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TCB => Trader & Shipping Support => Topic started by: kellyponyfeathers on May 11, 2013, 02:59:05 AM
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Ummmm, my profound appologies if I'm accusing a perfectly good and honest seller, but I saw some listings on Ebay for "ponyknott" and thought the countertops in the pics looked familiar. The last time I (think I) saw them was when Brooke Kutik listed some ponies and we had a whole conversation about it here. I checked the ship from location, and sure enough, it says Florida. Red flag???
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I am going to assume you are probably right. She has been off and on for the last year or so.
I don't think anyone has been taken by her this time around but I would definitely proceed with caution :huh:
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Thank you for the update! :( She always returns after a bit of time... ponies are addictive for all the WRONG reasons with her!
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The feedback for this ID is great too, but it looks like it's all from buying, not selling.
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Sorry, but who's that? :x Someone to be wary of?
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Sorry, but who's that? :x Someone to be wary of?
Oh gods yes. She has stolen thousands of dollars in money and stolen ponies by opening chargebacks and not paying for them. And she's been up to this nonsense for at least ten years. :(
Here is more info: http://mlparena.com/mlp/index.php/topic,283452.0.html
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How does this woman keep getting new Ebay accounts?
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its like the stephen king novel sometimes they come back... OVER and over LOL. stay clear of her if you can.
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She's dealt with another of her ID's Technologicgirl, with positive feedback, so probably yes. Too much of a coincidence otherwise!
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It seems very probable! ugh! she just keeps coming back :( Thank you for the heads up :hug: Like the others said, steer clear of her if you can! she is nothing but trouble!
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Does anyone have any photos on their computer that Brooke took? If so, we an compare them.
Maybe I'm thinking of someone else, but I thought Brooke took photos on a kitchen counter? Or am I confusing her with another person on the bad trader list?
In any case, this ponyknott ID has existed since 2005. Also, it says she is located in Milton Florida. Does this add up with what is known about Kutik.
Edit to add:
Also, according to her feedback, she has been selling ponies since 2008 and has positive feedback for it. Actually, she has no negatives or neutrals. Maybe it's not her?
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Perhaps if someone recognised the artists of those custom ponies it might shed some light on who the seller is.
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Wow- what a scammer! Good thing you recognized her kellyponyfeathers- yikes!
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good golly I was watching several of those auctions, too... I had no idea = so what's the MO? The buyer for the macau put in a brag thread - so if the item goes high she scams? I feel sorry for the birthflower, big brothers and others over the $100 mark if those are scams
man, good eyes kellyponyfeathers!
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She typically scams as a buyer but I believe she has been known to do it as a seller as well...
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All her feedback is positive... I'm disheartened, I was going to bid on the lot with Munchy...feeling kinda heartbroken now. If the community says no though, I won't bid <3
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oh that sucks - so she buys and scams and then resells those ponies ?? :-( Oh man, that is so horrible on so many levels
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oh that sucks - so she buys and scams and then resells those ponies ?? :-( Oh man, that is so horrible on so many levels
Yep, she has been known go above Paypal even, to file cases with Visa/Mastercard because "It has extra paint that wasn't disclosed!" , gets her full refund and then lists the ponies for sale and sees how high they go. If she doesn't like the price, she simply doesn't mail the pony. I am sure Ebay's new policies have put a damper on this but it is still possible to file and win a case very easily on Ebay. :(
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Ugh, thanks for the warning! I will be blocking her!
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please do! If there is any way for mods to blast this out to all ebay sellers if this is her latest ID man I hope no more pony peeps get scammed out of sales only to watch her profit in a few weeks with the same merch :-( just ugh is right~!
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So are we positive this is even the same person?
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Yes, have we confirmed the identity of the subject? (Why am I speaking so weirdly :O)
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OK = so this thread has been dead awhile and I will be glad to start a new one...
so I get a bid from a "buyer" by the name
brookea86
what are the odds ? Florida 33180
ponylady - you did business with her?
So I called ebay support and the woman said she couldn't give me a confirmation when I spelled out and asked if this was brooke kutik, but she was able to say and I quote "You can decline the offer and then block the bidder, I wouldn't mess with it. Don't mess with it."
so this is another ebay id of hers apparently
gotta love it :-/
but at least thank heaven for these forums!
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Going back and looking, apparently yes I did do business with her. I don't always check names and address's when I print labels due to volume some days. And hubby helps me attach labels so I don't always have a direct eye on what goes out.
I can say though I did not have any issues she bought my Oakley the Moose for a good amount of money. And she paid, it went out and she left feedback.
