Yeah, the fake check.... the one that he specified no amount of, and implied that
If 50 people did it, at $10 shipping each....
would make up for. I guess I should have assumed that was several thousand dollars, seeing as how he wanted the guy to lose $500.
Anyway, I don't believe this story at all. I don't believe his police department would flat out refuse to investigate something as serious as $7,000 in check fraud. To me it sounds like someone had a dispute with a vendor, the vendor didn't give him what he wanted, and he has no actual legal recourse so he's trying to make the vendor lose money on shipping because he's pissed at them.
I also find it doubtful that someone who is generating an income that can support a family of 4, a mortgage on a house, and a college tuition would be unable to come up with $7000 in the several months it would take for the foreclosure to take place. I doubt he'd be receiving significant financial aid for school with thousands in the bank and being a homeowner. And surely you could have taken out a $7000 loan against the value of your house to cover the losses until the issue was resolved? You don't own a car that you could have sold?
(btw, this $7,000 number is coming from the post where he says "$700... The bank told me it was 10 times that.")
It seems to me to be unlikely that someone would lose a house over a one-time loss of a few thousand dollars.
EDIT: Looked at the reseller ratings page. I believe he got the 35 DOA HDDs. I think he's pissed about it and made up the fake check story to help convince people to side with him. No one else on reseller ratings has had bogus checks written, just a lot of incorrect and DOA merchandise. Also, one poster on reseller ratings says:
Just to let everyone know that has been ripped by this company, I just talked to a Detective Holloway from the Carrollton, TX police force. He and others are preparing a federal fraud case against this company and are looking for any information they can get from customers. The fax number for all of your vital information is 972-466-3549. Send any info that you may have to Det. Holloway's attention. Including correspondence with comp-recycle and your vitals.
we can take this fraudelent company down!!!!
Yet the same police department refused to even look ata check fraud case against the same company? I find that doubtful.
EDIT 2: Looking more closely at reseller ratings, there is one other person who has mentioned a quicken check scheme:
I have one better. The owner, Allen Wagonburg accepted a few of my company checks. Although it is not his prefferred method of payment, the post office states that he cannot accept just a money order or cash.
He printed his OWN checks with Quicken, then used MY bank account and company name, He then signed the checks with a bogus name. He made one payable to the POSTMASTER and one to UPS.
This my friends is check fraud. I have a detective with the Plano Texas Police department working on this as we speak.
He will not be sued by me...(not yet). But he will be going to jail.
If he has defrauded you, just send me an email. I will forward that to the detective working the case. Screw the USPS inspector!! I have had a case pending with them for weeks!!! This is no longer a civil matter. It is criminal.
Of course, this person mentions the fact that the police department, like any normal police department, is actually investigating. Maybe the same thing did happen to gigawhat, but his story still doesn't seem believable . Maybe he saw this on reseller ratings and based his story on it... I dunno, I still don't believe it.