Titanium Sear for Ares Amoeba Striker AS01

TenshouYoku said:

What happened to HPAirsoft? Last time i bought stuff from him it took a while but it did get to me

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SwitchThis said:

HPAirsof?

Had a feeling something was a miss with HPA, sent a few email, no respones. With what is happening in Canada, he should consider posting a warning on his site.

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Back in early 2020, he had an "accident" that apparently left him unable to ship orders, reply to customers, or give anybody any communication whatsoever. I'd placed an order in April I believe for a steel sear set and the cylinder sleeve ring, and after 3 months I canceled the order. Because the website has one of the "reviews must be approved before being posted" type deals, there was no way for people to warn unsuspecting customers. This went on for about a year, from what I remember. The only way people knew that this was happening is because of the Striker Owners Group on Facebook, which everyone up until that point had been referring his shop as the go-to for Striker parts and accessories. Not anymore. We're talking 50-100 customers who would place orders ranging from $20 to someone who paid $900.

The owner (Justin Miller) was essentially "unable to ship or communicate" with customers, but would still accept people's orders and money through the automated website. If you posted on HPAirsoft Facebook Page, asking about your order status? Deleted and blocked. If you commented on one of the previous posts his page had made, asking about your order or a refund from 6 months ago? Deleted and blocked. Instagram? Deleted and blocked. He refused to post an update on his website, the company's social media pages, or anything anywhere that would notify customers of his situation.

He would post a comment on one of the Striker Owners Group posts once every 3 months or so, literally just saying "I'm working on it" and then go ghost again for months. I went through PayPal to get a refund after 3 months, and in the PayPal dispute I made a direct link and reference to the most recent post on his company's Facebook Page (before he was deleting everything left and right), and noted that there were two dozen customers saying that they had no contact from the seller and that they had not received the items they'd ordered, months afterwards. Mind you, that post was almost 6 months old, and the comments on it were dating back weeks. The day after I sent that PayPal dispute in, he deleted that post and every comment on every other post, like I mentioned before.

The dude is shady as all hell. There's a little-known scam in the business world. Build up a reputation with customers and selling products, then... disappear. They'll keep ordering, and everyone will continue to vouche for you for months, "oh it's just covid, expect shipping delays", "oh he broke his ankle 9 months ago, he still needs time, I'm sure he'll come around eventually". It's called an Exit Scam.

As far as I'm aware, there was a post to the Strikers Owner group 2 months ago (February 2021), asking if HPAirsoft is operating again, however everyone in the comments is basically saying that the guy's reputation is tarnished beyond repair and nobody wants to waste their money testing to see if he's back or not. Frankly, I people take him to court if someone hasn't already.