Re: [DMCForum] Re: I've been had.

[Jim Strickland <ihaveanaccount@xxxxxxxx>]

"Mail fraud" is a joke.  I've already gone this route for the exact same
thing- bad EBAY user- but for a much larger sum of money.  

They have a very nice "don't call us, we'll call you" clause when you
sign up to start a claim/investigation.  That was around February, 2001
for me.   Haven't heard from them since.  Should I still wait for the
call?

I also sent some mail via USPS with tracking.  I thought the tracking
feature would more or less guarantee it's arrival.... NO.  4 weeks after
I sent the letter, I checked online, and it never said it was delivered. 
I went to the P.O. and asked how long it would take for the package to
arrive.  They gave me some nice forms to fill out to start a "tracking
investigation".  Huh?  So I filled out those forms.  "when did you sent
this?  what did it look like?" - like they're going to find it or
remember it something.  "ah, yes, a whilte legal envelope, I remember it
well....".  A month later I get mail from them- they say that I filled
out all the wrong forms and here were the right ones.  

Thanks for nothing.  Now I've gotten two very nice letters from the USPS
saying "fill out these new forms", but they just sit around.  It's my
turn to be an idiot.  I ended up calling the end user and trying to
validate it's arrival.  Hooray for Delivery Confirmation!

Jim


On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:24:34 -0600 DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> This is what they call mail fraud. this was done through the mail so 
> it  
> is mail fraud. contact your post office.
> 
> mark
> 
> 
> 
> On Thursday, March 25, 2004, at 12:21 PM, cruznmd wrote:
> 
> > I paid with a USPS money order purchased at a grocery store. I 
> still
> > have the receipt stub.
> >
> > Here's the link:
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
> > ViewItem&item=2459344796&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOAB:MT:6
> >
> > What good will this do? They aren't going to cancel the money 
> order
> > and give me my money back. How can I prove I haven't received the
> > radio?
> >
> > Fact is, I shouldn't have done the auction at all. At least with
> > PayPal or credit card I could get my money back.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "timnagin" <timnagin@xxxx> wrote:
> >> That does indeed suck.  I had a similar experience with a non-
> > responsive
> >> eBay seller so I gave up and was about to put a stop payment on 
> the
> > check
> >> when the package showed up.  Did you send the person a personal
> > check or
> >> money order drafted on your bank account?  Most of those can be
> > tracked at
> >> least to where they were cashed.  If it was cashed at a grocery
> > story, for
> >> example, they should have it on video and maybe even a 
> fingerprint
> > on the
> >> item.
> >>
> >> My bank will issue a bank check, drafted on my account, that is
> > traceable.
> >> I use this instead of sending anything with my personal 
> information
> > on it.
> >>
> >> Do you have the address where you sent the payment?
> >>
> >> Greg
> >>
> >> PS- Do you still have the link to the auction?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: cruznmd [mailto:racuti1@xxxx]
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:03 PM
> >> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [DMCForum] I've been had.
> >>
> >>
> >> Remember the ASI radio I said I won on Ebay?
> >>
> >> Remember how everyone told me to be patient?
> >>
> >> Well after several non-satisfactory responses and non-responses 
> from
> >> the seller, 30 days later I went to leave a negative feedback. 
> This
> >> is what Ebay spat back out at me:
> >>
> >> "Feedback can not be left because this member is no longer a
> >> registered user"
> >>
> >> That SOB insisted on a cashier's check or M.O. I'm so stupid. I
> > don't
> >> even have the satisfaction of flaming him. No more Ebay for me. 
> I've
> >> learned my lesson.
> >>
> >> Rich A.
> >> #5335 (with a busted up Sears Roadmaster stereo)
> >
> >
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