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Oct 17 09:48

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#2366

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Thank you for the evidence that the bank account actually was closed. I find it satisfactory. In any case, if you use a purchased, borrowed, or KYC-verified bank account for proxy shopping, you are liable if it is closed — not the client. You bank account's closure or seller’s unexpected slowness are both not «my mistakes».

I also never said you that the seller didn’t have the item — he simply didn’t ship the merchandise on time. Here is the Vinted chat screenshot you asked me to share: https://files.egali.top/r/2g6bHJvM#CUyZqKuF7irY84X/BpBDJJVNX704AupY+KCc4W/PXEk=

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Oct 17 11:33

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Just to answer you coz you called me an alt, I am an alt, but not AkatheACs alt, I know more about you that youd end up calling it betrayal if I used my account,

My point is, I understand you suffer from some mental health, but the facts that have been laid bare point to you trying to manipulate. The only problem I see here is, both you and the other guy are somewhat important to this website, however, the admin, probably doesn't use their brain, they literally block/ban someone the moment some report is made, that's not cool at all. They have to at least investigate. Anyhow, my points on this reply are
1) AkatheAC is already answering for himself, so there is no need for me to alt for him,
2) why did you pay without confirming the item you were buying was present.
Im ready to tackle this issue head on, but I think there is a way for reputable members to Handle issues, otherwise this site will go to waste.
And if it's true he paid you $650 without getting any refund, bro, you need to be thankful, put your schizophrenia aside and be realistic

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Oct 17 14:33

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#2373

MY LAST WORDS as I ran out of time

I would like Pink to give us the entire discussion he had with the seller (and the name of the seller so we can verify because I cannot longer take his word for granted for the last 3 days of his lies), where he asks for the product availability and everything before paying; as in August he claimed he didn't check while he now claims he did even if he did not prove it yet. Until proven otherwise, this refund was issued because of him making an irresponsible p2p purchase without doing his due diligence before paying the seller.

📝 A quick summary
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No payment failed. He blindly paid a p2p seller with my card without verifying if he sells, if the product is available, etc, that locked my money for a month. Unluckily this money was issued to be sent back to me 1 day before the bank account got closed by the bank (proof on the forum)
(A) ONE MESSAGE TO THE SELLER BEFORE PLYING HIM BLINDLY IS ALL HE HAD TO DO AND THIS ENTIRE THING COULD'VE BEEN AVOIDED. While there was nothing I could do to prevent this account from being closed.
(B) I DID NOT ASK FOR ANY FEE TO REFUND HIM OR HELP HIM. THAT IS 100000000000000000000% A LIE. All I asked him after I sent all the proofs, is to be reasonable in this complicated situation and wait for me to fix it so I can refund him.

(1) In response to his threats and pushes, I asked him to be reasonable and wait for a full refund considering this mess was mainly his mistake (and if not, then sure not mine, and sure I didn't do anything wrong to pay him 855$ from my own pocket), and considering we had history (I did dozens of payments and processed dozen of refunds for him).
(2) In continuation to his lack of decency regarding this situation, I told him in a moment of anger that if he creates me more problems and makes me lose more time>money because of his mistake, I will charge him. That 200$ was a random anger number to motivate him to NOT go that route.
(3) His request was to give him 655$ and me to keep 200$, otherwise he will harm me. I instead said I will only hold this 200$ as a deposit that I will return if he helps me get the other 655$ when/if his assistance will be needed, or I will just send back if I get the refund without his assistance. I STILL INSISTED ONE LAST TIME FOR HIM TO WAIT FOR THE FULL REFUND INSTEAD.
(4) Next day he starts this extortion (check our private chats and NOT WHAT HIM, OR ME, OR THE ADMIN, OR ANYONE ELSE SAYS), breaking our point 3 agreement and triggering 2.

On my side I have to come up with those statements. I want Pink to send the 655$ to escrow until it is proven that money is at me or until we get it if it's prove it is not.

UPDATED: At point (3), I now specified the agreement was for me to keep the 200$, but I didn't accept it and told him I will only keep it as a security deposit AFTER I insisted one more time for him to wait for a full refund.

Edited: Oct 29 16:03

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Oct 17 17:16

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#2376

Admin after you carefully reviewed our private discussion and what was presented here, can please Pink's review be updated to represent the truth, and can you please ask Pink to send the 655$ to Bazaar as escrow until this gets sorted out? Also, do you think Pink trusted to be mediator after this manipulation/extorsion/lying/revenge/etc attempt considering the image he portraits (helping people with the Bible, donations for humanitarian causes, etc)?

