[ForSale-Swap] Pressing charges for bad ebay deal

[Marty]

"All positive feedback received:  63"
Unless his account has been high jacked (which I doubt) the Ham you bought
from is as good as gold! Had no negative feedback until you left him one
without knowing the circumstances of why you haven't heard from him. He has
no ID history that indicates he has changed his ID which is also a good sign
and has a perfect eBay history record for about a yr (until now). I would be
concerned about the guy instead of rushing to give him a negative feedback
he can not delete. The guy might have had a heart attack, death in the
family or whatever. I've used shipping drop off's and there is no way I know
if the package got in the hands of a driver and scanned into the system or
someone walked off with it before the driver pick up, until and unless it
shows up in the tracking. 

I wouldn't blame him for spoiling your feedback record and leaving you
negative feedback in return, which you have risked by leaving him the same.
I take it you did a "Search: Find Contact Information" to see if your
contact information matched?

I've sent an email to a NC Ham I know to see what I can find out.

Marty


-----Original Message-----
From: forsale-swap-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:forsale-swap-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Geiger
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:26 PM
To: forsale-swap at Mailman.qth.net
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

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