Much have been discussed about Skyhobby in the Forum of Lelong. Clearly, one can see that this whole debacle was a well engineered con job.
Lelong is looking at this as a failed business venture by Skyhobby. That's because, from the beginning, Skyhobby has been trading successfully selling remote control helicopters and such gadgets ...... AND then (unfortunately?) ventured into selling mp3 players from China.
Selling with goods on hand is one thing, but like Skyhobby, selling something that is still with the supplier in China and requiring 45 days to deliver is quite another story. (It's actually not allowed in Lelong to sell something non-existent... this constitutes high-rolling with buyer's money.)
Naturally, with such a huge time gap between payment and delivery, problems are bound to arise and then what happens? THE BUYER LOSES HIS MONEY!
As far as can be seen, Skyhobby has once too often given lame excuses in late (or non) delivery of item OR giving a refund. One of Skyhobby's many excuses were that the goods were stuck at Customs AND YET Skyhobby did not accepted any help from a fellow Lelong trader who has solid connections with the Customs in both China and Malaysia.
Another excuse was that, there were too many faulty units in the consignment.
One would imagine, if someone is being cornered, surely he'll just about grab onto any lifeline offered to him.... but Skyhobby has avoided replying the questions of this good samaritan.
At the last count, the amount lost by victims to Skyhobby totalled approximately MYR400,000. YET, this user ID is still very much actively trading in Lelong, still listing mp3 players (I thought no stock??) and recently can be seen listing .... tada ..... mobile phones! (big money mah!)
Despite getting numerous complains from victims regarding Skyhobby, this user ID is STILL allowed to trade, all is needed is to pay a fine of MYR25 to reactivate an account! Is this sufficient? This policy, with respect of Skyhobby, has been questioned, and according to Lelong administrators, Skyhobby is active to allow access to trading records... BUT THEN, why allow TRADING?? To get more victims? To net more money from this new batch of victims to refund the 1st group of victims?
I don't see the logic of Lelong's policy here. It's not wrong to allow access to the trading records (so that refund can be initiated) BUT, bloody hell, STOP listing more items for sale!
As can be seen from all the fraud cases that's been happening, no trading platform is capable of handling fraud and when such a case happens, the victims are basically on their own.
Granted, Lelong's administrators flew to Labuan for a meeting with Skyhobby, but so far, there has been no update on what transpired there. Perhaps Lelong "touch door nail"? hehehe
If you are a victim, what are you waiting for? Why dont you take some action (preferably in a group) instead of waiting for your item which may never be delivered or payment which may never be refunded? (Even the quantum of refund is not the standard one set by Lelong. Why is Lelong giving so much leeway here?)
Skyhobby is a user ID in Lelong shared by a Malay couple based in Labuan, Malaysia.
Saturday, 11 March 2006
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I'm not a victim, thankfully. I thought there's a Lelong rule that says the goods have to be on hand first before a seller can post his auction? Somehow, dunno why there's double standard here :-/
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