he bought a kit off ebay or whatever for cheap and had it shipped directly to me, and he made a profit. I can not think of any possible way this is not a scam. For the last month I have been trying to fix this, but I can only get a hold of his wife. Her excuses in the last month have been: First his mom died, then his dad died, then he was on jury duty and was not allowed to contact anyone for three weeks. Apparently while trying to contact me from the motel he was in he got caught and was put in jail for a number of days. Eventually the trial ended, but he could not contact me because there was a problem with 6gc.net. His wife will never answer the phone, everytime I call she won't answer but will text me back and tell me these excuses. Now James is dying.

I know you warned me presure2, but he had a bunch of feedback and his receipt looked legit, **** it, its $800, I'll work some overtime.

95celGT, you're not getting that kit buddy.

And I got to mention, everybody in that other thread better regret what they said, saying that I wrecked their day and I deserve to die and trying to get me banned, you guys are sending your prayers to some guy you don't even know, who's dying in the hospital yet is browsing craiglist ads. ****.

[manphibian]

Did you pay with paypal?

Have you filed a claim?

[Promasta]

Won, but obviously no money in his account.

[Supersprynt]

I doubt he was in any accident.

[presure2]

guys, lets keep this on topic.
please post only if you have an outstanding issue.

[conus00]

First of all, I have most of the information of the participants (i.e. first, last names, phone numbers, email and IP addresses) but because I do not want to publicly flame anybody I will use just the first names for the time being. Just in case I am completely wrong but i seriously doubt it.

I will leave it for you to decide:
About two months ago I was looking for replacement for black carpet. I wanted to buy either OEM or OEM spec replacement (pre-cut, plastic seals under the door sills). I was contacted by projectinprogress who said he was a middle man for a guy (his name was allegedly J.J.) who had carpet for sale. After a numerous exchanges of PMs to make sure the carpet was exactly what I was looking for I paid $240 to J.J. wife's account (her name was Elizabeth). The carpet came and it was cheap aftermarket knock-off. It came directly from a warehouse which sells it online for around $150.
I have immediately contacted him and requested refund. No need to say that I was turned down based on fact that he was allegedly just a "middle man".
I have filed dispute with Paypal and because they suck they closed it without an investigation. I didn't hesitate and contacted my credit card company and filed a fraud report.
Now I found out that, allegedly, projectinprogress is in hospital after a car wreck and his wife (who's name happens to be Elizabeth, what a coincidence) posts this info for him? I do not believe a word in that posting!
As you can notice I have boldened every "allegedly" in this post. What I believe is that there is no J.J. and projectinprogress and his wife are running major scam here on 6gc.

As of now I have what is called "conditional refund" from my credit card company. If I get my money refunded I will probably choose not to take any legal action. If for some reason i will not get my money back I WILL get cops involved and file police report!

This post has been edited by conus00: Sep 16, 2009 - 5:36 PM

[95celgt]

I got in contact with him about 2-3 weeks ago said he had 2 kits and sold one already, said he would wait for me to get the money, so i get the money and tell him to get some pics, his reply was that they were ready to ship from his warehouse in florida sent me pics of the boxes and the invoice with his name on the original shipping label....paid him and last thing he said was that the shipping would be delayed until monday.... i have all the pm's and i noticed on my paypal that the money went to california as well as the tracking number comming from california but still says it hasnt been sent out....i know this story is missing plenty of details but i have a job that doesnt allow for enough free time to really do something about this.....

[95CelicaST]

I hate to say it, but I called this when he started his HID kit thread and everybody got pissed off at me.

Does anybody in Florida know where he lives? Maybe someone should pay him a visit.

[95celgt]

I hate to say it, but I called this when he started his HID kit thread and everybody got pissed off at me.

Does anybody in Florida know where he lives? Maybe someone should pay him a visit.

I don't get on as often as i used to which is why i never knew you all thought something was going on i just dug up an old post and contacted him via pm....WOW im getting rusty

[Ruroniarc]

I would like to note that though I did get my HID kit from him, he sold me an EXTREME HID kit for 75 dollars, when you can go to their website for 57. The pictures he had of the kits on this thread were not the kits that I received. These are cheap looking kits (that work, so far [4 weeks]), but they were definitely not the kits he had listed in his thread.

[ProjectInProgres...]

I hate to say it, but I called this when he started his HID kit thread and everybody got pissed off at me.

Does anybody in Florida know where he lives? Maybe someone should pay him a visit.

