UPDATE OCT 1ST 2006

THIS GUYS NAME IS

jose rodriguez
4044 rainbow cir
Labelle, FL 33935 gerica29
United StatesWHEN THE LAPTOP WAS RETURNED THE OPERATING SYSTEM HAD BEEN ALTERED AND THE DVD THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE AUCTION WASN'T RETURNED.  HE ALSO SWAPPED OUT THE CDRW DVD DRIVE WITH A FAULTY ONE AND STOLE ONE OF THE NUMBERS MATCHING MEMORY STICKS.  THIS GUY IS A CROOK.  HE ONLY HAS 1 POSATIVE FEEDBACK FROM BUYING LAPTOPS. IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS HES A CROOK.  AND USES THE SYSTEM TO HIS ADVANTAGE.  BECAUSE PAYPAL WONT DO ANYTHING UNLESS YOU FILE A POLICE REPORT AND THE POLICE WONT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE HES OUT OF THERE JURISDICTION.  BUT I FOUND OUT THE FEDS HAVE TO INVESTIGATE CRIMES LIKE THIS FOR MAIL FRAUD.  SO HES GOING DOWN.

I RECENTLY HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE CLEANERS BY A BUYER WITH HIGH FEEDBACK.  BUT I WASN'T ALONE.  COME TO FIND OUT THIS GUY HAS BEEN PULLING THIS STUNT FOR WELL OVER A YEAR NOW.  HIS FEEDBACK WAS AT 455 POSITIVE WHAT I REGRET NOT DOING IS REVIEWING HIS 10 NEGATIVE.  THEY ALL SAID ABOUT THE SAME THING. THAT HE WAS A LIAR AND A CROOK.  THAT HE SWAPPED PARTS OUT.  SO THE DAY AFTER HE RECIEVED THE LAPTOP HE E-MAILS ME CLAIMING THE CDRW DVD WOULDN'T PLAY ANY DISKS.  WELL I KNOW FOR A FACT I LOADED SOFTWARE INTO THE UNIT RIGHT BEFORE I SHIPPED IT IN ORDER FOR HIM TO READ THE DVD I WAS INCLUDING WITH THE AUCTION.  AND HE ADMITTED TO ME IT PLAYED THE DVD.  HE ALSO CLAIMED IT WASN'T READING ONE OF THE MEMORY CHIPS.  FUNNY PART WAS WHEN I WROTE THE AUCTION I WENT OFF THE BIOS READING FOR MEMORY.  SO I GOT SUSPICIOUS AND STARTED LOOKING AT HIS NEGATIVE REMARKS.  ALL POINTING IN ONE DIRECTION CROOK.  SO THEN I DID A SEARCH ON ALL THE AUCTIONS HE HAD BID ON IN THE LAST 30 DAYS.  THERE WERE A BUNCH OF AUCTIONS FOR HP PAVILLION AND SONY VIAO'S THAT HE HAD WON.  SO I E-MAILED THE SELLERS OF THESE AUCTIONS ALONG WITH THE SELLERS FROM HIS NEGATIVE FEEDBACKS.  THE RESPONSE WAS OVERWHELMING ALL SAYING THE SAME THING.  THE LAPTOPS LEFT WORKING AND CAME BACK FAULTY.  BUT NOTHING WAS DONE ABOUT IT.  SO I REPORTED IT DIRECTLY TO PAYPAL.  I DIDN'T E-MAIL THEM I CALLED.  E-MAIL THEM AND NOTHING WILL GET DONE.  BUT YOU CALL THEM AND GUARANTEED YOU WILL GET ACTION.  REMEMBER THAT THE PHONE CALL IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO.  THEY DOCUMENTED EVERYTHING I TOLD THEM ALONG WITH THE INFO I HAD AND THE OTHER SELLERS CLAIMS.  AND ALSO TOLD ME THAT WHAT THIS GUY WAS DOING IS A FEDERAL OFFENSE DUE TO MAIL FRAUD AND AN INTERNET CRIME WHICH THERE TAKING SERIOUSLY THESE DAYS.  SO ONCE I GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH THE PAYPAL REP (WHO WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL AND PISSED OFF AT THIS GUY) I E-MAILED ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE HE HAD RIPPED OFF.  DATING BACK A YEAR.  AND TOLD THEM TO DO THE SAME THING.

HIS LITTLE SCAM CONSISTED OF BUYING WORKING LAPTOPS, SWAPPING OUT THE GOOD PARTS WITH FAULTY BAD ONES.  THEN FILING A CLAIM WITH PAYPAL AGAINST THE SELLER.  AND RETURN THE ITEM FOR A REFUND.  I JUST WONDER HOW MANY OTHERS HES DONE THIS TOO THAT DIDN'T LEAVE FEEDBACK?  BUT ITS IRONIC THAT 3 OUT OF 4 PEOPLE I EMAILED WERE IN A DISPUTE WITH HIM CURRENTLY OR HAD BEEN TAKEN BY HIM PREVIOUSLY.

HE LIVES IN FLORIDA SO BE AWARE.

ANOTHER FUNNY THING WAS THE FACT HE HAD ALL PURCHASES ON HIS FEEDBACK AND NOT ONE SINGLE SALE.  SO HES APPARENTLY FUNDING SOME OUTSIDE REPAIR BUSINESS.  I PLAN ON TAKING THIS AS FAR AS I CAN TO NAIL HIM TO THE WALL.  SO SELLERS MAKE SURE YOU PUT SMALL MARKS ON THE CD ROMS HARD DRIVES, SOMEPLACE INCONSPICUOUS.  MARK THE ACTUAL DRIVE AND NOT JUST THE CADDY ENCLOSURE.  BEST PLACE IS INSIDE THE TRAY SOMEWHERE.  AND IF ANYONE READS THIS THATS BEEN TAKEN BY THIS GUY PLEASE CONTACT ME.  I WILL MAKE SURE YOUR ACTION IS ADDED TO THE POLICE REPORT, FOR COMPENSATION.  THIS CASE CLASSIFIES AS GRAND THEFT DUE TO THE VOLUME OF ITEMS HE HAS TAKEN.  PAYPAL HAS ALREADY OPENED UP A MAJOR INVESTIGATION ON HIM.  ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME.

DONT FORGET TO VOTE.  I TOOK PERSONAL TIME OUT TO WARN EVERYBODY ABOUT THIS CON ARTIST.  I JUST HOPE THIS INFO HELPS SOMEBODY OUT.