TrainXchange (now - TrainSource)- They Steal Your Trains

FORMERLY
TrainXchange

In 2008
(For The 4th Time)

THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR NAME AGAIN
 FROM TRAINXCHANGE
TO:
TrainSource
They are using the blue header depicted
at the top of this page with the Santa Fe engine
and blinking signals

THESE ARE THE SAME CROOKS -- DIFFERENT NAME:
PASS THE MESSAGE AND URL ALONG ON THE BOARDS!
http://www.trainxchange.com/

THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF SCAMS ON THE INTERNET TODAY
BUT, THIS ONE STEALS FROM KIDS AND HONEST COLLECTORS

This outfit operates out of a Houston, Texas mail drop.

They solicite consignments and agree to appraise train sets,
offering to sell them and send you the money.  Once they get your
antiques -- you don't hear from them OR get your trains back!!

They have a very professional looking site, but are unprofessional in their
dealings with the general public, i.e. - they steal from you!

How Do We Know?  My young daughter lost over $1,500 worth Lionel
trains which she hoped to sell so that she could buy newer
ones that she could operate on a regular basis!

We followed the Xchange's instructions, packed up my daughter's
trains and sent them off --- that was last fall.
NO TRAINS - NO MONEY
My daughter keeps asking me why these people would steal
her trains and I have no answer.

AND THE TRAIN EXCHANGE PEOPLE HAVE
A DOZEN EXCUSES AS TO WHY THEY CAN'T ANSWER THEIR
PHONE OR RESPOND TO EMAIL INQUIRIES---
ALL TYPICAL OF CON ARTISTS AND CROOKS!

SO--BEWARE OF THESE CROOKS
THEY CHANGE THEIR NAMES AS FOLKS CATCH ON!
Vintage Lionel TrainXchange
changed to
Lionel TrainXchange
changed to
TrainXchange
and are now doing business as:
TrainSource©

Formal Complaints HAVE been filed with the Texas Attorney General
HOWEVER
THE TEXAS A.G. DOES NOT CONSIDER THIS CRIME
BEING WORTHY OF PROSECUTION
(THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS TOO LOW)

THIS, DESPITE HAVING DOCUMENTED
OVER $30,000 IN STOLEN TRAINS FROM
FOLKS IN 15 DIFFERENT STATES!

NO WONDER ENRON CHOSE TO OPERATE IN TEXAS

SO MUCH FOR TEXAS JUSTICE!

Important 2009 Update:

THIS OUTFIT AND THEIR OWNER, BILL WHITE, ARE NOW SELLING THEIR STOLEN PROPERTY ON eBAY.
SO BEWARE OF THEIR SO-CALLED "GOOD DEALS"!
YOU ARE PROBABLY BIDDING ON SOMEONE'S STOLEN PROPERTY.

CROOKED BILL WHITE HAS A NEW APPROACH RIPPING YOU OFF
WHEN YOU ORDER SOMETHING INEXPENSIVE - HE PROMPTLY SHIPS IT.

THEN, WHEN YOU PLACE AN ORDER FOR EXPENSIVE STUFF
HE KEEPS THE MONEY - NO ANSWER TO YOUR EMAILS
AND HIS VOICE MAILBOX IS ALWAYS FULL
THIS IS HIS LATEST GAMBIT

LATEST UPDATE (Sept 2009) ON "BILL" WHITE
FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN CHEATED
YOU CAN FIND HIM AT HIS HOME ADDRESS:
Charles W. "Bill" White
        3224 Ella Lee Lane
        Houston, TX  77019
        Home phone 713-528-3225
        Trainxchange phone 713-528-3350
        "Orders-TrainSource" orders@trainxchange.com

        The mailing address of his front company (a Houston maildrop):
    Consignment Sale Trust
        P.O. Box 130241
        Houston, TX  77219

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONTACT ME AT:
Dr. Jim Clary
manzanovalph@earthlink.net
Manzano Valley Wildfowl Trust
Los Lunas, NM 87031

Their Server is
GHG Internet Services
  1100 Hercules Ave Ste 290
       Houston TX 77058-2760

This server is aware of the Train Xchange's illegal activities
but allows them to continue.  It makes you wonder
if they get a "piece of the action",
since they are also in Houston, Texas .

Last Update:  November 1, 2009