just been conned

riamu · 15 Mar 2007 at 22:59

hello, i bought 1 Gb of Corsair ram on an online auction and sent the seller, who had good feedback, a cheque. He never sent the Ram despite efforts to contact him.

Is there anything I can do about it? The cheque has now cleared. I regret not using Paypal.

Total value of the deal was some 95 pounds

Richdog · 15 Mar 2007 at 23:00

*sigh*

You're screwed, NEVER pay by cheque, and wtf were you doing buying RAM from someone you actually THOUGHT had dodgy feedback? :confused:

paradigm · 15 Mar 2007 at 23:02

Richdog said:
*sigh*

You're screwed, NEVER pay by cheque, and wtf were you doing buying RAM from someone you actually THOUGHT had dodgy feedback?

He didn't think he had dodgy feedback, thats a typo of "good" not "odd"

Lashout_UK · 15 Mar 2007 at 23:03

What kind of timeline are we talking here?

Richdog · 15 Mar 2007 at 23:05

paradigm said:
He didn't think he had dodgy feedback, thats a typo of "good" not "odd"

*puts on spectacles*

In that case report to Egay and take to small claims court.

riamu · 15 Mar 2007 at 23:15

The item was won on 28th Feb, I posted a cheque with covering letter around 8th March and payment cleared on 12th March.

His delivery method was special delivery on the auction site and he acknowledged by e-mail when he received payment.

He has not answered any of my e-mails since then.

WoZZeR · 15 Mar 2007 at 23:18

He didn't give you a tracking number?

monkeypants · 15 Mar 2007 at 23:56

Seems to me that you have his address.

SGCWill · 15 Mar 2007 at 23:58

monkeypants said:
Seems to me that you have his address.

Bingo.

Turn up to his house and say "Where's my ram??" and proceed to use a small hand held door ram on his face.

But really inform Ebay and if you're not happy, inform the police, or your solicitor!

POB · 15 Mar 2007 at 23:58

Deleted, need to read things better

Nathan · 16 Mar 2007 at 00:26

At least you have his address

Kell_ee001 · 16 Mar 2007 at 00:28

It's only been 4 days! Give him a little time, email again if you want and then go through eBay if you haven't heard from him.

Cookie-Monster · 16 Mar 2007 at 00:29

send him a letter by recorded delivery letting him know everything also saying that you are taking this step as a matter of courtesy and if he doesnt respond within 48 hours of receipt you'll be informing the police, it may be a genuine legit reason that he has cashe dhte cheque but then been unable to ship goods.

kmistry · 16 Mar 2007 at 00:31

Go to his house, fill an envelope with dog poo, set it alight....then knock on his door and run

When he put the fire out....

On a serious note though, hope you get it sorted, good thing is you have his address

Burnsy2023 · 16 Mar 2007 at 00:33

You have an address to serve a court summons.....

The police probably won't want to know, but you can always get it through small claims court.

Burnsy

Styles · 16 Mar 2007 at 00:43

I'd give him a little more time. I've been 'that guy' who takes a little longer to post something and can't reply simply down to being called away urgently and having no access to a PC.

sven256 · 16 Mar 2007 at 00:48

I agree give him a little more time i mean 3 days is not exactly a lot. Saying it only cleared on the 12th he may not of seen till late on on the 13th and not had time to post out on the 14th.

Jambo · 16 Mar 2007 at 00:51

Give him some time.

If you have no joy speak to your bank who should hopefully be able to return the cheque unpaid for you.

Bobcat · 16 Mar 2007 at 01:10

Could he be waiting for the cheque to clear, that takes 3 or 4 days, dosent it ?

Kell_ee001 · 16 Mar 2007 at 01:13

Bobcat said:
Could he be waiting for the cheque to clear, that takes 3 or 4 days, dosent it ?

He said it cleared on the 12th, but if it was only posted on the 8th there is a good chance it's come out of the OPs bank but hasn't reached the sellers yet so you could be right.