Buyer claiming non-receipt of a mobile

AlanCarter

hollydays wrote: »

Have an " off the record" conversation with a police officer face to face? Hope you get a pc who's interested?

Unless he knows one or bumps into one you can't have an "off the record" conversation these days.

macman

If he had been doing this on a regular basis he would not have given you his phone number-he would be selling the phones on for use with another number.

hollydays

AlanCarter wrote: »

Unless he knows one or bumps into one you can't have an "off the record" conversation these days.

l
What do you mean bumps into one?
Most conversations can be had if had in the right way.

flopstocks

macman wrote: »

If he had be doing this on a regular basis he would not have given you his phone number-he would be selling the phones on for use with another number.

TBH if is was a normal item (that could not be tracked like a phone) I would have had no chance in busting him. The guy is obviously pretty stupid to give me his mobile, but on the other hand I bet other sellers are not as 'Thrifty' as me to pursue the issue. I was also fortunate in the fact that Motorola passed his number over.

A few years back I was on the other end, where I brought a Brand new mobile on ebay. Six months later it stopped working due to being blocked. The seller stopped responding to me basically said it was not him, and I pursued my case by using auction fraud and via ebay chat (being passed around for ages). But I was persistent and ebay eventually refunded the money. I don't know if ebay took any action towards the seller though.

Poppie68

Reporting the matter to the police may help you fight your corner with Amazon, don't worry about Motorola it's their problem.

AlanCarter

hollydays wrote: »

l
What do you mean bumps into one?
Most conversations can be had if had in the right way.

Well by phoning her local police he's unlikely to speak to an officer. If he speaks to a call handler they'll create an incident and they will be forced to record the crime. I'm not sure that's what he wants if he gat a refund from Amazon.

hollydays

AlanCarter wrote: »

Well by phoning her local police he's unlikely to speak to an officer. If he speaks to a call handler they'll create an incident and they will be forced to record the crime. I'm not sure that's what he wants if he gat a refund from Amazon.

Phoning the police is clearly not an off the record conversation.

AlanCarter

hollydays wrote: »

Phoning the police is clearly not an off the record conversation.

Hence why I said he needs to know or bump into one, but you decided to question that for some reason.

hollydays

hollydays wrote: »

Have an " off the record" conversation with a police officer face to face? Hope you get a pc who's interested?

So it seems that my initial post above was correct and not worth you trying to dispute then ?

AlanCarter

hollydays wrote: »

So it seems that my initial post above was correct and not worth you trying to dispute then ?

Probably not as you think you know best.