Sinn U2 Black Stolen in transit......

[scarto44_in_CA]

I guess you could have been high bidder and paid with your CC/Paypal and after receiving it disputed the claim stating you received your own stolen watch heheh

I wish you the best of luck!

Man I feel for you on this situation. Is there any recourse possibly through the USPS, due to the fact it is most likely an employee there. Messing with USPS mail is a big deal because technically it is government controlled, hence they need a warrant to open anything, hence federal offense if opened...that is why you never send anything via UPS or FedEx. They are private companies that are providing a service for you, and can open your package without a warrant.

Anyway, I would check with the USPS internal affairs department and have them work with ebay to catch the SOB. The USPS should be very interested because looking at the guys feedback he seems to do this quite often. Sorry again, and good hunting

[scarto44_in_CA]

ps I might also try to contact the highest bidder saying, "it is against the law to receive stolen property, I know you didn't mean any harm, but I will have no choice but to inform the police in your area that you have received stolen property, if it is not returned....and I have more than enough proof to support this."

[Sabu-Agu]

Good luck - hopefully all turns out ok. I personally haven't had good experiences w/ the USPS. It's true about being gov't controlled but that doesn't mean crap really. I filed a claim online w/ the postal inspectors and finally just gave up. All the information was there to arrest this idiot but never got helped.
Anyway, best of luck. I hope they catch this bastard

[saxplayer]

Keep us up to date - this is horrible!

[Chauncy7]

Just an update and a lesson learned. I have received no help what-so-ever from the police/ebay/usps, etc. If this ever happens to any of you, take my advice and just bid high on the item and deal with it after you win. Ebay could easily have given the police and/or myself the information needed to get the seller and the buyer. We both (myself and the police) gave Ebay enough info (purchase recepits, pictures, etc.) to prove that I was the owner and this was a stolen item being sold. They just flat out let it be sold and now it's gone yet again. Even though I had received compensation from USPS (because it was fully insured) I just wanted to find out how it wound up in Florida. I know for a fact that it was stolen at my Post Office (whom my company has been dealing with for the last 60+ years) and I wanted to nail the p***k who did it. Thanks for all your comments and concern.

Jim

[SlipKid]

Glad to hear you got you money back from the shipping company. I would but something else from that seller (small item) and maybe get his address from the item shipped.

[Chauncy7]

I thought of that but he has not listed anything else nor did the buyer leave any feedback. Maybe something is going on behind the scenes but I am not aware of it.

Glad to hear you got you money back from the shipping company. I would but something else from that seller (small item) and maybe get his address from the item shipped.

[SlipKid]

I thought of that but he has not listed anything else nor did the buyer leave any feedback. Maybe something is going on behind the scenes but I am not aware of it.

Yep, some kind of scam going on alright. Watch was stolen in NJ then shows up on Ebay from Florida. Did you contact Sinn about the watch being stolen? If the buyer tries to get service on the watch years from now there might be an issue. It will need service at some point, what local repair center will open an oil filled watch.

[Cfdfire]

I thought of that but he has not listed anything else nor did the buyer leave any feedback. Maybe something is going on behind the scenes but I am not aware of it.

As you can see i just joined up but have been a lurker for some time.This whole senario kinda pisses me off also Chauncy.
Just an idea, Have you tried to contact any other buyers that left feedback for this person ?If your an ebay member you can pm anyone of them,tell them some backround and see if they still have any info from this seller.I have bought a few items in the past and keep all the paperwork in case i have a future problem to deal with.Maybe you have already done this and are trying to put this in the past,i dont know.Just my 2 cents.Best of luck to you and im going to keep this guy under my favorite sellers in case something pops up for sale,I will pm you.Take care...

[SlipKid]

As you can see i just joined up but have been a lurker for some time.This whole senario kinda pisses me off also Chauncy.
Just an idea, Have you tried to contact any other buyers that left feedback for this person ?If your an ebay member you can pm anyone of them,tell them some backround and see if they still have any info from this seller.I have bought a few items in the past and keep all the paperwork in case i have a future problem to deal with.Maybe you have already done this and are trying to put this in the past,i dont know.Just my 2 cents.Best of luck to you and im going to keep this guy under my favorite sellers in case something pops up for sale,I will pm you.Take care...

Good idea to contact past buyers, maybe one of them can give you the persons name and address.