Ok, need some input on what you guys think I should do here, here's the deal:
I bought a toshiba laptop from this guy on the FS/FT forums here on anandtech. We worked out the deal for a good couple weeks through email and such, he sent me pictures of the laptop and all. Then, came to shipping. He didn't have any heatware, but he had about 15 feedback on another trading site (broadbandreports.com), and he tussled good when it came to working out a deal, so I figured he really was selling the lappy, and agreed to cross ship with him.
Ok, so then he dissappears before we finalize things. I call him up a few days later and find out that his father had had a stroke and he's been at the hospital all day every day, I tell him I'm sorry and such, and I can relate (my father passed away a month ago), and that we can work things out another time. He tells me it's ok we can get the deal done, so I tell him I probably wouldn't be able to ship it out until that thursday because I was pretty busy (was actually trading a computer + cash for his laptop), and he says that's fine and that he'll ship his out on Tuesday and email me the tracking number. Anyway, Thursday rolls around, I still hadn't gotten the tracking number from him, try to call him up but no answer, so I figured he's just been busy with his father and I ship it out anyway. Friday morning I get an apology email that his father had had another stroke so he wasn't able to get it out Tuesday, but he did in fact ship it out on Thursday, the same day I sent my stuff to him, but he didn't give me a tracking number.
That was the last time I've heard from him. I've called him at least 15 times, no response...the package I sent to him was due to him on Tuesday, so I figured the laptop would get here the same day since he sent it the same day I sent my package and we both used the same shipping method. Since I'd have to sign for it, I skipped class, but it never showed. I look up the package I sent to him, it did make it, but he wasn't there so it got rescheduled to wednesday.
So, wednesday rolls around, I had to skip class again so I could sign for it, but it never came. But here's the part that gets me worried, I looked up the package I sent to him, and he signed for it and received it. What's the big deal? Well, I called him at least 10 times Wednesday, on his cellphone and home phone, and left 4 messages and an email message, yet he never answered the phone or returned any messages, yet he was obviously home at some point because he did sign for the package I sent him.
Now, I'm quite understanding about his father and all, but what worries me now is that he made the whole thing up, because he DID say he sent it Thursday and he was home to sign for my package, yet he never returned any of my calls.
Did I just get ripped off?
Should I cancel the check?
UPDATE 7/29:
Ok, I took all of your advice and stopped the check. A few days ago, I received a notification from UPS that I had a package being shipped to me from New Jersey. However, it wasn't the laptop, it was my Dell.
He claims that he sent it back rather than the laptop because the check was stopped, however:
-he was SUPPOSED to have already sent the laptop, as we agreed to cross-ship.
-he SAID he had sent out the laptop last thursday, the same day I had sent out the dell, yet the dell had arrived in New Jersey on Tuesday, and by Thursday I still did not have the laptop.
-I called him, at least 40 times, on his home phone and cell phone, he never answered, he never returned my messages. Once, I was calling him every couple minutes, and he turned off his ringer to avoid my call.
So, I cancelled the check.
He sent back the dell, never contacted me, nothing. At this point I'm out $60 for shipping on the dell and stopping the check, so I give him a call. Finally he answers a call from me, so we start talking...
I ask him why I don't have a laptop:
he says because you cancelled your check, and then said I didn't hold up my end of the deal.
I told him he sent NOTHING, and thus didn't hold up his end of the deal. He said he was gonna send the laptop when he cashed the check.
I asked him why he TOLD me he HAD ALREADY sent the laptop on the same thursday I sent the dell:
He said he never said that.
I still have the email where he said exactly that, I read it to him and he started spewing off about the check being nothing more than a piece of paper again.
I told him I was out 60 bucks and being that my mom is unemployed, my dad is deceased, and I'm paying for college, I don't have 60 bucks to lose, and my next course of action was legal action. He then threatens me legally, saying I don't wanna do that, because if I don't let this drop he'll hire a lawyer and have me arrested for stopping the check because you can afford to do so and because it is a "federal document," or some nonsense.
Eventually, he hangs up on me. I call him back, he says "I'm recording this call, if you attempt to call me again I'll press charges for harrassment."
And I guess that's that.
Oh yeah, and did I mention that I called his local hospitals to see if they had any record of anyone with his last name having 2 strokes, and they said there was no one there by that name in the last 2 days, so, take that as you will, I suppose he could have been out of the hospital by then, but idk.
Here is his info, AVOID TRADING WITH THIS GUY AT ALL COSTS!!!
Username: aximr
email: Aximr@netscape.net
If someone tries to trade with you under this username/email, don't do it!
