Bubby Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I'd ordered from MasterCasters before, so, a little over ONE year ago, I ordered the CF-105 detail sets from MasterCasters. I contacted them on several occasions, and Jay and Roberta always had excuses; the patterns were being updated, the mold maker broke his hand or something, problems with this that and the other thing! I was patient! Then, I realized that the one year anniversary of my order was coming up. I managed to get in contact with Roberta, after many tries! The phone number listed on their website was not in service! Finally reached Roberta, after trying to reach Jay at Scale Aircraft Modeller, and through his buddy Jamie Haggo. Roberta was apologetic, asked me to give them one last chance and give them another 30 days. What option did I have? Too late to file any Paypal or credit card dispute, so I waited! Anyway, 30 days have come and gone, no contact, no refund, no product! Absolute rubbish customer service! Don't know what's up with them but they sure have a way with people! I've given up on ever receiving my product or a refund, so Jay and Roberta have taken me for a ride and I guess their having a good laugh! I Jay used my 66 GBP to partially pay for his new tablet he raves about in this months SAM! DO NOT BUY FROM THEM DIRECTLY!!! IT'S NOW OVER ONE YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN WAITING! AGAIN! DO NOT BUY FROM THEM DIRECTLY! VERY DISHONEST TRADER! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantomdriver Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 (edited) A friend of mine posted the link on FB, he's been online there today, and never responded, hardly surprising, he's pissed as a fart in Wilsndorf today... https://www.facebook.com/jay.laverty Edited April 26, 2014 by phantomdriver Quote Link to post Share on other sites
82Whitey51 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I hope it works out for you... But in the meantime, can you explain to this Yank the meaning here; "...pissed as a fart in Wilsndorf". That is funny! By pissed I gather you mean drunk (here pissed usually means mad). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantomdriver Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Exactly..... B) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kenlilly106 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 I had a similar problem a couple of years ago after I first learned of the CF-105 sets. Ordered the gear bays and intakes and waited and then I got a message about the molds, and the caster, etc., all in all very similar to your story. After about a month I asked for a refund which I got in a few days, but I ended up losing $5 on the deal because the exchange rate had changed in between when I ordered and when he refunded my money. Never again. Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SBARC Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 I just removed them from the ARC links pages. I do not want ARC to be involved in sending business their way if this is the way they operate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Harrier/Viper Fan Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Shame you are having a problem, I guess I have to find a new magazine as this guy is editor of the UK SAM :(. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darius at home Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 (edited) I stopped buying (and reading) SAM shortly after he took over as editor. The style changed IMHO for the worse - it seems to lose its integrity. I guess this story comes as no surprise. Darius Edited May 10, 2014 by Darius at home Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantomdriver Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Thinking back, I would , at least file a report to Ebay/ Paypal regardless, including ALL correspondence , so that the facts are known, particularly all the excuses etc..... In any event , as good as Jamie Haggo may be, I would NEVER take that as a reassurance in relation to the process.... As a side note I noticed he spent most of the weekend at Scale Model World in Telford getting progressively pissed out of his brains,as were a lot of others gathering around one of the stands he was at.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ygbsm Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Hi, I want to report my experience dealing with Jay Laverty, a.k.a. Mastercasters, a.k.a. Iroquois Models. In June of 2017 I ordered and paid for four resin detail sets from Jay Laverty. They were to be delivered in Sept 2017 because Jay explained he was finishing up new masters for some of the sets. But he assured me Sept 2017 was more than enough time to complete the sets. Sept 2017 rolled around and I got nothing. After repeated excuses he finally shipped two of the sets. To date (April 2019) I have not received anything else from Jay. No refund. No parts I ordered. I did earn myself a block from all communications from Jay Laverty after continual reminders upset him I suppose. Let this be a firm warning. Do not deal with Jay Laverty. He has stolen money from many individuals and he'll do it to you too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hubbie Marsten Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 So sorry to hear about all the modellers who got scammed by this lamey Laverty crook. Does anybody know where he could be found in person these days? I take it that this Roberta is his wife? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 On 11/7/2019 at 2:01 PM, Hubbie Marsten said: So sorry to hear about all the modellers who got scammed by this lamey Laverty crook. Does anybody know where he could be found in person these days? I take it that this Roberta is his wife? you can find him on Facebook, easy enough Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hubbie Marsten Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 If I only did Facebook. I meant a place where I could meet with him face to face. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mungo1974 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 (edited) . Edited April 28, 2020 by mungo1974 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hubbie Marsten Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Really...??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CF104 Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Looks like I could have benefited from this post if I saw it sooner. I placed a direct order on Nov. 15, 2019 for some CF-100 resin items and paid with PayPal. Never received an order or shipping confirmation from MasterCasters. I tried contacting them twice via email in mid December to get an update but didn't get any replies. I had to forward the PayPal transaction to Jay and he finally replied and said the order will go out on Dec. 20, 2019, a full 5 weeks after the order was placed. There was no PayPal shipping confirmation or tracking information supplied. His excuse was that his email spam filters blocked my emails. Fast forward to Feb. 2020 and I had tried 3 times to contact Jay with no response. Twice via email and once via the Contact Us link on his site. No reply, even to the Contact Us link. I initiated a PayPal claim on Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, and he finally replied through the PayPal resolution centre and sounded surprised that the order never made it here. I wasn't surprised after reading this post. He agreed to "resend" the order but in the process failed to obtain any tracking number. I've got a PayPal shipping notice but no tracking information and have until the end of Feb. 29/2020 to escalate the claim. Without tracking, it's pretty inevitable that the claim will bet escalated. At this point, after 3 months, I have lost any hope of seeing the product. Cheers, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HaroldK Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Hi All, I placed and order directly with Iroquois Resin in early April. My order took just over a month to arrive. Harold Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OKolář Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 (edited) Nyní na tomto místě najdete zloděje https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23418964.suffolk-lowestoft-man-jailed-five-years-child-sex-offences/ Edited April 11, 2023 by OKolář Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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