Scammer alert: Kana_no_baka (kana_salez)
On May 18, I bought some fabric from kana_no_baka, from her sales journal kana_salez. She sent the invoice a bit later, and I paid on May 20.
On May 30, I asked if it had been shipped yet. The next day she replied, "No I'm sorry I updated with a post about it. I went to the post office the other day and the lines were long and thy gave me a hassel about shipping so much so I could only ship so many packages. I'll be shipping the rest out tommorow. Sorry for the wait."
On June 2, she said it was mailed. Two days later, I noticed both her personal and sales journals had been deleted. I googled her and found other communities where people complained they had not received their items:
http://community.livejournal.com/garagesalejapan/8268301.html
http://community.livejournal.com/xaliceninex/649962.html
I sent an email to her Gmail without getting a reply. On June 5, she re-instated her personal journal, telling us her alcoholic father pawned or threw away all the items she told him to mail. (Please notice that earlier, she said SHE went to the post office).
I filed a Paypal claim, which was decided in my favor, but I did not receive any money due to a lack of funds in her account.
On June 12, she told us her grandma was going to set up a Paypal to refund us. I left her another comment, reminding her what she owed me.
On June 21, she told us again, that her grandma would pay us.
On July 15, she claimed "Paypal noticed the ip's were same as when I used my dads, thats why they reversed payments when my granma sent it to you. She trying to get the money back but paypal has it all tied up. I will get back to you all when I know more."
I never received this "reversed" payment she supposedly sent.
I have sent her multiple emails, and left multiple comments on her LJ (including a screened post) that have not gotten a response. She communicates every so often through an update on her journal, but seems to have stopped responding to any personal messages.
Excuses, excuses:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2150/2723669511_fb2190c22a_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/2724491680_28e8a02911_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2144/2724491764_51a2d7c7e4_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3067/2723668303_4660feba79_o.jpg
Unfortunately, because she has no money in her Paypal, all the people who purchased from her could only sit and wait.
Maybe she really does have a crappy home life. I don't know. But she should at least answer messages from the people that she took money from. Given the multiple excuses, I'm forced to conclude I have been scammed.
In summary, do not buy from
kana_no_baka (aka kana_salez)
In case she pops up under a new username:
Her name is Kira R*****f
Her paypal is kana.chan*********@gmail.com
Her new paypal, according to another LJ member is theworldends***********@yahoo.com
This is her deleted photobucket: http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/kana_chan_no_baka/