Looks bad : Trade woes

[Toll]

Standard message has been sent with the title of "You have 5 days to reply".

atm I am getting my list together of things I have to do (being unemployed = all day to be a pain in this guy's ***)

1) Locate the number to his local police dept
2) Find an email adress to forward the information to
3) Find his home phone number
4) Talk with my local police to see what kinda of steps would be taken...


Basically get all of that + what ever else I add on done by Monday and then wait for the ultimatum date to expire. Collection agency seems a bit over the top for 200$.


Hoping the threat of "I have all my ducks in a row to make your summer unpleasent" will simply scare him into complying.

[coyote]

Neet thing about small claims court...

The victim can file suit in the jurisdiction in where he lives if the case is something like mail fraud. The dirtbag can be served by certified mail. He won't show for the hearing, which most likely means you win by default.

Once that is done you can attach wage, open a mechanics lein, and put the damaging info on their credit report.

If this idiot is just a kid, mom and dad might get the surprise of a lifetime having legal papaerwork show up at their doorstep.

[rlmatthews]

So, he's in Indiana? Can you be a bit more specific as to where?
I'm in the NE corner, near Ft Wayne.

Have basball bat, will travel. :)

In all seriousness, if he's in the area I can look him up and see what's going on for you.

PM me if you're interested in my help.

Good luck either way.

[Aslan]

sounds not so good

I've never paid more than $130 for anything online...and in the cases where it gets much more than $50...I get very weary. I actually factor feedback and how many posts a person has in the forum into my decision to buy.

For guys/kids with very few posts, they get low-balled and they ship first. I'm just not going to take the chance.

For transactions where it's alot of money (more than $50), I check the person's feedback very closely. And if they try some thing where they say they have feedback somewhere else...not gonna happen...gotta have feedback in the forum you're selling in.

I also use Paypal whenever possible. If there's a dispute, boom....it's taken care of. I just filed my first ever claim against a ebay seller that sold me some cheap 9V battery charger that doesn't work. There have been sales for items at a decent price that I've passed on just because the person wouldn't take Paypal, wanted a MO. I actually refuse to use money orders because I don't feel like paying $1.50 when I have a perfectly good checking account I can use for free. If they say no to a check and demand a money order, I guess I don't need what they're selling.

Call the local police department in the town where you shipped it. Give them the address. Be nice, be polite, kidly ask them if they would go there and check on it. They probably will and it's probably some kid who will be in alot of trouble with his parents. The downside is that if it's some guy and he starts telling some story about how he sent the money or you did something to him...the police will probably say, "screw it" and just leave.