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03-05-2009, 09:08 PM
Roshan
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That would be the only way to go if you guys
really
want to get your stuff back, good luck to all.
Speaking from years and years of experience doing online trades, I can almost guarantee you that you will get nothing out of contacting the police in his area. They won't do anything because quite honestly there is a ton more to do in the area.
There are really only two options available to you and both are not worth the cost of going through to get it done. You can sue him in small claims court and then have to travel to where he is. But even if you get a judgment in your favor he can still not pay you. Secondly, you can drive to his house since you have his address and confront him. This is the only way I've ever gotten scammers to pony up their trades.
Police just doesn't work. There was an online shop a few years back that ran a buy one of every figure pre-order system where they charged you half up front to your credit card and then the rest when it came in for star wars and gijoe figures. They had hundreds of customers, and one day they just stopped filling orders. They kept the hundreds of dollars of up front payments and refused to answer any e-mails. This is hundreds of customers and thousands of dollars stolen. Repeated calls to their local police department and the local state's attorney gave us no results.
Just to get some satisfaction I drove 900 miles to the guys store and confronted him in person in front of all of his brick and mortar customers. He filled the orders right there on the spot. A couple other guys did the same thing, but everyone else who tried alternate methods got nothing in return.
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