jack0174 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Hello all.I recently payed £70 for a nitro car off someone from msuk-forum i payed through paypal but put it as a gift The person blocked me on msn and still has not sent the car. I tryed pm'ing him but still no luck.Any ideas on what i should do?Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Ward Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Hello all.I recently payed £70 for a nitro car off someone from msuk-forum i payed through paypal but put it as a gift The person blocked me on msn and still has not sent the car. I tryed pm'ing him but still no luck.Any ideas on what i should do?Thanks in advance.yeah give up, if youve sent it as a gift you havnt got a leg to stand on, its a common ebay scam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-Finger-er Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 realistically going through paypal, or just badgering him isnt going to work. When you sent the payment, did paypal give you his address/phone number. (not sure whether they do on gifts or not)Failing that, stick his email address into google, facebook, myspace etc. if hes in a different facebook network to you, then youll have to get one of your mates in the same network to view his profile(or change your network to the same as his/alternatively set up a fake profile and add him) you may get his mobile number off there, but if nothing else, even if hes in a different network and you only get to see his name, you got his name, and where he is roughly from. can then go onto the bt site, and search for his second name and town (hopefully his name isnt williams or jones or he lives in london s youll be pretty knackered, but if his names something a bit odd and he lives in the arse end of nowhere, your sorted). Give his house number a ring,can either tell him straight up how it is, can pretend its your father/family friend whos got a bit of experience in law, and that hes got 14 days to return the money, or you will start legal proceedings against him to recover your losses in the small claims court, and that you will be sending him out a letter confirming this in the post tomorrow. (bear in mind when you get his phone number off the bt site, you get his address too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack0174 Posted January 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 realistically going through paypal, or just badgering him isnt going to work. When you sent the payment, did paypal give you his address/phone number. (not sure whether they do on gifts or not)Failing that, stick his email address into google, facebook, myspace etc. if hes in a different facebook network to you, then youll have to get one of your mates in the same network to view his profile(or change your network to the same as his/alternatively set up a fake profile and add him) you may get his mobile number off there, but if nothing else, even if hes in a different network and you only get to see his name, you got his name, and where he is roughly from. can then go onto the bt site, and search for his second name and town (hopefully his name isnt williams or jones or he lives in london s youll be pretty knackered, but if his names something a bit odd and he lives in the arse end of nowhere, your sorted). Give his house number a ring,can either tell him straight up how it is, can pretend its your father/family friend whos got a bit of experience in law, and that hes got 14 days to return the money, or you will start legal proceedings against him to recover your losses in the small claims court, and that you will be sending him out a letter confirming this in the post tomorrow. (bear in mind when you get his phone number off the bt site, you get his address too)his name is mike ewing, he is from manchester ive tryed adding him on facebook but no joy yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-Finger-er Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 wouldnt of added him on facebook yourself, he knows who you are, he knows hes scammed you. theres only 12 ewings' in the manchester phone directory, may be worth making 12 phone calls(dont necessarily go for the m ewing, as he may be just a kid living with his mum) in the hope you find the right one. as with emails etc, you can just ignore them, but if your a kid scamming people, once your parents are aware that youve got the people you scammed ringing your house every day. there gunna give you grief about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack0174 Posted January 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 (edited) I looked on his facebook but no mobile number but i found out he is from Wilmslow in Cheshire.aha i now found he lives in: Torbrook Groveon the colshaw estate.Anyone know it? Edited January 10, 2009 by jack0174 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James-M Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 I looked on his facebook but no mobile number but i found out he is from Wilmslow in Cheshire.aha i now found he lives in: Torbrook Groveon the colshaw estate.Anyone know it?Go pay him a visit haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 I assume you gave him your address, as when you send money as a gift your address doesn't come through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack0174 Posted January 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 yep gave him my adress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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