Missing Person

[mr evil]

10 days is more than enough time to ship and since he visited the site after he cashed the check,

I think we are safe to assume he is OK and something fishy is going on.

This is true....a good point.

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

Do you know how old the guy is? Years ago, I making a purchase of a used engine though forum PMs. We agreed on a date and time at his house to make the sale. Get to his house, the seller isn't home at the agreed time, but his dad was home and acted like he had no idea a buyer was coming. Turns out the seller was a teenager selling a motor he co-owned with the dad, who wanted double the money I had agreed upon with the son as he claimed some of the parts are his. So I left, not sure if they were in cohoots for a bait and switch, son was trying to ripoff his old man and me, etc, I just wanted no part of it.

Maybe your guy was caught selling his dad's parts and is grounded off the internet?

 

[383_GrandPrix]

Do you know how old the guy is? Years ago, I making a purchase of a used engine though forum PMs. We agreed on a date and time at his house to make the sale. Get to his house, the seller isn't home at the agreed time, but his dad was home and acted like he had no idea a buyer was coming. Turns out the seller was a teenager selling a motor he co-owned with the dad, who wanted double the money I had agreed upon with the son as he claimed some of the parts are his. So I left, not sure if they were in cohoots for a bait and switch, son was trying to ripoff his old man and me, etc, I just wanted no part of it.

Maybe your guy was caught selling his dad's parts and is grounded off the internet?

Profile says 33, although it is entirely possible that's bogus

 

[kalidromos13]

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...866986879845.109092.100000696436317&source=43

Not the average fwd Monte lol

A quick search brought me to this post. If you have FB maybe you can contact him.

 

[-83MONTESS-]

^^^ I would try facebook like mentioned. I just creeped his profile and he posted as I was on his page. If that's the same guy he's a live and well and he ripped you off.

 

[Ribbedroof]

A quick search brought me to this post. If you have FB maybe you can contact him.

That guy is in MO, OP said payment went to Arkansas

 

[Ribbedroof]

A quick search brought me to this post. If you have FB maybe you can contact him.

That guy is in MO, OP said payment went to Arkansas

 

[Ribbedroof]

Something is definitely fishy, his FB profile says warrensburg MO (NW/west central MO), but the pics of the Godzilla project include the avatar pic on his GBF profile.

Out of town? Moved? Incarcerated?

 

[Longroof79]

I know we generally like to give people the benefit of the doubt, but being the amount of time gone by, I think it's time to file a complaint with the Postal Service and see where it goes from there. He was quick enough to cash your check, and yet refused to acknowledge whether he sent your parts, or was ready to send them. What happened to communication?

Doug have you tried finding a listed phone number for him and tried calling him?

 

[Jeff L]

I know we generally like to give people the benefit of the doubt, but being the amount of time gone by, I think it's time to file a complaint with the Postal Service and see where it goes from there. He was quick enough to cash your check, and yet refused to acknowledge whether he sent your parts, or was ready to send them. What happened to communication?

Doug have you tried finding a listed phone number for him and tried calling him?

Plus if he is active on Facebook as others have said then he basically took the money and ran.

In the future I would/will use Paypal or something similar to send payments where you have some kind of fraud protections. I use to have no issues sending personal checks and cash. Not anymore. I am not sure if using credit card checks for paying for stuff is protected like when you use the card? Just having a 3rd party to fall back on can ease some of the stress of worrying about getting ripped off.

And the worse part is the OP not only lost his funds, but he did not get the parts. I know, this is Captain Obvious, but it is a double whammy that is just a crappy situation. The whole situation stinks!