Since you are so hell bent on getting a visit to my brother, come see me. i can work out your issues. i mean really. come see me. you wont like what you get. i apologize that you cant deal with the fact someone has ****ty luck, or that someone makes mistakes. James' Wife sent Zoom Zoom 2 kits and he hasnt received any? nigga please. and as for trd proven, i am taking care of his ballast and wrong bulb issue. **** you for going after a guy who cant defend himself. so as you say come pay me a visit, but you better bring friends. my brother is not alone in this, he has me and our friends from back home here to support him and help him, so please come see me. you will be greeted with open arms until you open your mouth and say something stupid.

[rave2n]

I hate to say it, but I called this when he started his HID kit thread and everybody got pissed off at me.

Does anybody in Florida know where he lives? Maybe someone should pay him a visit.

Since you are so hell bent on getting a visit to my brother, come see me. i can work out your issues. i mean really. come see me. you wont like what you get. i apologize that you cant deal with the fact someone has ****ty luck, or that someone makes mistakes. James' Wife sent Zoom Zoom 2 kits and he hasnt received any? nigga please. and as for trd proven, i am taking care of his ballast and wrong bulb issue. **** you for going after a guy who cant defend himself. so as you say come pay me a visit, but you better bring friends. my brother is not alone in this, he has me and our friends from back home here to support him and help him, so please come see me. you will be greeted with open arms until you open your mouth and say something stupid.

Address Please.

[ProjectInProgres...]

Since you are so hell bent on getting a visit to my brother, come see me. i can work out your issues. i mean really. come see me. you wont like what you get. i apologize that you cant deal with the fact someone has ****ty luck, or that someone makes mistakes. James' Wife sent Zoom Zoom 2 kits and he hasnt received any? nigga please. and as for trd proven, i am taking care of his ballast and wrong bulb issue. **** you for going after a guy who cant defend himself. so as you say come pay me a visit, but you better bring friends. my brother is not alone in this, he has me and our friends from back home here to support him and help him, so please come see me. you will be greeted with open arms until you open your mouth and say something stupid.

why are you still writing on here you stupid ****? For a decent scam you're pretty ****ing stupid. You still coming to Canada I'm waiting. You could at least wait to talk to me instead of threatening my sister for ****s sake.



presure2, zoomzoom, conus00, trdproven, Nartanian, CAMAricer, 95celGT, rave2n
What are we doing about this guys?
I've talked to authorities but I'm only one guy, it'd go much faster if you guys helped me.

the most recent address is in NPR, but like i said come see me and there will be a problem. i didnt threaten your sister, i told her to have you call me and stop acting like a bitch(you not her) i didnt threaten your sister in any way at all. you should have left this alone. really. and i would love to see what my brother has done to presure, rave2n, CAMA and nartanian.

and if for any reason harm comes to my niece and nephew you better pray to god i dont know who did it.

This post has been edited by presure2: Sep 18, 2009 - 5:27 PM

[95CelicaST]

Ban Hammer, much? Where's Manny?


And don't get butt hurt from what I said. I saw through the cheap HID kits in the beginning. I'm not one of the people you guys have scammed, and those are the people who should be paying a visit. It's not very smart to come on here threatening people like you are. It isn't going to gain you any foothold on the mess you've all made for yourselves. I hope people will file police reports and then the police can pay a visit. But you sound like a big bada** so I'm sure you're family will try and throw down with the police. I just hope they've got the "Cops" crew with them so I can sit back and watch on network television.

This post has been edited by 95CelicaST: Sep 18, 2009 - 12:47 PM

[easternpiro1]

wow... this got out of hand quick...

[rave2n]

and i would love to see what my brother has done to presure, rave2n, CAMA and nartanian.

He hasn't done anything to me, because I asked for more detail and never got what I thought was legit proof of sale. We need not go into further details. Plus I'm sure the more you type up crap, its just going to hurt your case when it does come around.

The simple fact of the matter is, you guys can only take him to small claims, which if he doesn't show up, they'll eventually sweep it under the carpet. Its pretty much a loss, this is why I didn't continue. You possibly can get him for electronic fraud, but that is going to have to involve a collection of people, and alot of correct information. Instead of the fraudulant thats been spewn on here.

To the ones that did get screwed, just let his dumbass family keep on typing out this crap. Print it, save it. They'll get'em eventually.

Regardless of if he did have an accident or not, hes a pathetic human being for scamming honest people of their money. Hopefully when he gets caught on the next big game, and has to serve time for fraud, his ass will be healed up enough for bubba to wreck it agian. Have a nice day gentlemen, I take my leave from this thread. BTW, if you guys need any help finding him, get me his real name, and I'll get you his real address.

