Re: My Experience with S-O-N so far... -- Possible Auction Seller Fraud

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Subject: Re: My Experience with S-O-N so far...

Author:
mczcash

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Date Posted: 07:13:06 02/13/02 Wed
In reply to: Nick 's message, "My Experience with S-O-N so far..." on 21:38:23 02/12/02 Tue

>I was actually not a winning bidder in the auction for
>the Sony LX 920, but contacted S-O-N soon after the
>auction ended and placed an order over the phone using
>my American Express card. I was so excited about the
>deal that I let my guard and common sense down a
>little bit.
>
>They promised me delivery no later than March 11. It
>seems to me, after calling a couple of different times
>and talking with different people that they probably
>have a written statement about their company and how
>they operate right in front of them so that they sound
>legitimate. The two people I talked with said the
>same exact thing. I mean, there wasn't any deviation
>at all, nor was there any additional info that they
>provided. They had one story and stuck with it. The
>second person I talked with sounded less convincing to
>me. After he was explaining how they operate he said
>something like "and that's how the system works". I
>thought it was a little odd to talk about your
>business operations as a system. It made me think
>that he's probably talking about their scam, which is
>a system that they have probably worked out very well.
>
>What I believe now is that they have stretched the
>delivery time as much as they can so that they will
>have more time to get as many buyers as they can
>before complaints start coming in about not receiving
>shipment. And I betcha they are planning on pulling
>the plug on this scam prior to March 11. That way, no
>one has the right (including American Express and
>PayPal) to complain until that time. By the time
>complaints start rolling in, they're long gone. At
>least, that's what my gut is telling me.
>
>I requested today for them to cancel my order. They
>emailed me back instructing me to call them in person
>to cancel. I tried a couple to times today but was
>unsucessful in getting through. I will try again
>tomorrow. I will follow up with everyone and let you
>all know if they give me any problems with cancelling
>the order. I actually believe that they won't give me
>any problems at all. If my hunch is right, then what
>I believe is that they don't want any waves right now.
> They want as much business as possible without any
>friction prior to March 11. However, who knows??
>
>I wish you all the best of luck, and I will follow up
>with you all on this forum with additional info as I
>get it.
>
>- Nick
I am told by another ebay user to get my moneys back from paypal TODAY but I am unable to even file a complaint until at least 30 days let alone get moneys back. Maybe I don't know how to go about doing so.
Michelle

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