Edited: Oct 17 18:40

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Oct 17 23:58

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As someone else who has done business with aka_TheAC and so far been burned, I can confirm the abuse and barrage of insults and complaints from aka_TheAC that cypherpink reports. I have experienced the same myself.

I don't have evidence that aka_TheAC has intentionally tried to rip me off but I placed an order with him almost three months ago and he has not yet refunded me nor has he yet delivered the product that I paid him to purchase for me. He never "has the time" to deal with this. My financial loss up to this point is not as severe as cypherpink, I am out $55. But I do favor banning aka_TheAC because he does not take responsibility for his part when transactions don't go well.

I am happy to submit my report and any evidence to the Admin, in the hope of seeing aka_TheAC removed from the platform. At the very least I will not be doing any more business with him and I encourage everyone else to do the same.

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Oct 18 01:23

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Re posting the review I put under aka_TheAC's profile:

I placed an order for several items with aka_TheAC.

Most items arrived. 3 did not.

I received refunds for 2 of the items that did not arrive. He says that he paid for one of the items (at a value of $15) out of his own pocket because of some issue with getting the company to refund him. He was not able to prove he was the owner of the card used in the purchase.

1 item valued at $55 did not arrive.

aka_TheAC found the tracking records and sent me the link. It showed that the product was never delivered and returned. TheAC refused to take the time to resolve this last issue and take responsibility for his end of things. I lost $55.

He seems to be under a lot of stress as a significant part of his messages contain complains about not having enough time. He is not professional in this way.

He also says he has health problems, seems under slept and undernourished based on what he writes.

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Oct 18 01:29

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Admin Sammy

I have told you upfront day 1 you came at me I don't have time to deal with stuff like this in case they happen, before we started anything. + arguing with you for a week to do it yourself so you have full control over the situation, for which I received a 3 star review because you don't like me on a social level.

Despite that, I looked into all of your issues only kept reminding you what I told you day one. Next day you came with this review (which I saw 10 days later) in which you lie how I refuse to help you and you lost 50$.

For the products that were not delivered I refunded you + 50% more (because I refunded you in XMR even if we traded in dollars)

For the product that was delivered but not picked up by you, it was sent back in store at the end of September and I did send them the email to deliver it to the new address you asked me to.

In the meanwhile I'm waiting for proofs on these allegation from Sammy "I can confirm the abuse and barrage of insults". So far the Pink insults allegations were not true (check our private chat). Looks like the one abused is me.

Until his review is updated to represent the truth, I refuse to assist him with anymore issues in regards to these orders (especially the ones that were not caused by me or the stores I bought from). If what I'm saying is proving to be right, I request @Sammy account to be flagged because of the extortion/manipulation, and his reviews on my profile removed.

💬 Our recent chat, as what's older than 1 month got deleted, but it is enough to prove against what Sammy is saying. We only had a real dispute since he made this review anyway (2nd October).
I used Tim Vise Mozilla send instance "send.cyberjake.xyz" (https://github.com/timvisee/send-instances/). The recording will stay up for 30 days.
* https://send.cyberjake.xyz/download/450d2d78cd4659fe/#B6MgueeQ48c2LJVVTv3hbQ
* https://send.cyberjake.xyz/download/0d203f219e66b386/#kBzC4bsIG_eILAHIDalpSA
* https://send.cyberjake.xyz/download/8c1e356fef2a8dd0/#cMPH0wMkNTR1m4BnseAXpA

If Sammy has our older chats in context, it would be great if he can share them.

UPDATED: shortened

Edited: Oct 29 16:10

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Oct 18 03:55

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My report

Order:
https://xmrbazaar.com/order/yHjM/

Initiated July 26th:
https://files.egali.top/r/4JXXatkG#gcjRmY9yauwdMJ2C1tzVdWGkbPfYw5CbeWU4iEl1+b8=

Payment:
https://files.egali.top/r/TAqd0Xab#qxR8pTlIbHe9Dykftpmz9H9mf/hFvJUbkFK7A/3RH/E=

Screenshot of TheAC making the purchase:
https://files.egali.top/r/L9vp5qTH#dSqAnvpGx0+c7Ma9VoHgPARZ76kHcx5Hpfmg0vt1wFY=

Tracking showing delivery failure:
https://tracker.flexport.com/163760785-c6ca4fbaef103187539c0250e63c6d5698fdd0e73e5a048f81731279d325ed21

I will just give 4 examples of our exchanges. If Admin wants to see the whole exchange over the last month, PM me with a Simple X address. I can forward you the comments. It is long and I don't know how to copy the whole chat into a text file and retain the formatting.