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Thanks for the update!
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I haven't responded back to this thread in a while. I wanted to say that I definitely do NOT know for sure whether or not this is Brooke. But the ponies looked like the kind of ones that she sells, and the home background looked similar to the last known photos she posted as well. Someone asked about kitchen countertops. Yes, I remember her last confirmed photos showed ponies on kitchen countertops. The counters were a very dark green, almost black. The photos from these latest rounds showed a similar dark green surface, but it didn't quite look like a kitchen countertop this time, so I definitely don't know for sure. Maybe it was a matching surface on a coffee table, or something? I don't know, but the dark green surface looked similar enough to catch my eye, and the backgrounds showing a very nice middle class to upper middle class home interior also looked similar to Brooke's last confirmed photos. Then I saw that the shipping location was Florida, and I got suspicious enough to post about it here. That's all I know. Again, if it's not Brooke, I don't mean to slander an innocent seller.
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good point that for the one about a seller first mentioned here being possibly brooke it remains speculation unless a buyer from here confirms the return addy is her... 'nuff said.
and boy am I glad to read that ponylady will have no hassles with an Oakley the moose sale = that feedback has been left and hopefully paypal / ebay limits reached so she cannot claw back anything put out - seems you may have dodged a bullet, ponylady, and for that fact I am very glad to know you did not lose out.
From comments earlier in the thread I was made aware her main MO was not scamming buyers but "buying" from sellers and then filing a claim of item not received or not as described or something to that effect to then get a "free" pony from that seller to then re-sell later so that is why I wanted to alert folks that I definitely found a solid brooke ebay ID for folks to put on the block a bidder list if they are selling ponies on ebay - not worth the headache.
Does anyone know if we have a running/ permanent thread to update all known and confirmed ID's? My memory is fuzzy but I'm thinking Shelti may have put something together with a history (??) or not... I am lousy at searching so not finding this
I will be happy to update that thread as well, just this was the last one that had folks talking so I figured I would at least put the alert out here and then get a bump from a recent post in case new eyeballs come in
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LBS has all her ID's on her Bad Trader list.
The thing is anymore it is super hard to try and scam people on ebay the way she used to. So I think for the most part she behaves herself. It doesn't dispute the fact though of the trouble and heartache she caused many folks over the years though.
The thing is it just seems that once her new ID is brought to light, she just creates a new one. So it is a never ending game of cat and mouse with her.
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Does anyone have any photos on their computer that Brooke took? If so, we an compare them.
Maybe I'm thinking of someone else, but I thought Brooke took photos on a kitchen counter? Or am I confusing her with another person on the bad trader list?
In any case, this ponyknott ID has existed since 2005. Also, it says she is located in Milton Florida. Does this add up with what is known about Kutik.
Edit to add:
Also, according to her feedback, she has been selling ponies since 2008 and has positive feedback for it. Actually, she has no negatives or neutrals. Maybe it's not her?
Milton, Fl?! That is waaaay too close, but I thought she was from South Florida? Milton is in the Panhandle, my parents live their and the area codes are going to be 32570 or very close to that, not a 33xxx like from that odd ball bidder. But at the same time, I'm pretty well aware there are not a lot of Pony collectors in the Panhandle. I know there are a few in South East Alabama, and there's another collector here in Pensacola with me, but other than that. . .
Either it's her and she's claiming she's elsewhere in Florida. . .
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I'm from the Panhandle too - lived there 26 years - and I know there aren't that many in the area either.
You're right, area codes there are 32.
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I've been part of the MLP community since the late 1990s. I had a website (inmytoybox.com and inmytoybox.net) for 8 years. I finally just got tired of selling, which is why it no longer exists. My site was pretty rinky-dink and I never made much money. LOL. I did more selling than trading, but I'm so lucky to have never run into her!
I Googled her name and found a Twitter account: *edit*
I'm assuming it's the correct Brooke Kutik because that's not a very common name, like "Michael Jones," or something.
*edit*
Her home address (in Wellington, FL) is listed.
* If my post is inappropriate, I apologize, and I'll totally understand if you edit or remove it. Please know that I don't intend to break any rules. :)
Edit: I shortened my post a bit. Thanks for removing the links, ponylady.
Please refrain from posting personal info about somebody, no matter who it may be! Thanks PonyLady
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Oh goodness that is scary Tap.
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Is it weird that her mugshot was EXACTLY how I pictured her?
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How sad that she hasn't matured in all these years. I wonder if any other scammers from 10+ years ago are still at it? I would hope they've moved on with their lives by now. Brooke will probably still be popping up in 2023...
