Help me decide, should I call this member out or what????

[delatlanta1281]

I have a problem. Yes I should have known better..... I bought some small items from a member on the for sale part of this forum. I have done this twice before and everything went great. But this time I feel like I am being taken for a ride. I paypalled the member, it went through, and it's been a month now. I still haven't received my purchase. Not to mention, this seller will not reply to my PMs and tread questions/posts. What should I do? I haven't dealt with this before!

[KenC]

Has he been posting lately?

[chuckybob]

find someone whos knows that person, and have them call them out, if that doesnt work, call them out

[delatlanta1281]

no not lately, and I can't get in tough with them.

[KenC]

well if he hasnt been on the forum lately, perhaps he hasn't received the PMs

[Charlie]

Just do it.

I don't understand the point of protecting people that pull shady stuff.

-Charlie

[Mastrcruse]

It wasnt' me so do it!

[parkerbink]

First I'd check the transaction info and see if their phone number is there. If so call, if not post them as a bad seller and let them clear up the tragic circumstances that caused a month to pass without the courtesy of contact.

[1991 318is]

That's BS!

I will probably never see a set of springs or the $80 I sent to sack of puss and scum Mike Fisher. He hasn't had any money in his PayPal account since November 2005. One word - both barrels! Whatever!

[StereoInstaller1]

find someone whos knows that person, and have them call them out, if that doesnt work, call them out

I will disagree with this. The transaction was through the two of you; it should stay that way.

I will say that I am one of those people who have some issues in getting things shipped in a professional and timely manner. I am both busy and forgetful, but neither are an excuse. I am also a hypocrite, and expect better shipping service than I give. I suggest you get all over the guys ass, post negative feedback, look in the phone book for his number and address, call, write, whatever.

I think a month is more than adequate for him to make resolutions.

Good luck!

Luke

[delatlanta1281]

thanks guys! the only other way to get in touch with him is aim, but he isn't on it. I may contact a moderator through the site and explain the situation. maybe they can get in touch with him through his personal info?

[equate975]

You shouldnt have waited over a month. I dont care if someone makes an honest mix up like StereoInstaller1 said, I have done the same thing from time to time, just get busy. But if this happens to me I recall my paypal money saying I never got the goods. If the guy decides to ship it out then I have no problem sending payment again.

This is one reason why I almost never do business on roadfly, I bet 80% of the people there are scammers. I have never once had a problem with anyone on r3v or bfc, including the guy who bought my s14, that was some trust! He sent me a personal check for $1600 with absoultly no gaurentee that I would even ship the engine. Lucky for him I did though :)

[MR 325]

Claim it with PayPal. You have 45 days to do so from the date the payment was sent.

[The_RavEn30]

Be carefull what you assume......I had almost the same problem with e-bay....I won of course, sent out a money order, money order cashed and a month had passed and still nothing.....Come to find out the guy was killed a day after the money order was cashed.....So i guess his family went ahead and sent the item about a month later......I had reperted him to ebay, I was pissed off, and he was dead.......So always keep those kind of things in your mind also..........

[Rigmaster]

Call his ass out.

If he's got a legit excuse, he'll have a chance to explain- if not, he'll get reamed and try to make a bunch of BS excuses.


I hate scammers and BS artists. It's really not that hard to make a deal work if you want to make it work (as a seller).



Bret.