Please help ! Guy from Kansas may have robbed me !
 

Bought and paid for 2 Bravo drives from a guy named tinkerbell22 on ebay, from Athol Kansas. They had drive showers on them. I never got them, and it was over a month ago. He won't return my e-mail. Someone must know who it is. Thanks, for your help . I really appreaciate anything that can be done to contact this guy. He has a 1998 Fountain.
Thanks, BBB
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...saspiZ2QQfviZ1

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hmm, that is not good, been a while too,,
good luck, hope it allworks out and its just a funky thing lke he had to go out of town or someting,

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Athol Kansas? Never heard of it.

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Athol, Kansas
Population (year 2000): 51, Est. population in July 2004: 47 (-7.8% change)
Males: 27 (52.9%), Females: 24 (47.1%)

Looks like a small town. This guy won't be hard to find. Good luck.

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You gotta' love stats like this... I would guess he's over 15 and married?

For population 25 years and over in Athol

High school or higher: 85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
Unemployed: 0.0%
Mean travel time to work: 11.9 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Athol city

Never married: 0.0%
Now married: 75.6%
Separated: 0.0%
Widowed: 24.4%
Divorced: 0.0%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -34 (-40.0%).

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I hope to contact him and am sorry if he was involved in an accident or was away, ar whatever, And I don't want to badmouth person, I'm just getting worried. One thing I found out was the last e-bay transaction of his was in 2004 ! I should have noticed that. Thanks, Bill

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If you used paypal, dispute the transaction. If you sent a check, cancel it.

If you used paypal you should be fine. report him to ebay and to paypal

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Good attitude, like Jonas said he might me away. I would pick up the phone and start trying to find the guy. I think you are justified in getting concerned as so much time has passed. How did you pay him? Do you know his real name? If you paid through paypal just dispute it, they're real good about porotecting the consumer.

This web site lists all the local businesses; http://www.amazon.com/gp/yp/geo/KS/A...268138-7447312

It list 116 but many of them are duplicates.

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You might want to post this in the General Boating Discussion forum. It'll get more attention and you might be able to get a pit-bull like Masher to chase this guy down.

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Call the county Sherriff and ask if he/she knows him.

I have done that before when trying to find someone in a small town and at times they have been very helpfull contacting the person or a name of a relative that might know how.

If no luck I have also gotten the phone book and called everyone listed. In a town that small everyone knows and most are related. Some don't like their relatives and are helpfull in locating them.

Also the boxes in the background appear to have come from Alcon Labs Inc. offices in Fort Worth Texas, for whatever that is worth and the person likely may work in Hutchison KS.

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I just sent a email to him via Ebay. Will advise if he
responds. I asked him if the buyer backed out and if
so, I was interested in them. If I get any response I will
try to get a location to inspect them.

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That is a scam. I saw that ad ad remembered seeing the same drives/description on OSO. I called the guy on oso to see if he still had them, and he had sold them. When I saw on Ebay, the scam was in Florida. The guy in Ohio on OSO said they did not go to Florida so I reported it to Ebay and they cancelled the auction. WHERE DID YOU SEND THE CHECK?

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Thank's guys, the payment went to Shanna Scone via paypal.
The guy's name is Dan W Train. I tried to contant them and there was no reply. I'm trying to resolve this with paypal, but it seems there is no insurance on the auction, and actually that is paid by the seller. I't unbelievable how so many of you guy's have been able to assist me in this. Thanks , BBB

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Oh, also contacted the Smith PD by him and emailed the particulars, Thanks, Bill Hope he's not reading this !
Maybe he's doin' time already ! BBB

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The person that originally had those drives for sale in the oso classifieds lived in Ohio.

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all feedback is from sellers-----he never sold anything before! :eek:

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this belongs in the general discussion forum........alot more eyes

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This just pizzes me off every time I read of someone getting ripped off. I don't know how some people can sleep at night.

Good luck getting your money back. And thanks for reminding me why I don't use Ebay.

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I just checked out this post & it sounds like you guys are getting this nailed down.. That really sux that that guy did this to a fellow boater... The web is an amazing place to find out info about people.. Unfortunatley I myself had to use it to find out info for different reasons with deadbeat customers a few years ago.. Im sure you will be able to find him some way.. Try Docusearch.com it's one site of many that may work for you. It costs a few bucks but may be worth it if all else fails.. With the internet nothing is private anymore as long as you have a name or 1 or 2 other pieces of info on someone to get the wheel turning.. (it sounds like you already do)...

One thing to positive thing to keep in mind though... At least your username as a guy isn't TINKERBELL !!!!! :)

Good luck in getting the scammer... Jamie :)

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Yeah, I can't sleep at night either.
I bought these to sell and have an eager customer that needs them badly. I was going to double my money on them. So if even if I get my money back, I'm still loosing.
Maybe I should just get a side job instead of trying to sell freshwater boat parts locally. I usually end up buying way more than I sell. Except for this stinky deal, I have been doing quite well lately. I am learning to pay more and buy better things that need little or no work or expensive parts, instead of torching rusted corroded crap apart, or rebuilding broken run out abused motors and drives. It's just too much work. I let several corroded bravo transom assemblies go for $250 ea lately. Sure I can rebuild them, and make them up from new and reconditioned parts, and make $500 ea, less my LABOR ! I thought I was going in the right direction, but this latest development has me very frustrated. And is taking up time that I could be using to make money !
You guy's are the best. There are still so many good people left in this world. It just really sucks when we have to deal with a blood sucking looser, that is actually comitting a serious crime.
If this is FRAUD it should be dealt with severely, and should be publicized as an example.
Our liberal government and society is to blame for $#!+ like this. Can you believe the skel that killed the 2 NYC cops last year is allowed to live. My friend was one or thier partners and had to stay back at the precinct so another officer went on the call. Can you amagine his grief, and the families and friends grief ?
Also an arsonist is running around Brooklyn. I went to see a friend in the burn center last night that got severe burns , and has been in the hospital almost two weeks. I guess he's better off than the 4 people that died so far.
When this arsonist gets caught he will probably do 5 -10 years and then get let out to go on another rampage, I've seen it happen. I could go on all day. Thanks To All , BBB

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I was right with you until you got to the part about this being the fault of "our liberal government and society."

Good luck finding Tinkerbell. That's the one whose fault it is.

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its not surprising when someone takes the law into their own hands,,
we got burglarized for over 70 k and the cops dont do ****
,,,fortunatly / unfortunatly i have more to loose than all the families put together that have these f-d up kids runnin around,.

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Yeah, But the authorities should severely punish people that do things like this, than It would not happen as much.
But I guess that since they cant find bin laden, The Biggest SCUMBAG on Earth ! (I'm not even going to spell his name with capital letters) Why would they care about defrauding, filthy, bastards like the one I have dealt with.... BBB

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so your no closer to finding this ****wad???......get Masher on the case ......it was unreal how he zeroed in on that guy from Canada who burned (was it??) Buoyhunter for that XR drive.

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Do your home work you will find the SOB.

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He probobaly hijacked the actual guy from Kansas's account. If thats the case you are up a creek.

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Finally ! after months of waiting and e-mails Discover has finally refunded $1900. I am out about $200. Beware of shady people and scams on e-bay. THANKS TO ALL INVOLVED in assisting me in this matter ! BBB

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glad to hear you got something back

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I know that your still short but 200 is better than 2100. :mad: Thanks to the power of OSO! :D