Thread: Bad internet deal cost me $650.00!

Way to go and yes, thanks to Constable Kathy Soulierre of the Techumseh Police Detachment for her encouraging words! If Babin is reading this, which I'm sure he is, don't be a scumbag

Cheers to the law enforcement officers involved, good for you getting your merchandise and Ron Babin is a piece of trash in my book.

Let this be a lesson to everyone. Try to deal with established members here. DO NOT post your email address in threads. If you do, that opens it up to non-members to contact you. It is not a 100% guarantee that a deal will not go bad, but it gives you a little comfort zone if they have been a member here for a while.

I am glad everything worked out but The guy is still a scumbag, and he will do it again.

I had a bad transaction through Ebay once and YES the credit card company did come through, but i would check with your card company too find out if they do.

Nothing is 100 % when dealing with transactions over the internet, but it sure helps to deal with people in a forum that others know and have had deals with.

I could not send money overseas, if something went wrong you would not have much of a chance resolving the problem.

but i am glad this turn out well for you.

Rick

Great to hear everything worked out !!!

Congratulations - that's really great news. You may want to try to contact Constable Kathy Soulierre's superiors and acknowledge how grateful you are for her assistance. If you do it by email or letter it's frequently the sort of thing that gets put into an HR file. Just a thought. Congrats again!

Already in Process! Thanks

Hello Recardo



I just want to let you know on how much Constable Soulliere helped me in retrieving what I bought on the internet. The case was "pretty complicated to say the least", but she stuck it out to make sure I recieved what I paid for.





Here is an original posting I listed in Gutar Canada Forum;


I posted a "Wanted to buy", (which is still active), on this Website for JBL 4602 floor wedge monitors and got a reply from a guy by the name of "Ron Babin" out of Moncton N.B. I made the deal for 650.00 for 3 monitors, and paid him via PayPal including shipping in early August and I have not seen the monitors yet. All I've heard from this scumbag is nothing but excuses via email and phone conversations.
I filed a claim with PayPal, and they voted in my favor, but still could not get me my money back because he drained his accounts and thier claim process took until September the 5th. This guy had an ebay account in good standing, but because of this bad transaction, both his ebay and PayPal accounts have been Frozen, and I'm s__t out of luck!
This goes to show you that PayPal isn't as secure as you think it is, because of it's drawn out claim process allows thieves to pull the money out before PayPal can retrieve it!
I've notified the O.P.P. and they had no luck to tracing this guy and the local R.C.M.P. detachment in Moncton NB, will not return my calls. I do believe that law enforcement can contact ebay or PayPal directly to trace members contact information but they won't in my case for some reason unknown!
His ebay handle is "nique9tp", and his email is "nique9@hotmail.com". He was obviously cruising this forum and some of you may know of him, so be very wary dealing with this guy because he is nothing but a thief!.
This may also be a case of stolen identity on ebay. I have talked to him on the phone, and I have left messages, but he is no longer returning my calls. This is classic internet Fraud.
In summary,My frustration is at an all time high, and I will be practicing Face to Face transactions more often, and it's people like this that spoil great forums like this one, for everyone else. I thought that all the good and honest members should know about my misfortune, so that they dont get taken like I did! You just don't know!

Now here is the end result of this transaction;

I am happy to report that I finally recieved the three monitors from "Ron Babin" yesterday, October 19th, 2 1/2 months after I shipped him the money. I have to thank publically, Constable Kathy Soulierre of the Techumseh O.P.P. Police Detachment, on her efforts, or I wouldn't have these speakers today. It was only because of her "encouraging conversation" with mister Babin that managed to convince him to "ship the goods" or "cough up the money", or face the wrath of the R.C.M.P.'s local detachment in Moncton NB. The conversation took place on October 14th, and the "goods" were on the truck by Friday the 16th!
I've learned a lot through this transaction, mostly from the great membership on this thread, to help encourage and keep my persistence up, and to not let this crud get away with this crime.

I wish to personally thank all of you for your support!


Ricardo;

This is a success story, one of the few that make it through and should be posted for all of the Constables to see.
Not only to commend Contable Soulliere, but with some persistance, the details of this Internet crime can be used as a tool for future cyber crimes.

Many thanks again for all your efforts!