Back during the first week of July, I answered a post looking for a tranducer which I had. We agreed to swap transducers even up since I had a transom mount and he had a trolling motor mount. During the course of our discussion, I mentioned I was looking for an older cheap 12V bow mount trolling motor. He said he had one he would sell for $50. He called me back and we agreed to split the shipping of $28. That next day, I sent my transducer and a check for $64 priority mail insured. He has had his transducer installed and working since 7/17 which was reported to me in a PM. My check was cashed at the same time. I still don’t have my package. He won’t supply a tracking number. The UPS hub doesn’t have anything on record as being in transit to my address or name. He won’t respond to PM’s. He won’t answer his phone or return a message.
The way I see it is that I paid him $64 for the opportunity to spend $7 to ship him my $40 transducer. What a deal!! This is utterly pathetic that I can’t trust a fellow outdoorsman to follow through on their word.
I think my next move is to call his local police department and report his fraud/theft scam.
Does anyone have any suggestions before I take it to this level? Any ideas/help would be appreciated.
