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A man advertised a wholesaler's list on ebay, I contacted him outside of ebay because I didn't want to wait for the auction to end. This list was of wholesalers of PSP's. He told me he'd let me have it for $18. So I paid the money through paypal and went down to the Franchise Tax Board, filed for a fictitious business name license, and the seller's licence. I had hoped to buy from someone on the list and sell it on an online store I was making, or at least ebay to get me started. I got all of the legal documents in line for my business within a couple of days, and even got a financial backer who was willing to loan me some money for my first shipment. The guy who sold me the list made a note about one of the people (who lives in Canada) on the list as the best seller due to speed of shipment and slightly lower price. I emailed all of the people on the list and a few replied back almost right away, one of them being the one with the special note on the list. So I agreed to send him $920 through western union and then he'd send 8 psp's to me. I sent the money and the same day he picked it up and said he'd send the tracking numbers. But he didn't...I've contacted him many times since then, but he hasn't replied at all. All of my e-mails didn't accuse him of anything, but did express that me and my partner were troubled by his lack of communication. It has now been a month and I still haven't heard from him...I didn't know what kind of legal action I could use or threaten to use at this point (being as he is in Alberta Canada). I have also e-mailed the person who sent me the list, and he has also not responded. He did inform me that one of the people was a fraud almost the day after, but that was the last correspondence I got from him and that was before I sent the money.
I realize now looking back that the guy was a little bit too anxious for the money, and that even though the e-mail address was correct he used a different name than what was on the list and that his e-mails seemed a bit unproffesional.
My partner e-mailed the guy again using another email address posing as if he was a different person and wanted to buy some items from the same list, but wanted to send him a money order in the mail and he got a reply today as well as the address to send it too.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated, as the only action I can think of is to get the Federal Government involved and that could take a while not to mention I may never get the money back.
A man advertised a wholesaler's list on ebay, I contacted him outside of ebay because I didn't want to wait for the auction to end. This list was of wholesalers of PSP's. He told me he'd let me have it for $18. So I paid the money through paypal and went down to the Franchise Tax Board, filed for a fictitious business name license, and the seller's licence. I had hoped to buy from someone on the list and sell it on an online store I was making, or at least ebay to get me started. I got all of the legal documents in line for my business within a couple of days, and even got a financial backer who was willing to loan me some money for my first shipment. The guy who sold me the list made a note about one of the people (who lives in Canada) on the list as the best seller due to speed of shipment and slightly lower price. I emailed all of the people on the list and a few replied back almost right away, one of them being the one with the special note on the list. So I agreed to send him $920 through western union and then he'd send 8 psp's to me. I sent the money and the same day he picked it up and said he'd send the tracking numbers. But he didn't...I've contacted him many times since then, but he hasn't replied at all. All of my e-mails didn't accuse him of anything, but did express that me and my partner were troubled by his lack of communication. It has now been a month and I still haven't heard from him...I didn't know what kind of legal action I could use or threaten to use at this point (being as he is in Alberta Canada). I have also e-mailed the person who sent me the list, and he has also not responded. He did inform me that one of the people was a fraud almost the day after, but that was the last correspondence I got from him and that was before I sent the money.
I realize now looking back that the guy was a little bit too anxious for the money, and that even though the e-mail address was correct he used a different name than what was on the list and that his e-mails seemed a bit unproffesional.
My partner e-mailed the guy again using another email address posing as if he was a different person and wanted to buy some items from the same list, but wanted to send him a money order in the mail and he got a reply today as well as the address to send it too.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated, as the only action I can think of is to get the Federal Government involved and that could take a while not to mention I may never get the money back.