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Should I Have Done This

glen5213
glen5213 Posts: 335 Forumite
in Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels
A few weeks ago i bought some items from a seller on ebay
to cut a long story short they stiffed me no item recieved and no refund
i went through the normal route with pay pal and they could not get me my money back as he was no longer registered blah blah.

well finding myself at a loose end tonight i trawled the net trying to find anything he had posted on forums and guess what i found the little !!!!er
so i joined the forum he is on and replied to some of his threads by telling all on the forum just how much of a little !!!!!! he really is

so my question is

was i correct to do that or should i just forget all about it:confused::confused:
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  • Searcher
    Searcher Posts: 600 Forumite
    glen5213 wrote:

    was i correct to do that or should i just forget all about it:confused::confused:

    well it works for me LMAO but i'm a vindictive so and so
    I guess you've seen the last of your money I reckon you've paid for the satisfaction of flaming him on a forum ....so long as you found the right person of course ;)
  • glen5213
    glen5213 Posts: 335 Forumite
    I did
    I carried out various background checks

    cant wait to hear from him
    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
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  • rose_sparky
    rose_sparky Posts: 974 Forumite
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    I'd be rather concerned as he would have your name and address.

    But then I'm a female wimp.
  • angelcake
    angelcake Posts: 4,496 Forumite
    how did you find him????? Wow!! I probably wouldn't have identified myself and played with him
    :p:p Angel :p:p
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,451 Ambassador
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    Like the others have said I would not have done this purely because I would be afraid of retaliation.

    I picked up a stalker once, probably from being outspoken on sites like this, and that was a nightmare, so I am very very cautious now.

    Soo
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  • glen5213
    glen5213 Posts: 335 Forumite
    soolin wrote:
    Like the others have said I would not have done this purely because I would be afraid of retaliation.

    I picked up a stalker once, probably from being outspoken on sites like this, and that was a nightmare, so I am very very cautious now.

    Soo

    well i have had my fun i am not going to stalk him or do anything else this was just to let him know i know where he is hopefully he wont try and scam other people in the future
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  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
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    Was it a forum full of ebayers, or something more obscure?

    If it was a stamp-collecting forum, you may have wasted your energy ;)
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • going2die_rich
    going2die_rich Posts: 1,378 Forumite
    Why not, you paid for an item and never receieved. You probably stopped others being ripped off by this person. You should feel good not bad.
  • smartie1976
    smartie1976 Posts: 1,984 Forumite
    going2die_rich wrote:
    Why not, you paid for an item and never receieved. You probably stopped others being ripped off by this person. You should feel good not bad.

    ASSUMING you definately got the right person... this is a personal dispute between two people, and to take this up in a forum not associated to the original transaction is out of order.
    It's BOUGHT (to Buy), not BROUGHT (to bring) AND you cannot be frauded, only DEfrauded.

    Please do not buy animals from a pet store. Visit your local sanctuary or centre and give a good home to an unloved or abandoned animal.
  • jakemuk
    jakemuk Posts: 973 Forumite
    glen5213 wrote:
    well i have had my fun i am not going to stalk him or do anything else this was just to let him know i know where he is hopefully he wont try and scam other people in the future

    What would you do if he came to yours tooled up
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