posted on January 11, 2001 03:39:36 PM
This was in the police report of our local weekly newspaper along with the usual reports of domestic violence and shoplifting.
"January 2: An individual in the **** block of Peace Portal Drive purchased an expensive camera via Ebay. The individual sent a cashier's check to the seller as agreed upon. The individual received a rock instead of the camera. The rock was sent via Fed Ex from Minsk, Belarus."
Seeing as how the buyer used a cashier's check, do they have any way of getting their money back?
posted on January 12, 2001 05:16:38 AM
I bought one of the Minsk rocks, and the F-stop on it seems to stick. Other than that, the thing makes pretty good pictures.
posted on January 12, 2001 05:26:23 AM
I expect that report to make its way into Atlanta's local alternative newspaper (Creative Loafing) "News of the Weird" column.
The buyer is definitely between a rock and a hard place when it comes to getting their money back.
posted on January 12, 2001 09:32:02 AM
You know what kills me is that by sending that rock, the seller now has proof that he indeed sent something to the buyer !
Seeing as how the rock carries a certain amount of weight, the seller does have proof he mailed something which could have been a camera. So I do not see how anything can be done to the seller.
Another thing, the buyer signed for that package if it was sent Fed EX.
