# BUYER BEWARE: ST4TUS **URL:** \ **Category:** Classifieds\ **Created:** [April 23, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499 "2012-04-23T23:25:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![johnnyk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/johnnyk/32/6480_2.png) [@johnnyk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/johnnyk)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/81 "2012-04-24T19:18:31Z")
> [@NYSpeed / OSYN Track Days 2008 \[Next Day: Sept 13th\] \*NEW: Track Timing System!\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-osyn-track-days-2008-next-day-sept-13th-new-track-timing-system/44963/42): > > Pretty big Dbag move to tell people your in the service when your not. +1 pretty scumbag, kid always seemed straight up from when ive spoke to him, but that is just fucking disrespectful ---
**Author:** ![Insan3Vr6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@Insan3Vr6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Insan3Vr6)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/82 "2012-04-24T19:18:49Z")
> [@Cossey"](#): > > One other person saying he’s scum is not enough proof. So yea, put up or shut up. Just because one person posted proof doesn’t mean that you don’t need to before you make accusations. If you don’t post your proof within 24 hours, your posts will be edited/deleted. Ok boss. Yes I can understand how people can gear this towards how I’m a “noob” on this site and the fact some people take the time out to copy my avatar area and circle the title is all great fun. I’m not buying the military thing for one second, and it’s a shame people would even lie about that. This is not my first rodeo. Thanks to all who can see where I’m coming from, and thanks to those who are complaining about my post count - really makes forums an awesome place. The other person who agreed with me is from the same site I came in contact with ST4TUS on. I signed up here to warn others of his shady activity as it seems he frequently posts on here. Regardless of that…here you go. Prior to this message, we discussed the details of the turbo he posted here: [http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5646249-Precision-SC61-.60AR-BNIB-400](http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5646249-Precision-SC61-.60AR-BNIB-400). And he agreed to take a $100 deposit from me to hold the item, and I would pay the remaining balance the following week. Communication was not an issue until Friday, when he received the remaining balance for the turbo from me. Then I was just talking to myself. There were no important PM’s exchanged between us…because I got his cell # in the first PM and that’s how we communicated. I’m not taking a screenshot of my paypal information, but on Apr 11, 2012, I sent Ryan Salamone $105.00 USD and Apr 20, 2012 I sent Ryan Salamone $355.00 USD. Total of $460. ![http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq18/InsaneVr6/4c1311df.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/a/e/ae823df4b6c7e7dc0a07c02cb811515ba0ef1a2e.png) ![http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq18/InsaneVr6/a8c3b91b.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/e/b/eb0e2cf1e3c3c78789ba740dbc693f553aa3bf7f.png) ![http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq18/InsaneVr6/c8d114e0.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/3/b/3b17f50f5979ed5106ae7108b8e8d24d80262683.png) ![http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq18/InsaneVr6/473c1870.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/4/5/452e8611d0fca8abc8b121228548e30c4a13942a.png) ![http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq18/InsaneVr6/e68515c9.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/c/5/c532596d37765feec64ec0d7d1680cef39426c20.png) ![http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq18/InsaneVr6/05bc8216.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/c/4/c43722133163d9f096e24c4d2f8eda452e8c8374.png) ![http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq18/InsaneVr6/669ac837.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/3/9/396893cffe987d4bc2ede8c9194d129decb5ccac.png) ![http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq18/InsaneVr6/8473d9a0.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/d/9/d94645269ac3e751c89894745e42c5a1b6d6e0e0.png) What’s the deal with the other user paying back what is owed? How does that make sense? ---
**Author:** ![91teg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91teg/32/6304_2.png) [@91teg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91teg)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/83 "2012-04-24T19:31:25Z")
> [@Good thing I was up tonight!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-thing-i-was-up-tonight/49299/17): > > +1 pretty scumbag, kid always seemed straight up from when ive spoke to him, but that is just fucking disrespectful Definitely. This is one the most disrespectful things you can do in my opinion. To many real soldiers have given there lives and are remembered by only friends and family. Then you have guys like this saying there in the service to get respect they dont deserve. Just pisses me off. ---
