Hello Everyone,
I want to let all arcade enthusiasts know on Arcade Projects about a seller that I dealt with his name is Omar Fernandez on Facebook aka Candy Cab King on instagram and his Paypal name is Horacio Hernandez. Here is my terrible experience I want to share.
I reached out to him through Facebook messenger on Jan 1, 2022 and wanted help in purchasing an arcade machine. We exchanged messages and calls back and forth for two months until he showed me over FaceTime a rare cab he was willing to sell to me here in Canada because I just don’t come across any Japanese candy cabs over here and I have lived in Canada my whole life.
The cab was a Japanese Capcom Q25 rotation mechanism cab that he was willing to restore for me. I said “for sure, how long would it take?” He replied “around 4 months.”
So we agreed on a price and I paid him on March 4, 2022 $5500usd through paypal.
Fast forward to 3 months June 28, 2022 I messaged him “Hey bro how’s it going? How’s the cab coming along?.”
His response was “Hey buddy i'm at a party
I have been slowly giving peoples cabs
And this week I'm working on yours as well
Thanks for been patient.” I responded back “Cool thanks man.”
July 1, 2022
I messaged him “Do you happen to have any pics of my cab? Would like too see the progress as it has been 3 months if that's ok?.”
His response was “When you get a chance send me your PayPal info.”
I called him shortly and I told him I really want this cab completed and I trust him 100 percent to complete it.
Spoke on the phone and agreed he would have my cab fully completed by Sept 19, 2022.
Sept 19, 2022 comes along and still not finished my cab.
Oct 16, 2022
Messages me that his wife’s sister had a medical concern and me being in the medical field myself I felt so bad and told him to let me know once he will be working on the cab again.
Nov 15, 2022
I messaged him and we agreed that Dec 9, 2022 cab to be fully completed.
Dec 15, 2022
He messages me that a family member passed away suddenly and I felt bad for him.
Jan 20, 2023
He messages me “cab is almost done.” I message him back “stop sending me pictures of other people’s cabs that you have completed and that I want to see pics of mine.”His response “In 5 days you will get pics of your cab I'll make it happen this time.”
5 days go by Jan 26, 2023
I messaged him “You finished it yet?”
His response “You're getting pics Monday afternoon Saturday and Sunday don't count
Cause i'm not there I ask for 5 business days.”
Never received any pics on that following Monday at all from him. It’s now been 11 months.
Jan 31, 2023 I sent him this message:
I know you have but if the roles were reversed, you would definitely become impatient too. If you told me it was going to take you 11 months or almost a year from the start I would have not done this deal. You need to understand where I am coming from.
You keep giving me completion dates but you keep postponing them which is not cool.
The other frustrating thing also is you keep showing me other completed cabs for other customers but you don't show me anything of my cab.
If I was completing a cab and give a customer a completion date I would abide to it no questions asked. Maybe postpone once but not like 5 times man.
I need to know now when will this cab be fully finished exact date so I can setup shipping through Beltmann?
His response “Just to clarify
I'm not doing a rush job on your cab
And i'm about to finish it You're welcome to give me a bad review or feedback.”
Me in my own head, who even says that to someone….
Feb 17, 2023
I messaged him “Man I have been waiting so long for this cab to be completed. What day can I setup shipping? I need a date.”
His response “By next week
But i don't know the exact day, they know who I am they always come here.”
I messaged him “But it will be for sure next week pickup because I really don't want to wait longer.”
His response was “about 9 days for sure.”
He ignored me for 10 days.
Then he responded to me Feb 27, 2023
“I will contact you shortly
To confirm when they pick up is
No offense but you do not choose
When it gets pick
Up And to be clear i'm not ignoring you
I just didn't have a straight answer.”
I responded back “what date? I have been waiting patiently for over a year and you send me no pics and videos of my cab.”
I paid Beltmann $1000usd to pick up the cab from his house on March 3, 2023.
His response was “Let me call Michelle as I have other cabs for her to pick first and she knows I’m legit and won’t do anything dumb.”
