Porsche Spare Parts Specialist on Facebook

[Racerbvd]

Anyone ever heard of them?
Supposedly they are located in San Francisco, but other than than Facebook, nothing shows up.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091788285052&mibextid=ZbWKwL

[EC900]

Seems suspicious and odd, every picture is taken in a different room or facility and the assortment is quite broad.
Parts broker maybe, but a heck of a way to buy. I’d certainly pass on this sort of purchase arrangement.

[70SATMan]

He has the Same early 911 wood wheel pictures as the ad last week suspected to be a scammer. So, probably another scammer or someone trying to broker and is just scraping others ads.

Wouldn’t bother.

[Jim2]

Scammers like those tool kits, I've always wondered why.

Note one item priced in GBP, the pound symbol. No American residing inside usa would make that mistake.

Edit, overnight they moved! No longer in SF, now in Chandler AZ. Chandler Porsche.

[Funracer]

Originally Posted by 70SATMan

He has the Same early 911 wood wheel pictures as the ad last week suspected to be a scammer. So, probably another scammer or someone trying to broker and is just scraping others ads.

Wouldn’t bother.

I won’t buy anything from a FB ad again. Google is full of them too.

I fell for one of those last year. Website was sharp and convincing. They have every part there is in their search tab, for every car on earth, price too good to be true. Thirty day return policy etc etc.

Number one tipoff after I started getting suspicious. I will never send money to a company again that does not have verifiable street address and phone number on the website. Under “contact us” was an email that no one responds too.

Map the address. Call the number. If a person answers ask a few questions.

Now I only shop parts at places and websites we all know. Amazon has product reviews and eBay has seller ratings, both have pretty rock solid returns or dispute resolution policies that work well. FB and Google have nothing. You are on your own.

Be careful out there. Even on the Pelican Classifieds.

[Funracer]

Clicked on the link you posted. Has address and phone.

Buy something and let us know how it goes!

[Racerbvd]

Well, when it was stated that they were in San Francisco, I mentioned that I had a friend who owes me a favor, then they were relocated to Arizona and I said that I have another friend who lives in the same town, and would check them out for me.
As if the ad with the price in pounds wasn't enough. And then they changed cities yet again. My friend in Arizona is also trying for get a physical address with no luck.
So I went ahead and reported them as a fraudulent business.

[rbogh901]

Tell them you are a pilot and you can fly anywhere .

[tmsautoart]

I love how their one review is from an obviously fake account with 0 posts and two generic pics.

[MrBonus]

I feel like a bunch of similar accounts have attempted to follow me on Instagram. I let the first one follow me, but when another then another tried, I blocked them all. Then I got a request from a Lotus parts reseller.

It all stinks of another scam.

[tmsautoart]

I also clicked on the pic in the profile. It opens up and you can see the name on a placard: "Pete Twyman Porsche Sales". When I searched his name it came up as Pete Twyman at Paragon Porsche in the UK. Shot them an email just to let him know a fraudulent Facebook account is using his picture.