Ripped Off on eBay!

[Almeister]

The smaller the town, the better. Leroy sounds small, so thats a plus. Paypal accounts have to be linked to a valid checking account, and thats the best place for the cops to look.

It is small. When someone answered the phone I asked if I called the police station and the woman on the phone said, "you called the police station, fire station, & ambulance." How classic.

[50 cal]

Use the AO Army. It helped me recover an RT classic body a guy owed me in Michigan.

BTW, thanks Michigan AOers for the help.

[Steelrat]

Keep in mind that he might not even be there. It is entirely possible to spoof ebay. Did you use a credit card for your ebay purchase?

[Almeister]

Keep in mind that he might not even be there. It is entirely possible to spoof ebay. Did you use a credit card for your ebay purchase?

Hopefully the local cops can get his correct address from Paypal since he does have to have a valid bank account linked to his Paypal account. Yes, I did use a credit card. I called my CC company and they are going to send me an afadavit to sign and have notarized then hopefully I will get my money back.

[eNder159]

there is no town in NY that is called Le Roy...there is one called Leroy though...also only 4 howards listed in Leroy

ya there is one in ny called LeRoy its in rochester..i pass by it everytime i take the thruway going back downstate...


YO you got me to knock on their door ...im serious i WILL do it ...nobdy deserves to get ripped off...and i will make sure they get a little scared

[Fixion]

Always pay w/ a creditcard if you use Paypal. Paybal is horrible about getting people's money back (it hardly ever happens), but your credit card company has a lot of leverage. They can canel the charge and (hopefully) Paypal will get stuck with the tab... although the credit card company might pay, I don't know how that works. What I do know, is that you won't have to pay.

[Almeister]

YO you got me to knock on their door ...im serious i WILL do it ...nobdy deserves to get ripped off...and i will make sure they get a little scared

Glad to know you got my back, thanks. If I can get an address you'll be the first one to know.

Hey guys check this link out my friend sent me, it's funny cuz it's kinda like the same situation I'm in.

http://chevytruckworld.tenmagazines.com/forums/topic.ten-id-82454-s-anybody_from_torrance_california

[desslock]

Hey Almeister I work for a major credit card issuer in their claims/chargeback dept, I see stuff like this all day long. Here is what you do, get a dispute form(your previous post stated u did, thats step#1) complete the form. Indicate on the form you won a bid paid X number of dollars for a paintball gun to be SHIPPED to your home addrrs. If you have copies of your sent emails to the seller print em and attach them w/the dispute form this shows you made an effort to resolve the dispute with the seller 1st. Your cc company will have to wait 30 days from the transaction date of the charge(they should place the $ amount into dispute which means u are required to pay that amount and no intrest will be added on the disputed amount) Your cc will take the money from ebay'a account and place it on your cc account as a credit, then ebay will go after the seller for the money they lost. So there is justice in the world the police report is not needed for the cc company thats up to you if u want to press charges. non recevied merchandise is one of the easier disputes for cc to win bottom line you gave up some money for a product the merchant/seller didnt deliver, if you have any more ???? pm me. good luck

[legion_02]

I did a whois lookup on his ebay address [email protected] heres what i came up with.

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Domain Name.......... blackice585.com
Creation Date........ 2004-01-31
Registration Date.... 2004-01-31
Expiry Date.......... 2005-01-31
Organisation Name.... Adam Howard
Organisation Address. 9889 South St Rd
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. LeRoy
Organisation Address. 14482
Organisation Address. NY
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

Admin Name........... Adam Howard
Admin Address........ 9889 South St Rd
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ LeRoy
Admin Address........ 14482
Admin Address........ NY
Admin Address........ UNITED STATES
Admin Email..........
Admin Phone.......... +1.5857688742
Admin Fax............


Looks like this is your guy.


Also found another email addresse. [email protected] and

[ilikePB]

^^^ Nice work. ^^^

[legion_02]

DNSstuff.com The site is awesome for stuff like this. And its perfectly legal, too. Only worked cause he was the webmaster though.

[lord1234]

reverse lookup:

Reverse Telephone Listings

Howard Theron E Attorney Residence
9889 S Street Rd
LEROY, NY 14482
585-768-8742

[Steelrat]

If he replied to emails sent to that address, he is seriously screwed. Nice work guys. Forward that to the police.

[SPY 1]

[Steelrat]

He is in New York. But if he runs from New York, and tries to hide in the Netherlands, we will let you know