Katin: Troll!

[stevemedes]

I sold "Katin" my old ASRock Socket 939 motherboard for $55. We were supposed to cross ship. I sent tracking info, then he replied with the following BS excuse:


let me know i'm about to head out to post office in 15 min

i am still stuck at the house cuz of my roomate isn't home yet.(he's hour late lol) I will give you priority mail confirmation as soon as he gets home. I live right next to airport, they have 24/7 post office so it's np.



And its now 2 days later and thats the last I heard from him. He's been online ignoring my PM's. Is there a way I can stop the USPS shipment before it gets to him?

[soundmax]

He has been a known troll for years. Why would you cross-ship with someone without checking his background first.


http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=977545&highlight=katin


And if you check around there are few more threads about people who had bad experiences with him.

[CrazyBeaner]

I sold "Katin" my old ASRock Socket 939 motherboard for $55. We were supposed to cross ship. I sent tracking info, then he replied with the following BS excuse:


let me know i'm about to head out to post office in 15 min

i am still stuck at the house cuz of my roomate isn't home yet.(he's hour late lol) I will give you priority mail confirmation as soon as he gets home. I live right next to airport, they have 24/7 post office so it's np.



And its now 2 days later and thats the last I heard from him. He's been online ignoring my PM's. Is there a way I can stop the USPS shipment before it gets to him?



i dont understand u sold him ur board and u cross shipped? is this a trade or sold item?

[stevemedes]

He has been a known troll for years. Why would you cross-ship with someone without checking his background first.


http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=977545&highlight=katin


And if you check around there are few more threads about people who had bad experiences with him.

I'm new and unexperienced, and I made the mistake of not checking references.

i dont understand u sold him ur board and u cross shipped? is this a trade or sold item?

I sold him my board, he was going to send me a money order. So you could say it's a trade, mobo for money.


I need to know if it's possible to cancel my shipment.

[five-by-five]

It's possible, call:
1-800-ASK-USPS® or (800) 275-8777
and ask USPS! ;)

Good luck!

[stevemedes]

It's possible, call:

and ask USPS! ;)

Good luck!

Thank you mod! I'll keep you guys updated. I'm pretty much slapping myself in the butt right now for not doing my homework. :mad:

[Vertigo Acid]

Thank you mod! I'll keep you guys updated. I'm pretty much slapping myself in the butt right now for not doing my homework. :mad:

How was he in contact with you? PM here or what?

[stevemedes]

How was he in contact with you? PM here or what?

PM's here. Feel free to peruse my inbox if you have that ability.

[thunderstruck!]

Surprised he hasn't been banned.

[stevemedes]

UPDATE:

Katin contacted me thru PM and gave me a DC# and MO#, along with saying he threw an extra $5 in for sending late payment. Still doesn't excuse not responding to PM's. We'll see if he really sent it soon.

[stevemedes]

Money received today, issue resolved. :)

[shadowfax]

Surprised he hasn't been banned.


Not really. I run into the same issues with sales-gone-bad on my forum. If you ban the scammers, then you're opening yourself up to liability if you for whatever reason fail to ban a scammer at some point. The user can then sue you saying "well you ban scammers, but you didn't ban him, and I lost out. Pay up."

He may or may not win, but who wants the legal expenses and hassle?