HELP BEEN SCAMMED BY A FELLOW MK1 OWNER Weston S-Mare

Hi i bought a fuel tank from a chap on ebay from Weston Super Mare, i have the real address but will not disclose on here, however i do have a picture of his car outside his address which he supplied. Does anyone recognise the car? if so could you have a word with him and advise him to refund me… The story is i paid for a tank by bank transfer and he has gone quiet ever since…
He is called Leon
Please help if you can!

P.s i have a certain job where i could proceed with criminal proceedings but would prefer to go the easy way about it…


Thanks

is it this guy ??
http://www.swdubs.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=28136

owwwhhhhhh yes, just done a google map and the house across the road is the same… Ill send him a message on here.


THANKSSSS

bit strange that to you he called himself leon and on that ad he put his name as ben hmmmm

Sorry to hear about it mate, it's a shame that people like this have to ruin forum trading, and turn everybody into skeptics.

He has now deleted his facebook page, still got a few lines of enquiry to follow up he owns a business in Brighton so have to try that on monday!

This is always annoying, perhaps one of the mods/membership crew might be able to help you track him down, if he's a member on here?

It seems a bit off that he obviously has parts for a mk1, but seems to want to scam someone for the cost of a fuel tank  

We have contact, silly excuses of friends ebay account, changed passwords etc, but he had my number all along!!

He is now saying i cant have a refund and the only option is to send the courier again..

Do i have a legal right to claim the money back as the goods have never left his hands..

James

Yes you do but you've chosen a payment method which makes it very difficult to simply get a refund. Paypal or cash on collection are really the only two which I'd use these days, for buying/selling anything privately. For buying from shops/businesses, credit card is the best because the CC company can arbitrate in disputes (I think its over £100 though).