Hi, I can add to the story about Paul Paget.
I paid for 30 pairs of Nike trainers from him back in September 2006 after seeing an ad on the Wholesalepages website. After sending the payment, all communication stopped but I managed to track him down and then contacted Cheshire Trading Standards for help. I was about to prosecute him when I received the trainers (strange coincidence!). I was then informed by CTS that he was being investigated by Port Talbot Trading Standards and that the trainers were likely to be fake. They were fake (I was shown how to identify fake Nikes') and they were taken by CTS to be used as evidence in the prosecution. I had heard nothing for a year and have recently been trying to find out the latest news about the case against Paul Paget. I finally spoke to an officer at Port Talbot Trading Standards today who's handling this case and the prosecution against Paul Paget is imminent.
As to regards my loss (about £850), I've been told that I cannot get my money back via this prosecution and am unlikely to get any from him even by taking out a small claims case against him. So I regard this as a hard lesson. It was my first wholesale order and I was very naive - I had no appreciation of how many fakes are available.
If anyone one wants to contact Port Talbot Trading Standards with details of their trading with Paul Paget, the number is 01639 685638 and ask for Mrs Quinn.
Paul Paget's current website is
http://www.cyber-seller.co.uk/ and the best thing is to avoid it at all costs.
If anyone can advice me how I might get some money back from him, please let me know.
thanks