[ForSale-Swap] Pressing charges for bad ebay deal

[Gary]

Per John's description The U.S. Postal Service was not involved in his transaction and
would not offer any help. John, I've also been in this situation and have found there's
little recourse other than to supply PayPal with all correspondence between you and the
seller when you request the refund. The refund can only occur if the seller is stupid
enough to leave the funds within PayPal's reach. Good luck.
Gary

"D.C." wrote:

> Most likely you should try the U.S. Postal Servive as mail fraud has been
> performed, then you should contact a local police dept. or prosecutor to
> find out how to proceed.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Geiger" <n5ten at yahoo.com>
> To: <forsale-swap at Mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:25 PM
> Subject: [ForSale-Swap] Pressing charges for bad ebay deal
>
> >I am looking for info from other list members, as I am
> > sure that others have gone thru this.  A couple of
> > weeks ago I used the Buy It Now option on ebay to buy
> > an Alinco DX70TH from KI4KET in Weaverville, NC.  I
> > paid for it immediately with paypal.  He said he was
> > going to send it the 27th of March, but I have never
> > received it, and the tracking number he sent me shows
> > that UPS never took possession of it.  He now won't
> > answer my emails or phone calls.
> >
> > I may or may not get my money back from Paypal, but I
> > want to take legal action against this seller for
> > theft, because that is what it is.  Which legal
> > authority do I need to start with?  How much luck have
> > others had with pressing charges for ebay theft?
> >
> > Any info would be appreciated.
> >
> > 73s John W5TD