[geeks] Ebay trade gone bad, any advice?

[Geoff Reed]

You can contact the fraud unit of the local police department where he 
lives....

At 12:07 PM 9/7/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Has anyone had an ebay deal go bad?  I've been very, very lucky.  I have 
>rarely  had a deal go sour before, even after 400+ trades.  I purchased a 
>Daystar Genesis MP532 on a buy-it-now on July 9th and I still haven't got 
>the box.  The seller can't remember exactly  when he shipped it and 
>allegedly shipped it parcel post  instead of UPS as we had agreed.  He 
>didn't even use delivery confirmation or insurance, so the chance of 
>tracking it is practically nil.  It took three weeks to find him by phone 
>and he has stopped responding to email. For some reason, I don't really 
>believe that he shipped it.
>
>Here is the link to the auction.
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2038104609
>
>I have filed a complaint with ebay's fraud unit, but I don't have much 
>hope of recovering either the $390.00 or the computer.  Just wondering if 
>anyone has had a similar experience and if anyone has any advice for me.
>
>Thanks,
>James
>
>http://webpages.charter.net/jrice54/classiccomp2.html
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