SCAM - Mactech77/Dan Hetzel - confirmed

[Stephane Racle <nospam@gmail.com>]

I posted a message just over a month ago regarding a possible scam by 
Dan Hetzel/mactech77 (e-mail addresses: dahetzel@wi.rr.com / 
mactech77@yahoo.com). I can now confirm that this was indeed a scam and 
warn everyone not to do business with this person.

Essentially, the seller posted a message on this newsgroup regarding an 
Apple //c+ for sale on 24 Jun 05. He was very quick to answer my 
questions about the system and I purchased it from him the same day, and 
paid by PayPal. When the system was not received, I sent numerous 
e-mails without getting a reply. I then proceeded to file a complaint 
through PayPal. The seller never bothered to file his side of things 
with PayPal and therefore the complaint was decided in my favour. A few 
days later, I got a message from the seller stating that he had been 
away for a few weeks and that his girlfriend had mailed the computer to 
the wrong address, but that it had come back and he was going to mail it 
again. That was over a month ago and nothing has come in, and no further 
correspondence has been received from the seller.

Unfortunately, PayPal says it hasn't been able to recover any money yet 
since the seller's account is empty, and I'm not holding much hope that 
they will do anything further. It's not that much money, but still... 
anyhow, just wanted to warn everyone. It's unfortunate that this would 
happen in a small community like ours - although I am convinced that 
this is a very isolated incident. Now, anyone else have a //c+ they 
don't need? :-)

Stephane