We were all sitting in chat one night, Carl had been a regular and asked if I had found the door panels yet.
He explained he wanted manual windows and had a set of panels for power windows.
After showing me pictures I asked how much he wanted. He asked me to make an offer. Since I had recently been outbid at 220.00 on ebay I offered 220.00 shipped, and asked if I should pay now.
He responded I should wait until he had the panels removed.
Then on the chat he pm'd me a picture of removed panels. I asked if I should paypal him yet, he said no, as he needed to make sure he could ship them.
Then he even called me on the phone to talk a bit about stuff for his chevy truck he wanted to do. It was actually a pleasant chat.
2 days later, me being eager to get the panels, asked him if I should send payment yet. He said sure, as usps quoted a good price.
I felt surely, if he was intending to rip me off he would have eagerly accepted my first offer of payment.
Then he said his wife ended up sending them ups
Then nothing. Then an email saying there had been a death in the family, ups sent em back and he resent them, but still no tracking number.
Then nothing. Another member actually went to his home and said he was told ups sent em back again.
I called his house and got no answer.
Then, other people called and his wife answered, but Carl was auto parts shopping, so I tried and got through to her. She said Carl wasn't home, and she had no clue what I was talking about but would have him call me. I asked again, did you mail or ship a box to Kansas? and she replied no.
So, I gave it a couple days, then filed a complaint. I called the police, and to my surprise they actually called back saying they drove to his house, but he told them the panels were broken and he was intending to pay me when he got his next paycheck, on Friday, May 27. I was also told if they arrested him now there was no chance of getting this payment so I agreed. However, I was also told there was no shipping receipt or box of door panels to be shown.
Anyway, I called paypal and they are refunding the money and then going after him for it. His account is tied to a credit card so somehow they will get their money.
