Anand Moses lied to me about reimbursing me via Money Order for the $260. He has admitted as much.
He has closed his Paypal account and doesn't have the money, per his email, to reimburse me.
I called the local Postal Inspector, and have an appointment with him this coming Monday at 4:30pm CST. I will provide him with the evidence (a very flat envelope that doesn't appear to have ever contained a knife, and which is perfectly sealed with clear tape on one end), and Anand's string of emails.
I told the Postal Inspector, Mr. Chuck Kelley in Beaumont TX, that I suspected potential mail fraud and would provide him with physical evidence, the flat envelope sent from an unmanned Postal kiosk in Riverside CA, and the anecdotal evidence in the form of the huge string of emails w/ Mr Moses. He told me he was quite interested in the case and would be firm in his message that the postal insurance system, and potential mail fraud, were serious issues to him and that he'd take appropriate actions (I toned down the actual language used by myself and Mr Kelley). Mr Moses had better hope he isn't on camera at the Riverside CA post office he used.
I warned Mr Anand Moses that I didn't screw around with this kinda stuff. After I queried another of Moses' "customers", I got an email from this BF member that the EXACT same thing happened to him recently with Mr Moses, except that the BF member decided to file all the insurance claim info on his end. I'm not so easy with such matters when I smell a fishy deal.
All the overcompensating, all the defensiveness, the lie, it's all going to come home to roost on Mr Moses, and I will get my money from someone, either the USPS or Mr Moses, in the end. Fortunately, I don't need the money for food or rent or mortgage, so I can see this one through to the lesson-teaching end, whether that lesson be "make the buyer right" or whether that lesson be "don't F@#& with the USPS insurance system".
And by the way, here are my direct words to Mr Moses regarding his earlier post:
Rob
Why did you change your email handle?
What other usernames have you used on BF other than PachaasPaisaa ?
I only saw ONE feedback item on BF, and that should've been my warning.
Rob
You have staked out the middle ground... a mid-dollar production knife, and a bad transaction, and a bald faced lie to top it off. Congratulations, Andy/Anand. I mean really... from a middle eastern name Anand Moses (?) to Andy? Weird at best.
Rob
It's "Fish or cut bait" time Anand. Seriously. If you are going to come clean, make it quick ... I'm not waiting around for another week like you had me do the last time you lied to me.
Anand Moses
i have 190.00 dollars coming in from an emerson knife like i told you
thats all i have right now because i really did have to fix my car, you want me to show you pictures of the damage?
Rob
Nah, I'm sure you really had car damage. I trust you.
So, assuming we go the reimbursement route, when do you think you could beg/borrow/steal enough money to pay me back?
As I said in this post, I'm going the Postal Inspector route on this one, mostly since Anand flat out lied to me about refunding my money, and doesn't appear to have the money or someone he can borrow from... so I'll see that this one is contemplated in light of the Federal Law regarding insurance and the Federal mail system with respect to this transaction.
I respect the enormous level of trust and respect that this "for sale" forum is built upon, and that it's members convey and demonstrate on the whole. I am not one to shy away from controversy, or my reputation in such matters. That sounds righteous ... but WTF... I learned long ago that being honest is the right way, and the much lower friction way, to live one's existence.
blahblahblah ... postal inspector.