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Kurant · 11-26-2003, 12:34 PM

About 7 months ago, a car club I'm apart of found a guy in NYC that would allow a group of members to purchase auto-starts in bulk, as a group buy. So those indivuals got wonderful prices.

The club got the people together who were intrested, sent off just over $3,000 to purchase a designated number of units. It's been 7 months now, this guy has been giving us the run around, ducking phone calls, etc.. etc...

Now, were are currently setting up a donation system, to have 2 people fly to NYC, go to this guys shop, and demand the money or the units. People are going to go there because NYPD didn't want to deal with the situation.. I think if people show up there with indisputable evidence of what happend, they will change decide to go, however, some questions I have...

So, here is my question, if we send 2 members to NYC, will the NYPD accompany us to the shop that lied to us? Is it somthing we can press criminal charges for? We have receipts, endless emails, phone numbers, 100% proof this person had every intention on selling us these units, now it's quite obvious he lied, and never had the units to begin with. Should we get an attorney involved, or a letter threatning legal action against them, signed by an attorney?

Any other advice you have would be helpful.

11-26-2003, 12:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kurant Junkie Location: Don't worry about it.	A deal gone bad, questions on how to go about dealing with it. About 7 months ago, a car club I'm apart of found a guy in NYC that would allow a group of members to purchase auto-starts in bulk, as a group buy. So those indivuals got wonderful prices. The club got the people together who were intrested, sent off just over $3,000 to purchase a designated number of units. It's been 7 months now, this guy has been giving us the run around, ducking phone calls, etc.. etc... Now, were are currently setting up a donation system, to have 2 people fly to NYC, go to this guys shop, and demand the money or the units. People are going to go there because NYPD didn't want to deal with the situation.. I think if people show up there with indisputable evidence of what happend, they will change decide to go, however, some questions I have... So, here is my question, if we send 2 members to NYC, will the NYPD accompany us to the shop that lied to us? Is it somthing we can press criminal charges for? We have receipts, endless emails, phone numbers, 100% proof this person had every intention on selling us these units, now it's quite obvious he lied, and never had the units to begin with. Should we get an attorney involved, or a letter threatning legal action against them, signed by an attorney? Any other advice you have would be helpful.