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James Landen, Paramus, NJ. Seems like he may have cheated me on that laptop I bought, and I want to track him down. I have an address, but it doesn't return anything in the reverse address searches I've found. I have an e-mail address at glay.org. No phone number. No internet search engine lists him, and information can't help me.
Mind you, I'm not ASSUMING he cheated me. I just want to be prepared if I can confirm that he did. Either way, I need to contact him, and he's not responding to my e-mails. At the moment, it seems more likely that the USPS lost my package, and I just need to get the insurance reembursement, but that would necessitate contacting him, which is my problem at the mo. Any advice?
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Also, keep in mind that with the holiday season, delivery time is like what, triple? When did you buy it? (And how did you pay? If with a credit card, you can probably put a freeze on the payment until the situation is resolved).
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Excite classified ad. Paid Saturday morning, December 1 by Western Union. He said he shipped that Monday, the third. That was two weeks ago. It was supposed to take two to three DAYS, and according to the USPS dudes, there are NO delays in priority mailing except around Washington. I suppose it's possible that it wasn't shipped priority like he said it was, but even with that and triple normal transit times it should be here by now...
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If you paid by Western Union, you might be able to get your money back if you send in the receipt. Of course, since he's probably already cashed it, you might be out of luck.
Have you tried contacting the publisher of whatever published the classified?
And, barring that, did you try calling 411 to get a phone number ... ?
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Well, see, they DO offer tracking. That makes me question his honesty even more, seeing as he specifically said that they didn't...
Tried 411. No help.
He's already gotten the money. Got it the Saturday I sent it, and said that he shipped that Monday. They don't know anything beyond the fact that he had to have a government-issued ID with the name James Landen on it, and had to be in the general area of Paramus.
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Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
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How much did you pay for that laptop? And what are the specs?
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I paid $200 plus the WU fee ($22). He paid shipping (assuming he shipped). It's a Thinkpad 560x, P233, 128MB, 4GB, 56k, 12.1", 24x, with all the ports you could want.
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This is why I don't buy anything on eBay.
Unless you can establish face-to-face contact, be extremely vigilant. It is all too easy to be ripped off.
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I think you may have been ripped, Omega.
Consider: some fraud ring was busted not too long ago here in Toronto. Apparently, the criminals were trying to sell "laptops" to unsuspecting victims. What they do is that they show the "customer" the box that the laptop is supposed to come in. It's supposed to feel like that there actually is a laptop in that box, but it is actually stuffed with the equivalent weight of NEWSPAPER. These guys were selling their computers for "half the retail price". If you wanted to look inside the box to be sure, they would tell you that you HAD to buy the laptop otherwise they wouldn't show you. etc. etc.
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I don't think he did buy it off eBay. Mostly because eBay requires sellers to register their credit cards, so if Landen had, Omega might be able to get his money back through them.
I do buy off eBay -- over a hundred items (ayi-yi!) Haven't had a single problem./
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Unfortunately, the enforcer I had in New Jersey moved. Otherwise I could offer to send in a brute squad.
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