A few months ago I sold a G4 cube & video camera to a seller that went by the alias hottchick227842 on ebay. At the time he had a positive feedback. I sent the items via USPS priority mail COD for approx. $1400. The lady at the post office wrote "no checks" on the COD label, but as you might have guessed I got two personal checks back. Both of these checks bounced of course. I later found out that the USPS will accept any type of payment as long as the user presents proper ID. This guy did the same thing to one other seller, and attempted to do it to another but that seller sent his items via another carrier and specified "money order".
I contacted the Schenectady,NY police who told me that I should contact the US postal inspector. I contacted them, filled out the paperwork and sent it in. A month later I called to inquire about the status of the case and they said "we don't have any record of the case".
Are there any other avenues get my stuff back? I thought that writing a bad check was a crime.
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A few months ago I sold a G4 cube & video camera to a seller that went by the alias hottchick227842 on ebay. At the time he had a positive feedback. I sent the items via USPS priority mail COD for approx. $1400. The lady at the post office wrote "no checks" on the COD label, but as you might have guessed I got two personal checks back. Both of these checks bounced of course. I later found out that the USPS will accept any type of payment as long as the user presents proper ID. This guy did the same thing to one other seller, and attempted to do it to another but that seller sent his items via another carrier and specified "money order".
I contacted the Schenectady,NY police who told me that I should contact the US postal inspector. I contacted them, filled out the paperwork and sent it in. A month later I called to inquire about the status of the case and they said "we don't have any record of the case".
Are there any other avenues get my stuff back? I thought that writing a bad check was a crime.