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Sorry to hear this, I will just say: a $960 lesson on NEVER leave ebay to pay when you try to get something on ebay
Yes, exactly that!
If the seller wants to sell you something outside of eBay and you found the product on eBay, then something stinks.
You must always be suspicious. If you are not suspicious then this happens to you.
Scammer uses spectraip. You promote spectraip funny how life works isn't it.
Scammers, 1 year back we renewed 2 domains and invoices vanished and nothing was renewed!
34$ vanished and not added to our balance!
tickets opened no replies, 1 year passed had to renew my third domain and you didn't after payment was made then you added 13$ to my balance after waiting 2 weeks in ticket section!
Transferred Away!
come on !!
scammers!
Yeah they boot, but when issues happens Lucas walter vanish with Simon..
LOL
Indeed, we thought, having done some research on his company, that it was something clean, but... nothing is ever clean. A little more research (after being scammed) revealed more.... We were naive.
The ones on Phanes.cloud of course... why sell servers that don't cause any problems, especially at 300€ each
We have opened a file with our bank but, as you know, some European banks and especially some French banks are a little slow on these issues.
Yes, you're right... And it stings to admit it
> @Kolestor said:
Oh, very interesting
Welcome to the team! 
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No, seriously, good luck... unfortunately, after some research, Simon does indeed hide behind certain people and certain “spectres”
By the way, I can't communicate about this because SpectraIP explicitly told me in emails that they'd sue me if I link SpectraIP (Lucas) & Simon in a saltier post on LinkedIn
Please note the : "We have not done business with each other in any form."
We have not done business with each other in any form.
A quick look at Simon Bakker & Lucas Wouters' LinkedIn profiles...
Translation : Simon Bakker has a lot of knowledge and experience in the field of server management and hosting. Definitely recommended.
Translation : Lucas Wouters is someone who has a lot of experience with servers, hosting and marketing.
Maybe he meant that we would never start a business together?
By the way, surprisingly, but perhaps coincidentally (No)
Lucas & Simon backed Elad Cohen for a RIPE nomination. (I'll let you do your own research on Elad Cohen, but it's pretty interesting and we'll look into it).
https://mailman.ripe.net/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/F74GBCEBUJZETZR22HDKRQVC44CNQD2G/
https://mailman.ripe.net/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/H2MDYMFKJS2MUZEW7DFBMWU6
And all within 5 minutes... a coincidence
Read this article to find out more about Sijmen Klaas Bakker (SKB Enterprise) & SpectraIP:
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/350973-man-connected-to-african-ip-address-heist-running-for-board-position-at-european-ip-address-organisation.html
Do you have any supporting evidence like email messages or at least screenshots?
I don't think it's nice to put other people in this. So there is one name and surname of the person who sold the items. That person is solely responsible and no one else.
It doesn't matter who is friends with whom, what matters is the name of the person who did it.
In this specific case, the only person responsible is Sijmen Klaas Bakker. It's stupid to drag other people into this buying and selling.
but yes you are mentioning and promoting them
https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/203604/why-is-this-website-hosting-sales-ugly#latest
https://www.trustpilot.com/review/skb-enterprise.com
https://www.trustpilot.com/review/spectraip.net
https://www.trustpilot.com/review/phanes.cloud
They market as bulletproof, and when you order (Simply get nothing or get your domain stolen if transferred when service is delivered) - when issues happen no one replies
https://my.phanes.cloud/index.php?rp=/store/bulletproof-vps
Always buy parts from local shops where you can test and have warranty
Talking about childish and pathetic while having facebook pages full of Nazi symbols and hosting for right wing degenerate fucks.
well this took a turn
I have not seen all the things, Simon's history or anything like that. But as far as the servers go: I did buy 6 servers from this batch a couple months ago and they all work. Some did require a CMOS reset, and one worked after a bios update (would not boot before) but they all work. I picked them up myself so shipping damage may be the cause in your case. Either way, he is not selling broken servers from what I've seen. The only annoying thing were the awful stickers on every piece of hardware: ram, case, cooler that were annoying to peel off and left paper.
... in a negative context.
I don't see SpectraIP marketing as bulletproof unless I am missing something. And their prices aren't "bulletproof" either.
It's strange that in our batch of 15+ servers there are so many defective ones. We've already done everything you say & nothing works.
And as far as I can tell, the servers were pretty well packed by Simon, and the box was really intact.
When did you buy the servers?
March 8, 2025.
he just counted 6 servers from the top of the stack and I took those home. i'd be surprised if the other servers are broken, these were servers used by his hosting company afaik, there is no reason for them to be broken really.
-Tim
When we tell you that all three are non-functional, it’s because they truly are. There’s no reason to cast doubt on what we’re saying or make insinuations, what would we gain from that? We’ve spent hours trying every possible solution, without success.
We had a real need for these servers, and if they were really functional, believe me, they'd already be in production.
scammer gets scammed? karma?
I'm not casting doubt on what you are saying because you are saying it. I just saw this tread, noticed that I bought servers from this same batch as well, and they all work. And because of the way the first post was phrased; Calling not just out the company but the owner by name and calling him out to be a scammer (not possibly, not unproven, no doubt at all, just a scammer) I just replied with my experience in the exact same case.
P.S.
Why would you say "There’s no reason to cast doubt on what we’re saying" if your initial post says "If anyone else has had experiences with this vendor (positive or negative), feel free to share them.....". It sounds like you are just looking for negative opinions. Either way, I'm neutral in this; I bought 6 servers in the same sense (but on a Dutch marketplace instead of eBay), I picked them up, tested them, and they work. I was just bringing in some nuance. I'm not saying that your experience did not happen, just that it does not sound like a scam to me. The biggest red-flag I saw in your post was moving of eBay, but Simon provided a reasonable explanation for it. And it is not like you paid, and got nothing, he actually went through the trouble of packing and shipping a server. As you are off eBay he could just as easily sent you a brick or nothing at all.
-Tim
Good to learn it was really red flag when the seller start to move payment from ebay to outside, you cant ask for return. I can say the seller was known their hardware are fully trash thats why the ask you pay outside ebay.
Nice try
But this person (that i know) is someone who stole my nickname (my name is not jordanbruneau by the way)
GET OUT
Tim, thank you for your message.
I was asking for experiences whether positive or negative with Simon / SKB, not people who doubt that servers we bought are not really dysfunctional, nuances.
Clown. It's obvious that it's you, you even run a site where you sell the exact same type of product that you stole.
My God, you're talking about things you don't even know about and it's getting really ridiculous. The Minecraft resources I sell on my site with my nickname: greshyme, have nothing to do with this McMarket usurpation & banning story and it's terrible to have to write this here on a thread that has absolutely nothing to do with it.
(strange that you did so much research by the way 👀)