**Author:** ![AVB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avb/32/6751_2.png) [@AVB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AVB)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/84 "2012-04-24T19:31:48Z")
> [@Good thing I was up tonight!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-thing-i-was-up-tonight/49299/17): > > +1 pretty scumbag, kid always seemed straight up from when ive spoke to him, but that is just fucking disrespectful I did 4 years active duty and a 7 month deployment. People have no respect ---
**Author:** ![91teg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91teg/32/6304_2.png) [@91teg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91teg)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/85 "2012-04-24T19:32:50Z")
> [@WNY event 3 SeAD.... BE THERE! 6/1](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wny-event-3-sead-be-there-6-1/49078/34): > > I did 4 years active duty and a 7 month deployment. People have no respect What branch and MOS ? ---
**Author:** ![JVG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jvg/32/6348_2.png) [@JVG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JVG)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/86 "2012-04-24T19:34:02Z")
> [@Vovchandr"](#): > > Innocent until proven guilty. > > Not the other way around. > > I’ve yet to see any proof against a long standing member. No screen shots, no checks, no receipts. > > Edit: No pm’s, no texts etc… I’m pretty sure as are other member kids not military. There was a text where said he was. That’s bs. He’s looking a little shady from the text message posted ---
**Author:** ![AVB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avb/32/6751_2.png) [@AVB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AVB)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/87 "2012-04-24T19:35:15Z")
> [@Club W Bike Blast June 1st](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/club-w-bike-blast-june-1st/49116/38): > > What branch and MOS ? Navy I was an AT. Flight deck allll deployment. It cross references to a marine MOS but don’t know what it is ---
**Author:** ![91teg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91teg/32/6304_2.png) [@91teg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91teg)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/88 "2012-04-24T19:38:40Z")
> [@NO PARKING on chippewa is such BULL SH#T](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-parking-on-chippewa-is-such-bull-sh-t/49302/6): > > Navy I was an AT. Flight deck allll deployment. It cross references to a marine MOS but don’t know what it is AHHH Im currently in the Army as an 11B (Infantry) and was in Iraq 09-10, and trying to catch a deployment to Afghanistan this Summer. ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/89 "2012-04-24T19:38:43Z")
Chill out you turds, Ryan’s not a bad dude and lots of people on here know him, I haven’t talked to him in a LONG time though, so maybe he did get himself in the military. ---
**Author:** ![AVB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avb/32/6751_2.png) [@AVB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AVB)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/90 "2012-04-24T19:41:50Z")
> [@Good thing I was up tonight!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-thing-i-was-up-tonight/49299/18): > > AHHH Im currently in the Army as an 11B (Infantry) and was in Iraq 09-10, and trying to catch a deployment to Afghanistan this Summer. I was in the Persian gulf outside Pakistan from 2010-11. Good luck with going back I miss the money man ---
**Author:** ![JVG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jvg/32/6348_2.png) [@JVG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JVG)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/91 "2012-04-24T19:43:18Z")
> [@Club W Bike Blast June 1st](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/club-w-bike-blast-june-1st/49116/39): > > Chill out you turds, Ryan’s not a bad dude and lots of people on here know him, I haven’t talked to him in a LONG time though, so maybe he did get himself in the military. So far he looks like a dick to me. Waiting for him to respond unless he has no balls ---
**Author:** ![sbardy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@sbardy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sbardy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/92 "2012-04-24T19:43:49Z")
> [@Club W Bike Blast June 1st](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/club-w-bike-blast-june-1st/49116/39): > > Chill out you turds, Ryan’s not a bad dude and lots of people on here know him, I haven’t talked to him in a LONG time though, so maybe he did get himself in the military. Like I said before, Ryan’s a good dude… But if he’s in the military, psi2high is straight. Or jdaniels is a cross fit instructor. Or Pjb isn’t a racist. Or Slowmarro doesnt like putting his tits on people’s cars. ---
**Author:** ![sbardy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@sbardy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sbardy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/93 "2012-04-24T19:45:45Z")
I forgot one… Ryan being in the military is like turbotravis doing a dig. ---
