Sorry to hear about that. It's an unfortunate fact that these scam artists do exist and they are scumbags!.
As hard as it is to accept I think the only thing you can do is swallow your loss and learn from your mistake. There's a reasons cliches exist. It's because they're true.
'If something seems too good to be true it usually is.'.
Good luck with everything and don't let this one bad incident grind you down. Stay positve and remain focused. You'll be ok!.
Lux..
This scammers should be shot... they wanna earn money through the easy way...
Sry to hear on what had happened to u.....
Maybe a bit excessive. Perhaps just public castration would be enough.
Lux..
In my opinion, I think you have enough information to report him to the police or someone. You have his name, address, and number. You also have proof of purchase and ofcourse the paypal info that shows that it went to his account. You should be able to file a complaint against him.
Hope all goes well...
Well I really don't want to get soo involved for $70. I just want my money back... I don't know how big of a scam this really is, all I know is that three of the people I referred also were scammed by this same thing. There weren't public advertisements for this server, it was more of a mouth-to-mouth communication form of advertisement...
This is the thing about the internet, you dont know if when you are gonna buy something that the person who is "selling" it you is a scammer...
Thats weird that paypal wont help you out because the buyer usually has all the protection with untangible goods (and in this case they arent untangible because you should have a server & ip to show for it)...
If 4 people were scammed that you know of I would report to the police. Sry to hear about this...good luck with it.
-fire..
The reason paypal won't do anything as they class it as electronic goods, or whatever they call it, because the server isn't actually delivered to him by mail, so the information to access it is deleivered by email...
I don't think the police would do anything, especially if it's an internet related activity/crime...
Well you have absolutely nothing to lose by contacting the police in grandville..
As an employer, he is responsible for what his employees do in his company name, his company property, and using company email that was registered with paypal. If his company accepted money he know was not rigthly his, he and/or his company become an accessory to the crime and is just as guilty as the guy he hired.
Sometimes cost is irrelevant and you have to do things on principal. I'd file a police report even if just to make it a matter of public record. Even if you don't get your money back, you put another nail in his coffin and maybe help keep someone else from getting scammed...
Yeah I totally agree with AdoptableDomains, you really should file a police report. I doubt they will get your money back, however the crime will get recorded. You never know this might not have been the first time this was done by this person/company.
Sorry this kind of rubbish had to happen, but good luck with the outcome...
You should take a look at that department's stats on "retail fraud" complaints...
AKA, the legal doctrine of Respondeat Superior.
Your best shot is to call the local police. I had a guy on ebay who took over 7 months to get me an item I won from this auction. I finally resorted to calling the local police. I spoke with an officer who was nice enough to pay the gentleman a house visits. Let's just say I had my item within a few days...
Best of luck with the situation. Keep us updated...
A Dual Xeon P4 server for $50 a year. Some people really need to do their research!..