Last year I was badly ripped off on a trade on this site by a user known as "Coolstud". He took about UK£100 worth of modern armour and needless to say his end of the deal never turned up.

The guy's name was Gilbert Myers and his address was in Houston. Having read a few threads about the notorious Ken Myers I can see that Coolstud is undoubtedly Ken Myers using a different Christian name. I also notice Coolstud has been posting on this site as recently as last month.

BEWARE!!!

Yeah, Coolstud was already outed awhile back.

Has anyone tried to get this guy busted? He must have taken thousands of dollars worth of kits from people now. Surely the Houston police or the postal inspector could pursue this man?

Yup, he's already been prosecuted and served jail time. Looks like he may be back to his old ways though. Be careful.

So if I contacated Houston PD they should have a record of him?

As stated, he was identified here a few times this year. Here is one of the earlier threads. In this thread there is a link to a HyperScale thread. That thread had a contact link with the proper authorities to deal with this person.

Unfortunately, you may not get your money or merchandise, but your added complaint may help provide him with temporary lodging at tax payers expense.

http://modelgeek.kitmaker.net/forums/73772#619019

Guys like this make it hard for everyone to do business. Its why I do so many refunds when Im behind, because of guys like him, it dosnt matter what you say if your having production or distribution problems. Because theyre really are guys like him that evidently set out to scam. So nobody ends up trusting each other and we all lose to an extent. Point being, it transcends him ripping guys off. Guys like him give the guy to guy market an untrustworthy element altogether

Thanks guys. That link was really useful.