Jeeps Canada - Jeep Forums - Re: Beware of Joe Capraro!

rdbillsjr@aol.comxxxxxxxx (Robert Bills) wrote:

>>Maybe our
>>resident attorney Robert, may offer a free opinion.
>
>No opinions, just some observations:
>
>1. It won't hurt to contact the USPS mail fraud unit and file a complaint, it
>may not go anywhere, but it might. You might also try sending a letter with
>copies of e-mails and the cancelled check to the seller's local DA and the
>Better Business Bureau there.
>
>2. In California, the small claims statutes provide for service by certified
>mail on out-of-state residents. Perhaps your state has a similar law. If so,
>then it should be relatively easy to get a small claims judgment against the
>"seller."
>
>3. It is possible to obtain a "sister state judgment" of your small claims
>judgment in the seller's home state. All that is usually required are a couple
>of pre-printed forms. Then you can send the marshal in the seller's home town
>to his business to tap the till for the money. All the costs/fees for doing
>this are added to the judgment.
>
>4. As I understand the situation, seller advertises header for sale, buyer
>responds and sends check after exchange of email, seller cashes check but
>doesn't ship headers, seller makes multiple promises to ship header but header
>never arrives, buyer makes multiple complaints, seller stops answering phone.
>It appears that seller either had no intention to perform at beginning of
>transaction or sometime after check cashed, which would constitute fraud.
>
>5. A common term for the seller's misconduct is "wire fraud" and includes
>telephone, fax, email and the USPS.
>
>6. Soliciting other jeepers to write letters to the seller demanding that he
>refund the $175 or ship the headers might be a powerful tool. What's his name
>and address again?
>
>
>Robert Bills
>KG6LMV
>Orange County CA
>
>http://www.outdoorwire.com/4x4/jeep/...p-l/billsr.htm
>http://www.RobertBills.com

Thanks for all the responses.
I do have the original post, all the emails that went back and forth
and the cancelled check. I will contact my local post office to see
what they say and will consider other suggested action.

In case any of you care to write him asking his side of the story his
address at work is:

Joe Capraro
Mom's Apple Pie
281 Main
Falmouth, MA 02540

Phone # 508-540-8572

Thanks again,
Al Green
Ridgecrest, CA 93555

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Arold "Al" Green