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We're all just about fed up with the Covid situation and my common sense tells me to just stay inside and be patient. Fortunately, something will come along to lift my spirits.
Back in Nov, 2020 I received a response for a $90 part that was advertised in the MOA Marketplace. We emailed back and forth and came to a price of $90 delivered. That was on Nov. 18.
On the 19th he asked for my address to send a cashier's check, which I gave him. On the 20th he forwarded the info to his secretary for processing. On the 21st he informed me that the secretary is new and she made out the check for $1900! Starting to smell anything?
On the 23rd he notified me that the check should arrive the next day and he offers me an extra $20 for the inconvenience! How thoughtful. On the 27th he informs me that I should receive the check "at any moment"!
Please keep following the time line because it gets better.
On the 28th he emails me that I should get back to him immediately! It is Urgent.
On the 5th of Dec. I"m told that the check is in transit via Fedex.
On the 8th, I'm told that the check should arrive today.
On the 10th he sends me another "urgent response needed" message with a tracking number. Then another email that says that Fedex has delivered the check and I should immediately deposit it to my account! Well, I did get the check on the 10th. It was dated the 9th and came to me from a real estate title company in Michigan.
On the 14th, He asks if I deposited the check yet. I told him that I needed an address to send the part and the refund to so that I could do it all in one trip. I advised him that I was on a fixed income and wanted to do it all in one trip to save gasoline.
On the 15th I finally receive an address to send the stuff to. It's an address in Lubbock with an apartment number so I google earth to find that it is actually an open lot with a mobile home in the back!
Now I should mention the time line again as well as the two phone numbers that he has been using. One in Las Cruces, NM and one in Hewlett Bay Park in NY.
I should also mention that the check is issued from a San Francisco bank and from a trust account supposedly through a law firm in Florida and dated 12/09/2020. Are you keeping up with the dates?
Well, I'm thinking about just letting him off the hook by now. I've called local police across the country but since I haven't actually cashed the check, a crime has yet to be committed.
So now I'm trying to drag this out for a bit and send him an email saying that the check hasn't been processed completely and I wouldn't be doing just diligence if I didn't mention that the Lubbock address was a lot with a mobile home in the background. No units or apartments to be seen!
Now it's after Christmas and I get a new address from him that is in a different state. It actually is googled out as an apartment.
Things quieted down around New Years but I got another email last week wanting to know where the part and check were. He was insisting that I send the package at once via Fedex and send him the tracking number. On Saturday I informed him that I had given it to my wife to send on Friday. Yesterday he wanted the tracking number from Fedex. I told him that my wife had it. She was on the road to Montana last night to go take care of her relatives who had contracted Covid 19. They live in a cabin that is off the grid and she never has her phone on when driving because it can distract her.
I can't wait to see what happens next.
Back in Nov, 2020 I received a response for a $90 part that was advertised in the MOA Marketplace. We emailed back and forth and came to a price of $90 delivered. That was on Nov. 18.
On the 19th he asked for my address to send a cashier's check, which I gave him. On the 20th he forwarded the info to his secretary for processing. On the 21st he informed me that the secretary is new and she made out the check for $1900! Starting to smell anything?
On the 23rd he notified me that the check should arrive the next day and he offers me an extra $20 for the inconvenience! How thoughtful. On the 27th he informs me that I should receive the check "at any moment"!
Please keep following the time line because it gets better.
On the 28th he emails me that I should get back to him immediately! It is Urgent.
On the 5th of Dec. I"m told that the check is in transit via Fedex.
On the 8th, I'm told that the check should arrive today.
On the 10th he sends me another "urgent response needed" message with a tracking number. Then another email that says that Fedex has delivered the check and I should immediately deposit it to my account! Well, I did get the check on the 10th. It was dated the 9th and came to me from a real estate title company in Michigan.
On the 14th, He asks if I deposited the check yet. I told him that I needed an address to send the part and the refund to so that I could do it all in one trip. I advised him that I was on a fixed income and wanted to do it all in one trip to save gasoline.
On the 15th I finally receive an address to send the stuff to. It's an address in Lubbock with an apartment number so I google earth to find that it is actually an open lot with a mobile home in the back!
Now I should mention the time line again as well as the two phone numbers that he has been using. One in Las Cruces, NM and one in Hewlett Bay Park in NY.
I should also mention that the check is issued from a San Francisco bank and from a trust account supposedly through a law firm in Florida and dated 12/09/2020. Are you keeping up with the dates?
Well, I'm thinking about just letting him off the hook by now. I've called local police across the country but since I haven't actually cashed the check, a crime has yet to be committed.
So now I'm trying to drag this out for a bit and send him an email saying that the check hasn't been processed completely and I wouldn't be doing just diligence if I didn't mention that the Lubbock address was a lot with a mobile home in the background. No units or apartments to be seen!
Now it's after Christmas and I get a new address from him that is in a different state. It actually is googled out as an apartment.
Things quieted down around New Years but I got another email last week wanting to know where the part and check were. He was insisting that I send the package at once via Fedex and send him the tracking number. On Saturday I informed him that I had given it to my wife to send on Friday. Yesterday he wanted the tracking number from Fedex. I told him that my wife had it. She was on the road to Montana last night to go take care of her relatives who had contracted Covid 19. They live in a cabin that is off the grid and she never has her phone on when driving because it can distract her.
I can't wait to see what happens next.