Its either his way or the high way

This guy Glen stephens has such a HIGH opinion of himself and his stamp bulletin chat board, he thinks himself the High Priest of his "star chamber" and his small group of followers on this bulletin board.

Running other people down and threatening on eBay to other sellers, just look at his feed-back on eBay he leaves for other sellers. The hypocrite.

Ebay id stamps2013

http://feedback.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=stamps2013&ftab=FeedbackLeftForOthers&searchInterval=30

He's nothing more than an arrogant self centered guru who thinks he knows ALL, hes nothing more than a bully.

I am an eBay seller who was looking for older out of date stamps that Auspost auction off to stamp dealers at 50% off face value, then the stamp dealers re-sell them to people like myself. They generally add 25% to the price they get them for. So, effectively, you can but $1000FV for $750 (a very attractive alternative for people like me who spend $15,000+ each year on postage).

So, while on my quest for discounted stamps, I found his website, where he brags he's got $20,000 worth of stamps on hand at any given time. I emailed him explaining my situation, and I'd like to order $1000FV to kick the relation off with, with larger orders to come, and if he could give me his PayPal details, I'd make payment straight away. (He also had an off-putting comment "if you expect your order to be shipped within 48 hours, I'm not the person for you, that's why my blood pressure is half of yours") I thought I could live with that, considering the money I'd be saving, etc

Anyway, the next morning I get an email saying he needed a couple of weeks to source the stamps, (the $20,000 on hand comment was a lie), and he didn't accept PayPal, only cash, or direct deposit to his account. Straight away alarm bells started ringing, because, with PayPal, if the item doesn't arrive, or it isn't the product it is claimed to be, the money is frozen until it is sorted out, or you get refunded. Anybody running an honest business would have no problem using PayPal, so I just abandoned the idea and moved on.

A few months went by, and out of the blue I get an email from him saying he's got a huge bunch of unfranked stamps, off paper that he would sell to me at a really hot price.

For those who don't understand this concept, "unfranked off-paper" stamps, they are stamps that have gone through the postal system, and haven't had a rubber ink stamp punched on them by the mail sorters as the letters go through the sorting centre. (It's called canceling). In most cases, these are Christmas stamps, and because of the influx of mail during the festive season, they simply don't have the manpower to cancel them all.

Stamp dealers have contacts in mail rooms of huge city companies, who reserve all the stamps. These stamps are soaked in water, to lift them off the paper, dried, and resold.

This is completely illegal, but the ironic thing is, he mentions this on his website, and even stated it was a federal offence, punishable with up to 7 years imprisonment. Lol

He's a scumbag without morals, avoid him at all cost.

Please, please, please, Google the ACCC, take 10 minutes of your time, and lodge a complaint. It WILL be noticed, and it WILL be added to other peoples complaints, and dealt with. I can't impress on you that you won't be wasting your time, it will count.

One of the worst stamp dealers I have ever dealt with. Mostly overpriced rubish on his website.