TheAC refusing to help me:
https://files.egali.top/r/KBeUP45e#W94ysJuqWatvKyPaehBbgO/jwhCBAUVqzj0q+vR++78=

TheAC saying maybe he will help me at the end of the year:
https://files.egali.top/r/vUfEvxMW#qIuXxBUl9E2Xn5LvmQUfsqSgyHE4QLPAyOEfldszAZk=

TheAC insulting me: https://files.egali.top/r/Z24NaMXU#JxSMA5FbLIm2AYN2AMUJ0MUUkxYkEZ65wsAnG6ocTE8=

TheAC continuing to avoid taking responsibility:
https://files.egali.top/r/wf1K6th6#8xttN7/5DB8r25knxrAi7mbx+Am5cG81tzDXJDfenCI=

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Oct 18 04:13

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#2399

My report - [New links. I was told that the prior image links didn't work.]

Order:
https://xmrbazaar.com/order/yHjM/

Initiated July 26th:
https://send.cyberjake.xyz/download/9d0a1ec9ec2e1617/#4Xvublnmm0glxpJhjnQnYA

Payment:
https://send.cyberjake.xyz/download/0d13fd25b17009d2/#e9eq_vxHD74ugqw7cWlpKQ

Screenshot of TheAC making the purchase:
https://send.cyberjake.xyz/download/58f86d9e2cb95407/#2CJ8ZEGnE_a0avQDor3tYQ

Tracking showing delivery failure:
https://tracker.flexport.com/163760785-c6ca4fbaef103187539c0250e63c6d5698fdd0e73e5a048f81731279d325ed21

I will just give 4 examples of our exchanges. If Admin wants to see the whole exchange over the last month, PM me with a Simple X address. I can forward you the comments. It is long and I don't know how to copy the whole chat into a text file and retain the formatting.

TheAC refusing to help me:
https://send.cyberjake.xyz/download/68240d476dc56165/#Oz23w275ALsEa2HEXE3dMw

TheAC saying maybe he will help me at the end of the year:
https://send.cyberjake.xyz/download/a85df6c37ebc4c37/#rl9n1YsOVzS2_QI3Fe-8gw

TheAC insulting me:
https://send.cyberjake.xyz/download/a82f1dcff94825eb/#lMYWfM_dgWQbg4mUvhbgSA

TheAC continuing to avoid taking responsibility:
https://send.cyberjake.xyz/download/25ff3151151d8c02/#GhW_JA791Mx_LH-6dx-nMQ

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Oct 18 04:51

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#2402

Looking over TheAC's video uploads. TheAC captures enough of the conversation to get the tone and some context. Unfortunately we both only have the last month of the conversation.

A couple of comments...

I would have preferred to not have my addresses shown. I am using Proxy shoppers for privacy reasons and disclosing my personal information is a violation of trust.

A clarification. The poor review that I gave TheAC followed his refusal to help me until maybe the end of the year. Then TheAC came back later in the chat (after the review was up but before TheAC had seen it) and suggested that he could try to have the package re-delivered. That sequence of events is not clear in the chat.

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Oct 18 11:06

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UPDATE
For the public to have a bit more context about the situation because I think it's important: this was a large deal with multiple products to purchase friom the USA from a dozen of stores that did not like any of my EUR cards much and I had to work part time for this deal for 2-3 weeks with all the issues involved at the time I could not afford it. That time took from other priorities I had costed me 1-1.5 years of work. STILL I didn't brake any of my initial agreement I had with Sammy.

Edited: Oct 18 12:05

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Oct 18 12:18

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Narcissism definition:

**Narcissism** is a personality trait characterized by **excessive self-love**, **egocentrism**, and a persistent need for **admiration** and **special treatment**, often at the expense of others. It exists on a continuum from normal self-confidence to pathological levels, with the most severe form diagnosed as **Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)**.

