Complaints against Matthew Schloss
West Bloomfield, MI   48322

Emails:  Matt3po@aol.com

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December 7, 1998
Complaint Filed by: CKanaan233@aol.com

He answered my add to trade a peanut beanie buddy for my DST easter pooh. The value for pooh is $100.00 at the least. The shipment date was set for Nov. 11 1998. After not receiving his part of the trade by Nov. 18th I started to E:mail him. He did not respond nor read his emails.  On nov. 23rd I received his package which was a peanut beanie. I emailed him and told him that was not our trade. On nov, 24th he emailed me back saying he shipped peanut on the 14th of nov. No mention of it not being the Peanut buddy which he knew by then he should have shipped. The box was mailed on Nov 19th I still have the box. I told him if he did not send my easter pooh back he was going on the bad trader list. In the meantime I found out he was a minor so I shipped the beanie back certified mail with a letter explaining to the parents what happened and Also a check for $5.00 to return my pooh. I received a letter from his mom explaining that during all this her son had traded off my pooh and she would send back the peanut beanie. I will forward these correspondence from her and also my reply. She has no intention of making good on this trade.

Matthew Schloss
West Bloomfield, MI  48322

I have tried everything I know to get what belongs to me returned. And she says I am Scary and think People are out to get me.

December 8, 1998
Response From: Matt3P0@aol.com

Subject: Re: bad trader complaint from ckanaan233@aol.com

I am responding for my son. I am a public school teacher and see all the trades that my son is involved in. He has never had a problem until he dealt with this person that you are referring to. This incident did not happen as described, and I am troubled that my 11 year old as well as myself continue to get harassing mail from ckanaan233. The trade NEVER was for a beanie buddie until the trade was made and she then wrote to say that she wanted her beanie back. I read every e-mail, and simply assumed that she was unable to get Peanuts, but had several of the Disney beanie. As you know, they both have the same cost at the stores. I had no reason to think that my son would then be told to give back a beanie that clearly was a part of a trade. I feel that she must have reconsidered the trade and now she is taking it out on my son. I will not allow my son and my family to be attacked like this. If this continues, I will have no choice but to inform AOL as well as the police, myself. If you are reputable, then you do not go by what one individual says because she is simply continuing to harass over something that is absurd. I have never seen anything like this. She accused us of receiving the beanie and purposely holding it, trading it when we knew she wanted it, and scamming others. My husband is an attorney and I will not have this continue. Please do not continue threatening my family, either, because there are laws against this. We have only good references as my son has been a good trader at all times and he is very upset by this whole thing. What kind of an education is he getting from this.. Thank you.

December 8, 1998
Response To Cheri,

I am responding to the letter and package that my husband and I received from you the other day. I am very aware of the trades that my son makes since I usually am the one who goes to the post office for him. He has never in all his trading, had any problems and has always had very good experiences with people. I was aware of his trade with you and I never knew anything about beanie buddies, I only knew that this related to his beanie baby. ( When I make a trade, no matter who it is with, I always make a clear statement about what the trade is for so that there can be no confusion) I looked back and only saw reference to Peanuts and never saw the buddie part. I am sorry that this happened, but I can see how it did. (As far as my son not responding right away to you, when a parent says that homework must be done before a child can go on the computer, there are no choices, and that is what kept him from the computer for a while. This was not his fault. If you do not like to trade with kids, you should ask before transactions are made. My minor is very responsible. As far as the value of the beanies, the value is always based on how much someone wants something, and I have seen people trade for something that we have doubles of but they can't find any at all. Though one may have more financial value, the demand made it equally valuable in a trade. I spent the day today at a flea market in order to get the beanie that you mailed to my son in a trade. Though I thought the chance was slim, I attempted to see if the person who he traded with, had a stand this weekend. Yes, last weekend he went to the flea market and traded the beanie he traded for with you, for one that he wanted more. As unhappy as he was about it, I was going to be done with this and try to get it back.. No such luck. The best that I can do is send back Peanuts as in the original trade. I am sorry that this is not what you intended, but that is all I can do. I didn't enjoy spending the day hunting down a beanie dealer, but I wanted to at least try. My son made a good faith trade, and I was aware of what the trade was.  To avoid anything like this again, if in doubt, restate the terms. He has avoided trades with people only looking for beanie buddies, as he has none. He would not misrepresent and believed that this trade was as stated. (I never saw "Buddies" either.) I really wish that I could get the beanie back,) I will send Peanuts beanie baby Tuesday, Dec. 8th. >>

December 8, 1998
Response From CKanaan233@aol.com to Matt3po@aol.com
From: JKing52120@aol.com

<< I want you to send my easter pooh back. My add was for a beanie buddie not a peanut beanie. Before I put you on the bad traders list I want you to be honest and I will pay you for your shipping costs. I will ship your peanut back to you . How can you even think I would trade a $100.00 easter pooh for a $10.00 beanie?. You answered my add so you know what I was looking for. I would appreciate a reply by the end of the week.