This post has been edited by rave2n: Sep 18, 2009 - 4:28 PM

[Promasta]

and i would love to see what my brother has done to presure, rave2n, CAMA and nartanian.

and if for any reason harm comes to my niece and nephew you better pray to god i dont know who did it.

nothing, but they too know that you're scamming.
i was going to forget about it but you pissed me off.
and i really wanted that c-one kit and i could have used that $600.

[Spider77]

I know where you guys are coming from, I had a problem long ago. Did the nice thing, and gave it a while to recieve my stuff, never got it, contacted seller, blah blah blah...Did the paypal thing, I was told there was no money to get back. Then I filed with the IC3. About two weeks later, got a letter from my local DA telling me that they were able to get my money back and a check arrived shortly after. Seriously should check it out and use it. Thats all I got on this issue.

[Supersprynt]

the most recent address is in NPR, but like i said come see me and there will be a problem. i didnt threaten your sister, i told her to have you call me and stop acting like a bitch(you not her) i didnt threaten your sister in any way at all. you should have left this alone. really. and i would love to see what my brother has done to presure, rave2n, CAMA and nartanian.

and if for any reason harm comes to my niece and nephew you better pray to god i dont know who did it.

So instead of politely clearing things up you go onto make empty threats and act like a true a sshole. The only people who will be visiting you, your wife, your brother, whoever you are, is the police.

This is the internet, you can talk sh!t up a wall but it really means absolutely nothing. What's going to happen is that the police are going to get involved because whoever you are, you're stealing and scamming, which is a crime.

This post has been edited by Supersprynt: Sep 18, 2009 - 5:15 PM

[presure2]

projectinprogress, i made this thread to give you to the chance to respond, and clear up these issues.
since all you have is petty threats, that mean absolutly nothing, and everyone involved has much better ways of contacting you rather than posting here, your done.
i really hope these guys get together and at least have the cops pay you a visit, and hopfully you'll think twice before doing this again.
goodbye.


to the guys involved, there isnt much i can do here, other than urge you to all get together, and try and contact the police in his area at the minimum.

[SwissFerdi]

If somebody could document his posts, members' posts regarding complaints about his products, then I think you guys can make a case.

But really, I would strongly advise for making a case against this guy.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Sep 18, 2009 - 10:38 PM

Reason for edit: stupid comments.

[95celgt]

Liz said i would get my kit via pm...

but i need to get with u promasta, im out 600 also...

[dustin15brown]

banning him doesn't help the other guys' cases here..... it's gonna make it harder for them

[conus00]

Ok guys,
if you read my post earlier I was trying to play nice but because this guy is turning into real a sshole here is some information I have found so far:
Please try to double-check my findings they might not be 100% correct.
The only solid facts I have are his wife's name, her Paypal address and his cell number the rest is deduction based on the fact that his last name should be Williams as well.

James D. Williams
340 Lori Ln
New Port Richey, FL 34655-1829

cell phone number: (727)226-7339 (Hudson, FL)
landline: (727)372-8279

Elizabeth Williams
Paypal address: nurselizzy@yahoo.com (IP address 71.79.238.120)
There is also another email registered under the same IP jeckskates@yahoo.com (was allegedly J.J.'s email)

Hope all this is of any help. If you report him to FBI cybercrime division, I do not think you will not need all that info, I believe that they can pull all the info from her Paypal address.
Please keep me posted about your findings as well.

This post has been edited by conus00: Sep 20, 2009 - 8:32 PM

[CAMAricer]

How'd I get involved in all of this?

Anyways, let's just try to compile all the information we can find on James. Easy enough? There was a thread not too long ago about some guy who scammed some people on a Mercedes Benz forum. The reaction from the forum members was brutal, quick and decisive. They had the poor guys home address and everything within days. Any chance we have people on this forum with similar detective skills/resources?

This post has been edited by CAMAricer: Sep 20, 2009 - 10:20 PM

[SwissFerdi]

James D. Williams
340 Lori Ln
New Port Richey, FL 34655-1829

cell phone number: (727)226-7339 (Hudson, FL)
landline: (727)372-8279

They had the poor guys home address and everything within days. Any chance we have people on this forum with similar detective skills/resources?

[Nartanian]

I was able to get in contact with James through texting. He can now has his phone back. I don't know if he is still in the hospital or not though. All those last post in this thread according to him wasn't his. He said he would like to clear it up the matter, but he is locked out of his account. It's up to the mods to give him a second chance or not though. I'm just saying what I know.

