What would you do? - Fraudulent Table Sale

[steveinflorida]

Table Fraud

This bum is not an ex-friend. He never was your friend.
If this were a sincere mistake, he would be willing to work something out. He knew exactly what he was selling you.

 

[Scott Lee]

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[Sporto]

This bum is not an ex-friend. He never was your friend.
If this were a sincere mistake, he would be willing to work something out. He knew exactly what he was selling you.

Steve,
I believe you hit the nail EXACTLY on the head with your comment.

 

[td873]

Steve,
I believe you hit the nail EXACTLY on the head with your comment.

What state do you live in? And when did you find out it was a fake GC?

One thing to keep in mind is that you might not be able to recoup the cost of the table or to require the seller to take the table back. A likely scenario is that you get the difference between a real GC and the fake one you got. But then you are still stuck with a fake GC.

-td

 

[Snapshot9]

Advice

1) Why in the world would you pay that much money for something and NOT get a receipt????
2) Ever heard of the 'Truth in Advertising' law?
3) Contact the 'Consumer Protection Department' of your local Police Department.
4) Contact your local paper. They usually have reporters that give advice for Consumer Protection, and will intercede on your behalf.
5) Get a real attorney, sue him for the $2,200 because of misrepresentation, plus attorney fees, court costs, etc..
6) Does your state have a 'Lemon law'?

 

[cuejoey]

Years ago, I put a deposit on a brass bed & as the delivery date came & went, I realized that the merchant was going out of business & would disappear with the money.

I gathered some very large & unkempt friends together & set up an informational picket line including a leaflet telling the story of the transaction. After numerous potential customers were discouraged, he offered me a check. After another hour, he came up with cash.

OUTSTANDING ..

 

[Sporto]

1) Why in the world would you pay that much money for something and NOT get a receipt????
2) Ever heard of the 'Truth in Advertising' law?
3) Contact the 'Consumer Protection Department' of your local Police Department.
4) Contact your local paper. They usually have reporters that give advice for Consumer Protection, and will intercede on your behalf.
5) Get a real attorney, sue him for the $2,200 because of misrepresentation, plus attorney fees, court costs, etc..
6) Does your state have a 'Lemon law'?

Thanks for the ideas, especially #2, #3 and #4.

I have know this guy for several years, we shot weekly on the same MN Valley team for an entire season last year and even hunted ducks together a couple of times. The thought that I would ever need a receipt for this transaction never even crossed my mind to be honest.

Lemon Law - Not sure that really applies in this case. It isn't really a lemon, the table is a quality knock-off and plays fine. I owned a very nice Pro-8 Brunswick when I purchased this table and the only reason I decided to replace it was because the seller was advertising it as a Brunwick Gold Crown which I felt would be a nice upgrade.