Complaints Against Jamie/Jay or Diane Vinci

Matthews,  NC 28105

wmagrep@yahoo.com, Valchicka@aol.com, latrishasbeans, Jays3000gtvr4@yahoo.com 

e-bay ID: latrisha116.

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April 17, 2002
Complaint filed by: garfieldmeta@ncinternet.net

I would like to report Jamie Vinci, Matthews NC 28105. The email address is wmagrep@yahoo.com. We were matched on www.metaexchange.com for a 3rd gen. Orange Digger and a 3rd gen. Flip. I paid $100 for the Digger. I sent both beanies to pbbags.com to have them authenticated. The Orange Digger came back as a fake. Multiple emails have been sent to Jamie asking for a refund but I have not received any response.I have been in contact with Steve @ MetaExchange about this. Here is the MetaExchange number MetaExchange (T1015194) Bought: Digger,orange(3G), it was bought January 28th. All beanies sold on MetaExchange are supposed to be genuine (it says so in every pit). I finally received it back from pbbags.com on April 8th and immediately notified Jamie that it was a fake. I even sent him the attached scan. The full street address is

2123 Brandywine dr
Matthews NC 28105
His work number is 704-882-3807

I sent several emails to him and so did MetaExchange but there has been no response to either request. . I have been in contact with a Detective Snyder in the Matthews NC police department who said that he would go speak with Jamie. I'm still trying to find out the results of the visit. I've printed a Mail Fraud report and will be completing it and sending it to the US Postal Inspector. Meta has kicked him off already. I found some feedback for him under his email address on Collecting Nation. He is a member of Smart Collecting but doesn't have any feedback listed. On MetaExchange it shows he has completed 500+ deals and is currently rated 4.4.   Mary

Have e-mailed Back the buyer NUMEROUS times, i have not recieved an e-mail scence the end of FEB which i responded to, I sent her an authetic beanie and after well over a month she finally e-mailed me and tried to say it was fake,the beanie that sent was authentic i do not know why it took over a month to e-mail back if the beanie still has the tag i put on the tush i will refund the money as it will be the one i sent. I have learned that there are FAR TOO MANY people who try doing this. There should be a Twist tie with a piece of Paper with a stamp on it from me if she sends this beanie back with the proof it was fake i will refund her money otherwise she and i both know it is not the beanie i sold thank you

The digger was sent back to him today still in the plastic that I received it in from pbbags.com. I never saw a tag on the beanie but then I never looked and whatever he sent me is what I sent in to pbbags.com and if there was a tag hidden I hope that ppbags did not remove it. I never received an email from him and neither did MetaExchange after I emailed him that beanie had come back as a fake. Mary

Mary has sent the beanie back to me and it does not have my tag on it. I put a piece of string running threw the tush and a custom label on the string as i have had problems like this before. she tried saying in a prior message that PB BAGS probably removed the string but i have no way to know if this is the beanie i sent with out my marking and do not feel it is as without my label on the tush i cannot offer a refund as i do not feel it is my beanie.

April 25, 2002
Response filed by: wmagrep@yahoo.com

there was a label or "stamp" on the tush of the beanie when it was sent, in here own message she admitted that she did not know if it was still on there here is a copy of her message she sent to me

Reply-to: "Mary Cutler" <garfield@ncinternet.net
From: "Mary Cutler" <garfield@ncinternet.net
To: "diane vinci" <wmagrep@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Fw: Orange Digger 3rd gen
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 13:01:44 -0700

"The digger is sealed in the bag I received from pbbags.com. I don't know if your stamp or whatever is still there. Pbbags.com may have removed it  ".

this proves she acknoleged it was on the beanie becuase she states "still there" meaning she knew it was there when she got the beanie.

ok i went threw this problem before with PAT, i was told to mark the tush tags with w pice of sting and a tag. so that is what i have done with any non-authenticated beanie that have a high probability of being counterfited now you are telling me that is not acceptable??? I put a tag with a label through the tush if it is not on there then they customer removed the tag and could have swapped the beanie so i can no longer offer a refund on the beanie becuase there is no way of knowing it is the same beanie i sent. I have done everything your service has told me to do as to preventing this problem and accoring to PAT if there is no sting on the tush of the beanie they could have swapped it therefore i cannot be responsible for the beanie

