Marketplace fraud??

[Kneale Brownson]

At 10:29 AM 11/19/2002 -0500, Ben Swann wrote:
>Fellow listers,
>
>I don't know if this is appropriate, but don't know what else to do.  At
>this time I will not mention the specific person.
>
>I have not received merchandise ordered from a person who listed on
>Marketplace.  I sent a check about 2 months ago - yes in September.  I
>followed up with email enquiring of the status and the person replied they
>had lost my address - it was at the bottom of the email, but understood.
>  After replying back with my address, I received a reply that I would get a
>tracking number by the day's end - that was 10/22.  After waiting 2 more
>weeks and now multiple attempts to contact the party, I have yet to hear
>back or receive my merchandise or any tracking info.
>
>We'll that is all for now.  I am open to suggestions in how to resolve this
>matter.

Really sucks, Ben.  If the person still is advertising on the marketplace,
I think it would be appropriate to post the name now.  If he's no longer
advertising, I'd wait two days for a response from him to this report and
then post the name if none is forthcoming.