SLVRCPE

What is stance from the DA in the county? This is just crazy, you know who has the kit and the cops are not knocking down their door?

Should we all write to the county sheriff and local police chief, or we could write to the Mayor or county seat. Fraud/Theft of this amount must carry a hefty state jail sentance?

Maybe the local news stations would like the information for a story. In Houston our reporters seem to get more done in some cases than our Law Enforment or Elected Officials.

I know some folks have said it is best you take down names. Your lawyer should be able to advise if you have enough evidence to publicly name them without fear of slander litigation. The names should be out there for all of us to see. Hell the exact same ppl are probably responsible for the majority of rip offs in the classifieds section.

The CC companies stance does not suprise me. They screw everyone they deal with on a daily basis and the world takes it with no bitching.

SueTaing

This is why I only ship to billing addresses.

95BlueBomber

This kind of thing makes me sick.. Sounds like this isn't the first time these people have done this. The system is so flawed I don't see how businesses stay afloat. At $9100 a pop credit card companies could start closing doors on a lot of small businesses.

I say we start a "get Andy his money back" thread... I would like a $50 A&A shirt

SLVRCPE

I have the shirt, so I would take a 50$ A A sticker~

nitr0racing21

If I find it can I call you tell you I found it and keep it? If for instance the person who I found it from is in the hospital?

schpenxel

That sucks.

Hopefully it works out. Karma will get his *** sooner or later..

Mike04

Andy, I hope this guy turns up. People who commit credit card fraud are no beter than some one who brakes into your house and steals your personal belongings. In the end, its money out of your pocket that you could use for your family....

ITSQUIK

I sure hope you get this all straightened out. I remember you totally took care of me when I ordered my kit from you. You guys have been awesome and I wish there was something that I could do to help. People like this are such scumbags and the banks are really not much better.

Good Luck Andy!!

brrymnvette

Thread hi-jack...... I miss that car.





A&A good luck with your recovery. If it was in STL, I'd do what I could to help.

nj02vette

The one thing about superchargers is most people can't tune them thierselves. That means a tuner, probably one in the area, will get this past thier dyno one day.

Get the word out, it will turn up sometime and the theif will get caught.

Reminds me when a forum vendor here had a customers Z16 fuel rail cover (with custom airbrushing) swiped from a show. It took a year, but it eventually turned up on Craigslist and the theif got nabbed. And by nabbed, I mean he got nothing other than the item was returned to the original owner. No charges, no real "proof" he stole it.

Back on topic, if this is going into a car, then tuners should keep a keen eye out for the SN. Everyone else should keep an eye out for the for sale threads.

joe11204

I hate reading about fraud like this. I accept cards at my store but they are all swiped, so I am basically covered.

The sad part is the Serial Number is probably removed already. I have seen my share of head units for sale at swaps and online with the sn removed.

Ultimately, and justly so, problems like this make it harder for the honest purchaser to make a transaction. If I were the shop I would now require a copy of the purchaser's drivers license and make sure the shipping and contact phone numbers are on file with the purchaser's credit card company.

Hope this person gets caught.

dc491

People that are stupid enough to steal like this never cover their tracks. It is greed that that drives people to this type of behavior and they always get caught.

TRIZ

Best of luck with this Andy.

0Rob@ChampionMotors

Will watch if anything comes up around here.
Rob.

Chevy Guy

Was it a $9100 dollar shipment with no signature requirement on delivery?

had2have-it

Some sorry bastard wanted a sc for his car and figured a way to scam one, sorry this happened to you. Evil never rests

SLVRCPE

My shipment from A&A was sent Fed-Ex adult signature required. This was well before this happened.

This really does not matter though because the driver does not check I.D. I was here and signed for the supercharger, etc. The intercooler came another day and my neighbor signed for it. Now try picking something up From UPS or Fed-Ex at the hub and they will not let you have it without photo I.D. and a signature.

schpenxel

No, you aren't.

Cards can be re-programmed, although I expect that is much less common / more difficult than what happened here.

Now, if you compare the last 4 digits on the receipt to the last 4 digits on the physical card (as many stores like Best Buy and Lowe's Hardware do now) then you can be almost sure it's a legitimate transaction. Of course, if they can make their own cards with the correct last 4 digits on them then there's not much you can do. Although not perfect, this technique should weed out the VAST majority of attempts at fraud for transactions where a swipeable card is present.

Hopefully this helps you or someone else out in stopping fraudulent transactions in the future...

cjlaw73

That sucks. Good luck.

burtonbl103

DAM
I hope you get the bastage
Im no where near there but i am going to tell everyone locally this story

have you checked the locak craigs list in that surrounding area or ebay ?