March 3, 2023
Omar calls Beltmann to cancel the order behind my back and insists the cab will be completed on March 13, 2023 for pickup.
March 13, 2023
Beltmann attempted to pick up the cab from his house again but Omar canceled it by calling beltmann again.
March 20, 2023
Beltmann attempted again for pickup from his house but Omar sends an email to Michelle stating he has Covid and is getting better so Beltmann does not proceed.
March 21, 2023 I asked him “Is the cab completed.” His response “Yes.”
I asked him to send me pics and videos of it working but says he can’t because it’s raining. I said just take the pics and videos inside your garage man.
March 27, 2023
I messaged him this “Hey man Beltmann reached out to me and they will be picking up the cab from your place this week. Please give them the cab as I have waited so long for this and very excited to see it soon.”
“Beltmann said they left you a voicemail please call them back right away.”
No response from Omar.
March 28, 2023
I messaged him “Michelle has sent you an email man. Please call them back and respond to the email. They want to pick up my cab and they are getting frustrated with you! The cab is complete so give them it man. I don't need to be the middleman.”
Hey man what the hell is going on? You have postponed since March 13, 2023 and you have cancelled pickup 3 times with Beltmann and now I get an email from Michelle saying about Covid....YOU KEEP MAKING EXCUSES! Even Michelle is like what the heck is Horacio doing??? If you don't give me my cab I will have to resort legally through my lawyer.” “$6500 usd is my hard earned money.” “You said by end of the week for pickup or Monday but now it's Tuesday still no pics, no videos no nothing! Why do you keep doing this man? This is not right at all!”
I messaged him this “You have 2 options Omar as I have lost complete trust and patience with you and so has Michelle from Beltmann.
1. Give me my cab through Beltmann by this Friday March 31, 2023 for pickup or I will be contacting Police and Authorities and they will be after you for stolen goods because I have not received anything yet.
2. Refund me full amount of $5500usd into Canadian dollars which amounts too $7480 Canadian dollars immediately through my paypal email address. I hope to have your decision soon.
He responded “Send me your paypal and you could call me out on the groups as well.”
In my head, this guy has no shame and does not care about me or the arcade community.
I messaged him this “Michelle and Beltmann don't want to deal with you anymore neither do I. You did this to yourself!”
His response “I will call paypal tomorrow.”
I responded with sending him my paypal information and giving him till March 31, 2023 to send me back all my money.
March 30, 2023
Omar and I had a civil conversation over Facebook messenger call for 10 min and he rest assured I was not going to be scammed by him and that he will return all my money $5500usd through my paypal account on March 31, 2023.
March 31, 2023
Attempted to call Omar numerous times throughout the day and sent messages about where my money is and sent him this final message for him “No calls, text, refund and nothing. You leave me no choice but to contact Police and Authorities in LA.
What will your family and kids think of how you stole my hard earned money of $5500usd and have not returned a cent to me? Do the right thing man!”
Omar Fernandez (Horacio Hernandez) Aka Candy Cab King might be an arcade enthusiast and a friend to people in the arcade community but what he has done to me is unforgivable. He straight out took my money $5500usd and ghosted me. No calls, texts no nothing. I have reported him on paypal security team and they are aware of his actions. I have also contacted my credit card company and filed a dispute about the transaction and most likely will get a full refund but that is yet to be determined. I have contacted Michelle in Beltmann and they will be giving me back a refund of $1000usd for shipping fee since they never picked up the cab from his house and now Beltmann has blacklisted him and he will not be able to ship or receive any cabs from them anymore. I have contacted local police and there will be charges laid against him!
I hope the Moderators on this site ban him on all social media platforms Facebook, Discord, Instagram, KLOV and Arcade Projects as no one should go through what I have gone through.
I thank you all for taking the time to read all this. Be very careful out there when purchasing anything arcade related.
A word of advice, have nothing to do with this guy!
Thank you.
Dekken.