Here are the emails that I received from him before the beanies were sent to be authenticated. As you can see, there is no mention of a special tag.  Mary

without the tag i have no way of knowing that is the beanie i sent, i am sick of getting screwed by people, the last time i posted a complaint you guys were ABSOLUTELY no help and i got screwed out of 80.00 and you said there was nothing i could do becuase the beanie was shipped. I put a string threw the tush with a label it is not there there for it is not my beanie or was removed, she said she was going to send them off for authentication and that was fine by me. Also in the note i fowareded to you she admitted she did not know if it was still on there. this is an admittance that she acknolegded there was a lablel on the beanie

Actually i will tell you what i have the message from Pat stating that about marking the beanie it does not say i have to tell them it just says my mark has to be on the beanie so i what i will do to keep from getting screwed by you is i think i will send them the money and take you to court from making false statments and assitance in allowing and as for the below message it is a LIE and is FALSE NEVER did i state both were authenticated so this is another piece of evidence. you cannot tell someone all they have to do is put a string through the tush and then tell them that you have to do more then that! Also there is an e-mail admitting to the fact that the buyer NEW there was a mark on the beanie and you still try to avoid the facts. I did what i was suppose to to try and avoid this, now you are giving me an alternative to get screwed one way or get screwed the other way! THIS IS WRONG and i will not stand for it!

Before you slander my name i would like to know exactly how you can place me on a Bad traders list without having proof? You have no Evidence either way in fact the best piece of evidence is the buyer admitting that she did not know if my beanie was still tagged? It is slander if you add my name as a " Bad trader" without absolute proof that i have actually taken advantage of someone. If you do post my name then you a acting as a judge and legally without having evidence i can take legal action for slander aginst you unless i am missing something or unless laws have changed scence law school last year without evidence there is no case. If you feel i am wrong please explain how, i am not trying to pull anything on any one but i also am not going to get screwed by your service or by a buyer on a beanie and without the tag on the beanie i have no proof it is what i sent so i will not be satisfied with giving a refund on something i do not know if i sold or not

The beanie was a 3rd gen brown Teddy.  Selling as authentic but not authenticated. I won bid/paid $97.00 + SH.  I believed the seller's statement the beanie was"authentic" as advertised on her auction site at Ebay. After some time, I decided to sell the beanie in question so I sent it to Becky at TBB. It was at that time she informed me the Tag was a laser counterfeit but the beanie was authentic. I immediately emailed the seller in question of Becky's opinion several times with no response for resolution. It was at that time I left a very negative Ebay feedback on the transaction. She never emailed me afterwards. So I decided to check for her response to my negative feedback. She had responded that the "buyer" never responded to having the beanie authenticated, Duh!!!. My feedback response stated she was an obvious liar. She never responded or contacted me for proper resolution to this date. Ebay still has documentation of this transaction.  If you need further documentation, PLMK    Darlene

That is a lie,She never asked me for a refund she left me NEG feedback and i that was all saying i sold her a fake. no e-mails nothing if she e-mailed i would have taken care of it, besides thats was months ago and when i e-mailed her back about posting neg feedback she never got back to me sorry. Also She said she e-mailed me? when? Like i stated the 1st thing i heard is the complaint on e-bay i e-mailed here and never heard anything back.

I bought the beanie around December 10th 2001 and immediately had it authenticated by True Blue Beans. Becky rejected the beanie. The tongue was replaced and the tush tag was fake/sewn in.  The rejection letter states "replaced tongue" "incorrect replaced tush - should be black and white 1993 not 1995". It doesn't say anything about the beanie itself. I asked for a refund and they wouldn't give me one because they said they didn't sell an authenticated beanie. I left them a negative around Christmas time just so others might see that they were questionable sellers. I paid $100 plus shipping for Slither.  They did ask me to send it to Peggy G.to be authenticated again  but would not refund any of my costs. Also I could not send it to Peggy because she will not authenticate a beanie without a tush tag and the tush on this one was counterfeit. This seller was just so horrible. I wouldn't have even left the negative comment if he had refunded my money but it was like pulling teeth and every response was full of venom. He did not understand that I didn't get what I paid for. I did not care about my authentication fees until he asked me to send it to Peggy. I wasn't going to spend another $25 (shipping, authentication) to be told the same thing again. I just wanted my money back and he refused. I do not know if the slither itself is authentic or not. It doesn't look like any of the counterfeits that I have ever seen. I feel that he altered it to make a quick buck. After going back and forth for a few days and realizing that I was not going to get anywhere with this guy I gave up and left a neg. He NEVER once offered a refund. I chalked it up as an expensive learning experience and gave the stupid snake to my son to play with. I didn't think I'd ever hear his name again or have to defend myself over this transaction. The guy is a nasty, viscious man. He curses you and then will harass you after you leave a negative. Paypal wouldn't do anything for me because it was a quality of merchandise issue. I used funds already in my account so I had no protection with a credit cardKaren

