Hi Gregg, All you can do is to send a letter to the mailing address where you shipped the phonograph. I would not deal with the second man as it sounds to me like he is trying to take the phonograph. If the item came back with postage due, pay it from the original payment he sent you.
If you cannot contact Claude Sergant you have no choice but to keep the money until he contacts you again to see what he wants. If you deal with breem ruddy it would seem to me that you are dealing with a second person and would still owe the first person. This almost sounds like a scam that failed since you did not fall for it. If Claude Sergant is no longer a registered user perhaps the second person took over Claude Sergant's account without his knowledge and did something to get it closed. I would appreciate you letting me know what happens. Steve > In December I sold a Harmony model D on Ebay to a buyer in France.(Auction > 2290834912) I received payment via BidPay Money order with and the buyer > name Claude Sergant and an address in Pas-de-Calis, France. This was also > the name on all email correspondence, including the last one. The > Phonograph was shipped 12/15/04 in 2 parcels to the address provided with > the payment. On 1/14/05 I received an email from the buyer stating: > > hello > i don't received the phonograph? > thanks > > I then try to communicate with him and get very cryptic answers similar to > the one above. I then have my daughter send him correspondence in french > asking him to check with customs or the post. With no better > response....he responds in cryptic english. However, In this > correspondence I give the address it was shipped to. The latest response > is: > > i think that package come back to you because i have not change address of > shipping > my address is > mr breem ruddy > 41 rue du chemin vert > 62220 carvin france > thanks to return me the phonograh > thanks > > One of the 2 parcels has been returned to me postage due. I have put a > tracer on the other one (the horn). Since this guy changed names and > address......what is my responsibility???? I a concerned that there is > Identity theft although it seems convoluted...as he is the buyer not the > seller????? I don't want to cheat anyone, but if I send it to this guy is > it really the winning bidder??? if I refund the purchase price to whom? > If the original address is no good where do I send it? > Does anyone out there have any Ideas???? By the way, his ebay name is > listed as No Longer a Registered User. I did send this request to Ebay > safe harbor. We will see what they say, but with their privacy policy, > who knows what I will get. > > Gregg Cline > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >
