North East - Scammed?

Hey guys I need your advice. I recently THOUGHT I had traded my jensen flip out tv for a b18 motor swap. I shipped out the tv on monday, with delivery confirmation. The person I traded with told me they shipped out the motor on monday. Yesterday they sent me an email saying they didnt recieve the tv. I went to the usps website and it said the item was delivered on wed. They told me they never recieved the package, and were cancelling the shipment on the motor. They also told me in the email that they have had packages stolen from their porch before(which they did not tell me before I shipped the item, or else I would have had it delivered to a local post office requiring ID for pickup.) What do you guys think? What should I do? I called the post office already, and he said it sounds like a scam and that hes contacting the authorities as well as the postal inspector, but I want to know what I can do to either 1) get my motor or 2) get my tv back.

get your tv back.... there is and never was a motor... you've beem scammed... if he really sent the motor out already then he cant just cancel it... ever seen the movie over night delivery???....lol

he cant just cancel the shipment of the motor or have it returned? He showed me an email saying the item was shipped via clark freight, and would be arriving on monday morning.This member by the way is jspec95 right here on hondacivicforums

nah... he scammed you... no1 will trade a motor for a tv... and as a rule of thumb... when some1 just joins a forum and starts selling big things like motors... ... dont really trust them... at least this was a learning experience... but you have an address right... so track his ass down

1. send a PM to Patrick, he is the site admin

2. does the tracking info say it was signed for, or left on the porch?

ass-tracking in progress, I know the "if it sounds to good to be true" rule, but he was only asking 750 for the motor, and its a 1000 dollar screen so it was kind of even, he showed me pics of the motor, made me sign warranty papers as well as a bill of sale, so it just looked to straightforward to be a scam. Ive already talked to the postmaster and the police, this guy isnt getting away with this one.

Who is patrick? Is that his pm name? What do I tell him? Also the postmaster said that delivery confirmation does not require a signature, but that if the package was delivered, it is the responsibility of the person recieving the item to be present at the time of drop off. Even the postmaster said it sounds like a scam, but to wait until monday to see if the motor arrives, because if the motor comes to my house anyway, they can investigate if someone MAY have stolen it from the persons house, or if the mailman took back the package.

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Who is patrick? Is that his pm name? What do I tell him?


yes that's his name, and like I said he is the site admin. Tell him what you posted here, send him a link to this thread AND the original thread. he will want to know.

done! This is crazy, who would think you could get scammed with so much "proof" that this was real. Anyone on here in the victoria texas area willing to go throw someone a beatin? I can trade car parts in payment, but need to see proof they got whooped up on.

ive been looking and i went to jspec95 on member list and looked at all the posts that were made by him and found out it is a girl. didnt know if u knew that. thought u might want to know just incase u decide to drive to her house and beat her up. sorry to her u got scammed though. as someone really old and wise probly said "this is how u learn" or some kinda crap like that!

Actually it was a man posting using his wifes info. I got the tv back after I called the postmaster,postal inspector, the police, and the freight company. I had him scared, and got my **** back.

lol... did he plan on sending the motor??

I doubt it, he claimed after he sent the tv back that he was going to still send the motor, and then when I got the motor to send him back the tv, but havent heard from him since.

So he sent the screen back to you? Or someone you contacted had it returned to you?

You are very lucky either way. There are alot of escrow services online that will hold things untill the other is delivered, next time I would suggest that to anyone who is trading.

he sent it back to me after I told him I contacted all those people.

Listen, this is what you do...I own a car stereo business and recently had something lost through UPS...
1) Call them and tell them that nobody received the package
2) Have the receiver (the person you shipped to) call UPS and say that they never received the package - If you can, 3-way the call.

UPS will open an investigation and give you a call back within 1-8 business days and either:
1) Find your TV
2) Send you a check for the TV/Monitor

I hope this helped you....

Where did you send the monitor to?

Oops, I didn't reallize your replies...I'm glad you got your TV!

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