Edit: I'm sorry, ponylady, for posting links. I won't do it again. I had put a link to her archived "Ponyland Police" page here and even though you didn't remove it, I decided to.
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That is scary. She reminds me of Casey Anthony.
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Please refrain from posting any personal information about said party. We are well aware of her past.
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If she lives in Wellington, I think it is very unlikely the person in Milton, Fl is her. I know Florida geography can be a little weird, but Florida is actually a really big state. Going from the South east to the Northwest of Florida would be like moving a state or two over. So it's a pretty big move. To put it simply, where I am in, Pensacola, Fl, which is about a 40 minute drive from Milton, is a TWELVE hour drive to Miami. Consequently, a drive to Wisconsin is 16hrs.
So, I'm going to say no. Not unless someone has bought and is getting packages from SE Florida when they're buying from this person!
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If she lives in Wellington, I think it is very unlikely the person in Milton, Fl is her. I know Florida geography can be a little weird, but Florida is actually a really big state. Going from the South east to the Northwest of Florida would be like moving a state or two over. So it's a pretty big move. To put it simply, where I am in, Pensacola, Fl, which is about a 40 minute drive from Milton, is a TWELVE hour drive to Miami. Consequently, a drive to Wisconsin is 16hrs.
So, I'm going to say no. Not unless someone has bought and is getting packages from SE Florida when they're buying from this person!
I am really confused as I am not sure how a matter of hours proves your point, because I have driven from Fort Meyers to Miami easily in a day. How do the hours prove she isn't who we think she is?
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Ft Meyers is not that far from Miami.
Milton to Miami is nearly 700miles.
It makes no sense to me that she would claim to be in Milton, and given that the account has good feedback, then she has a confirmed addressed in Milton, when she would really be living in Wellington, which is on the east coast.
That odd bidder with the ID Brookwhateverxxx is likely Brooke Kutik going by the zipcode.
However the seller? I'm going to say no. It doesn't make sense. Milton is some b(l)ackwater(that's actually what the area is called, Blackwater ) little town that most people in Florida, and anyone in the SE hasn't heard of. Honestly, it'd be more likely she said she was in Pensacola, or Tallahassee, or some other town that people might have a chance of knowing, and herself for that matter.
Besides that, the seller has said had sold the last of collection on her last listings, or I would've least had the courtesy to ask 'where in Milton she was,' and ask if I could 'pick up,' and see where that led, rather than accusing of her of being someone she might not be all because of factory made kitchen counters. :/
That's what started this. Kitchen counters and Florida, but the geography doesn't match up. It's not a couple of hours, it's a big drive away. It's one that takes an entire day for me, and I'm good at long distance drives and do Pensacola to Chicago quite often. In a day. It's not that much further from here in Pensacola to there in Wellington than it is from here from Pensacola to the midpoint of Illinois. So, why claim she was in Milton, Fl, when she could throw off all the scenthounds and claim she was in Tennessee or something?
Now what about this, think about this, that seller got shafted for what she was last selling because of her kitchen counters. Look at what were the last things she sold and look at the prices she got. Okay, maybe she could still be Brooke Kutik, but if she isn't? And no one could be bothered to ask anything, but only assumed because of an oddball bidder with a different screen name that did match up to being Brooke's, whereas the seller ID doesn't? That doesn't bode well for good karma to me.
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Ft Meyers is not that far from Miami.
Milton to Miami is nearly 700miles.
It makes no sense to me that she would claim to be in Milton, and given that the account has good feedback, then she has a confirmed addressed in Milton, when she would really be living in Wellington, which is on the east coast.
That odd bidder with the ID Brookwhateverxxx is likely Brooke Kutik going by the zipcode.
However the seller? I'm going to say no. It doesn't make sense. Milton is some b(l)ackwater(that's actually what the area is called, Blackwater ) little town that most people in Florida, and anyone in the SE hasn't heard of. Honestly, it'd be more likely she said she was in Pensacola, or Tallahassee, or some other town that people might have a chance of knowing, and herself for that matter.
Besides that, the seller has said had sold the last of collection on her last listings, or I would've least had the courtesy to ask 'where in Milton she was,' and ask if I could 'pick up,' and see where that led, rather than accusing of her of being someone she might not be all because of factory made kitchen counters. :/
That's what started this. Kitchen counters and Florida, but the geography doesn't match up. It's not a couple of hours, it's a big drive away. It's one that takes an entire day for me, and I'm good at long distance drives and do Pensacola to Chicago quite often. In a day. It's not that much further from here in Pensacola to there in Wellington than it is from here from Pensacola to the midpoint of Illinois. So, why claim she was in Milton, Fl, when she could throw off all the scenthounds and claim she was in Tennessee or something?
