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<p>[QUOTE="Grass Man, post: 2527792, member: 79939"]The only recourse the "buyer" has (assuming he has proper documentation) is breach of contract by the "seller". Did the seller commit a crime? yes. Was it mail or wire fraud? probably. Is the US Attorney going to get involved when the buyer had dirty hands? Doubtful. That leaves you with an action in small claims court for the jurisdiction in which the seller resides. While the rules of evidence may be relaxed in small claims court, you'd better have your case ready or the judge will throw it out. If you get your judgment, then you have to collect it. You are unlikely going to be able to garnish his wages or lien his property without the assistance of a lawyer. Cha ching. Like my $700 to that thief Walter Dardar in Mississippi, you reach a point where the end no longer justifies the means. It's not always financially better to be right than on the losing end of a case in which you are right. I don't see paypal as being involved in this at all, since the gift transfer is simply a means of anonymously transferring money from your account to someone else's without any consideration paid to PP. They have no obligation to you unless you have paid them to conduct the transaction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Grass Man, post: 2527792, member: 79939"]The only recourse the "buyer" has (assuming he has proper documentation) is breach of contract by the "seller". Did the seller commit a crime? yes. Was it mail or wire fraud? probably. Is the US Attorney going to get involved when the buyer had dirty hands? Doubtful. That leaves you with an action in small claims court for the jurisdiction in which the seller resides. While the rules of evidence may be relaxed in small claims court, you'd better have your case ready or the judge will throw it out. If you get your judgment, then you have to collect it. You are unlikely going to be able to garnish his wages or lien his property without the assistance of a lawyer. Cha ching. Like my $700 to that thief Walter Dardar in Mississippi, you reach a point where the end no longer justifies the means. It's not always financially better to be right than on the losing end of a case in which you are right. I don't see paypal as being involved in this at all, since the gift transfer is simply a means of anonymously transferring money from your account to someone else's without any consideration paid to PP. They have no obligation to you unless you have paid them to conduct the transaction.[/QUOTE]
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