it states right in my response to her neg feedback that it was gaurnteed authentic and if she e-mailed me before posting the feedback i would have sent a refund if she contacted me, besides this took place in dec of 01 she should have e-mailed me back when i e-mailed her, as to the slither it was NOT Fake the beanie was authentic the tongue was replaced and she was instructed to send the beanie to Peggy gallager and she said she would authenticate the beanie as becky told her the beanie was real & the tongue was replaced and that was the only reason she did not authenticate the beanie as i contacted her and she said peggy authentcates them

Oh my gosh what a liar he is! I wouldn't have even posted a neg if he had agreed to a refund, which he refused! I guess some people will say anything. I did get word from eBay that my insurance claim was approved so I do get $75 back.  Karen

I WAS "NOT SHOCKED" WITH THIS SELLER'S CONTINUED "FALSE ALLEGATIONS" (LIES) REGARDING THE COUNTERFEIT 3RD GEN BROWN TEDDY TY BEANIE HE SOLD ME FOR $97.00. HE NOW ALLEGED I NEVER REQUESTED A REFUND BEFORE I LEFT A NEGATIVE FEEDBACK ?? I HAVE BEEN AN EBAYER SELLER/BUYER FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I KNOW AND FOLLOW EBAY'S PROTOCOL FOR RESOLUTION WITH A BAD TRANSACTION BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE TRANSACTION FEEDBACK! I HAVE AN EXPERT OPINION THAT THE BEANIE HE SOLD TO ME HAD AS COUNTERFEIT TAG. WHY DOES HE NOT REFUND MY $97.00 NOW? I CAN ALWAYS AMEND THE NEGATIVE EBAY FEEDBACK I LEFT??  THIS SELLER'S "MO" APPEARS TO HAVE ALL THE TYPICAL SIGNS OF "INTENTIONAL FRAUD" BY SELLING COUNTERFEIT TY BEANIE BABIES AS AUTHENTIC. DOES HE NOT KNOW THAT FRAUD IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE PUNISHABLE BY LAW?? I REVIEWED THE OTHER BUYER'S COMPLAINTS OF FRAUD AGAINST THIS SELLER. I FOUND THAT EACH BUYER'S COMPLAINT OF FRAUD (INCLUDING MINE) ALWAYS STATES "HE NEVER RESPONDED" TO MY EMAILS?? THEN THIS SAME SELLER RESPONDED TO EACH BUYERS COMPLAINT WITH THE SAME "HOSTILE ALLEGATIONS" WITH NO INTENTION FOR RESOLUTION WITH EACH BUYER.  WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU!  I believe I can address this matter with Ebay too. At the same time request removal and or suspension. I let you know the results. Darlene

Subject: Jay/Jamie Vinci
Emails: Jays3000gtvr4@yahoo.com, valchika@aol.com
eBay ID: Lathrishasbeans

Recently I purchased 2 Beanies (authenticated) off of E-bay, from a seller calling himself Lathrishasbeans. The beanies arrived, sealed in their cases with TBB tape, but no certificates. I sent e-mail to the seller, and then I posted on TBB discussion board to see what anyone else knew. The seller did not answer that e-mail, but he answered a 2nd, stating that he was sure that the certificates were in the box but that he had tons just laying around. A week passed, and during that time Becky from TBB verified the numbers that were etched into the boxes, so I knew that the beanies were authentic. I sent more e-mail to the seller, and he answered the 4th one saying that he had contacted Becky at TBB to reissue (this is a lie, he did not contact Becky at all, she told me this).

I haven't said anything further to to the seller, but I'll be leaving negative feedback tomorrow. In the meantime, I contacted Becky at TBB and told her to nullify the COA numbers (Old-face Zip #20370 and 7-line no shell Tank #13935. I've set the beanies free, but I saved the plastic shards from their cases with the numbers etched.

When Latrishasbeans finally responded to me, the e-mail came from Jays3000gtvr4@yahoo.com, who is Jay Vinci. Becky also knew him by the name of Jamie Vinci, and the moderator over on the TBB Beanie discussion board said that Jay/Jamie Vinci is also know as valchika@aol.com.