I want to let all arcade enthusiasts know on Arcade Projects about a seller that I dealt with his name is Omar Fernandez on Facebook aka Candy Cab King on instagram and his Paypal name is Horacio Hernandez. Here is my terrible experience I want to share.
I reached out to him through Facebook messenger on Jan 1, 2022 and wanted help in purchasing an arcade machine. We exchanged messages and calls back and forth for two months until he showed me over FaceTime a rare cab he was willing to sell to me here in Canada because I just don’t come across any Japanese candy cabs over here and I have lived in Canada my whole life.
The cab was a Japanese Capcom Q25 rotation mechanism cab that he was willing to restore for me. I said “for sure, how long would it take?” He replied “around 4 months.”
So we agreed on a price and I paid him on March 4, 2022 $5500usd through paypal.
Fast forward to 3 months June 28, 2022 I messaged him “Hey bro how’s it going? How’s the cab coming along?.”
His response was “Hey buddy i'm at a party
I have been slowly giving peoples cabs
And this week I'm working on yours as well
Thanks for been patient.” I responded back “Cool thanks man.”
July 1, 2022
I messaged him “Do you happen to have any pics of my cab? Would like too see the progress as it has been 3 months if that's ok?.”
His response was “When you get a chance send me your PayPal info.”
I called him shortly and I told him I really want this cab completed and I trust him 100 percent to complete it.
Spoke on the phone and agreed he would have my cab fully completed by Sept 19, 2022.
Sept 19, 2022 comes along and still not finished my cab.
Oct 16, 2022
Messages me that his wife’s sister had a medical concern and me being in the medical field myself I felt so bad and told him to let me know once he will be working on the cab again.
Nov 15, 2022
I messaged him and we agreed that Dec 9, 2022 cab to be fully completed.
Dec 15, 2022
He messages me that a family member passed away suddenly and I felt bad for him.
Jan 20, 2023
He messages me “cab is almost done.” I message him back “stop sending me pictures of other people’s cabs that you have completed and that I want to see pics of mine.”His response “In 5 days you will get pics of your cab I'll make it happen this time.”
5 days go by Jan 26, 2023
I messaged him “You finished it yet?”
His response “You're getting pics Monday afternoon Saturday and Sunday don't count
Cause i'm not there I ask for 5 business days.”
Never received any pics on that following Monday at all from him. It’s now been 11 months.
Jan 31, 2023 I sent him this message:
I know you have but if the roles were reversed, you would definitely become impatient too. If you told me it was going to take you 11 months or almost a year from the start I would have not done this deal. You need to understand where I am coming from.
You keep giving me completion dates but you keep postponing them which is not cool.
The other frustrating thing also is you keep showing me other completed cabs for other customers but you don't show me anything of my cab.
If I was completing a cab and give a customer a completion date I would abide to it no questions asked. Maybe postpone once but not like 5 times man.
I need to know now when will this cab be fully finished exact date so I can setup shipping through Beltmann?
His response “Just to clarify
I'm not doing a rush job on your cab
And i'm about to finish it You're welcome to give me a bad review or feedback.”
Me in my own head, who even says that to someone….
Feb 17, 2023
I messaged him “Man I have been waiting so long for this cab to be completed. What day can I setup shipping? I need a date.”
His response “By next week
But i don't know the exact day, they know who I am they always come here.”
I messaged him “But it will be for sure next week pickup because I really don't want to wait longer.”
His response was “about 9 days for sure.”
He ignored me for 10 days.
Then he responded to me Feb 27, 2023
“I will contact you shortly
To confirm when they pick up is
No offense but you do not choose
When it gets pick
Up And to be clear i'm not ignoring you
I just didn't have a straight answer.”
I responded back “what date? I have been waiting patiently for over a year and you send me no pics and videos of my cab.”
I paid Beltmann $1000usd to pick up the cab from his house on March 3, 2023.
His response was “Let me call Michelle as I have other cabs for her to pick first and she knows I’m legit and won’t do anything dumb.”
March 3, 2023
Omar calls Beltmann to cancel the order behind my back and insists the cab will be completed on March 13, 2023 for pickup.
