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John cilia
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 Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 9:04 am Post subject: Re: Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber |
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Why won't PayPal refund you ?
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John cilia
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 9:28 am Post subject: Re: Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber |
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[email protected]
Julio Fernandez Garcia Valentino
This is all the info I have for this cockroach from Spain.
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John cilia
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 9:31 am Post subject: Re: Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber |
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Valenciano is real surname.
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vwhelmot
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2018 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber |
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| I fortunately got my money back from this waste of skin. I got suspicious when the first excuses about the books being in a warehouse miles from his home started. I started a case with PayPal long before he promised he would deliver. He needs a good hard kicking, it’s theft. |
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John cilia
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2018 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber |
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Good for us too know though that 99.99% of car guys are good and honest.
I guess this cockroach must really need the money.
Karma is a bitch !
Hopefully PayPal comes through.
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Simon3
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 12:31 am Post subject: Re: Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber |
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Hi John,
His name on PayPal is Julio Fernandez Garcia - Valenciano
I have an email address for him also off PayPal, which I've mailed several times with out reply.
I have a couple of friends from Spain at work who are trying to get me more information, I'm on a mission now !
I sent payment as a gift, not sure how I did that so PayPal don't want to know. |
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56reddy
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 6:11 pm Post subject: Re: Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber |
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| I sent payment as a gift, not sure how I did that so PayPal don't want to know. |
I too sent a payment for a book. I know for a fact that I didn't send payment as Friends/Family. When I made a claim for a refund from PayPal they said it was sent as Friends/Family payment and there was no payment protection, so no refund. I persisted as I do a lot with PayPal and they refunded my payment within an hour.
I'm wondering how my payment was completed as a friends/family transaction when I don't even have that option for payment.
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John cilia
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 6:15 pm Post subject: Re: Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber |
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Amazing how much trouble one peice of shit can cause.
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John cilia
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 1:19 pm Post subject: Re: Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber |
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Well good news everyone, PayPal came through with my refund.
I hope everybody sees this post and takes note of the Cockroach s
details.
Hopefully Everett has banned this POS. We don't need his ilk in our great past time on this excellent VW site.
So Iam still looking too buy that book Any ideas 🤔 ?
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notchboy
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber |
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So, yeah. Way to go internet. A quick look at book prices range from $450 to $2900 + 
Someone needs to scan this prick and set up a bootleg torrent.  
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Simon3
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 4:25 am Post subject: Re: Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber |
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After getting robbed by July76, as I never heard anything from him on here or via E-mail.
I bought a book of Belgian E-bay, was an English version for a very reasonable amount. Arrived is in nice condition etc.
Original book sale price was £30 ( I did pay a little more than this )
So keep looking they are out there, and for a good price. |
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Jack O'Neill
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2018 7:41 am Post subject: Re: Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber |
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Sorry to hear about that dude trying to scam you guys. He could at least had the decency of sending a brick, like they do where I live. Back in the halcyon days before Netflix, I had quite a collection my favourite television shows on DVD, all bought in my country's equivalent of eBay. During this process I got most of them right, but I got a few counterfeit ones, two books (one of them actually good, one rubbish) and a set of five identical DVDs with a pirated porn video. I get that scammers gonna scam, but why have the trouble to burn five DVDs with the SAME smut movie? And the series in question had only 3 discs! =/
Anyway, back to more cheerful matters, if I may. I remember that one of us here had Mr. Barber contact, did anything came of that? I would love to have a copy of his book without having to mortgage my home. The way it is now, those who have this book are the Illuminati of the VW community =) |
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allsidius
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Simon3
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| Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 5:28 am Post subject: Re: Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber |
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After all the looking, I would let mine go if someone want it for a reasonable price.
It is in English and in very good condition. |
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allsidius
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finster
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:43 am Post subject: Re: Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber |
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| decided to go for a german edition - only $20! |
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lost64
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 6:59 am Post subject: Re: Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber |
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If anyone is interested, I have a mint condition copy of the book for sale. I'm not looking for silly money for it, as I'd rather it went to a genuine enthusiast.
Please PM me if interested.
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Gavin. |
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jack1448
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| Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2019 5:20 am Post subject: Re: Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber |
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Buyers Beware! There is now a pirated / counterfeit version out there selling for what seems to good price. In reality, it is a poor quality scan of the original book:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=729503 |
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rod_vw
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KTPhil 
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| Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:28 pm Post subject: Re: Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber |
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Fixed it for you:
Also, for those in the USA, note "May not ship to United States..."
With the phonies going around, I'd also check ebay's return/guarantee policies. |
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