Sl-6000l On Amazon For $300 Right Now!

[adf]

Well... even if you were just thinking about it.... you might call up amazon... or email their customer service and say...
"Yanno, I have been thinking about making an electronics purchase here, but I've been hearing reports of members being victimized by cybercrimes..... what do you guys do to find and punish these criminals and prevent further crimes?"
or something like that.
the more the merrier..and the porelikley something will come of this.

[bugmenot1]

Has anyone got their money back? Please could someone summarise what to do. I've lost several hundred dollars in this process and am very depressed about this situation.

[SHaubner]

I called Amazon back this morning now that their computers are up.  I explained the situation and they are sending my case over to the fraud department and sending me a $20 gift card.  My order will also be sent to a supervisor who will refund my credit card (expected in 7-10 business days).

I really would like to have the refund immediately, but this is better than 30 days I guess...

[PZee]

No luck for me.  They said they would investigate but that I had to wait until Dec 28th to invoke the A-Z gaurantee.  

I may give it another shot in a few days.

I hope they are able to avoid paying this huckster.

[adf]

They told me I'd get 50% back now the rest in 30 days.  Nothing new in my aount yet though....


Guess I gotta save for a visit to pricejapan.com

[adf]

Keep at 'em.
as far as we can tell, we are victims of a crime.
Amazon is surely investigating this.
If it DOES turn out to be a crime we should have a right to know and any future opportunity to press charges.
Amazon should NOT be sheltering an interstate fraud behind their policy, and should be told so.
You might also mention vetting vendors and buyer confidence.......

I already sent 'em another mail to this effect when they responded to my last mail by telling me only that pettins has no open items...... 9which I alredy knew thanks to p
eople here
  so... a reasonable 860 or save for a pxa270 clamshell (3000) any opinions?

[SHaubner]

You might also mention vetting vendors and buyer confidence.......

I've sent a follow-up email to Amazon to this effect.  I'm also perturbed that their $20 certificate is only on actual Amazon items (Amazon doesn't have any Zaurii at the moment).

[nilch]

You guys are great - is this what they make movies out of when they show geeks and hackers working away at tracing fraud and crime on all those FBI movies ?
:-)

But seriously, I am also damm pissed that this pettings guy turned out to be a fraud. Actually even the $300 Zaurus was just too good to be true.
And to top it off, I already ordered my iRiver USB connector that was mentioned in amother thred for the 6000L anticipating the arrival of my Zaurus at the same time.

Now I am left with a USB cable with no Zaurus. If this doesnt suck....
I am signing off and picking up the phone to Amazon.

And cheers to all us vigilants.

[wizzard]

Sent an e-mail to Amazon around 12:30AM EST. Anyone know how long it takes them to reply?

[adf]

should be a few hours to a reply.... but then things might be getting complicated.

We might also call our local gov't reps to inquire as to Amazon's polivy re prosecution and law enforcement.  Let's make this a big pain and try to tighten things up at amazon

[wizzard]

Should we report this at Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC)? Or should we wait for some more time?

Edit: link doesn't work. For correct link see next post.

[f1oyd1an]

thats http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp

[wizzard]

thats http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp

Thanks for correcting the link.

[SHaubner]

Not to insult anyone's desire for justice, but I think it would be a waste of time--the only info any of us have is the email address (again Yahoo=untraceable). The IFCC would have to go through Amazon to get any real details.  Amazon is the best advocate anyway since they have a financial interest in the matter.  Again the most important thing to do is to call/email Amazon and press them to refund your money ASAP.  If the rep you talk to isn't helpful, then call back or ask to speak to a supervisor.

At this point, I'm now 100% sure of the fraud (as there was no package today) so I'm just going to take this as a lesson learned and move on...    

[wizzard]

Not to insult anyone's desire for justice, but I think it would be a waste of time

My desire for a Z6K far outweighs my desire for justice at present
SHaubner is right. Its no use obsessing over it.
Now only if Amazon manages to get some back in stock at $379.....

I want a Z6K...I want a Z6K...I want a Z6K...I want a Z6K...I want a Z6K...I want a Z6K...I want a Z6K...I want a Z6K...(gibbering uncontrollably in corner)