Re: Credit Card Chargebacks

Shawn Hirn <srhi@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
In situations such as this, the consumer's only recourse is through
legal action in small claims court.

You can sue the guy who ripped you off in your local Small
Claims Court, but of course you'll never collect a cent of the
default judgment you'll win when he doesn't show up.

Or you can spend the money to travel to the defendant's
jurisdiction and sue him there, but the expense of doing so
will probably be more than the amount of money you lost.

Yeah, this really sucks, but it's the facts of life.

There is a third option... If the seller warranted that the
product was in useable condition, and it wasn't, and a
reasonable man would know that it wasn't, i.e., you can make a
good case that the seller committed FRAUD, then that's a
criminal rather than civil matter, and you can try to get the
district attorney in his jurisdiction to prosecute him for it.
After all, $800 + $175 in shipping is a lot of money, and if
he ripped you off, he has probably ripped other people off as
well and will continue to do so.
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