eBay buyer never paid for item I shipped; course of action?

In My Humble Opinion
1

I recently sold an item (a guitar pedal) on eBay. In my haste to fulfill the order and get it out the door, I only belatedly (after it was shipped and delivered) realized that I never received payment from the buyer. I invoiced him twice—nothing. I sent the case to eBay’s resolution center, which achieved no results that I can see (other than advice to file reports with the Internet Crime Complaint Center and the USPS mail fraud division, which I did).

I would still like my money (or the guitar pedal back). Here’s the thing: I have the guy’s address and phone number. I have tracking from USPS that proves it was delivered to his house. Can I have the cops in his town (it’s in a neighboring state) do something about it? Or the cops in my town?

2

Nope. If he’s a good guy he’ll pay you. If not, chalk it up as a lesson learned. He didn’t steal it, you sent it to him.

3

I paid a guy in California for a ham radio. Hundreds of bucks.
After 2 weeks of no radio and no response, I called the sheriff substation 2 blocks from his house, and spoke with a nice lady deputy who said she’d be glad to pay him a visit if I wanted. :slight_smile:

I left him that message, and got a call back that day. Turns out yada, yada, yada.
I don’t care about excuses. Overnight that fucker, or Deputy Donna is gonna stop by.

(yes, there would be procedures follow, and I would follow them, but Jethro doesn’t know that)

Got the radio the next day.
Let this clown know that you’re perfectly willing to stick his ass in jail over this, and your moola will miraculously show up. :dubious:

4

Thanks. I might call up the Police Dept. tomorrow. (Or would Sheriff be better? This place has both.)

5

If he’s in a city and they have both, I would tend to believe the police department would have jurisdiction

6

Interesting, I am stunned that the police would agree to get involved on any level in enforcement of an online transaction. Really, I’m stunned.