I bought a toshiba laptop from this guy on the FS/FT forums here on anandtech. We worked out the deal for a good couple weeks through email and such, he sent me pictures of the laptop and all. Then, came to shipping. He didn't have any heatware, but he had about 15 feedback on another trading site (broadbandreports.com), and he tussled good when it came to working out a deal, so I figured he really was selling the lappy, and agreed to cross ship with him.
Ok, so then he dissappears before we finalize things. I call him up a few days later and find out that his father had had a stroke and he's been at the hospital all day every day, I tell him I'm sorry and such, and I can relate (my father passed away a month ago), and that we can work things out another time. He tells me it's ok we can get the deal done, so I tell him I probably wouldn't be able to ship it out until that thursday because I was pretty busy (was actually trading a computer + cash for his laptop), and he says that's fine and that he'll ship his out on Tuesday and email me the tracking number. Anyway, Thursday rolls around, I still hadn't gotten the tracking number from him, try to call him up but no answer, so I figured he's just been busy with his father and I ship it out anyway. Friday morning I get an apology email that his father had had another stroke so he wasn't able to get it out Tuesday, but he did in fact ship it out on Thursday, the same day I sent my stuff to him, but he didn't give me a tracking number.
That was the last time I've heard from him. I've called him at least 15 times, no response...the package I sent to him was due to him on Tuesday, so I figured the laptop would get here the same day since he sent it the same day I sent my package and we both used the same shipping method. Since I'd have to sign for it, I skipped class, but it never showed. I look up the package I sent to him, it did make it, but he wasn't there so it got rescheduled to wednesday.
So, wednesday rolls around, I had to skip class again so I could sign for it, but it never came. But here's the part that gets me worried, I looked up the package I sent to him, and he signed for it and received it. What's the big deal? Well, I called him at least 10 times Wednesday, on his cellphone and home phone, and left 4 messages and an email message, yet he never answered the phone or returned any messages, yet he was obviously home at some point because he did sign for the package I sent him.
Now, I'm quite understanding about his father and all, but what worries me now is that he made the whole thing up, because he DID say he sent it Thursday and he was home to sign for my package, yet he never returned any of my calls.
Did I just get ripped off?
Should I cancel the check?
UPDATE 7/29:
Ok, I took all of your advice and stopped the check. A few days ago, I received a notification from UPS that I had a package being shipped to me from New Jersey. However, it wasn't the laptop, it was my Dell.
He claims that he sent it back rather than the laptop because the check was stopped, however:
-he was SUPPOSED to have already sent the laptop, as we agreed to cross-ship.
-he SAID he had sent out the laptop last thursday, the same day I had sent out the dell, yet the dell had arrived in New Jersey on Tuesday, and by Thursday I still did not have the laptop.
-I called him, at least 40 times, on his home phone and cell phone, he never answered, he never returned my messages. Once, I was calling him every couple minutes, and he turned off his ringer to avoid my call.
So, I cancelled the check.
He sent back the dell, never contacted me, nothing. At this point I'm out $60 for shipping on the dell and stopping the check, so I give him a call. Finally he answers a call from me, so we start talking...
I ask him why I don't have a laptop:
he says because you cancelled your check, and then said I didn't hold up my end of the deal.
I told him he sent NOTHING, and thus didn't hold up his end of the deal. He said he was gonna send the laptop when he cashed the check.
I asked him why he TOLD me he HAD ALREADY sent the laptop on the same thursday I sent the dell:
He said he never said that.
I still have the email where he said exactly that, I read it to him and he started spewing off about the check being nothing more than a piece of paper again.
I told him I was out 60 bucks and being that my mom is unemployed, my dad is deceased, and I'm paying for college, I don't have 60 bucks to lose, and my next course of action was legal action. He then threatens me legally, saying I don't wanna do that, because if I don't let this drop he'll hire a lawyer and have me arrested for stopping the check because you can afford to do so and because it is a "federal document," or some nonsense.
Eventually, he hangs up on me. I call him back, he says "I'm recording this call, if you attempt to call me again I'll press charges for harrassment."
And I guess that's that.
Oh yeah, and did I mention that I called his local hospitals to see if they had any record of anyone with his last name having 2 strokes, and they said there was no one there by that name in the last 2 days, so, take that as you will, I suppose he could have been out of the hospital by then, but idk.
Here is his info, AVOID TRADING WITH THIS GUY AT ALL COSTS!!!
Username: aximr
email: Aximr@netscape.net
If someone tries to trade with you under this username/email, don't do it!
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