This post has been edited by Nartanian: Sep 20, 2009 - 11:32 PM

[CAMAricer]

Thanks for pointing out the obvious What was meant by that was do we actually know anyone who can DO SOMETHING what this information. Plus we don't even know if all the info is 100% correct. Anyways, the ball has been set in motion already. The fallout will be coming soon enough...

James D. Williams
340 Lori Ln
New Port Richey, FL 34655-1829

cell phone number: (727)226-7339 (Hudson, FL)
landline: (727)372-8279

They had the poor guys home address and everything within days. Any chance we have people on this forum with similar detective skills/resources?

This post has been edited by CAMAricer: Sep 20, 2009 - 11:54 PM

[presure2]

I was able to get in contact with James through texting. He can now has his phone back. I don't know if he is still in the hospital or not though. All those last post in this thread according to him wasn't his. He said he would like to clear it up the matter, but he is locked out of his account. It's up to the mods to give him a second chance or not though. I'm just saying what I know.

there are no 2nd chances in this case.
everyone who is owed money or items has a way of contacting him, i suggest you do so.

[SwissFerdi]

Thanks for pointing out the obvious

Relax, I was just trying to help.

[kagemidnight]

phew..I almost bought an engine and intake from him.

[95celgt]

just so everyone knows i recieved a kit...........

Carbon innovation (ebay kit)

cone front, veilside sides and rear 425 shipped on ebay...i payed 6 bills, 175 profit on her part.

kit looks of good quality though close or better than my old vis cone i used to have..

[presure2]

just so everyone knows i recieved a kit...........

Carbon innovation (ebay kit)

cone front, veilside sides and rear 425 shipped on ebay...i payed 6 bills, 175 profit on her part.

kit looks of good quality though close or better than my old vis cone i used to have..

I thought you paid for an authentic c-one front bumper?

[95celgt]

i did (payed for authentic cone front sides and rear skirt), im just letting everyone know what they did/sent me instead...

[Serhey]

highly doubt that was his brother, if they made up all the excuses about his mom dying his dad dying him being in an accident locked up ant etc. then im pretty sure that he just made that up too. and somebody please take action. i was not scammed by him but this is an outrage. this guy seems dumb enough to have probably put his real address or name in his paypal or email so find somebody who can get that info and get this P.O.S. locked up for fraud.

also i looked on his profile ten minutes ago and his feedback was 20%
i positive and 4 negative
i checked just now and its 88%
what just happened?

[presure2]

nothing has changed in his profile, since he has been banned since the 18th of september.
its up to the guys who have been scammed to get together and take it to the next level.

[SwissFerdi]

Has anyone tried the address that's posted up there?

[Serhey]

Find the place from where he ordered the parts and they should have his information i mean they should keep stuff like that on record.

[Promasta]

I have no reason to believe that is not his real address, this guy is pretty dumb.
But my cops don't really care about this, and I live in Canada, if I sue him I will probably have to go down to Florida and it wouldn't be worth it.

I'm still waiting on IC3, starting to give up. Any other suggestions?

[trdproven]

I've actually received 3 complete kits from him but the problem now is of the 3 kits 1 kit had a bad ballast and two wrong bulb temps. I sent it back and still waiting for warranty replacement for almost 2 months now. If he sent the last kit with good ballasts and the right temps we would have been squared.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Oct 21, 2009 - 1:08 AM

[trdproven]

I was able to get in contact with James through texting. He can now has his phone back. I don't know if he is still in the hospital or not though. All those last post in this thread according to him wasn't his. He said he would like to clear it up the matter, but he is locked out of his account. It's up to the mods to give him a second chance or not though. I'm just saying what I know.

i dont believe he will correct it, been waiting for over 2 months, at first there was good communication and then now, there is just silence. I have two of his accounts and no response. he is just saying that to prolong once again.

[2bcelica]

i'm glad i didn't purchase that C One kit he was selling. I could of wasted my money. Good luck to those who bought his stuff and is having issues.

[yarik83]

Patheticadness of the situation is that paypal is a huge scam for those who fall easy prey to people who know how to work it. I have been scammed through paypal twice really really big for a total sum of $3800 ish give or take a couple hundred dollars.

I would advise people to do 3 things when purchasing anything from anyone.
#1 Scout out people before buying like pressure2 said.
#2 Never purchase anything from anyone with 0 rating or from people who have just mysteriously popped up out of nowhere.
#3 When possible use means of payments that can be retracted (ie credit card).
#4 Paypal, Western Union, Money Orders have some of the highest probability of being a perfect pathway to scam the crap out of you and get away with it.