Now what about this, think about this, that seller got shafted for what she was last selling because of her kitchen counters. Look at what were the last things she sold and look at the prices she got. Okay, maybe she could still be Brooke Kutik, but if she isn't? And no one could be bothered to ask anything, but only assumed because of an oddball bidder with a different screen name that did match up to being Brooke's, whereas the seller ID doesn't? That doesn't bode well for good karma to me.
I just want to point out that no one on this thread has accused this seller of being this scammer. In fact quite the contrary. People have gone out of their way to say they didn't know for sure. Also for those that were concerned they were just trying to put puzzle pieces together. I never read an accusation being made and no one has done anything to this seller that is unjust from what I can tell just by wondering about the issue. Just saying. There have been comments made about Brooke herself but those were justified to bring up. There really isn't anything wrong with being concerned because of the nature of her past. As far as shafting the seller I am not sure where you are coming from on this. Who shafted this seller? My other question is why are you suggesting no one bothered to ask anything? Wasn't that what this thread was started for? To find out? Or do you mean ask the seller herself? Did you ask?
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I'm saying she got shafted on the prices of some of her ponies. A lot of her real rare ones did not go at all for the prices they should have or normally would have. She had an alt Birthflower go for under $200. ( and no one did get back to us about what ponies she(Brooke) had stolen to match with what Ponyknott was selling )
I just found the dismissal of the geography of the situation odd to say the least, when we people were focusing on the kitchen countertops. As I said, I think if she was going to suddenly change her tactics, she would've picked another state rather some podunk town in Florida to claim as her base of operations. Especially a place I'm thinking it's highly unlikely she's even heard of. I used to live in Milton, and when I would travel to Tampa or Jacksonville, I would tell people I lived in Pensacola ( I now do ) because they never had heard of Milton.
I've honestly been busy with life, else I would've asked myself, but as it is, I don't even much have the time to get my own things listed. Nor the internet, for that matter, so I had been off ebay in this last week and a half waiting for my phone net to turn over. Truthfully, I should probably have taken a little more time to ask, all I would've needed was her saying yep, come see me, or I live near *insert Milton feature here* and that would've likely solved the whole mess, because I honestly do not believe someone living in Southeast Fl would ever willingly move to Milton, Fl. :P To put it simply, the town is kind of special.
Concern is one thing, but I think several of the posts are implying it's her, especially most of the posts on the first page.
Welp, I know not to take pictures of my ponies on my countertops. Because that's almost exactly what my countertops look like, to be perfectly honest. But yes, I am suggesting that no one bothered to ask and most of the thread just devolved into stuff about Brooke Kutik rather than anything at all about finding out whether the seller was or wasn't, we just assumed from the first page on. I brought up Milton in the second page, was it? And there was just basically a shrug of the shoulder and back to Brooke Kutik and information on her ( which is fine and dandy ) but nothing much or much not proving that Ponyknott is or isn't.
Honestly, I find the geography more conclusive than I find the counter tops, but that's just me.
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Well, I'll say again that I don't know whether or not this seller is Brooke. Nor am I familiar with Florida geography. But one thing we do know is that Brooke is VERY sneaky and has made up lots of different identities and usernames in her ongoing efforts to rob collectors of their ponies, some of which were worth hundreds of dollars. So we as a community have to be on the lookout.
And Alt BF's can still go up to $300, but it's more common for them to sell for around $200 nowadays (I've gotten two NM ones for about $180 each, so the price of $177 wasn't that bad. The description said that one has stains under her feet, but didn't mention that the pony is fully rehaired. Right? I'm about 90% sure that hair is not original; it looks too long and limp to be original hair. Here's the link to the completed auction:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/My-Little-Pony-G1-alternate-birthflower-/290914054726?pt=TV_Movie_Character_Toys_US&hash=item43bbd43246&nma=true&si=wxX89nlIDgsoFOhzA5TCUOyRZrc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
But maybe the seller really didn't know; lots of people can't tell the difference. And it can be really hard to tell the difference.
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rehair for sure, so I don't really think the price was lower than it should be?(actually, for such an obvious rehair, that seems pretty high!)
only one of the auctions went for less than I'd expect, and that is the lot where the twins were misnamed( cherries jubilee with dibbles and nibbles), I would have expected that to go for $50+