[ForSale-Swap] RE: Pressing charges for bad ebay deal

[Dr M J DiGirolamo]

Hi John,

   Avoiding your type of grief is the reason I always pay for my
transactions using a credit card.  Had you done this, a simple call to your
card company and the charges would be reversed.  That's it!  Of course,
they'd need to verify the item had not been received by you (by checking
with UPS) and it would be a done deal.

  The PayPal folks discourage this type of action because it bypasses them.
I've only had to use this once in the many years I've been buying and
selling on eBay, but it worked for me.  Set your PayPal account up for
credit cards and protect yourself in the future.

73,

Mike DiGirolamo, W4XN
Charlottesville, VA

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Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:25:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Geiger <n5ten at yahoo.com>
Subject: [ForSale-Swap] Pressing charges for bad ebay deal
To: forsale-swap at Mailman.qth.net
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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