From his feedback profile, it looks like several
others have had the same problem recently. Read his replies to feedback,
he's apparently "had 2 deaths in the family". Sounds like the Vintage Game
Mafia to me. B-) (See my back columns if you don't get
it.)
Unfortunately eBay won't be any help because no
individual item of yours was over $25. I had a similar problem awhile back
and they gave me some bullshit reason but insisted yes, they do take fraud very
seriously. Shyeah, right.
Anyway, long story short, I sent the deadbeat
seller a REALLY vicious e-mail and, surprise surprise, got a response the very
next day. He was VERY offended, and went on and on about all the problems
he'd been going through lately, his bad back which had him bedridden for weeks
but PRAISE THE LORD miraculously cleared up just in time for him to immediately
answer my nasty message. I ended up getting my stuff, but it took another
couple of months after that. (I used a secondary e-mail account to send
the hate letter, BTW, don't give him a reason to not ship.)
Have you tried requesting his contact info from
eBay and actually calling him up? If not you might. I don't know how
long contact info is available after an auction, so you should get it
ASAP.
If he's uncooperative on the phone or you can't
contact him, do you still have his mailing address? If so, call directory
assistance in the city he lists and see if he's switched phone numbers
recently. If all else fails, assuming his
street address is still valid, you can enjoy petty but very very satisfying
revenge by going to a library / bookstore / dentist's office, taking as many of
those little fall-out subscription cards from magazines as you can get, filling
them out with his address, and sending them in marked "Bill Me Later". In
a few months he'll be swamped with unwanted magazine subscriptions which he'll
have to go to all the trouble of cancelling. Especially porno magazines
and stuff like that. Fill out a bunch of online forms with his address,
too. (I have more revenge tactics like this, just ask.
B-)
If his contact info turns out to be invalid, eBay
will suspend for that. Regardless, you should file an online report
that you paid for and didn't receive each of these items, at eBay's Rules and Safety (recently renamed Rules and Rules and
Rules and RULES AND RULES AND RULES AND RULES and Safety B-). You might also want to file a report at www.fraud.org.
Hope this helps a little.
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