Chad
Elite Member
Several weeks ago I purchased a used AT Pro on here in the classified section for $400. Deal was made on Saturday, 1/5/13. I mailed out a postal money order (as per the sellers request) that very next Monday, 1/7/13. Money order was delivered and signed for that Wednesday1/9/13. I expected him to mail out the AT Pro along with a tracking number the following day, as he promised. I got several excuses at days went by explaining why the detector was not sent out. Several days later, I got an email from him telling me he had finally sent it out and he was sorry for the delay. I was fine with everything because he was at least communicating with me on a daily basis. On 1/15/13 I received a package in the mail from him, opened it up and it's a SunRay inline probe. 
I emailed him right away telling him that's not what I purchased from him. He apologized profusely, telling me his wife made the error and he sent my ATP to the guy that purchased his probe and vise-versa. He contacted the other guy, who agreed to return the ATP. He told me he received it in the mail on 1/18/13 and would overnight it to me later in the day and he would email me a tracking number in a little while. Well, "a little while" came and went, didn't hear anything. I emailed him Sunday asking if he ever got it mailed out and he told me no. He will send it out first thing Monday morning which would be 1/21/13. Tuesday, 1/22/13 asking me "I assume all is well? I didn't hear from you so I assume you got the tracking number? It's only showing that it was picked up in Tampa, FL. I will call the post office now". I replied right away saying no, I never got anything. No tracking number, no package. I have no clue what you are talking about. This was our last communication. A few days later he posts on here about a horrible tragedy that happened in his family, which I can certainly understand and have all the sympathy in the world, but I still need either what I purchased, or my $400 back.
I guess my question is, what is the next step? We are now 13 days from our last communication, and tomorrow reaches the ONE MONTH mark from date that the deal was made. I have all the receipts from the money order, and the certified mail. I've made several attempts via PMs on here as well as sending a letter VIA snail mail with no success. I still have the SunRay probe he sent me for an Etrac. He told me he was going to include a money order for me to ship the probe back so I would not have any out of pocket expense of my own.
Should I just suck it up and eat the $400? Sell the probe to recover some of the money? I already have the same probe so its of no use to me. Give it more time and see if he contacts me? Help!! I'm super frusturated at this point.
I emailed him right away telling him that's not what I purchased from him. He apologized profusely, telling me his wife made the error and he sent my ATP to the guy that purchased his probe and vise-versa. He contacted the other guy, who agreed to return the ATP. He told me he received it in the mail on 1/18/13 and would overnight it to me later in the day and he would email me a tracking number in a little while. Well, "a little while" came and went, didn't hear anything. I emailed him Sunday asking if he ever got it mailed out and he told me no. He will send it out first thing Monday morning which would be 1/21/13. Tuesday, 1/22/13 asking me "I assume all is well? I didn't hear from you so I assume you got the tracking number? It's only showing that it was picked up in Tampa, FL. I will call the post office now". I replied right away saying no, I never got anything. No tracking number, no package. I have no clue what you are talking about. This was our last communication. A few days later he posts on here about a horrible tragedy that happened in his family, which I can certainly understand and have all the sympathy in the world, but I still need either what I purchased, or my $400 back. I guess my question is, what is the next step? We are now 13 days from our last communication, and tomorrow reaches the ONE MONTH mark from date that the deal was made. I have all the receipts from the money order, and the certified mail. I've made several attempts via PMs on here as well as sending a letter VIA snail mail with no success. I still have the SunRay probe he sent me for an Etrac. He told me he was going to include a money order for me to ship the probe back so I would not have any out of pocket expense of my own.
Should I just suck it up and eat the $400? Sell the probe to recover some of the money? I already have the same probe so its of no use to me. Give it more time and see if he contacts me? Help!! I'm super frusturated at this point.
