It's a real bummer when these sorts of ripoffs occur since most of the
crooks have left Ebay. A thought: this is similar to what happened to a
guy on the Mac list who was so po'd that he set out to get the guy who
ripped him off. The folks on the Mac list helped a lot, it did take a fair
amount of time, and ended up being an organized crime thing outside
Chicago. But they got the guy. With all the folks around the country,
maybe a little posse could be mounted if there's a decent starting
point. Willing to sniff around MA. David [only reason I'm not a possible
mark is I can't think about another car til I get the MM on the road]
At 04:36 PM 2/29/2004 -0800, Rick Neville wrote:
>After my paean to Spring, you'd probably think all is
>just swell in Healeyland. Not so, Healey friends.
>You may remember I purchased a Healey-Jamaican over
>the internet a few months ago. The bottom line is I
>was defrauded and I'm probably out $2,500. The car was
>advertised on eBay. Because of what I do for a
>living, I tend not to be the most trusting of people,
>but I let my guard down in this case and was taken to
>the cleaners. I don't want to go into details, because
>it's painful, but I've seen lots of postings from
>people who say they've had nothing but great
>experiences on eBay. Maybe so, but there's a lot of
>jerks out there waiting to rip you off. Nobody's
>going hungry in my household over this. Frankly, I
>don't have any words of advice for you how to avoid
>getting taken. Maybe one, if you use a Discover card
>on PayPal, they won't reimburse you for non-delivery
>of an item, although I understand Visa and Mastercard
>will (ask me how I know, and double check for yourself
>to make sure) Personally, this is the last time I'll
>try to buy anything over the internet. I'm pretty
>upset and have been kicking my own butt over this,
>because my experiences with people in the car hobby
>over the years has been overwhelmingly positive and
>it's not fun having to try to track somebody down over
>something you do for a hobby. Bottom line, if you
>can't afford to lose the money, don't buy unless you
>have the goods in your hot little hands.
>
>Unhappy Healeying,
>Rick
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