Shady Lane

OK, I gotta say somethin now.... Burbank Ca. Beware

72.188.92.167

bcguitar

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There is a guy in Burbank that has a large amount of tubes. He ripped me for 15K, ripped another guy I know for 25K and now I hear he got someone for 35K! He shows the tubes, then when you go to the bank to get the cash he has his guys load all the filler with good stuff on top and takes the majority of the good tubes and hides them. I believe his real first name is Arthur but goes by Ed, Jerry Benning and probably others. His latest story is that he is a collector and is dying of cancer and needs to sell the tubes so his family will have money when he is gone. He makes up different stories though. I think he advertises on Craigs List but he called me and I am not sure how he got my number. Anyway, thats all I know.... Bobby

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Is this the scammer? - HiFiBuff 05:18:45 05/03/12 (2)
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- kaz sales (Open in New Window)
- Also... - DeKay 08:53:00 05/04/12 (0)
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  - More KAZ info: (Open in New Window)
- RE: Is this the scammer? Yes - bcguitar 06:30:56 05/03/12 (0)
  that appears to be him..... I didn't realize he was online...
RE: OK, I gotta say somethin now.... Burbank Ca. Beware - baileyler 19:24:13 05/02/12 (3)
Is his name Art Koterba?
- pretty sure that is his real name as his - bcguitar 06:29:56 05/03/12 (2)
  wife's name is Kim Koterba. You know him?
  - RE: pretty sure that is his real name as his - baileyler 10:28:48 05/03/12 (1)
    I was a victim a few years back. He did a lot of Ebay scamming at that time.
    I ended up getting most of my money back via charge back on a credit card. The rest of it I got back by selling what little value he actually sent. I told him I would send the crap back to him if he paid for shipping, but he never did and, after a year of holding on to it, got it all out of my house.
    If you want to know more about him, get the book "Inklings" by Jeff Koterba (his brother). I'll trade it to you for a couple of tubes(:
    Anyway, he has been pulling two basic types of scams for years - (1) buy something, pull out the good stuff then claim the lot was misdescribed or damaged; and (2) bait and switch on the selling side.
    He is a two-bit punk, and I am surprised he has not found jail time yet.
    Couple of examples.
    He moved from his Omaha (NE) home out to the West Coast to promote his 8-year-old son's singing career. He did actually get him onto the court to sing at halftime of a Laker's game about 2 years ago, but it probably went downhill from there.
    During the active part of our dispute, he would call and pose as a "bad brother" from Compton who was going to come out to the East Coast, break into my house to get his "friend's" tubes back, and rape my wife and daughters in the process (I think I still have a recording of that message). Being that one of my neighbors is the county sheriff, she got one of her deputies to look into it and, of course, it all traced back to Art Koterba. Unfortunately, the sheriff's department here wasn't willing to help further unless the guy actually showed up in this county, which he would never do (apparently he can barely walk at this point due to diabetes).
    More stories, but I think you get the point.
    
    Edits: 05/03/12
    - he is also directly linked to Steven Guerrero... - bcguitar 08:18:31 05/05/12 (0)
      but not exactly sure how. Steven lives in Ontarion CA. which isnt far from Burbank. Maybe you know him? His e bay id is ppasfn or ppafsn
So... you know where he works/lives... why don't you simply bring the cops? - David S. 10:30:33 05/02/12 (4)
Surely you have some kind of bill of sale & can show what you paid for versus what you received?

$15k is well into felony level, and with more than one victim, I'd bet you could find at least one officer of the law who would be willing to tag along for a fun little bust.
- i don't know where he works/lives.... - bcguitar 06:31:55 05/03/12 (3)
  I just figured out his real name though...
  - Sorry, the 1st post made it sound like a face to face transaction - David S. 10:00:51 05/03/12 (1)
    When you mentioned him stealing the good tubes & putting in the filler while you went to the bank, I had envisioned this taking place at his shop or home.
    - It was at a storeage unit that he signed over to me - bcguitar 08:08:09 05/05/12 (0)
      because he said he had no more use for it since he sold the contents to me. The owner of the units did not want to tell me his name at the time.
  - How about an address and phone number? - Tre' 09:36:11 05/03/12 (0)
    Company Name: kaz sales
    Street Address: 7545 hollywood way# 4
    City: burbank
    Province/State: California
    Country/Region: United States
    Zip: 91505
    Telephone: 818-441-9788
    
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    Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
    "Still Working the Problem"
RE: OK, I gotta say somethin now.... Burbank Ca. Beware - Tre' 08:40:19 05/02/12 (0)
Has he ever said anything about having, or wanting to have, the largest collection of tubes in the world?

Tre'
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"

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