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3. IF YOU STILL CAN'T REACH AN AGREEMENT OVER THE PHONE OR
   IF YOU CAN'T FIND THE SELLER OVER THE PHONE (some sellers
   leave numbers that lead to answering machines that they
   NEVER answer or check!), IT'S TIME TO BRING IN THE
   AUTHORITIES!:

   a. LEAVE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FOR THE TRANSACTION.

   b. CONTACT EBAY'S SAFEHARBOR AT SAFEHARBOR@EBAY.COM
      Please note that eBay WILL NOT ACTUALLY HELP YOU AT
      ALL!  eBay is just there to collect money from the
      auctions >8(, but this will at least put your
      complaint on file.  You can also try to claim some
      money back for the fraud charges, but it will cost you
      $20.00 to do so with eBay's insurance company =6,
      making it quite useless for cheap purchases!

   c. FILE MAIL FRAUD CHARGES WITH YOUR LOCAL POST OFFICE.
      Just ask the postal clerk about how to file mail fraud
      charges against someone for defrauding you using the
      U.S. postal system!

   d. FILE FRAUD CHARGES WITH ONLINE ANTI-FRAUD
      ORGANIZATIONS:

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/2625/baddealhelps.html

      I filed once against someone using this road.  LONG
      AFTER I SETTLED THINGS MYSELF (using a little luck),
      I got a reply from the organization ONE YEAR LATER
      from the state's government about it, so SOMEONE is
      there relaying your complaints to someone EVENTUALLY!
      It will at least put your case on file to the local
      government.


Another optional e step (after this step d) I would suggest
is to try and contact the local authorities of the city or
state the person is living in (the local police department
or the state government) about what happened, and HOPEFULLY,
they might take action.  On a story on Dateline NBC, it took
complaints from 100s of people against this one eBay seller
for the local sheriff to finally step in to take action.  By
coincidence eBay thought they should step in as well, but it
was probably to cover their liability in the matter! >8(

I compiled this after 5 or so PROBLEMS/CHEATERS/SHILLERS I
had to deal with on eBay.  eBay only helped me with the
shillers, but nothing else!  Good luck on your pursuits, and
remember, EBAY IS USELESS TO HELP YOU!


Sincerely,

Sonia