Scammed

[Morgan]

Scammed (Resolving)

Okay this is a long story so ill try and keep it short.
About 1 month ago i sold a name for $3k and i was looking for another business deal to invest in and i had this guy OdditySoftware on my msn who was looking for a 1/3 partner in SigRent.com which i jumped at sent the money right away.
I never heard from him until i filed a claim which then he said he had been away and he will have the site up the next day if i canceled the claim being a trust worthy guy i did.
That was 2 weeks ago and still no contact he comes to the forum every day as he has posts and shows online but he never reply's to my pm's or e-mails this has been going on 1 month and i am quite certain there isnt going to be a site.
I write this as i am looking for different options to get my money back maybe someone can get in contact with him and help me out.
Im only 15 and $1,000 usd around $1,200 Aud is quite alot of money to lose as thats around half a years work for me.
So i am asking for some help in recovering my funds.
Also i am trying to not use a credit card charge back if my parents find out i wont be able to do business online again.
Thanks for your time and hopefully you can help me out i am willing to offer $100 to who ever helps in recovering my money.

 

[IAmAllanShore]

Chargeback does not hurt his credit rating as an individual.
Does seem bizarre, however.
Following with interest.
-Allan

 

[Morgan]

Thanks for such a great response from everyone.
Please inform me when or if you recieve a response from oddity

 

[equity78]

Contract is null and void and this has become a np matter as much as I would never do business with him. IMO Oddity not coming here is not a good show of any ethics plus doing a contract with a 15 year old?

 

[.X.]

I agree,A Namepros matter as far as if oddity stays here,But not a Namepros liability by any way, Shape or form IMO,Hopefuly oddity will show up,Clarify the situation,Make it right and it will be done.I believe the NPs staff is handling this the best and only way possible and that's to give oddity the chance to clarify the situation,Behond that,Namepros is out of it IMO

 

[equity78]

I agree DUDE not a NP prob ODDITY just made the whole place aware and WHO would do business with him?

 

[She Unlimited]

Sigrent:

I am sorry and know this must be frustrating. I know you must have tried to contact him via PM here, could you give it another go again?


and add the link to this conversation so he can view and see your concerns.

 

[dgridley]

Here in the states, you can't have a legal binding contract with a 15 yr old.. he'd have to return the money to you no matter what the reason...

 

[Morgan]

okay i see that odditysoftware is online or has been online just wondering if anyone got a response?

 

[She Unlimited]

Did you personally try to PM him, what is his user name?



There is a firm that works in disputes I am going to have them phone him and we are contacting him to hopefully reslove this issue.

 

[Morgan]

okay thank you his contact info can be found via his sites www.wehavethem.com www.basefile.com and www.shockads.com

Also more detials can be found on whois for sigrent.com

Thanks

 

[domain4u]

Chargeback does not hurt his credit rating as an individual.

Thats incorrect, if you chageback an item 2 month after you buy it, credit card companies don't take it easily on you!
Thats why i suggested to chargeback asap before he runs into further problems!

The more he leaves it the worse it will get...
He can do it via a paypal dispute but its really not why paypal is made for, paypal was originally made for ebay secure payments and the dispute policy is really based on the ebay system, doubt they will do much for domains.

Please chargeback asap.

This makes me feel even more angry to know someone 15 ripped off like that!

 

[jamx551]

Just where is Oddity?

This is now the 3rd page of this thread and I still dont see Oddity's reply.

Its not that I want to intervene as this is not really an NP issue, but just to resolve this issue Oddity has to come in and present his side. Oddity's reputation is now at stake.

I believe Oddity is just watching this thread so its just really 'Odd' for him not to reply soon.

Anyway I really hope SigRent will get over this soon for he is too young to experience money problems.

 

[Mystic]

i experienced something like this, well it was only £30 but i took it as a matter or principle, all i done was contacted the host, thats all i could think of, and the persons reseller was locked out and disabled, he couldnt do anything, he never paid still, but its these people that ruin online trading, why dont they grow up and mature, btw, do a chargeback

 

[Badger]

Nasty business....

Im taking it that it wasnt your credit card in which you made the payment from huh..?? So, from that, im also taking it that you never obtained permission to do so?

two matters at hand then. One is quite simple. You MUST inform the card holder (in this case you father) before it gets any further out of hand.. Which it could, believe me...! he will then inform the cc company that his card has been used without his authorisation. They will then get the money back for him from the benefactor..

You do not have a choice in this. Do not try and right a wrong....

Second issue is the lack of response from the person you entered into an agreement with. In the very least, if he doesnt want this played out in the public domain, he should respond to you and answer your mails...

I see RJ and Armstrong have posted here already so no doubt this second issue is in hand.

 

[LeeRyder]

any new news on this yet?

 

[Morgan]

No i havent heard from him as of yet has anyone else?

 

[equity78]

Great Points by Ian LISTEN TO THAT SIG. IMO AND Oddity I think his rep past the point on no return. JMO

 

[calian]

Anyway I really hope SigRent will get over this soon for he is too young to experience money problems.

I think its pretty low down what appears to be happening here. However I have to disagree with you on Sig being too young to experience what is going on here. As a 15 year old, he is in a far better position to risk half a year's income and learn some important (though hopefully not too painful) lessons than a retired person would be for example.

Sig, I wish you the best and I'm certain that if not too much time has passed, you will recover your money from the credit card company. See, one lesson learned: always use a credit card online - not a debit card :cy:

 

[She Unlimited]

Sig, really sorry but the firm we had reply to him to reslove this situation, well he never replied back to them givng that he got the e-mail sent from them.

I would go to the next steps now..

1. Pay Pal

2. Charge Back

3. Contact His Registra, do what ever you can do to get this person to respond

4. If he is with Truste or BBB contact them, contact them anyway.


Sorry I could not help anymore then the above.....

 

[armstrong]

I have no idea why he doesn't just post on this thread, but here's oddity's reply to my PM:

Thw "Go-Live" Date for the site has been set for 5/18/2005, if he ever attended any of the conference calls he would know this information, and as stated before (numerous time) if he wanted to opt out of his percentage of ownership he should have simple sold back his shares. As it stands know there is a chagback for his partnership amount with Paypal anyway. Also I am still unsure how any of this has to do with NamePros anyway? In trying to handle this matter it has been impossible to do so in any open avenue, as he has attempted to reconcile this issue in about 30 different ways (websites, forums, etc.) His "formal" complaint has been filed w/ the credit card company (and Paypal) and we would prefer to handle any issues within that authority.