Mainly what I’m looking for is someone who knows this guy personally so I can get in touch with him and try to solve my issue that way, but I’ll give the story anyways:
We made a deal on Aug 22nd for my $80 in exchange for 2 throws and some SEs. I had bought some stunt pegs from him before and all went well.
I sent him a check for $80 (I sent him a check for our first transaction as well) and it was transferred over to, I assume, his mom (also like before) and deposited. The next time I got a response from him was Aug 31st when he said he got my money and shipped the stuff. He said he hadn’t responded because of a visit with family out of state. So far still good with me.
I still haven’t gotten my shipment from him, and he hasn’t logged on since I talked to him the 31st. I talked to jrodriguez and he contacted Jeremyo at his personal email, but hasn’t gotten a response there either.
I spoke to my bank and they said they can refund the money to me and do an investigation, but I was really hoping to handle it here first.
If anyone has any info on how to get a hold of him, please PM me. I don’t really want to get a bank going after a 17 year old kid and his mom.
Same thing happened to me actually when I first started using the forum. I was burned for 110 dollars, and it made me feel pretty terrible. After a certain amount of time, the bank can’t do anything when it’s a check. You have to do something before it is deposited or shortly after, letting them know it was a fraudulent transaction. Of course, I found this out afterwards, but it’s good to know for the future.