Hey guys-
I am fairly new to this board. I recently got a 98 Tracker from my sister when she decided to get something else. Not being able to leave anything alone- I started to modify it a little. I ordered the spacers from Jeff and got them right away. No problems there, he was great. I also needed some other parts to complete the installation.

I found a user on here that had one of the things I was needing. I contacted the person and we came to an agreement for the strut extenders. I paid for them via Paypal so they could be shipped promptly. After recieving paymant- he claims to have mailed them and then tells me that they got lost. He tells me that he will be mailing me a refund. I am OK with that. I have never seen the refund or the parts. I have sent the user a Paypal request for the refund and have gotten no response from that OR the PMs that were sent on here.

What should be my next action? I have friends that are lawyers and cops, but really don't feel that $40 is really worth all that. I just don't like being ripped off. If it were $4 or $4000- it's still getting ripped off.

$40 eh...

you should really read this
http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=11883.0

That totally sucks. The way you presented the situation without mentioning names shows me at least ,your a reasonable person. I don't know what you should do, besides possibly revealing the culprits name to the moderator. I do believe we have a list of questionable users. I'm sure there are rules and such regarding this situation, Mr. moderator, care to chime in? Me, I guess I'm not that reasonable, I'd plaster his/her name all over this and any other forum as a rip off. Good Luck. 

Did you file an actual claim with Paypal?  Its worked for me on Ebay with a phoney SOB!!  You only have a certian amount of time to do so check it out!

That totally sucks. The way you presented the situation without mentioning names shows me at least ,your a reasonable person. I don't know what you should do, besides possibly revealing the culprits name to the moderator. I do believe we have a list of questionable users. I'm sure there are rules and such regarding this situation, Mr. moderator, care to chime in? Me, I guess I'm not that reasonable, I'd plaster his/her name all over this and any other forum as a rip off. Good Luck. 

This is a very relevant post for all of us here. and it brings us back to that other recent nightmare someone experienced here for over a GRAND. And our requests for a good vendor/bad vendor forum.

The thing about simply reporting the name to the moderator is that it's so easy for rip-off artists to just log onto a website and sell person to person under a diferent user name. That's why eBay, although sellers sometimes complain they're being reamed by them, is such a great place to BUY.

They have the personnel to monitor this nonsense and assure a good buy for you.

And although people may bash the postal service and UPS (I'm not one of them although I'm not a BIG fan of UPS), things don't just "get lost" nowadays. This is America--not Colombia.

He fed you BS to begin with, and his non-responses to you confirm that.

you really should discuss this matter with the moderators of this board, thats gonna get you the farthest. i would also go to paypal and see what help they can offer.
your doing this the right way though.
here are some people here you can contact thru PM's
member....... ebewley
member....... zukipilot

good luck getting this corrected

That realy sucks. I hope it works out and something can be done about it. I also want to thank you for putting my name in the post and letting everybody know that you had NO trouble with me. I' ve sold about 160 sets of my spacers and ALWAYS try to treat people the exact way I would expect to be treated as a paying customer. So far I've only had one problem with a guy who won the item on ebay and made excuses for not paying. I have and always will try to treat my buyers the way they should be, with respect and honesty.

That realy sucks. I hope it works out and something can be done about it. I also want to thank you for putting my name in the post and letting everybody know that you had NO trouble with me. I' ve sold about 160 sets of my spacers and ALWAYS try to treat people the exact way I would expect to be treated as a paying customer. So far I've only had one problem with a guy who won the item on ebay and made excuses for not paying. I have and always will try to treat my buyers the way they should be, with respect and honesty.

i wish everyone sold like you Jeff

That totally sucks. The way you presented the situation without mentioning names shows me at least ,your a reasonable person. I don't know what you should do, besides possibly revealing the culprits name to the moderator. I do believe we have a list of questionable users. I'm sure there are rules and such regarding this situation, Mr. moderator, care to chime in? Me, I guess I'm not that reasonable, I'd plaster his/her name all over this and any other forum as a rip off. Good Luck. 

I am trying to believe that this may be just a case of misunderstanding and missed e-mails. That is why I didn't put any names out there. I have now gotten a PM from the person and have replied. We will see where this goes before anything else gets said. I am not one to go trashing people and their reputation for something small. Since I am new to this forum- I don't want to start a reputation as being someone that is always having problems. I have perfect reputations in other forums I am a member of and that's how I like to be known.

Hey pjs97talon,

Just curious man but i noticed in the this thread (http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=19333.0)  you said you needed to cancel your order from another place before getting them from the new seller.. were you having problems getting them from the first place?... kinda curious coz im having some lost mail issues now too with the same product... alot of simularities.. hopefully thats all it is..
im not a detective.. i just want a lift!

James