Cheri >>

another note:

Do not send back that Peanut I do not want it. I E:mailed him in plenty of time for him not to trade my Easter pooh off and you both know it. I want nothing in return but the fact is he saw my add on the Disney trading page and I specifically asked for the Peanut BEANIE BUDDY. If he wants to trade on any boards he needs to state that he is a minor or you should do the corresponding for him. You know the value of the Easter Pooh as you spent all day trying to get one back for me. I am going to make sure that others are aware of what happened and maybe you should pay more attention to the E:MAIL that adults are sending. If you send Peanut back I will refuse to accept it I have 8 of those and they are worthless as far as trade value goes. I worked hard and traded a 2nd generation attic treasure valued at $125.00 for that pooh for my 11 year old daughter. She wanted to trade it for the Peanut Beanie Buddie because we could never afford the Royal Blue Beanie Baby. Your son hurt her very badly when she opened that VERY LATE mailed package and here it was a peanut beanie.  YOU SHOULD BE PROUD. You want your son too be responsible yet you let him make deals over the net without checking on shipping dates and confirming trades. I started emailing him when the package did not arrive as he said then he lied about when it was shipped even though it was stamped on the box a week after he said it was shipped. He lied about that so I am sure he lied about knowing what he was doing when he scammed me. I am sorry but I have no feelings for you and yours. So what if you spent all day at the flea market maybe he can just scam someone else. Your son makes it bad for the honest kids that want to trade on the net. Value for value I lose. >>

I am going to write down the events leading to this trade gone bad with Matt3po Matthew Schloss of West Bloomfield, MI. It started out on Nov. 8th 1998. I placed an add on the Disney trading page that read Looking for beanie Buddies.  I am looking for beanie buddys, Humphrey, Peanut or cranberry teddy I have a DST Easter Pooh to trade for any 1 buddy. On Dec. 9th I received a eamil from matt3po that said he had peanut to trade for my easter pooh. I emailed him back the same day to get his references and send mine. I checked his references which came back good and the ship date was Nov. 11th. I shipped that day and emailed him to let him know I did and asked he do the same. No response ever came back form him. On Nov. 17th I started to email him about not receiving his part of the trade. Agian no response. On Nov. 23rd I received a package from him that contained a peanut beanie. I immediately emailed him and told him that was not our trade it was for a peanut buddie and to send back my easter pooh. On Nov. 24th I received an email from Matt that read he had sent peanut out on Nov14th and had still not received my easter pooh. (No mention of the email I sent him the day before which I checked and he had read and no mention that a mistake had been made)   He lied about the shipping date peanut was shipped on the 19th of Nov. By this time he had received Easter pooh. I found out he was a minor so I emailed him to tell him I was shipping his peanut back a mistake was made. I mailed it back certified mail along with a check for 5 dollars to return pooh and a letter for his parents. On 12/6 I finally heard from Matts mother.  She claimed he did not know about buddies and had went to the flea market the week-end of Nov. 28th and 29th after I had already told them of the mistake and traded my easter pooh off for a beanie he REALLY WANTED. She said she went back to the flea market to try and trade for another easter pooh but could not so therefore she was sending the peanut back and calling the trade complete. She blamed me for trading with a minor and that he was very responsible. I E:mailed her back the same day and told her to keep peanut. She was not teaching her child the right thing. The value of the easter pooh was at least $100.00 and peanut was $10.00 at the most. On Dec 7th she emailed me back using statements that nobody was out to get me and they had not scammed anyone I was the scammer and I was getting scary because I stated that I was putting her son on the bad trader list to save others from going through the same fate. She told me she was a public school teacher and her husband was a lawyer and to leave her family alone. I have not emailed her since. Cheri Kanaan