Complaint Review: Bill Stern

Where do I begin? On May 23rd I placed a bid (under buy it now) on Ebay for Sony Vaio Laptop TX29 N/L Series, for $2400. Since I was confirmed, I made my payment. I sent the first payment with my visa card through my bank Suntrust for $1350 on May 23, 2007, and on May 25, 2007 I made the final payment for $1050. The person I bought the laptop from did not know at the time that his drop shipper was a scamster. I waited for my laptop and never received it. I was given fake tracking numbers. The first package I received was Friday June 1, 2007, a letter saying that my payment was received and I would received my laptop on the following Monday June 4, 2007. I did receive a package, but it was a box with a newspaper in it. After speaking with the person I placed the order with, we decided to check out Bill Stern online and found the ripoff information while doing a search of his name and company on google. I wish my seller had done that before he placed the item on Ebay, then I wouldn't be out $2400. I don't know about anyone else who was rippedoff by this guy, but I cannot afford to loose that amount of money, so I am going to pursuit this to the end. This guy needs to be put away for doing this to so many people for such a long time, and I read where he was arrested on May 23, 2007. which means he was in jail when I made my purchase and he bailed out and continue the scam. Unreal.

Andrea
Potomac, Maryland
U.S.A.