**NPD** is a mental health condition defined by a pervasive pattern of **grandiosity**, a **lack of empathy**, and an **inflated sense of self-importance**. Key clinical traits include:

* **Grandiosity**: Exaggerating achievements and believing one is superior or "special."
* **Entitlement**: Expecting favorable treatment and automatic compliance with one's expectations.
* **Exploitation**: Taking advantage of others to achieve personal goals.
* **Lack of Empathy**: Unwillingness or inability to recognize the feelings and needs of others.
* **Fragile Self-Esteem**: Underlying insecurity masked by confidence, often leading to **hypersensitivity to criticism** and envy.

**Refusal to take personal responsibility is one of the most defining traits of narcissism.** It's considered so central that "no accountability" is often listed as a standalone red flag of narcissistic behavior.

The refusal is **not** simply stubbornness or denial. It's driven by several interlocking psychological mechanisms:

- **Fragile ego / grandiose self-image:** Admitting fault would shatter the internal fantasy of being perfect and superior, so the narcissist protects that image at all costs.
- **Lack of empathy:** They genuinely struggle to recognize the impact of their actions on others, making accountability feel irrelevant.
- **Conflating accountability with condemnation:** They equate being held responsible with being morally worthless, so any demand for accountability triggers rage or shutdown.

Common tactics used to **evade responsibility** include:

| Tactic | Example |
|---|---|
| **Denial** | "That never happened." / "I don't remember." |
| **Blame-shifting** | "You made me do it." / "It's your fault I reacted that way." |
| **Playing the victim** | "I'm the one who's really hurt here." |
| **Gaslighting** | "You're exaggerating / you're crazy." |
| **Minimization** | "It wasn't that bad." / "I was only joking." |
| **Non-apologies** | "I'm sorry *you feel* that way." |
| **Rewriting history** | Reconstructing events to cast themselves in a better light. |

A particularly well-known framework for this pattern is **DARVO** — **D**eny, **A**ttack, **R**everse **V**ictim and **O**ffender — where the narcissist denies the behavior, attacks the person confronting them, and flips the narrative so *they* become the victim.

In short: **inability (or refusal) to accept blame is not just a symptom of narcissism — it's arguably its core operational feature.**

What is apparent to me from my interactions with aka_TheAC is that he is a full blown narcissist. Some observations from our interactions:

aka_TheAC refuses to take any responsibility when things don't go well.
He expends a tremendous amount of energy constructing a narrative that absolves himself of any obligation.
In his narrative, he is the hard working good guy.
Everyone else is to blame, everyone else is the bad guy.
He plays the victim in his story.

This platform relies on several ingredients for it to succeed:
*People acting in good faith
*Honest transactions
*Fairness
*Taking responsibility for your part
*Keeping agreements

I don't see aka_TheAC's conduct as being in accordance with these values.

If the moderators let XmrBazaar get overrun by narcissists (or AI bots) I think the platform will fail.
For this reason I argue that aka_TheAC should be removed from the platform because his personality type is destructive to the social relationships that the platform is built on. aka_TheAC may have done a lot of successful transactions in the past but he is clearly at a low point in his life and seems to be destroying his health, his business and his relationships.

I think it is best to remove aka_TheAC in order to protect the XmrBazaar community. If Monero is going to play a key role in maintaining our freedom we need people to operate to a high standard.

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Oct 18 13:14

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#2407

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I just think we should let our private chats (and the proofs in them) to speak

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Oct 19 12:00

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Reported users: XMRfriend, EcoMode
Reason: False accusations in comments on my listing. Both are probably the same guy. He also mass down-vote my listings.

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Oct 19 17:40

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#2420

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Hey! It has been over 80 hours now. I have not got any refund.

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Oct 19 23:16

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#2425

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cypherpink

You can't be serious...

Sending you that 200$ at this point will just mean extortion is encouraged on XmrBazaar

Edited: Oct 19 23:18

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#2430

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/SquareSnowflake/ is a scammer. Tried to borrow 75€ via simplex for a dubious reason and wanted to secure the loan with some dubious crypto shit after we we were negotiating a in person meet up for some days.

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#2432

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Added warning to SquareSnowflake’s profile

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Oct 22 13:23

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#2464

this person is a fraud and scammer, i ordered him a reddit accounts, even after payment he has delivered nothing. i lost my money. be careful.

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Horacio/

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Oct 23 06:34

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#2470

This user is highlighting his profile as a https://xmrbazaar.com/user/xaibott

and he is sending a listing for customer to purchase from https://xmrbazaar.com/user/xiabott/

both are different profiles, more likely to scam. beware.

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