OT: BEWARE of Epsonstyle11@aol.com on ebay!

doneedlove · Post by **doneedlove** » Wed Oct 23, 2002 1:08 am

hi,

I posted a laptop for sale on Ebay and this individual sent me an email told me that he would sent out the payment using paypal. He told me to ship overnite to his grandson as a birthday present on last Friday. I said okay, then he pay me using paypal. He didn't want to have the signature sign by anyone except to leave the package outside the door so his grandson have it as a surprise when he arrived home from school. I told him okay too. He paid me using paypal, and i shipped overnite using Airborne Express without getting any signature. Then 2 days ago he called up his credit card, and paypal reversed my transaction. I emailed him back asking him to pay me for the reversed amount that paypal took from my account. He said okay, he'll do it the next day that's today. I emailed him back today and he told me that he was about to paypal me but his grandson said he never received my laptop. Now today (4 days later) he's claiming that his grand son never received the package?. What the heck? What should i do? I already sent paypal the tracking number, but don't know what paypal going to do with the money. Any idea would help? I told him that i would take him to court if he won't pay me back the money.

This is the person's claim to be grandson:

Jimmy Chung/ Mervyn Franks
8 lake vista ave
daly city, ca, 94015

650-757-6388 / 650-757-8188

I don't know the person i talked (Mervyn Franks) to but he/she told me to ship to the above address.

paypal: swissupply@aol.com
email: epsonstyle11@aol.com

ebay: swissupply@aol.com

he changed his username in couple of week ago.

Doneedlove

succubiss · Post by **succubiss** » Wed Oct 23, 2002 1:52 am

ooh sorry to hear about that...

"i shipped overnite using Airborne Express without getting any signature"

takes all responsibility off AE from verifying that your package was picked up by the intended recipient. And there's no way to prove whether or not the grandson received the package. That's really tricky.

Let us know how it turns out.

Post by **sbp** » Wed Oct 23, 2002 3:52 am

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview ... did=896051

Yeah been reading the AnandTech thread. It don't look good.

"Well he told me at first that someone stole his paypal account to login to his paypal that's why he canceled all the credit card transaction. He promise to pay me back the next day. Then the next day come, i emailed him and he told me that he was about to paypal me then he was told that his grandson never received anything. And i called airborne express they told me that they left the package outside as i asked them to do. He also told me not to insurance my package because there would no need. I should have known better to insurance the full amount value of the laptop instead of just $100."

He's jerking you around.

"I can't get his info because he never bid on the auction. He emailed me privately and do the transaction outside of ebay so ebay won't allow me to view his detail unless he won my bid."

hame

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Wed Oct 23, 2002 5:05 am

if he's scamming you, and it sounds like he is, contact the local DA's office - if he's done it to you he's probably done it to others as well

Judoman · Post by **Judoman** » Wed Oct 23, 2002 10:16 pm

That really sucks. I got burned once for a HD, and I contacted PayPal multiple times, and they NEVER responded.

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Wed Oct 23, 2002 10:21 pm

where does he live? anywhere near me?

Jagoffs.

Greg

doneedlove · Post by **doneedlove** » Thu Oct 24, 2002 12:52 am

Thanks you guys. He promised to ship me a M.O tomorrow before he's heading to work and overnite it to me. I'll keep you guys up to date. Lets see if he can keep up his promise this time.

Doneedlove

doneedlove · Post by **doneedlove** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 5:01 pm

Ah, he just broke the promise again. Said that i would receive a M.O today overnite from yesterday. I didn't get anything in the mail today. Well, i'll do something about this. Thanks guys.

doneedlove

matt719 · Post by **matt719** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 6:34 pm

Go to his "grand son's" house with a lead pipe and a 9 mili (with blanks) and see if he still wants to try to scam you out of it. Heh, just kidding, that really sucks man, that's why I can never trust ebay and that stuff. My friend just sold an N64 w/ like 12 games and everything you could want to a kid and his check bounced... Shit happens tho...

doneedlove · Post by **doneedlove** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 3:14 am

Originally posted by nexus_7
where does he live? anywhere near me?

Jagoffs.

Greg

This is the person's claim to be grandson:

Jimmy Chung
8 lake vista ave
daly city, ca, 94015

I don't know the person i talked (Mervyn Franks) to but he/she told me to ship to the above address.

Doneedlove

doneedlove · Post by **doneedlove** » Tue Nov 12, 2002 1:10 pm

he used swissupply@aol.com for his paypal acct. So you guys also be careful not to get scam by this individual paypal account.

Doneedlove

2hotP3s · Post by **2hotP3s** » Mon Nov 18, 2002 2:52 am

Good to hear you got out of a possible scam.
Its those close calls that give us the reality checks.
-2hot

himura-dono · Post by **himura-dono** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 4:22 pm

isn't jimmy chung one of the people wanted on the trollhunters site?

doneedlove · Post by **doneedlove** » Thu Nov 21, 2002 2:46 pm

he go through a charge back again, and reversed the transaction.. dam now i'll have to deal with Paypal again.

Doneedlove

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Thu Nov 21, 2002 3:37 pm

i turn this in to a police matter and also might check with your home owners and see if you are covered anyway !
this totally blows man i feel for you !
it might even be a federal matter seeing how the laws have been changed some .