Also.. for those who have texted and or otherwise communicated with this fruit. Do keep in mind that he could be using a fake name, fake email, pay to use phone that is likely untraceable and or provided information could have been wrong. Paypal and similar services are easy to hack and money that you transfered was given to a mule account.

I was scammed twice on paypal. That feeling sucks so I fully sympathize with you. Only in my case paypal went na na na na na. Someone paid for things I was selling, got the package and retracted payment. Paypal did not even think twice about charging my account. They just did it and told me to go suck it. I have not been using paypal since

[ZoomZoom]

he said he sent me the kit twice. and never receive anything.
I never had problems receiving anything from the states before and now all of the sudden, there is a problem.
I hope somebody will catch this guy.

[Ruroniarc]

Did anyone file a complaint with Xtreme HIDs? He was using them as a vendor...

[trdproven]

Its best when using paypal to select good/services and not gift if you want to protect yourself better. I did file a complaint based on paypal's advice through those complaint systems. But I do not know how good legit or if they even work.

[Promasta]

so you guys know, James is being sued right now (not by me), his scamming was not limited to automotive but also electronics on other forums and others have lost more than me. He hasn't shown up to the first two court dates and if he skips the third there will be a warrent out for his arrest.

edit: spelling

This post has been edited by Promasta: Nov 4, 2009 - 10:48 AM

[Nartanian]

Seriously? Any threads or info on other scams?

This post has been edited by Nartanian: Nov 4, 2009 - 10:44 AM

[Promasta]

a random guy just called me and told me this. not supposed to talk about it since its in court. i'll do some googling.

[Nartanian]

Ok. That's really interesting.

[Promasta]

**** that was fast. could be a coincidence scammers named james williams in florida, or maybe not, who knows?
heres one:
http://dangersofinternetdating.blogspot.co...s-williams.html

edit: another one, also in florida
http://www.ripoffreport.com/Con-Artists/Br...nward-yy3f3.htm

This post has been edited by Promasta: Nov 4, 2009 - 10:59 AM

[Nartanian]

Wow, if that's really him, I hope that guy suffers for his actions and gets every single minute of jail time he deserves!!!

Keep us updated if you can.

This post has been edited by Nartanian: Nov 4, 2009 - 11:00 AM

[Nartanian]

Update?

[bmj67]

Doing a google search for 727-226-7339 brings up a result on an f150 forum and in there it lists his website as http://jeckautomotivelighting.co.nr/. And then searching for the website brings up a Myspace Page If you look at the friends list James Williams is there. He is also on FaceBook His wife Elizabeth also has myspace and FB
This Page has a different address on the bottom of the page.

This post has been edited by bmj67: Nov 16, 2009 - 10:30 PM

[Mstoochn]

does anyone no his current address? I would love to take a group of guys after him, after trying to scam me over a bulk order of HID's

[presure2]

does anyone no his current address? I would love to take a group of guys after him, after trying to scam me over a bulk order of HID's

do you even read the thread before you post?
this was on page 2.

James D. Williams
340 Lori Ln
New Port Richey, FL 34655-1829

cell phone number: (727)226-7339 (Hudson, FL)
landline: (727)372-8279

and BTW, making threads on an internet forum is SUPER idiotic.

[Mstoochn]

its fun for the hole family!

[yarik83]

Ohh you would be surprised mate. With enough motivation anything is possible. I used to play World of Warcraft and one group of people (a guild on our server) traveled to Las Vegas on a yearly basis to have fun. One time I tagged along and they made a little de-tour. Turned out that they tracked down some punk from our server who have been a really really bad boy for many years causing grief to more than a thousand people. I will leave it at that but I doubt that some people that live somewhere in vicinity of Nevada will be playing World of Warcraft or any game for that matter any time soon.

[Nartanian]

Bump, did anything ever happen? I quit doing business with this dude a while ago. He took to long to ship parts.

[Promasta]

nope, nothing happened.

[SlvrCelica09]

wow this was one juicy thread!! I hope the people that were scammed by that guy got their money back or were at least able to file a police report.. that guy was a complete loser.. trying to stage a fight on the internet just shows he was in fact guilty.

[zfjohnson07]

he got a new name and address according to what i bought from him i bought a control stalk for 30 and fog lights w/ brackets for 90. i got the control stalk like 3 days after the order i ordered sometime feb. 20, 2010. well its 2 months later and he says he is going to pay me back, im calling the police now because this is pathetic. he said someone got on his paypal account and yeah. heres more http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=73111&st=0