March 13, 2023
Beltmann attempted to pick up the cab from his house again but Omar canceled it by calling beltmann again.
March 20, 2023
Beltmann attempted again for pickup from his house but Omar sends an email to Michelle stating he has Covid and is getting better so Beltmann does not proceed.
March 21, 2023 I asked him “Is the cab completed.” His response “Yes.”
I asked him to send me pics and videos of it working but says he can’t because it’s raining. I said just take the pics and videos inside your garage man.
March 27, 2023
I messaged him this “Hey man Beltmann reached out to me and they will be picking up the cab from your place this week. Please give them the cab as I have waited so long for this and very excited to see it soon.”
“Beltmann said they left you a voicemail please call them back right away.”
No response from Omar.
March 28, 2023
I messaged him “Michelle has sent you an email man. Please call them back and respond to the email. They want to pick up my cab and they are getting frustrated with you! The cab is complete so give them it man. I don't need to be the middleman.”
Hey man what the hell is going on? You have postponed since March 13, 2023 and you have cancelled pickup 3 times with Beltmann and now I get an email from Michelle saying about Covid....YOU KEEP MAKING EXCUSES! Even Michelle is like what the heck is Horacio doing??? If you don't give me my cab I will have to resort legally through my lawyer.” “$6500 usd is my hard earned money.” “You said by end of the week for pickup or Monday but now it's Tuesday still no pics, no videos no nothing! Why do you keep doing this man? This is not right at all!”
I messaged him this “You have 2 options Omar as I have lost complete trust and patience with you and so has Michelle from Beltmann.
1. Give me my cab through Beltmann by this Friday March 31, 2023 for pickup or I will be contacting Police and Authorities and they will be after you for stolen goods because I have not received anything yet.
2. Refund me full amount of $5500usd into Canadian dollars which amounts too $7480 Canadian dollars immediately through my paypal email address. I hope to have your decision soon.
He responded “Send me your paypal and you could call me out on the groups as well.”
In my head, this guy has no shame and does not care about me or the arcade community.
I messaged him this “Michelle and Beltmann don't want to deal with you anymore neither do I. You did this to yourself!”
His response “I will call paypal tomorrow.”
I responded with sending him my paypal information and giving him till March 31, 2023 to send me back all my money.
March 30, 2023
Omar and I had a civil conversation over Facebook messenger call for 10 min and he rest assured I was not going to be scammed by him and that he will return all my money $5500usd through my paypal account on March 31, 2023.
March 31, 2023
Attempted to call Omar numerous times throughout the day and sent messages about where my money is and sent him this final message for him “No calls, text, refund and nothing. You leave me no choice but to contact Police and Authorities in LA.
What will your family and kids think of how you stole my hard earned money of $5500usd and have not returned a cent to me? Do the right thing man!”
Omar Fernandez (Horacio Hernandez) Aka Candy Cab King might be an arcade enthusiast and a friend to people in the arcade community but what he has done to me is unforgivable. He straight out took my money $5500usd and ghosted me. No calls, texts no nothing. I have reported him on paypal security team and they are aware of his actions. I have also contacted my credit card company and filed a dispute about the transaction and most likely will get a full refund but that is yet to be determined. I have contacted Michelle in Beltmann and they will be giving me back a refund of $1000usd for shipping fee since they never picked up the cab from his house and now Beltmann has blacklisted him and he will not be able to ship or receive any cabs from them anymore. I have contacted local police and there will be charges laid against him!
I hope the Moderators on this site ban him on all social media platforms Facebook, Discord, Instagram, KLOV and Arcade Projects as no one should go through what I have gone through.
I thank you all for taking the time to read all this. Be very careful out there when purchasing anything arcade related.
A word of advice, have nothing to do with this guy!
Thank you.
Dekken.
We in Europe, and especially Sweden, are spoiled rotten since we had a huge operator running different SNK cabs on location here. Another one was a massive importer of PCB's from all over the world selling to operators of generic woodie cabs.