**Author:** ![91teg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91teg/32/6304_2.png) [@91teg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91teg)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/94 "2012-04-24T19:45:57Z")
> [@Club W Bike Blast June 1st](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/club-w-bike-blast-june-1st/49116/39): > > Chill out you turds, Ryan’s not a bad dude and lots of people on here know him, I haven’t talked to him in a LONG time though, so maybe he did get himself in the military. I delt with him once and he seemed like a decent guy. I just hope he’s actually in the service. > [@Club W Bike Blast June 1st](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/club-w-bike-blast-june-1st/49116/40): > > I was in the Persian gulf outside Pakistan from 2010-11. Good luck with going back I miss the money man Thanks!! ---
**Author:** ![JVG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jvg/32/6348_2.png) [@JVG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JVG)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/95 "2012-04-24T19:46:17Z")
> [@it's amazing how fast the news is....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/its-amazing-how-fast-the-news-is/49300/2): > > Like I said before, Ryan’s a good dude… But if he’s in the military, psi2high is straight. Or jdaniels is a cross fit instructor. Or Pjb isn’t a racist. Or Slowmarro doesnt like putting his tits on people’s cars. Things change sometimes people change for the worst. ---
**Author:** ![HTA86\_Evo\_IX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@HTA86\_Evo\_IX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HTA86_Evo_IX)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/96 "2012-04-24T19:49:54Z")
> [@FS: Chevy Cobalt Parts](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-chevy-cobalt-parts/49289/4): > > Insan3Vr6, keep it clean and factual in here. All I’m asking at the moment. If you have more facts/proof regarding these transaction then post them. You came in here a little hot-headed which is understandable, but this is a close nit group of members that know each other through one connection or another so expect a little flak from us w/o proof. Don’t expect anything less with that kind of attitude. We’ve had our fair share of e-commerce shit fests on this forum and we’re all for calling out scammers and liars so if your story is true, it’ll all come around eventually. > > Also, keep your point to one thread(this thread). You know what I’m talking about. > > Boostedauditt, while it seems you have taken a more lenient approach to this issue I suggest you file a claim via Paypal if you haven’t done so already. Benefit of the doubt may cost you money in the end, regardless of what Ryans intentions are here. they are both legit man, ive been following the other thread ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/97 "2012-04-24T19:50:59Z")
I think Howard Tanner, Redline and steriods were involved in this deal. ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/98 "2012-04-24T20:00:27Z")
> [@kIMBO sLICE](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kimbo-slice/49275/20): > > they are both legit man, ive been following the other thread It’s not about being legit or not on other forums, it’s simply about them both keeping it clean and factual on this site… If they have proof and Ryan did in fact scam them then he gets what’s coming. The OP came in with a hail mary and didn’t initially back it up. He has since made some recent posts within the past hours that have put some stuff up on the plate as asked/suggested, so I’m fine with how it’s going thus far. I don’t know Ryan personally and am not taking sides in either party but I won’t allow BS callouts to go on from new members without some decent proof up front. If Ryan fucked up, he fucked up. Some of such proof is starting to come in now so the thread lives on. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Insan3Vr6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@Insan3Vr6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Insan3Vr6)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/99 "2012-04-24T20:12:21Z")
> [@Club W Bike Blast June 1st](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/club-w-bike-blast-june-1st/49116/39): > > Chill out you turds, Ryan’s not a bad dude and lots of people on here know him, I haven’t talked to him in a LONG time though, so maybe he did get himself in the military. Regardless of his past that doesn’t make scamming people out of their money online ok. And if he were such a stand up dude then he would have responded to my text messages the same way AFTER he had my money than just BEFORE. If he wants to make it right, sweet. But it doesn’t seem like that’s happening here, so now it’s out there. ALSO: My respect to you guys who actually ARE in the military. My grandfather was a WW2 vet and my uncle was in the air force. I respect anyone willing to fight for the rights so many people take for granted. :number1 ---
**Author:** ![HTA86\_Evo\_IX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@HTA86\_Evo\_IX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HTA86_Evo_IX)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499/100 "2012-04-24T20:13:49Z")
yeah adam, i hear ya but scammers have no place here. and fellow Veteran here, no need to fake the funk. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buyer-beware-st4tus/263499.md?page=6)