Getting my money back - sensible ideas requested

Andy100 said:
You have his name, address, phone number and e-mail?

Sign him up for as much free **** as you can find. Porn sites, junk mail etc. It's not going to solve the problem but it might make you feel better for 5 minutes. :)
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Thanks for all the replies so far.

The best one, in my opinion at least, is quoted above.

Sounds like a plan.

:)
 
whitecrook said:
it was sarcasm.. I never know which moral line to toe on these forums.... <- that was a joke as well...

The point is, you can never trust a deal of this nature. You have to be prepared to risk this happening. If it was reveresed and the guy had posted the game before receiving payment, the other party may not have made the payment.... If you don't want to risk it, go to a shop.
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Yes the other person did have a trust rating, it was low, but we all start somewhere.

I am fully aware that deals of this type going wrong are a possibility. As I said in the OP it isn't so much the loss of the £20, just the principle of it.
 
EffBee said:
I don't really know what I'm talking about as I've never used it - but what about the small claims court.

Look up Her Majesty's Courts Service or HMCS on google.

The web site has a lot of advice which I can't be bothered to read on your behalf :)

My thoughts are that if you issue some kind of proceedings against the crook, locally to you, he will be inconvenienced mightily in dealing with it.

If I was in your position I would be more interested in getting even than getting my small amount of money back.

Report this fraud to the police in any case.
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Another good idea...thanks!
 
AcidHell2 said:
Also the only other sensible option is small claims court
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If he has full logs of what has been agreed, such as emails with names and address', then the small claims court is the route i would take - out of principle. He will be forced to pay all costs, and will no doubt send a refund asap if he receives notice.
 
Hussman said:
Hi,

I attempted to purchase a PS3 game from a user of another forum which I also frequent.

We agreed a price of £20 and I sent this, via BT, on the 21st November.

Bottom line is still no game or refund. After a bit of investigating I see this scammer has conned a few others out of money for other items (HD-DVDs) etc.

I do have his address details and mobile phone number. I've sent a few texts, nothing rude or aggressive, just asking for either the game or my money back. I receive promises after promises but still no joy.

As he lives in Newscastle, and I live in Kent, there is no point in me driving to see him to ask for a refund as the petrol and time implications are too great.

Any ideas about my next course of action? Yes, it is only £20, but it's the principle.

Thanks in advance.

Hussman
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Go to his house and set fire to him
 
1) make a fake lawyer's letter and send it to him as signed-for post. Make it look official and full of jargon. google for samples. then followup with text/whatever works.

2) make a webpage with his real name, address (anything you have on him!) and the descriptive of the story, and tell him you're adding the URL to google unless he pays back. Explaining that everyone in the world looking for his name (family, future employers...) will find that first for years to come.

Using these two methods, I recovered from many "slow senders" on ebay. Method #2 is my favourite, because when the implication dawn on them they get scared s**tless.
 
BusError said:
1) make a fake lawyer's letter and send it to him as signed-for post. Make it look official and full of jargon. google for samples. then followup with text/whatever works.

2) make a webpage with his real name, address (anything you have on him!) and the descriptive of the story, and tell him you're adding the URL to google unless he pays back. Explaining that everyone in the world looking for his name (family, future employers...) will find that first for years to come.

Using these two methods, I recovered from many "slow senders" on ebay. Method #2 is my favourite, because when the implication dawn on them they get scared s**tless.
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If you do any of the above, you are commiting fraud, harassment and opening yourself up to libel. Way to go:rolleyes:
 
BusError said:
1) make a fake lawyer's letter and send it to him as signed-for post. Make it look official and full of jargon. google for samples. then followup with text/whatever works.

2) make a webpage with his real name, address (anything you have on him!) and the descriptive of the story, and tell him you're adding the URL to google unless he pays back. Explaining that everyone in the world looking for his name (family, future employers...) will find that first for years to come.

Using these two methods, I recovered from many "slow senders" on ebay. Method #2 is my favourite, because when the implication dawn on them they get scared s**tless.
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Andy100 said:
You have his name, address, phone number and e-mail?

Sign him up for as much free **** as you can find. Porn sites, junk mail etc. It's not going to solve the problem but it might make you feel better for 5 minutes. :)
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Reminds me of all the time's I ordered pizza's to people I don't like's houses :P little more than a minor annoyance but so funny when you're 12...

I've heard about friends of friends doing it etc. so i'm not sure how much of it is truth, but order a skip to outside his house :P
 
KiTBoH said:
Reminds me of all the time's I ordered pizza's to people I don't like's houses :P little more than a minor annoyance but so funny when you're 12...

I've heard about friends of friends doing it etc. so i'm not sure how much of it is truth, but order a skip to outside his house :P
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Like the dude you send them to will actually have to pay for either the pizza or skip.
 
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