Forum member has taken £200 of my money and not shipped what I paid for

[jedi-knight83]

small claim court will rule in your favour as the law on personal sales favours the buyer and even a verbal agreement to see is binding (although only enforceable if a 3rd party is witness). If you have it in writing or email etc that you agree to pay £xx for xx product and can prove you sent the money then its the sellers responsibility to PROVE you have received the item (which is why i always ONLY send things recorded delivery now as had a few people on ebay claim things never turn up when I know they probably have but ive lost out on ebay claims as i couldnt prove that they definitely had been delivered)

Where it gets annoying if its not on ebay where they just automatically reverse the transaction and the buyer gets all the money back is when the court does rule in your favour.... the seller can claim he doesnt have the funds to pay you back so they will rule that he has to pay what he can over a reasonable period of time.

I had this with someone I bought concert tickets from.. I paid about £1000 and ended up getting it back over a period of 3 years in small installments which was very annoying.

[Hedge]

Pm me his address and ill take around the heavies!

You rang? 

[rich83]

Pm me his address and ill take around the heavies!

You rang? 

 

[alfboden]

small claim court will rule in your favour as the law on personal sales favours the buyer and even a verbal agreement to see is binding (although only enforceable if a 3rd party is witness). If you have it in writing or email etc that you agree to pay £xx for xx product and can prove you sent the money then its the sellers responsibility to PROVE you have received the item (which is why i always ONLY send things recorded delivery now as had a few people on ebay claim things never turn up when I know they probably have but ive lost out on ebay claims as i couldnt prove that they definitely had been delivered)

Where it gets annoying if its not on ebay where they just automatically reverse the transaction and the buyer gets all the money back is when the court does rule in your favour.... the seller can claim he doesnt have the funds to pay you back so they will rule that he has to pay what he can over a reasonable period of time.

I had this with someone I bought concert tickets from.. I paid about £1000 and ended up getting it back over a period of 3 years in small installments which was very annoying.

I've collected a good deal of evidence so I'm very confident I'll get a ruling in my favour if it went to a small claims court.

[ConeKiller]

The fact he hasn't commented on this thread to defend himself speaks volumes

[paulw123]

If you "win" the court case, how the hell do you get the money out of him?
Says he'll pay , but never does...£1 a week....bloke needs to be locked up....inform the police mate.

[alfboden]

If you "win" the court case, how the hell do you get the money out of him?
Says he'll pay , but never does...£1 a week....bloke needs to be locked up....inform the police mate.

He either pays up in full or claims he can't afford it and its paid in installments which are collected via the courts. I don't care as long as I get my money back and cause the pikey plenty of hassle. My solicitor mate assures me it's a civil case and its not worth going to the police.

[tony_danza]

I've known someone sell the debt to a scumbag debt collector, only recovered half the loss, but it worked out very well.

[Tortaruga]

it worked out very well.

Sounds like he was kneecapped?

[Deako]

Pm me his address and ill take around the heavies!

You rang? 

 

He meant he would sit on him. 

[Action jackson]

Put his name and address, phone number online. Then we can all order pizzas,subway,takeaways and taxi to his house. Oh and phone him night and day, there's enough of us doing shift work to keep it up night and day. He's a scumbag and I'm gutted for you pal.

[Eddie-NL]

sorry to hear this, hope you get it sorted.

[vRS Carl]

Post him a frozen steamer. 

I've got 2 dogs so plenty of steamers to send if needs be. 

Really sorry to hear about this. The Cnut needs injecting with bleach!

[Jussa]

Pm me his address and ill take around the heavies!

You rang? 

 

He meant he would sit on him. 

 

[alfboden]

Cheers for all the responses, obviously I had my own thoughts on this chap but it's always good to hear everyone else's haha