Screwed over by fellow Qlister...

[Kneale Brownson]

Hey, Steve, since I occasionally buy and offer stuff for sale, I'd be 
interested in the individual's name for my own protection.

I understand your disappointment.  I recently bought seats and used axles 
from an active list seller that were  described as "very good condition" 
and "intact",  respectively, only to receive seats with ripped leather and 
an axle with a torn boot.  My goal was to have spares for quick replacement 
should my car need it.

At 03:41 AM 09/06/2001 +0000, Stephen Ankney wrote:

>Listers,
>I hate to air out my dirty laundry here but due to recent happenings I 
>feel I have no other choice...
>
>This is the problem: About 4-5 months ago I contacted the list with the 
>offering of 4 Audi Driver UrQ issues that I had for sale. The issues were 
>quickly claimed in a matter of hours. I contacted the first 4 people who 
>wanted one and disclosed price, shipping addresses, etc. I was feeling 
>pretty good about the list so I sent the magazines out before I actually 
>recieved any money. This turned out to be no problem except for one 
>individual...
>
>After I had recieved the 3 other payments promptly I began to wonder where 
>the other one was. Days turned into weeks and still no money. I then 
>contacted him and he wrote me back and was apologetic and claimed to have 
>sent out a US postal money order and that he would get the receipt and 
>find out what was going on. A couple of weeks passed and again, no reply. 
>I sent another email and asked what was going on? No answer again. Finally 
>I sent him an email telling him to please respond by August 17 or I would 
>be forced to call the Postal Inspector and have him look into possible 
>mail fraud charges. This was something I did not want to do and I told the 
>Qlister this. Once again no response...until today. Today I recieved an 
>email fom him that contained an attachment with a virus. Nice.
>
>So my question is this: Have any of you had any problems like this before? 
>How do I get my money? Should I just write this off as a loss and never be 
>trusting again? Is it not illegal to send someone a virus? This kinda 
>makes me sad that someone from this great list could be such a PITA...
>
>By the way, if you want to know who the lister is, email me! If he keeps 
>messing with me I'll just post his name for everyone to see so they know 
>not to buy from him...
>
>Steve Ankney
>88 5000
>Holland, MI
>
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