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Subject:Re: Legal recourse for unscrupulous vendor.
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Sat, 7 Oct 2000 20:36:19 +1200

>What is the course of action to get money back from a vendor. I have sent
>money to a person that regularly uses this list to sell parts. He is not
>going to ship the product I asked for and he is refusing to return the
>money. "The check is in the mail" story only works if a check actually
>arrives which of course it hasn't.
>
>I know I can always go the lawyer route but this seems like using a
>sledgehammer to crack a nut. Whilst the sum of money ($170) is not
>excessive, I am not prepared to just forget about it either.

Send the repo man around!

Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
VW & mollusc nut
1969 Kombi with Corvair 2.4 & Powerglide
1984 Caravelle currently engineless
1984 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD)
1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel
1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX van/wagon
1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel